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  • Lauro C Hernandez avatar

    The Influence Of A Servant Of God

    Contributed by Lauro C Hernandez on Sep 26, 2002
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    Understanding the influence you can leave behind when you die.

    THE INFLUENCE OF A SERVANT EVEN AFTER DEATH 2 Kings 13:21 Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet INTRO: When we talk ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Good Life

    Contributed by Daniel Wheat on May 29, 2009
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    The average lifespan of a man is 70 years. For a woman it is 75. With all of the medical advances there are those who have lived to 100 and even as old as 115 years of age. To imagine all of the life experiences in that much time. What technological advan

    The Good Life Psalm 90:12 Psalms 90:1-17 (ESV) Intro: The average lifespan of a man is 70 years. For a woman it is 75. With all of the medical advances there are those who have lived to 100 and even as old as 115 years of age. To imagine all of the life experiences in that much time. What ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Reaching The Lost

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 10, 2005
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    Salvation of the lost requires the help of the Holy Spirit. Without Him, we can’t reach the lost. Pray for His guidance.

    Acts 8:26-35 REACHING THE LOST Salvation of the lost requires the work of the Holy Spirit. Without Him, we can’t reach the lost. Yet He is going to work through you and me. Beginning - Acts 8:4-8 - Philip was preaching in Samaria, crowds came to hear him. Sick were healed. There was great ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Perry Greene avatar

    I Know The Lord Will Make A Way For Me

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 31, 2018
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    A New Year sermon to point out that God is at work in our lives to do NEW things in our lives.

    1. Roman god, Janus (from whom we get January) was their god of beginnings, transition, passages, and endings. He is depicted with a face looking forward and a face looking back. 2. New Year Customs • Those inventive people, the Italians, have a custom. As midnight on New Year’s Eve approaches, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Bruce Morrison avatar

    # 1 Water Baptism In The Gospels Series

    Contributed by Bruce Morrison on May 19, 2003
    based on 56 ratings
     | 7,326 views

    An overview of water baptism from the ministry of John the Baptist and our Lord’s baptism.

    WATER BAPTISM Bible Teaching Series # 1 - Water Baptism in the Gospels Introduction: I have been a pastor for 35 years and during that time I have baptized hundreds of people in water. The baptismal services that are most memorable to me, with a few exceptions, are ones that ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Gene Brooks avatar

    Isaiah 40 - Comfort My People Series

    Contributed by Gene Brooks on Aug 12, 2012
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    Isaiah wrote Isaiah 40 to teach Israel that comfort is found in the Messiah who is a sovereign Shepherd, an incomparable Creator, and a strengthening Savior.

    Opening thought: Ever had someone tell you to get out of your comfort zone? Those who say that want you to get out of your complacency, drop the laziness, get moving, do something you’ve never done before, try something risky. In today’s passage, Isaiah encourages us to find a real ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Promise Of Meaning Series

    Contributed by George Odell on Dec 6, 2002
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     | 4,416 views

    Sermon 2 of an Advent/Christmas series on the promises we find in the Christ Child.

    The Promise of Meaning Isaiah 40: 1-11 How many of us have asked the question what purpose does this highway. What were those who constructed this highway thinking when they were building this road? Sometimes we question meaning for many things in our lives. It is in this wonderful chapter ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Shawn Drake avatar

    A Time For Healing Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 9, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,762 views

    This is the 15th sermon in the series "Moving With God". This is also an Easter Sermon.

    Sunday Morning April 12, 2009 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: “Moving With God (Exodus)” [#15] A TIME FOR HEALING Exodus 15:22-27 Introduction: Do you ever feel like you are on a roller coaster? You get started in a particular direction; but all of a sudden you feel ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Welcome Demotion

    Contributed by Cohss Spiritsong on Aug 13, 2013
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    What happens when God deals what seems like a demotion, but ends up in the promotion of the Kingdom.

    A Welcome Demotion Pastor Leslie A. Rutland-Tipton 1. Allow God’s diversions and demotions a. Philip had been in Jerusalem evangelizing with the apostles. They were seeing thousands upon thousands come to Christ each day, and God was doing great miracles among them. They were enjoying the ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Battlefield Prayer Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 7, 2014
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    The ability to effectively use the Armor of God comes through prayer. This is the force behind the armor, and the key preparation for battle. This critical component of prayer is how we utilize our spiritual resources.

    On January 17th, 1991, I was leading an outdoor worship service in the desert of Saudi Arabia for the 28th Combat Support Hospital. Our service was interrupted by a messenger from Colonel Mike Ball, our XO: “Fall in! The ground war is about to begin!” This was the moment we’d ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    The Fourth Word From The Cross: Anguish Series

    Contributed by Norm Beckett on Apr 18, 2001
    based on 188 ratings
     | 82,315 views

    When we feel most betrayed, Jesus understands, for he experienced total abandonment. When we feel most alone, the truth and reality is that we are not.

    THE FOURTH WORD FROM THE CROSS - Anguish "At about three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud shout, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachtani?" which means, "My God, My God why did you abandon me" (Matthew 27: 46). Out of the darkness comes a loud cry. A piercing cry. It is not a cry against God, it is ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    The Great Value Of Loneliness

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jul 4, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,805 views

    A message about Paul’s calling away from men to shape his soul.

    THE GREAT VALUE OF LONELINESS TEXT: Acts 9:1-9; Galatians 1:15-18 Acts 9:1-9 -- And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Tim Smith avatar

    Connecting

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
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    From the very beginning of Jesus’ evangelistic ministry, we see that faith means connecting to Jesus. And faith in Jesus means a connecting lifestyle. We connect to Jesus and then we connect others to Jesus. When you become a follower of Jesus, you cannot

    Connnecting Acts 8: 26-40 The first time a Philip is mentioned in the Bible is in John Chapter 1. Jesus has just been baptized in the River Jordan and John the Baptist proclaimed him the Lamb of God. Jesus then leaves to begin his ministry in Galilee. Finding Philip along the way, he says to him, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jason Bonnicksen avatar

    The Choice: Life, Or Death

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Mar 15, 2011
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     | 9,576 views

    Choose life in the Promised Land, and discover what waits for you on the other side of joyful reality

    INTRO A number of weeks ago, I jokingly said that everyone in my family had a license for something in life. The one license my folks said was solely mine was the complaining license. Dad would say: “Stop your fussing;” and if I didn’t, he’d pick on me and saying: ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Is Failure Really Not An Option?

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Jan 31, 2013
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    In our failures, Jesus draws us closer to Him and is always there when we need Him.

    Is Failure Really Not An option? Matthew 26:31-35 Intro: Failure is not an option. I’m sure you have heard the phrase. That phrase is linked to NASA and their space program. It originated when the makers of a documentary interviewed NASA officials about the problems that arose out of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist