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  • Rev. Samuel Arimoro avatar

    Building Altars That Move God

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jun 17, 2025
     | 888 views

    Altars are spiritual power stations. They invite God’s presence, provoke His power, and seal His promises. Every believer must raise and maintain an altar that moves God.

    BUILDING ALTARS THAT MOVE GOD By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Genesis 8:20-22 Supporting Texts: Genesis 12:7-8, 1 Kings 18:30-39, 2 Samuel 24:24-25, Psalm 50:5, Hebrews 13:10 INTRODUCTION: Altars are spiritual platforms where humanity meets divinity. In the Old Testament, altars were physical ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Making Of A Godly Leader: David’s Journey Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 4, 2025
     | 373 views

    Leadership in God’s kingdom is never accidental. It is a journey shaped by process, forged in obscurity, tested through adversity, and crowned with divine approval.

    THE MAKING OF A GODLY LEADER: DAVID’S JOURNEY By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Supporting Texts: Psalm 78:70-72, 1 Samuel 17, 1 Samuel 24, 2 Samuel 5:1-4, Acts 13:22, Luke 16:10 INTRODUCTION: Leadership in God’s kingdom is never accidental. It is a journey shaped by process, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Spiritual Growth Through Humility

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jun 1, 2025
     | 414 views

    Humility is not weakness—it is strength under control. In a world that often rewards pride, self-promotion, and status, God calls His children to embrace the way of humility.

    SPIRITUAL GROWTH THROUGH HUMILITY By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Philippians 2:5-8 Supporting Texts: James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5-6, Matthew 23:12, Proverbs 22:4, Luke 14:11 INTRODUCTION: Humility is not weakness—it is strength under control. In a world that often rewards pride, self-promotion, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Maturing Through God's Discipline

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jun 3, 2025
     | 394 views

    Discipline is often misunderstood as punishment or harsh treatment, but God’s discipline is an expression of His deep love and care for His children.

    MATURING THROUGH GOD'S DISCIPLINE By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Hebrews 12:5-11 Supporting Texts: Proverbs 3:11-12, Revelation 3:19, Psalm 94:12, James 1:2-4 INTRODUCTION: Discipline is often misunderstood as punishment or harsh treatment, but God’s discipline is an expression of His ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Role Of Training And Mentorship In Ministry

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jun 7, 2025
     | 485 views

    No one rises in ministry alone. Behind every successful minister is a process of training and a chain of mentorship that has contributed to their maturity and effectiveness.

    THE ROLE OF TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP IN MINISTRY By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 2 Timothy 2:2 Supporting Texts: Proverbs 27:17, Exodus 18:17-24, Acts 11:25-26, Titus 2:1-8 INTRODUCTION: The call to ministry is not a call to isolation but to a journey of growth, learning, and impartation. God ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Increasing Capacity For Advancement

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Aug 5, 2025
     | 492 views

    Advancement is not accidental; it is the outcome of intentional preparation and capacity building.

    INCREASING CAPACITY FOR ADVANCEMENT By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Isaiah 54:2-3 (KJV) "Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Something Bigger Than Me Series

    Contributed by Terry Jones on Jan 15, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,542 views

    In this second message on developing a healthy church, Pastor Terry continues his series focused on developing CORE within the Body. The first essential to being a person of CORE is to be connected. As a local church and individual members of it, we mus

    Out text is nestled in the middle of dialog between the King and the Prophet and between a worshipper and His God. Chapter 17 opens with the scene of David, perhaps, giving the Prophet Nathan a tour of the Palace. As they walk through the magnificent halls, I can imagine that they step out on a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Ethics In The Church Today

    Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Jan 20, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,713 views

    The goal of ethics is to develop a body of moral standards on which the church can draw so that it can successfully respond to the many moral challenges it faces in all societies. Moral character development should be seen as primary importance both fo

    Ethics In The Church Today Ephesians 1:22-23 - And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Works Of Mercy Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 21, 2012
     | 7,718 views

    . Wesley identified two kinds of holiness. First is personal holiness which is avoiding sin and developing the character of Christ. We develop this through the Means of Grace which include, weekly worship and communion, prayer, fasting, Personal Bible stu

    What do you do with a Gift Like That? Works of Mercy Matthew 7:12-23; Galatians 5:1, 6, 13-15 A Dutch pastor was helping Jews escape the Nazis when he himself caught. He was loaded into a boxcar with several Jews and others to be sent to a concentration camp. It was a long, frightening journey ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Hearing Your Shepherd?s Voice Series

    Contributed by C. Scott Ghan on Jul 21, 2003
    based on 61 ratings
     | 14,037 views

    Does God Still speak today? Absolutely! Here are some way of developing the art of listening.

    TITLE: Hearing Your Shepherd?s Voice 072103c TEXT: John 10:25-27 Jesus said: I tell you for certain that only thieves and robbers climb over the fence instead of going in through the gate to the sheep pen. 2-3But the gatekeeper opens the gate for the shepherd, and he goes in through it. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God Can!

    Contributed by Don Hutto on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 36 ratings
     | 6,370 views

    In our spiritual development we must learn that what we cannot do, God can!

    I. Introduction Most of us have learned that there are some things that we just cannot do for ourselves. In our spiritual development we must learn that what we cannot, God can! Only God can . . . II. . . . Direct Our Lives A. God wants to be Involved in our lives. (v. 11) B. God wants ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    About A Mile Downstream

    Contributed by Johnny Carver on May 21, 2001
    based on 234 ratings
     | 19,406 views

    This sermon encourages Christians to go on and develop their Christian experience in discovering the greatness of God and His power.

    Scripture: Ezekiel 47:1 - 12 Title: “About A Mile Downstream” Introduction: Last week I preached a sermon called, “The River of Grace.” We looked at the SOURCE, the COURSE, and the FORCE of this river. This week we want to take a look at the PROGRESSION of Christian GROWTH. This river that ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Our Father In Heaven

    Contributed by Yuen Woh Voon on Aug 8, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 5,851 views

    This sermon describes the responsibilities and the honour of fathers using ideas developed from the Lord’s prayer.

    Our Father in Heaven Matthew 6:9-15 9 "This, then, is how you should pray: "’Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    The Most Precious Thing That This World Affords

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 27, 2000
    based on 154 ratings
     | 8,339 views

    The apostle Paul tells Timothy the value of the Word of God and its importance in his spiritual development.

    THE MOST PRECIOUS THING THIS WORLD AFFORDS Children can be embarrassingly frank. I read of a minister who was visiting one of his members. The lady of the house was trying to impress him about how devout she was by pointing out the large Bible on the bookshelf and talking in a very reverential ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    It's Not Always Easy!

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Nov 6, 2000
    based on 194 ratings
     | 10,172 views

    A sermon that looks at the hard side of discipleship by focusing on four character traits that a real disciple develops.

    It's Not Always Easy! The Tough Side of Discipleship Luke 14:25-35 We all know about how messed up things are in our world. But do we know that they aren’t much better in the church. In the article "The American Witness" in the Nov/Dec 1997 issue of The Barna Report, George Barna examined 131 ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ