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  • Brad Beaman avatar

    The Prescription For An Anxious Heart. Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Apr 4, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,406 views

    You see anxiety is like a sickness. It is a spiritual illness that needs a cure. And we have in these verses Philippians 4:4-7 the prescription that God gives for an anxious heart.

    Do people really struggle with anxiety? Is that something that is real or are we just talking when we say people in our day have anxious hearts? You have heard of Ann Landers, she got about 10,000 letters a month about people’s problems. She was asked, what is the number one problem that people ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kenneth Anthony avatar

    How To Have A Joyful Life

    Contributed by Kenneth Anthony on Apr 2, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,946 views

    Most people spend their lives searching for happiness. Joyful living is optimal. Sermon explores four ways how to have a joyful life.

    How to Have A Joyful Life If you ask people what they want out of life, they will tell you that they just want to be happy. I wonder this means. Think about a moment. What makes you happy? Personally, all the things that make me happy are dependent on other people, and other things that are ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Stephen Becker avatar

    "A-Life" In Christ

    Contributed by Stephen Becker on Oct 13, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,518 views

    Through our salvation in Christ, we are made alive in Him. Through His death, we find our life. Not only are we made alive through Christ’s death, but we begin a new life in Him, thus making us "A-life" in Christ. The sermon explores what it means to

    “A-Life” in Christ Colossians 2:6-15 Stephen H. Becker, M.Div. St. Peter’s Lutheran Church July 29, 2007 9th Sunday After Pentecost Friends, you and I are alive and have “a-life” in Christ! In our reading today from Colossians, the Apostle Paul is writing to the Christians in the young Church ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    An Attitude Of Gratitude

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Nov 19, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 10,583 views

    How we should not forget to thank God for things we dislike or take for granted

    For one data CD containing 852 sermons send $30.00 to The Pastor’s Pulpit-2003 Lynn Ave, Anderson, SC 29621 Annual Sermons: Vol. 5 No. 21 Text: Ps. 103:1-4 Concord Baptist Church:1991 Copyright 1991 by Bob Marcaurelle AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE “With all my heart I will praise ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Bryant avatar

    Deserving Our Thanks

    Contributed by James Bryant on Nov 20, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,989 views

    This message helps us to refocus our thanks to the one who all is praise is due.

    DESERVING OF OUR THANKS Psalms 100:1-5 1. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 2. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The God Who Exchanges Ashes For Beauty Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Oct 12, 2025
     | 165 views

    God specializes in transforming sorrow into joy, shame into glory, and ashes into beauty for those who trust Him.

    THE GOD WHO EXCHANGES ASHES FOR BEAUTY By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Isaiah 61:1-3 Key Verse: “To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    What It Means To Give Thanks!

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 26, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 15,367 views

    Thanksgiving is time recognized by the United States Government to Give thanks to the Lord God Almighty. Yes it is a religious holiday and as you study the history of this day you see it clearly is about giving thanks to the Lord for all his provision in

    What it means to Give Thanks Thesis: Thanksgiving is time recognized by the United States Government to Give thanks to the Lord God Almighty. Yes it is a religious holiday and as you study the history of this day you see it clearly is about giving thanks to the Lord for all his provision in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Give Thanks! (Thanksgiving)

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jul 13, 2004
    based on 58 ratings
     | 10,267 views

    In Psalm 9, David’s psalm of thanksgiving, the King reveals for us how to live a more thankful and appreciative life: by Witnessing, Worshipping, and Waiting.

    Give Thanks! by Scott R. Bayles, preacher Church of Christ ------------------------------------------------------ Among the lessons Viktor Fankl learned in the Nazi death-camp, Auschwitz, was to take time to be thankful and to count your blessings. He wrote that prisoners in the camp dreamed at ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Looking For Pennies

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 19, 2001
    based on 26 ratings
     | 4,846 views

    Looking for Pennies (story from Annie Dillard) is important because: 1. The created world is a window into the heart of God. 2. The created world provides opportunities to praise the goodness of God. 3. The created world is a source of joy for thankful

    Annie Dillard, in her wonderful Pulitzer Prize winning book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, tells a story about pennies. It was in her chapter entitled “Seeing” that I read her wonderful childhood story. I will let her tell it in her own words: “When I was six or seven years old, growing up in ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    I Am The Resurrection And The Life Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on May 15, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,018 views

    Fifth of a seven week series on the "I Am" sayings of Jesus.

    I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but just about one month from today, all of us must have filed our income tax returns for 2011. And every year when we complete our returns, we’re reminded of the old adage first made famous in one of Benjamin Franklin’s letters: “In this world ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Bougainvilleas! Series

    Contributed by Bala Samson on May 9, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,100 views

    Bougainvilleas are the stars of a drought year! The drier it is, the more profusely and brilliantly they bloom, and in colors ranging from white through pink, yellow, orange and mauve to magenta.

    Bougainvilleas! James 1:2 “My brethren count it all joy when you fall into various trials…” We need spiritual maturity to really understand this scripture! Not many of us like problems, we would like to have a year full of joy and peace and only then we would praise God. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Rick Duncan avatar

    The Altitude Of Your Attitude Series

    Contributed by Rick Duncan on Aug 31, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,922 views

    When God examines your attitude, is He pleased? Are you sinning against God – not by what you do – but by your bad attitude?

    What do… Ricky Davis, Milton Bradley, and Kevin Johnson … have in common? Well, they are all great athletes who have played for Cleveland teams. But the phrase that comes to my mind is “bad attitude.” I, for sure, don’t know the details of the stories with these men and you certainly can’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christian Optimism

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Nov 17, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,987 views

    Using quotes from sailors who survived the sinking of USS Indianapolis this sermon demonstrates how perspecive and point of reference impact our state of happiness. Several reasons for Christian Optimism are discussed.

    Christian Optimism II Tim. 1:12 6-23-02 On July 16, 1945 the USS Indianapolis left the San Francisco Bay carrying mysterious box to Tinian, a small island in the west Pacific. Nobody knew that in the box was the Atomic Bomb that the Enola Gay would soon drop on Hiroshima. After making the ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Richard Tow avatar

    Christian Optimism

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Nov 17, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,834 views

    Using quotes from sailors who survived the sinking of USS Indianapolis this sermon demonstrates how perspecive and point of reference impacts our state of happiness. Several reasons for Christian Optimism are discussed.

    Christian Optimism II Tim. 1:12 6-23-02 On July 16, 1945 the USS Indianapolis left the San Francisco Bay carrying mysterious box to Tinian, a small island in the west Pacific. Nobody knew that in the box was the Atomic Bomb that the Enola Gay would soon drop on Hiroshima. After making the ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Clark Tanner avatar

    "Merry Melodies" Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 5, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 4,316 views

    Paul begins here to teach us how we should relate to one another in the Lord. (#8 in The Christian Victor series)

    “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox