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  • Brady Cooper avatar

    No Wake Zone: Wakeboarders Series

    Contributed by Brady Cooper on Jun 23, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 15,762 views

    This is the last of a five-part series on managing our core relationships with character and Christian love. This sermon focuses on the "high-wakers," or the difficult people in your life and how to handle them well.

    We are finishing up our series No Wake Zone and today is our fifth and final message in this series. We’ve entitled it Wakeboarding. We’re going to talk about that a little bit. On your way out this morning, I think these are really cool, we have a gift for you. You got up early, lost an hour ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Year Of Recovery Series

    Contributed by Howard Langford on Jan 21, 2012
    based on 8 ratings
     | 9,762 views

    Life is full of struggle. Many people are either lost in transition or have a difficult time recovering from it.We will look at the life and struggle of Job and find the redemptive value of struggle

    Imagine this, you lose your home, your job, your family, and your wife goes nuts. Now, imagine it all falls apart in one day. If matters were not already horrid, you develop a skin disease that both itches and burns. While sitting alone, void of friendship and Godly counsel, Job has an ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Holy Communion: Because I Am Said So Series

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Mar 22, 2010
     | 6,675 views

    It is hard to understand how Jesus' body and blood is present with the bread and wine of Holy Communion but it shouldn't be difficult to believe - not when you consider who came up with Holy Communion...

    “Why do I have to sweep?” “Because I said so.” If little sister has spoken the “Because I said so,” you might as well be a train that’s about to run over and flatten a penny. There’s no chance you’re going to submit to her authority is there? ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Letter To The Church At Smyrna, Perseverance Series

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Feb 2, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,652 views

    Perseverance is trusting God no matter how painful or difficult your situation is.When our faith it tested understand it produces perseverance. Let us look at the perseverance of the Church at Symrna.

    Follow us on: Website: https://cityharvestag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestA... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cityharvestag/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityHarvestAGChurch/featured Series – Revelation: Letter to the Church at Smyrna Title – ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Evangelism Is A High Calling But It Is Not For Us All.

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Nov 3, 2014
     | 3,740 views

    Summary: We are all called to preach the gospel, and be a witness for Christ; yet many find this difficult, I especially, so how do we proceed in this high calling. Read on!!!

    This sermon was delivered to St Oswald’s in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 2nd November 2014 (a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries). Summary: We are all called to preach the gospel, and be a witness for Christ; yet many find this difficult, I especially, so ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    Expending Patience Wisely

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 4, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,811 views

    Patience is difficult for us all, but if we develop certain good habits, it makes a big difference. Often times patience simply means delaying anger or refusing to rush to a conclusion or action.

    Expending Patience Wisely 1. Someone has contrasted the good and bad of patience, “Patience: The quality you admire in the driver behind you but can’t stand in the driver who’s in front of you.” 2. Someone else illustrated patience this way: “When you're being yelled ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Paul Sees The Lord Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Mar 31, 2017
     | 8,605 views

    It was a little more difficult to preach in Samaria, because of the ancient traditions and prejudices of long standing which were expressed in the familiar words, “Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans” (John 4:9).

    February 26, 2014 By: Tom Lowe Series: The Early Church Lesson III.B.1: Paul Sees the Lord (9:1-9) Scripture 1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2 And desired of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    You Cannot Overcome Unless You Have Endured... 7 Words Of Encouragement Series

    Contributed by William Akehurst on Nov 27, 2018
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,264 views

    We all go through difficult times in life. Without enduring, we can't overcome. But with CHRIST, we can do all things, from enduring to overcoming.

    2018.11.27.Enduring to Overcome William Akehurst, HSWC I know you’re not supposed to Text while driving, but how about writing down what GOD lays on your heart at the instance HE gives it? even if you’re driving to work! I’m not advocating that you do this, and I probably should have pulled over ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Eucharist And The Holy Spirit Working Us Within Filling Us With Life.

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Aug 26, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,988 views

    Difficult teaching from Jesus to his disciples is much easier for us today, now that we understand the Eucharist and that the Holy Spirit is working us from within, if we only knew.

    This sermon was delivered Gordon McCulloch to the congregation at Holy Trinity in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 26th August 2018; Holy Trinity is a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries. Joshua 24:1-2a,14-18 Psalm 34:15-22 Ephesians 6:10-20 John 6:56-69 “Please join ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    We Need New Eyes

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 20, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,963 views

    There are times the soil around us becomes hard and difficult, it is no time to quit... APPLY MORE EFFORT, try again. Many times all a crying baby needs is a diaper change or to be fed.

    WE NEED NEW EYES... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I. INTRODUCTION: MANY TIMES ALL A CRYING BABY NEEDS---- IS A CHANGE... A. Root bound: I was in Springfield, Illinois visiting my in-laws. Red my father-in-law said: Come on lets go to a friend of mine's orchard. There were 5,000 red ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Glory Of God!

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Feb 11, 2015
     | 8,915 views

    Glory of God is difficult to define or explain, one has to experience it! I pray this devotion would take you into the glorious presence of God and you feel His tangible presence!

    Glory! 2 Chronicles 7:1”As soon as Solomon finished his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.” “I repeat the glory of the LORD filled the temple!” Glory! This word is so often ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Travailing To Prevail

    Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Feb 19, 2015
     | 27,731 views

    We are called to fervent prayers over any difficult situation in our lives. Prayer will open closed doors, pull down satanic oppositions and barriers and give victory on every side.

    TRAVAILING TO PREVAIL Study Text: James 5:16-18 Jam 5:16 Confess faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous one avails much. Jam 5:17 Elijah was a man of like passion as we are. And he prayed earnestly that it might not ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dr. Jerry N. Watts avatar

    Who Are You Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Dec 13, 2014
    based on 3 ratings
     | 15,454 views

    One of the most difficult things for people in the 21st Century to do or so it seems is to have an accurate view of themselves. This question, asked by a demon, brings us face to face with reality.

    Who Are You Acts 19:11-20 • There is an old story that I’ve heard, read, and told many times. It’s about a fellow named Bill who was always bragging about who he knew and how he was friends with many popular and powerful people. He said to his boss one day, "You name anyone you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Did Jesus Mean By "Whoever Loses His Life For Me Will Find It" Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jul 19, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 34,030 views

    A look at Jesus' difficult (and frequently ignored) teaching that "whoever lose his life for me will find it." What does that mean? What does it look like to live that out?

    WHAT DOES "LOSE YOUR LIFE TO FIND IT" MEAN ANYWAY? It means to pursue Jesus’ path even at the expense of my desires. - Matthew 10:39; Matthew 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; Luke 17:33; John 12:25. - This is a foreign concept to many Christians. In the American church we largely ignore this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Grace In Groaning Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 23, 2020
     | 5,981 views

    If you want to grow in difficult times, get to know God, obey God, and cry out to God if you must; but no matter what, learn and grow from God’s discipline.

    Richard Lee had been the lone police officer in the small town of Croydon, New Hampshire for 20 years. So, two months ago (February 2020), when the local board decided to outsource their law enforcement needs to the state police, Lee walked out, disgusted. He also walked out in his underwear. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free