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  • The Master Builder Series

    Contributed by Rudolf E. Y. Mensah on Jan 31, 2022
     | 3,748 views

    This passage causes the clarity to unravel the mysteries surrounding the person and deity of Jesus Christ.

    REF NO: 026 COLUMNIST: Rudolf Nii Yemoh Mensah, Prelate, Oasis Potterlight Chapel International PASSAGE: Hebrews 3:4, NIV: For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. BACKGROUND: This passage causes the clarity to unravel the mysteries surrounding the person and ...read more

  • The Gift Of Thick Skin Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Mar 13, 2024
     | 1,220 views

    This peculiar passage gives us a poignant picture of the need for tenacity and determination in the face of opposition to the message of God.

    THAT'S A SURPRISE: Sometimes God needs His people to be hardheaded. - Ezekiel 3:8-9. - This passage continues the ideas we discussed in the last sermon about God’s messengers. It had a warning from God that the Israelites claimed to be God’s people but they weren’t listening to what God had ...read more

  • Walking In The Will Of God

    Contributed by Richard Deem on Mar 1, 2001
    based on 538 ratings
     | 56,779 views

    Often the commited Christian finds it difficult to discern the will of God. It may surprise you to know that it is possible to be in the will of God and not really be aware of it!

    TEXT: Acts 16:6-10 INTRO: In 1984 my family attended a Spiritual Retreat (Conference) in Bertchesgaden, West Germany. This was an annual event for those involved in the Ministry to the Military in Europe. These were "high times", indeed. Not only were we "high on a mountain, nestled in the ...read more

  • Habakkuk's Powerful Prayer

    Contributed by Jon Daniels on Aug 28, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 37,854 views

    This message deals with Habakkuk’s prayer and how we can look to God to strengthen our faith in difficult times.

    "HABAKKUK’S POWERFUL PRAYER" Habakkuk 3 INTRO – Life is full of questions, isn’t it? Some questions are unimportant. Others have life-changing, life-altering implications. And then there are those questions that sound relatively unimportant, but definitely have life-changing implications. ...read more

  • Don’t Shrink Back

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2011
     | 5,343 views

    A message for an outdoor men's gathering, included as a series of messages by other ministers from the same passage.

    Acts 20:26-27 Intro: Blood matters. Had we never been told this, there would still be a sense of it. I remember watching my son around age 2, when he would get a scrape. The pain wouldn’t be such a problem. He would be mostly fine, until he’d look down at the cut knee or finger ...read more

  • Do Not Love The Evil Of This World Series

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Oct 28, 2022
     | 1,087 views

    In this passage of scripture, John was writing unto all believers to urge them to obey Jesus and love all Believers

    In this passage of scripture, John was writing unto all believers to urge them to obey Jesus and love all Believers. In verses 12-14: 1. As Christians have their curious states, so they have unconventional obligations 2. There is obedience and statutes basic to all, and shared love and scorn of ...read more

  • Jesus Is The Way To A Better Life Series

    Contributed by Danny Anderson on Oct 28, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,099 views

    This passage is our Lord’s words of encouragement for our day. When you seem all alone; when you feel all left out; when you feel no one cares - this passage is an uplifter.

    Jesus Is The Way To A Better Life Text: John 14:1-7 Introduction: This passage is our Lord’s words of encouragement for our day. When you seem all alone; when you feel all left out; when you feel no one cares - this passage is an uplifter. I want to direct your focus on verse 6 in particular. ...read more

  • A Legal Dispute Series

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Sep 21, 2015
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,400 views

    As we get into this passage concerning legal disputes we need to note that this passage only deals with disputes between Christian brothers. It doesn’t say anything about going to court against unbelievers.

    As we get into this passage concerning legal disputes we need to note that this passage only deals with disputes between Christian brothers. It doesn’t say anything about going to court against unbelievers. Note the progression of Paul’s argument. He progresses from question to ...read more

  • Don't Look Back?? Series

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Sep 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,289 views

    This message is the fifth in a series that deals with some of the difficult sayings of Jesus. This message looks at Jesus' warning in regard to looking back.

    At first glance Jesus sounds very harsh as He addresses someone that sincerely wanted to follow Him. What’s wrong with wanting to tell His family goodbye? In 1978 the Little River Band wrote a song that describes a great tendency that many of us have. Listen to these few lines from this song. ...read more

  • Be Ye Separate

    Contributed by Phillip Smith on May 4, 2024
     | 1,180 views

    Christians are to be readily recognizable. They are to be seperate from worldly persons. However, it is most difficult to identify one in a crowd in the modern world. Why?

    In western culture and its influence upon all the rest of mankind, depicting Christians from the rest of the world is most difficult today. The only differences we see come from diverse groups who outwardly show differences in their dress and chosen culture. Outward differences among all others are ...read more

  • Joy - Psalm 126 Series

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 8,120 views

    How do we sustain joy in the midst of difficult circumstances? By reflecting on God’s blessings and promises.

    Right now in Texas, a woman named Andrea Yates is on trial for the crime of murdering her five children, ages 7, 5, 3, 2, and six months. According to news reports, she confessed to police that she led them one at a time into the bathroom of their family’s home and drowned them in the bathtub. When ...read more

  • The Story Of Moses And The Stool Pigeon

    Contributed by Edward Boyce on Jan 25, 2002
    based on 131 ratings
     | 13,309 views

    Change in the congregations of America is difficult and is often resisted. This sermon looks at Moses as a model for transformation and change in a church.

    The Story of Moses and the Stool Pigeon Exodus 13:17-18 Deuteronomy 8:1-16 In 1914 a very sad thing happened when Martha died. Martha was the last of passenger pigeons. One hundred years earlier the passenger pigeons covered the landscape. It was not uncommon for flocks of over one hundred ...read more

  • Love Found A Way To Help Us Series

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on May 11, 2001
    based on 51 ratings
     | 5,472 views

    Jesus shows us how willing He is to help us in our darkest and most difficult times!

    Love Found a Way to Help Us May 12, 2001 “Judy Rogers, now a woman, remembers the year her father was laid off work. Family finances, already lean, became leaner still. “Christmas was coming, and for months Judy’s father had been promising his wife a new dishwasher. That good woman was still ...read more

  • Out Of Weakness Series

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on May 18, 2004
    based on 46 ratings
     | 6,628 views

    It can be so difficult to handle our personal weaknesses, but know that God is using them for His glory.

    Out of Weakness Purpose Driven Life #35 Cornwall/Montreal May 8, 2004 When children come to Jesus they come knowing they are not particularly strong. This is to their advantage, and this is what Jesus knew when He brought them forward to bless them. Matt.19.13-15- Jesus saw something that others ...read more

  • In Times Like These

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 27, 2004
    based on 295 ratings
     | 31,232 views

    In difficult times we must: 1- Count the blessings 2- Consider the source 3- Continue the life

    INTRO.- ILL.- 22 year-old pop singer Britney Spears got married again for the second time in nine months. The first marriage lasted only about 55 hours. Someone calculated that if she kept up this pace by the time she is 50 she will be married some 39 times. SHE GOT MARRIED AGAIN. I say, so ...read more