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  • Jerry DePoy avatar

    "When God Says, "No."

    Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Nov 6, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,057 views

    Using David as our primary example, let me suggest five right ways in which to respond when God says “No.”

    Title: How to respond when God says “No” Introduction: David is up in years. His hearts desire to build God an house. It seemed a wonderful holy request, but God said, “No.” How you respond when God says “No” reveals your true spirituality. Using David as our primary example, let me suggest ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Shawn Williams avatar

    Trials And Testings

    Contributed by Shawn Williams on Jun 19, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,713 views

    Trust God and believe in your heart, God cares about loving who you are.

    Trials and testings produce understanding – They help us to see what God is up to in our lives. Trials and testings purify faith – They prove our faith is genuine. Trials and testings produce endurance. Trials and testings perfect character – make mature, whole, no defects. Therefore, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Handle Rejection

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 8, 2004
    based on 31 ratings
     | 5,409 views

    "Do your best to come to me quickly, for Demas because He loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica

    How to Handle Rejection 2 Tim. 4:1-10 Illustration: A man left his house for church one Sunday just as his neighbor was loading his golf clubs into his car. "Henry," the neighbor called, "come play golf with me today." Henry answered firmly, "I always go to church on the Lord’s Day." After a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Everybody Will Like Me Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 18, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,330 views

    First in a series on dealing with popular illusions. I can deal with not getting everybody to like me if I will live in integrity, love intentionally, let go of negative feelings, and leave it finally to God.

    More energy has been spent on this one thing than on building the Panama Canal, constructing the Great Pyramids, or creating the Interstate Highway system. More energy! More tears have been shed on this one item than on the depredations of poverty, the destruction wrought by great storms, or a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jon MacKinney avatar

    Ministry Can Be A Struggle!

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Dec 7, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,009 views

    There is no doubt that when Paul arrived, alone, in the sinful city of Corinth, it was a little bit of a shock. Worn down, lonely, discouraged, he needed the provision of God.

    Passage: Acts 18:1-17 Intro: When we read Acts, we get a picture of Paul in our minds. 1. we picture him striding powerfully from one rejection to another, brushing off the effects of this beating or that imprisonment. 2. but here in Corinth, it seems to have caught up with him. 3. many miles on ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Mark Baker avatar

    Don't Be Overcome, Be An Over Comer!

    Contributed by Mark Baker on Dec 11, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,838 views

    David is calling out to God. In one he says, my heart is overwhelmed, and in the other he says, My soul refused to be comforted. Have you ever been in a place where your heart refuses to be comforted or where the circumstances of life seem to totally over

    Psalms 61:1. Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer. 2. From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 3. For You have been a shelter for me, And a strong tower from the enemy. Psalms 77:1. I cried out to God with my ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Michael Martin avatar

    A Bottle In The Smoke

    Contributed by Michael Martin on Dec 17, 2006
    based on 17 ratings
     | 14,841 views

    The Psalmist tells of the pain of going through the fire. He has become like a bottle in the Smoke.

    (Psa 119:81-83) "For I am become like a bottle in the smoke..." Years ago I helped clean out a house that had been burnt in a fire. The dear lady for whom we were working asked us, that as we went through the rubble, to pull out anything that might be salvageable. She had a collection of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bruce Willis avatar

    Identity: From Rejection To Acceptance

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 20, 2006
    based on 26 ratings
     | 13,591 views

    This is a sermon on Identity from the perspective of "The Exchanged Life" which seeks to facilitate one accepting their identity in Christ.

    I recently read a book about rejection and its effects entitled, "The Ins and Out of Rejection" by Charles R. Solomon. Did you notice the plural tense of "Ins" and the singular tense of the word "Out"? The point is, there are many ins into rejection, but only one "out." The only way out of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • DAN SANTIAGO avatar

    Blessing In Mourning

    Contributed by Dan Santiago on Feb 4, 2006
    based on 25 ratings
     | 10,110 views

    Mourning could be a means to blessing.

    INTRODUCTION ILLUSTRATION JONI EARECKSON TADA said, “You don’t have to be alone in your hurt! Comfort is yours. Joy is an option and it’s all been made possible by your SAVIOR Jesus Christ. He went without comfort so you might have it. He postponed joy so you might share in it. He willingly ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Andy Cobb avatar

    Containing Our Complaining

    Contributed by Andy Cobb on Feb 22, 2006
    based on 46 ratings
     | 8,985 views

    An exhortation to control complaining

    Introduction: A man dreamed of joining a monastery. His goal in life was to become a monk. So one day he went to a monastery and talked to the head monk and said, “What do I need to do to join.” Was told that it was more difficult that what he thought. In our monastery monks are only allowed to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dawn Marie Turner avatar

    In Sorrow, We Go Forward

    Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Jun 30, 2003
    based on 47 ratings
     | 10,761 views

    Even when bad things happen we need to look ahead to the cross of Christ.

    Psalm 130 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD; 2 O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. 3 If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared. 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Lindy Axon avatar

    Dealing With Loss And Grief

    Contributed by Lindy Axon on Jul 7, 2003
    based on 40 ratings
     | 30,078 views

    How does a Christian deal with grief and loss?

    Every Christian deals with loss and grief at some time during their life. It might come in the form of the death of a loved one, the loss of a financial position, the loss of good health or the shattering of dreams. When this happens, we naturally ask, "Why?" and along with the original loss, we ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bishop William Bryant Wilmore, Jr. avatar

    Rut, Rot, Or Revival

    Contributed by Bishop William Bryant Wilmore, Jr. on Jul 7, 2003
    based on 324 ratings
     | 38,759 views

    Like the widow woman 2kgs 4, many people find themselves in a rut, which can lead to rot, unless they undergo a revival.

    Text: 2 Kings 4: 1-7 1A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves.” 2So Elisha said to her, “What shall I do ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Melvin Shelton avatar

    Jesus Is Coming Soon

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jul 8, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,969 views

    Saddess in the followers of Jesus but promise he was coming back

    JESUS’ SECOND COMING ACTS l:ll It was a sad day for the followers of Jesus the day He was killed. It must have seemed their hopes just crumbled around them. Still there was yet another sad day. But this one was when Jesus come crashing from that grave and walked again upon earth. Sad for Satan and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Apple avatar

    A Bitter Pill To Swallow Series

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Jul 3, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 5,825 views

    CAPTIVITY SILENCES THE SONGS OF JOY AS WE WEEP OVER OUR LOST GLORY

    BIG IDEA: CAPTIVITY SILENCES THE SONGS OF JOY AS WE WEEP OVER OUR LOST GLORY INTRODUCTION: cf. son Steve hates to swallow pills I. (:1-3) CAPTIVITY IS A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW A. Because of Memories of Lost Glory “By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible