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  • John Gaines avatar

    When The Tempter Comes Series

    Contributed by John Gaines on Jan 30, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 9,146 views

    Jesus resists the devil’s temptation and shows us the way to deal with Satan.

    WHEN THE TEMPTER COMES INTRODUCTION 1. Matthew 4:1-10 (NKJV) Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. {2} And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. {3} Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Count It All Joy

    Contributed by Mark Baker on Jan 30, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,744 views

    How God proves us with tests.

    James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3. knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. Have you ever really stopped and considered that God’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Grace Giving Series

    Contributed by W. Alderman on Jan 31, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 14,129 views

    This is a message taken from the author’s book entitled, "Christian Stewardship".

    GRACE GIVING II Corinthians 8:1-15 INTRODUCTION: This portion of Scripture describes the grace giver. The grace giver gives with Christ Jesus in mind. Every gift that Christ Jesus has given us has been a gift of Grace. We deserve nothing any better. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Balancing Our Emphasis Between Task And Relationship Orientation

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Apr 15, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,861 views

    Balancing Life is Dependent on the Holy Spirit’s Enabling

    Balancing Our Emphasis Between Task and Relationship Orientation 1 John 4:20-4:21 - If anyone says I love God but hates his brother. He is a liar and the truth is not in him. For how can you say you love God whom you do not see when you do not love your brother whom you see? 1. The Holy ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How Jesus Approached The Proud And The Humble

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 86 ratings
     | 7,654 views

    It is pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began. - C. S. Lewis God pickles the proud and preserves the foolish.

    How Jesus Approached the Proud and the Humble (Luke 7:36-50) The Lord Jesus was the Master of approaching people at the point of their need and their level of receptivity. He knew how to move from a person’s felt need to their perceived need to their human need as a gateway to their spiritual ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Taste Of Mcclendon - Service With A Smile!

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 10, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,786 views

    Sermon to promote ministry teams in our church

    Taste of McClendon - Service with a Smile! Romans 12:3-13 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - Aug. 26, 2007 *You know that old cliché, “Service with a smile!” Don’t you like service with a smile? So does God. He wants service with a smile from us. Here’s where the smiles come ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Drifting From God

    Contributed by Bobby Bulger on Sep 27, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,524 views

    A simple warning to spiritual drifters.

    Drifting Proverbs 27:8 “As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.” 1Cor. 9:27 “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” Proverbs 14:12-16 (12) ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Foundations For Renewal Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Oct 18, 2007
    based on 13 ratings
     | 10,605 views

    Exposition of Nehemiah 7:1-53 about the preparations for Revival by Nehemiah

    Text: Nehemiah 7:1-73, Title: Foundations for Renewal, Date/Place: NRBC, 10/21/07, PM A. Opening illustration: Dr. A. T. Pierson says that there has never been a revival in any country or locality that did not begin with united prayer…Jeremiah Lampheer began a small prayer meeting in Manhattan. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Overcoming The "Spiritual Blahs”

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Oct 22, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,836 views

    Jesus asks five "perspective questions" that can assist us in overcoming spiritual inertia.

    OVERCOMING THE “SPIRITUAL BLAHS” Mark 8:14-21 Mk 8:14 The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. Mk 8:15 “Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.” Mk 8:16 They discussed this with one ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Paul - The Model Mailman

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 9, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,121 views

    Paul epitomizes the ideal scriptural mailman as it can be said, "Neither rain, nor sleet, nor dark of night can keep this courageous courier from the swift completion of his appointed task."

    Paul - The Ideal Mailman (Acts 28) Mitchell Kendall engraved this famous saying on the New York City post office, taken from Herodutus about the diligence of the Persian mailmen during the heat of their battles with the Greeks in 500 B.C. "Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail, nor dark ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Way You Think

    Contributed by Don Baggett on Dec 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,807 views

    If you can change your thinking, you can change your life.

    The thought recently came to me that if a Christian would just obey the wisdom found in the book of Proverbs, he could live a very successful life. Since there are 31 chapters in Proverbs, one can easily read the chapter each day that corresponds with that particular day of the month, thereby ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    No, Never Alone

    Contributed by Jeremiah Parker on Mar 6, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,726 views

    Comfort from the Psalms for those who struggle with loneliness.

    No, Never Alone Intro song – Stand By Me Psalm 139:1-12 After a ship sank in the ocean, three men ended up stranded in a lifeboat. They floated around for days without food or water. One afternoon a bottle floated up to the boat. The men grabbed the bottle and when they pulled the cork out of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Believe That You Receive

    Contributed by Mark Baker on Mar 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,742 views

    God has gone to great lengths to purchase us back from Satan and eternal death, and to give us Eternal life. The very least we could do is to take the time to learn how to receive these very great and precious promises.

    God has gone to great lengths to purchase us back from Satan and eternal death, and to give us Eternal life. The very least we could do is to take the time to learn how to receive these very great and precious promises. 2 Peter 1:4. by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Who Can Climb God's Hill?

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Mar 17, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,792 views

    Jesus gives us the clean hands and pure heart needed to stand atop God’s hill.

    “Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.” Did you ever wonder what kind of hill it was that Jack and Jill had to climb if they couldn’t make it up without cracking their skulls? You wouldn’t think it should be such a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Accepting The Different Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,412 views

    To accept one another, we are to concentrate on the essentials.

    Last Good Friday, nineteen men were crucified in San Pedro Cutud, Pampanga. This Easter crucifixion tradition is “an extreme form of penance”[1] or trying to cleanse oneself from sin. It is good that the Roman Catholic Church expressed disapproval to the practice. According to a priest, “The church ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist