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  • Dale Pilgrim avatar

    Bridging The Distance

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 13, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,352 views

    What people want is a key to purposeful life. They want answers to where they are. They want to grasp something higher and bigger than themselves. They reach for a deeper connection beyond the boring routine of where they live and what they do.

    “Bridging the Distance” Sermon Topic: Being in relationship with God Psalm 84 Airport terminals are entertaining venues to hang out if you cannot afford the movies! The most interesting storylines involve watching people arriving or leaving. The couple huddled – more like a locked embrace – as she ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Where You Spend Eternity Is Your Choice. Series

    Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on Jun 28, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,803 views

    Call to evanglelism

    My fellow good people of all religions and fellow good people of no religions and the children of God; Do you want to find God? Do we want to serve God? You can do this by simply by looking for someone less fortunate than yourself or even someone more fortunate than yourself and point them to the ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Dean Morgan avatar

    The Treasure Inside

    Contributed by Dean Morgan on Oct 12, 2011
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     | 14,780 views

    Did you know that the word stress comes from a Latin word that means to be drawn tight? Is anybody here uptight about anything? How many times do you hear someone ask, “how are you doing” and they answer, “I’m all stressed out.” You hear that all of th

    TEXT: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 I have a question to ask this morning: is there anybody here under stress? Did you know that the word stress comes from a Latin word that means to be drawn tight? Is anybody here uptight about anything? How many times do you hear someone ask, “how are you ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Perry Greene avatar

    Is The Yoke On You? Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 2, 2011
     | 8,069 views

    The walk with the Master requires great effort on our part. However, the load we bear is made easy by the one we serve.

    Robert Kirkpatrick had some good news and some bad news. The good news: he had been extended a written invitation to a dinner with President Bush in Washington, DC. The invite and letter were signed by Vice President Cheney himself. It is not every day you receive an invitation like that. On the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney avatar

    Then Came Jesus

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Oct 12, 2010
    based on 98 ratings
     | 64,463 views

    Be amazed as we look at all the places Jesus showed up, and know he will show up in your life too.

    I don’t know who I’m talking to tonight, but I prophesy to you by the Spirit of God, that somebody is going to get a breakthrough in this house, somebody’s going to get a deliverance, somebody’s going to get some real peace, and real joy. Somebody is getting ready to come out of a prison, God is ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Black And White Redeemed Together

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 7, 2010
     | 18,693 views

    For Black History Month: We will not be fully redeemed until both black and white understand the elements of self-hatred that are in us and see that we have a Redeemer who will remove those feelings.

    Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC February 2, 1986 When you read the book of Job and read it carefully, when you really let it sink in to you what happened to this suffering man and what he had to say about it, you cannot help concluding that what is most frightening about Job is his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    God’s Reset Button

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Nov 17, 2010
    based on 14 ratings
     | 42,471 views

    Paul always looked for the hidden blessing in every trial. Have you been complaining about your situation? Grumbling short-circuits faith, but joy revives it.

    Are you trapped in a prison of despair, doubt or anxiety? Learn to release the power of praise. The apostle Paul’s letter to the Philippians is one of the Bible’s most unique books. Some scholars call it "the epistle of joy" because the word "joy" or "rejoice" appear in it 16 times. Yet what is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Scott Spencer avatar

    Live By Faith

    Contributed by Scott Spencer on Jan 15, 2012
     | 6,617 views

    The Bible, however, teaches that faith is the key to everything for the Christian. By faith we come to Christ. By faith we live our Christian lives successfully. Without faith it is impossible to please God. In other words, faith is central for Christian

    Romans 1:17 January 15, 2012 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: ''The righteous will live by faith." (Romans 1:17 NIV) It never ceases to amaze me just how gullible people are. Listen to some of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Worship And Identity Part 2 Series

    Contributed by C Vincent on Feb 12, 2010
     | 3,108 views

    Looking into the relationship God wants with us and the image refected of Himself through us.

    Worship and Identity (part 2) JCC pm 07.02.10 Last we looked at the beginning where Adam and Eve had the perfect situation which was living in the presence of God They worshipped Him fully and knew intimacy with Him until the time Satan, disguised as a serpent, robbed them of that relationship We ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Down But Not Out

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Feb 24, 2010
    based on 75 ratings
     | 48,779 views

    There was hand-to-hand combat in the corners, but he still could turn to God. When you can't look this way or that you can always look up! Link inc. to formatted text, audio, PowerPoint.

    Down But Not Out 2 Corinthians 4:8-18 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/DownButNotOut.html We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair [2Cor. 4:8]. Paul is making a comparison here. He says, "We are troubled." That is a comparative degree. But he says, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "Be Reconciled"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Sep 2, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,737 views

    Jesus has provided us with a blueprint—with a new way of being fully, genuinely, and gloriously human. It’s a way that goes down deep into the roots of our personalities and produces a different kind of behavior altogether.

    Ephesians 2:1-10 Matthew 5:21-26 “Be Reconciled” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor Of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN I hate it when I make a mistake. I just hate it when I do something that makes someone angry at me. It’s like a heavy load on my back. And ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "The Hinge Of History"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 31, 2010
    based on 9 ratings
     | 12,427 views

    The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the hinge upon which the history of civilization swings. What are we to make of this? What are we to do about it?

    John 20:1-18 By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN “The Hinge of History” In my parents house there is a map of the history of the world, and it’s a BIG map. It wasn’t created by a specifically Christian publishing house; I believe it was put ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Lance Lewis avatar

    Clay Pots

    Contributed by Lance Lewis on Jan 12, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,374 views

    Encouraging people to give what they have to God

    Intro: A. Did you know that the Milky Way Galaxy has about 100 billion stars, and that scientists estimate that there are over 100 Billion Galaxies in the Universe. That means that there are over 10 billion trillion stars. A one followed by 22 zeros. And that the Bible says that God knows each ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin Jones avatar

    Hope For The Hopeless

    Contributed by Kevin Jones on Feb 28, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 12,314 views

    This sermon is from the story of the valley of dry bones and how that God is wanting to speak to that in your life which you have counted as dead or lost.

    HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS Discouragement is dissatisfaction with the past, distaste for the present, and distrust of the future. It is the result of blindness. It is ingratitude for the blessings of yesterday, indifference to the opportunities of today, and insecurity regarding strength for tomorrow. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Donald Rapp avatar

    Don't Miss The Main Point Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Donald Rapp on Apr 6, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,622 views

    What was the real purpose of the Transfiguration?

    Don’t Miss the Main Point Part 1 The Book of Mark Mark 9:1-13 I. We started last time to look at the Transfiguration of our Lord. A. This event took place at a very crucial time in the Lord’s ministry. 1. It is at the later end of His ministry. a) He is at or just over two years into ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist