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  • David Hicks avatar

    Faith Can Make You Well

    Contributed by David Hicks on Nov 15, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,680 views

    This sermon looks at the connection between faith and healing as seen in some of the stories of Jesus.

    Faith Can Make You Well Matthew 9:18-30 Have you ever wondered if God still does the miraculous in our world today? Is it possible to have a life completely turned around by the grace and power of God? Is it possible to be dead, bleeding, or blind one moment and be alive, whole and able to see ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    I Declare Unto You The Gospel Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on May 2, 2025
     | 444 views

    Paul had a lot of things to cover in this first letter to the Corinthians. He gave them a brief reminder of what the Gospel was all about in these first few verses of chapter 15.

    I Declare Unto You The Gospel (This message is reworked from a sermon preached at Littleby Baptist Church near Mexico, MO on April 28, 2025; but is not an exact transcription.) Introduction: Good evening and it’s great to worship the Lord together with you this evening! These joint meetings are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Faith At Work Pt 2 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 25, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,441 views

    We were created to work! Yes, it’s true and it is part of God’s plan of creation! Work is a place God uses us as Christians to influence our fallen world. Work is a place where we make a difference for the Kingdom of Heaven. We are created to contribute to our society for the good.

    Video Illustration: Faith and Work! Series: You work Matters! Thesis: We were created to work! Yes, it’s true and it is part of God’s plan of creation! Work is a place God uses us as Christians to influence our fallen world. Work is a place where we make a difference for the Kingdom of Heaven. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Michael Stark avatar

    "i Know The Plans I Have For You!" Does This Apply To Us?

    Contributed by Michael Stark on May 10, 2025
     | 921 views

    God guides His people as they serve Him. The means of His guidance may vary, but it will never contradict what is given in His holy Word.

    “I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” [1] Years ago, I read Herbert Lockyer’s delightful tome, “All the Promises of the Bible.” [2] In that book, Dr. Lockyer discussed what a promise is, cautioning that the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Does Easter Make A Difference

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Apr 18, 2001
    based on 237 ratings
     | 19,563 views

    Sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter

    Second Sunday Easter John 20: 19-31 "Does Easter Make a Difference   A pastor tells the following in the Augsburg Sermon Book for the year 1985: "I’ve never seen such a crowd in church, the woman exclaimed’. I didn’t know her, but apparently she was impressed by the number of people here for ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Grounded In Provision Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Aug 5, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,990 views

    The passage that we will look at this morning is a passage that gives us a wonderful picture about God’s provision in our lives. 1 Kings 17 describes for us several events in the life of a man named Elijah. Elijah is a prophet of God and some might even

    Grounded in Provision 1 Kings 17:1-24 INTRODUCTION... The Clock that had a Nervous Breakdown, C. Swindoll This new clock was ticking away on the shelf two ticks to the second as any good, self-respecting clock should tick when it began to think about how many times it was going to have to tick. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Dark Christmas Series

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Jan 21, 2008
     | 3,815 views

    The Magi - gentile are invited to be a part of the family of God.

    Dark Christmas Matthew 2:1-12 Well, like Christmas, this “perspective series” is coming to an end. I hope that won’t mean that you feel like you can put what you have heard away in a box, like decorations, until next Christmas. The Christian point of view is just not that way. Christians ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    What Good Are Problems? Series

    Contributed by Ricky Nelms on Aug 2, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,560 views

    This is the final message in the series "From The Problem To The Solution". This answers the question, "What good are problems?", and examines five benefits to all of life's problems.

    From The Problem to the Solution 9 – WHAT GOOD ARE PROBLEMS? This morning, we are bringing to a conclusion the SERIES OF MESSAGES we began this fall, entitled “From the Problem to the Solution” And I trust, that you have been blessed, encouraged, and strengthened, as ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • John Lowe avatar

    Lesson 32. In Physical Needs (James 5:14-15) Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Apr 3, 2021
     | 2,744 views

    I will attempt to show from 1 Corinthians 12:9[1] and 28[2] and Galatians 3:5[3] that gifts of healings were intended for the church in Paul’s day and our day. However, the New Testament does not talk about THE gift of healing.

    Lesson Text – James 5:14-15 (NKJV) 14. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Providence Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 26, 2020
     | 4,684 views

    With our limited sight and insight, we trust in the One who has foresight and foreknowledge. We trust in God's providence.

    Hello all. Hope that everyone is keeping well, physically and spiritually. • Let’s honour the Lord together, faithfully, as we gather each week to worship Him, to read His Word and hear from Him. • So let’s commit this time to God in prayer. We are blessed, Lord to be able to come before You ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Fred Sigle avatar

    How To Make Up Your Mind Series

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jan 13, 2023
     | 2,249 views

    A study from the book of James. This study is inspired by Rick Warren's book: Developing a Faith that Works, Book of James Volumes 1 & 2.

    A. Have you experienced the FRUSTRATION of trying to LIVE in two WORLDS? 1. You are a Christian on Sunday morning, but then during the week at WORK or at SCHOOL when with your Non-Christian friends you ACT like them. Christ certainly doesn’t SHINE through. ILLUSTRATION: I shared ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How The Holy Spirit Can Lead You As He Led Joshua

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 94 ratings
     | 11,158 views

    1. The Holy Spirit led Joshua with promises of security, stability and God’s abiding presence.

    1. The Holy Spirit led Joshua with promises of security, stability and God’s abiding presence. The Lord said to Joshua, "No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you." (Josh. 1:5) Ask the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Let God Guide You In Selecting Your Mate

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,241 views

    1. Commit your way to the Lord, delight yourself in Him and His will and trust also in Him to lead you to the best person and He will bring it to pass.

    1. Commit your way to the Lord, delight yourself in Him and His will and trust also in Him to lead you to the best person and He will bring it to pass. (Psalm 37:3-5) Only the Lord is able to direct two people into a God blessed union. He is able to work in ways that we cannot understand. His ways ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What To Do When You Are Placed In A Position Of Contention 

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 37 ratings
     | 4,271 views

    Occasionally we all find ourselves in a position where we face a prickly difference of opinions with our peers. When Peter returned from visiting the house of the Gentile Cornelius, his Jewish friends cried out in anger, "You went to the uncircumcised men

    Illustration:No great advance has been made in science, politics or religion without controversy. Lyman Beecher 1. Occasionally we all find ourselves in a position where we face a prickly difference of opinions with our peers. When Peter returned from visiting the house of the Gentile ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Raymond Perkins avatar

    In The Presence Of Jesus

    Contributed by Raymond Perkins on Jan 9, 2002
    based on 111 ratings
     | 11,552 views

    A lesson about choices in Christian living.

    IN THE PRESENCE OF JESUS Luke 10:38-42 INTRODUCTION: To come face to face with Jesus is a dream every real Christian shares. To gaze into His eyes, to feel the power of His presence and the purity of His soul, to have Him speak just one word in our hearing – how great would that experience be? How ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ