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    Don't Be Afraid

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 6, 2011
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    You have to get out of the boat and trust Jesus to lead you in order to do the will of God.

    Matthew 14: 22 -33 / Don’t Be Afraid Intro: A woman was walking down a city street when she heard a voice in her ear say, “STOP!” Startled, she did and a brick fell from the roof above and fell right in front of her. She could have been killed. A few days later, she was ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Living Bread

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 9, 2012
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    Sermon for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B.

    Living Bread / John 6: 35, 41 - 51 Intro: My wife, Barbara, can tell you that I do not like to eat sandwiches. I think it goes back to junior high school where I ate a sandwich every day for lunch. By the time lunch rolled around my sandwich was always kind of nasty without refrigeration. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Abandon Ship

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 7, 2008
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    It takes faith in Christ Jesus to abandon ship and walk on water out into the unknown of life.

    Matthew 14: 22 – 33 / Abandon Ship Intro: Jed felt that his who life misfortune had been his lot; yet, he never complained / wife ran off with hired hand / daughter ran off with traveling salesman / son was lynched / fire burned down barn / cyclone blew away house / hail storm destroyed crops / ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    What Do You Do When The Wine Runs Out?

    Contributed by Joe Hayes on Nov 20, 2008
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    What do you do when the wine runs out? Go and get some more. You Can listen to this message at www.preaching.co.nr (Aug 2008)

    A Lack of Wine was A Major Crisis, 1. Brought shame and disgrace on the family 2. Robbed Guests of Refreshment & Rejoicing Q What do you do when the Wine Runs Out? Get another Bottle, go to Supermarket. Wine clearly represents the Blood of Jesus, never run out of it power in our lives Wine ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Birds And The Bees

    Contributed by Keith Tankersley on Jul 3, 2009
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     | 3,386 views

    A sermon teaching from nature how to bee stress free!

    “Let’s Talk About the Birds & the Bees” Matthew 6:25-34 Theme; a picture of a Christian life in this world in the presence of God, actively submissive, and entirely dependent upon Him. Simply put, a picture of children in relationship to their father as they travel on this pilgrimage called ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Memorial Day: The Search For Peace Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 25, 2013
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    Peace is more than the mere absence of war; it involves the pursuit of love

    Memorial Day 2013 Monday of 8th Week in Course Gaudium et Spes The rich young man, we read here, responded to the challenge of Jesus by walking away. It says his “face fell.” That doesn’t capture the full emotional meaning of the Greek text. It uses the word stygnasas. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Great Signs From Heaven

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Nov 11, 2010
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    We are called by Christ Jesus to live for today, hope for tomorrow and rest on the promise that Christ is coming in His due time. We cannot fear the future because it is in God’s hands. We cannot fear today because it is in God’s hands. So live and wa

    Luke 21: 5 – 11 / Great Signs From Heaven Intro: Whisper to one person in the congregation the following: “Jesus loves you! Jesus loves me!” --- Caution them to not tell anyone what they have been told. --- How many of you are even slightly curious about what I shared with ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Strong And Prepared

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Nov 20, 2010
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     | 3,036 views

    Remembering and being thankful for all God has done enables us to be strong and prepared for the return of Christ Jesus.

    Colossians 1: 10 – 20 / Strong and Prepared Intro: One day as a Pastor was walking down a country lane he saw a young farmer struggling with a load of hay that had fallen off his truck. The boy was hot and sweaty and looked very upset. The Pastor stopped and urged the young man to stop ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Castingyour Care

    Contributed by John Mccurry on Aug 15, 2007
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     | 7,529 views

    Encouraging people to trust in God through all of the problems in life because He Cares For You.

    Saturday, January 19, 2002 CASTING YOUR CARE 1Peter 5: 6-11 Johnny’s commentary volume 1 reads like this: SERVING CHRIST IN HUMILITY WITH THE HAND OF GOD ON YOU THAT CHRIST MAY EXALT YOU IN DUE TIME, CAST ALL YOU CARE UPON HIM FOR HE CARES FOR YOU. You can try and I have, to cast your care on ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Some Rules For Christian Character

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 24, 2013
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    Some guidelines for the Christian life AFTER citizenship of the kingdom of heaven has been granted.

    SOME RULES FOR CHRISTIAN CHARACTER Psalm 15. Moses came down Mount Sinai from the presence of the LORD bearing two stone tablets on which were written God’s commandments. Finding the children of Israel already distracted by idolatry, he broke those stones, symbolic of the fact that God’s law was ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Language: How We Perceive Love Series

    Contributed by Paul Basehore on Feb 10, 2016
     | 4,960 views

    Jesus told us to love one another. But what does that love look like? We all perceive it differently, but there are five "languages" that we use when we speak love.

    For the past two weeks, we’ve discussed love. First, we learned what love is not -- lust. After that, we learned the four types of love. But love is a verb -- it’s something we choose to do, right? #chooseagape, remember? We all know that the Bible tells us to show love. John 13:34-35, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    "A Longing For Revival!"

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 6, 2015
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    "A LONGING FOR REVIVAL!"

    ISAIAH 64:1-5 "A LONGING FOR REVIVAL!" Graham Scroggie said, "There never has been a spiritual revival which did not begin with an acute sense of sin." Lamentations 3:40 says, "Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD." 1. THE PLEA FOR REVIVAL “Oh that thou ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    All Things Possible With God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 18, 2019
     | 4,010 views

    How many times do we need to see or hear God asking us to do some good thing for the spread of His kingdom?

    Tuesday of the 20th Week in Course 2019 St. Bernard of Clairvaux If there is a critical message in our Scriptures today, it is something we see here and there in both Old and New Testaments: “with God all things are possible.” St. Luke records the angel Gabriel saying it to Mary in a double ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Cool! Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 18, 2019
     | 2,843 views

    A priest was once kneeling as a congregant at Mass and noticed a little five-year-old child in the pew behind. . .

    John 6 “Cool” It’s pretty well known among Catholics that Flannery O’Connor, one of the 20th century’s greatest authors, once was invited to dinner when she was young and unknown by a more famous writer at the time, Mary McCarthy. The conversation was a bit stilted due to O’Connor’s fabled ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    A Bridge To Cross Or A Barrier

    Contributed by Michael Adams on Jun 16, 2018
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     | 5,177 views

    Father's Day 2018, time for father's to take charge. A bridge can be a barrier or a route to safety which is it for you?

    Fathers, by the time you’re grown and became husbands and now dads you have encountered many changes. Life hasn’t always been kind. Careers may not have gone as you had planned. You have came upon many obstacles and bridges to cross. How many times have you fought off the distractions? How many ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist