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  • Timm Meyer avatar

    God Desires Mercy, Not Sacrifice

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Jun 21, 2004
    based on 29 ratings
     | 13,050 views

    PENTECOST 3(A) - Our Lord desires mercy, not sacrifice: mercy not with lip service but mercy with faithful lives.

    OUR LORD DESIRES MERCY, NOT SACRIFICE Hosea 5:15-6:6 - June 20, 2004 - PENTECOST 3 HOSEA 5:15-6:6 15Then I will go back to my place until they admit their guilt. And they will seek my face; in their misery they will earnestly seek me." 61 "Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Our Adversary Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Jan 21, 2004
    based on 28 ratings
     | 11,392 views

    The 2nd message in a series on spiritual warfare unveiling the person, nature, and tactics of Satan.

    The Battle is the Lord’s Your Adversary Trans: Two weeks ago we began a study on the topic of spiritual warfare by investigating the reality of this spiritual war b/w the Devil and God. Text: Ephesians 6:10-17 Note: This Scripture helps us to understand the basic problem – there is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You Ready For The Wedding Of The Lamb?

    Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Jan 30, 2004
    based on 76 ratings
     | 13,208 views

    We have been invited to the wedding that will end all weddings. Are we ready to be a guest? Are we ready to be the bride?

    “Are you ready for the wedding?” As you think of all the people involved with a typical wedding consider the different ways that they might answer that question. The bride would have one answer and the groom another. Friends of the bride and groom would answer differently depending on their part ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    How Do You Picture God?

    Contributed by Daniel Richter on Oct 5, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,263 views

    Painting a picture of a passionate God who pursues us.

    Have you ever really wanted something? I mean wanted it to the point that you were convinced that you couldn’t be happy without it. Maybe someone else had it and they looked happy and you were convinced that this thing was the key. You had to have it. I can remember a few times in my life where ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Choosing The Best Part: A Mother's Day Message

    Contributed by Robert Massey on Mar 23, 2002
    based on 846 ratings
     | 159,744 views

    Mother’s Day Message for the busy mom.

    CHOOSING THE BEST Luke 10:38-42 I realize that today’s woman has no easy task. I know that more appliances and conveniences are placed within the home with the goal of making the household chores easier. Things have certainly changed from the time that I was a child. There were no micro-wave ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Leaving Jesus Behind Series

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 27, 2005
    based on 96 ratings
     | 72,846 views

    Have we left Jesus behind in our lives by being distrated with other things. Are our priorities the same as those of Jesus.

    Luke 2:41- 52 - Leaving Jesus Behind View beginning of Home Alone Movie - Parents, have you ever left your children somewhere by mistake? What was your reaction? A bit like this mum? Has anyone ever been left somewhere by mistake. As a child, I was left behind at church several times that I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Find A Hero

    Contributed by Clarence Peters on Oct 12, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,951 views

    Find the right people to copy and you will grow upward rather than downward.

    How to Find a Hero Function: The listener will be able to identify healthy people to mimic and avoid those who drag them down. Some of you will remember times when no one gave a second thought to hitchhiking -- the roads were assumed to be safe. When you walked into a store, no one would scan ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Put On The Full Armor Of God

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Aug 30, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 14,082 views

    PENTECOST 15(B) - Put on the full armor of God realizing enemies will attack but believers will stand.

    PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD Ephesians 6:10-20 - August 28, 2005 - Pentecost 15 Dearest Fellow-Redeemed and Saints in the Lord: Are you ready for battle? Are you ready to rumble? That is what Paul reminds us of today. In our Christian living and in this world our life is a battle. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Elisha Seeks The Blessing

    Contributed by Colin Coombs on Jun 10, 2007
    based on 31 ratings
     | 12,972 views

    For Elisha to have the ’double-portion’ he desired there was a clear path to follow. There was a preparation to be made, a pryaer to be offered, a promise to be claimed, and the possession of the answer. What a challenge for us today!

    ELISHA SEEKS THE BLESSING THE PATH TO THE DOUBLE-PORTION II Kings 2:1-15 Elisha had travelled with Elijah for a relatively short time, and had seen how the Lord had miraculously worked through Elijah. This must have inspired him to want the same anointing himself, but before Elisha could ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Pre Marriage Relationships

    Contributed by Mark Holdcroft on Jun 19, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 15,453 views

    A painfully honest sermon, about developing a Godly pre-marriage relationship, from two people who failed God and had to fall upon His mercy. This was preached by my wife and I.

    Relationships – How to develop a godly relationship We are going to talk about relationships before marriage today. The first thing that I want to say is that we didn’t do everything right. In fact we made a lot of mistakes and had some failures along the way. We want to share some of those ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Promises To Keep Before I Sleep

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 8, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,993 views

    We find it difficult to keep promises because we are focused on dealing with today’s issues. We back off our commitments to God because they are hard, but we can receive help from accountability partners, and can know joy and fulfillment.

    To be a saint is not to be perfect; to be a saint is to be someone who makes promises and keeps them. Sainthood is not some magic status, conferred by the church for merit or miracles; sainthood is ordinary people living in extraordinary faithfulness, making promises and keeping them. Did you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lighten The Load Series

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Jan 13, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,564 views

    Let go of what holds you back.

    LIGHTEN THE LOAD! Hebrews 12.1-3 S: Church Purpose C: Sin Th: Plan to Win! Pr: LET GO OF WHAT HOLDS YOU BACK. ?: Why? Why let go? KW: Reasons TS: We will find in our study of Hebrews 12.1-2 three reasons why we are to let go of what holds us back Type: Propositional The ____ reason we are to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Does God Allow Evil? Series

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Apr 2, 2007
    based on 34 ratings
     | 8,672 views

    Why God chooses to allow the existence of evil even though He is good enough and powerful enough to end it.

    Since today is Palm Sunday we’re reminded of the day that the crowds waved palm branches to honor Jesus as He rode into Jerusalem. Waving palm branches was the Jewish custom of honoring a king and for a brief period of time it seemed the people wanted to recognize Christ’s right to reign. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sowing The Seed Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Jul 12, 2009
    based on 24 ratings
     | 22,518 views

    The different soils in the Parable of the Sower reveal four different "soul" types.

    Sowing the Seed Matthew 13:1-23 Rev. Brian Bill 7/12/09 An 80-year-old grandfather went to his daughter’s house for Sunday dinner. When the meal was over, he announced that he was going to take a walk through the neighborhood. “I’ll be back in twenty minutes,” he said. But two hours had passed ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Spring Cleaning

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Mar 23, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 17,442 views

    Jesus does some cleaning out of the temple to clear out the things that restricted worship of God.

    Spring Cleaning… John 2:13-19 It seems a little strange to me but, it appears to be something that many people have built into their DNA. Mostly women… When the first flowers start to bud out many households enter into spring cleaning mode. Personally, I and many, if not most, men don’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational