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  • RAY MCKENDRY avatar

    Trusting God To Provide

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Jun 11, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,112 views

    If God tells you to do something unusual or even illogical in order to meet a need you have...obey Him anyway!

    Trusting God to Provide Introduction Today’s sermon is called “Trusting God to Provide.” Our reading tells a story about God’s provision, a poor widow and a prophet called Elijah. Elijah, you will remember, is the one who appears at Jesus’ transfiguration Elijah represented all the Prophets of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steven Haguewood avatar

    Come Let Us Reason Together

    Contributed by Steven Haguewood on Jul 25, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 34,487 views

    Too many people think religion is something they cannot do. God has not distanced Himself so far from us that we cannot find Him.

    COME LET US REASON TOGETHER Text: Isaiah 1:18-19 INTRODUCTION 1. So often we think of church as difficult to understand and confusing a. We read things in the Bible and struggle with them b. We hear Paul call the Gospel a mystery and decide not to decipher it c. What we miss is that God has ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Hide And Seek: When God Protects

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 22, 2025
     | 98 views

    A Kuwait war testimony anchored in Psalm 18, showing how God protects, hides, guides, and delivers His children through overwhelming danger and impossible odds.

    I have read Psalm 18 hundreds of times, but there is a version of that psalm that you can only learn in the dark. You can memorize it in the light, you can preach it in comfort, but you can only feel it—really feel it—when life leaves you nowhere to stand but in the sheltering shadow of God ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Where There's A Will, There's A Way Series

    Contributed by Kyle Meador on Nov 28, 2000
    based on 86 ratings
     | 9,563 views

    God invites us to pursue his will where He will make a way for His power to be made real in our lives!

    - Confidence in the One Who hears… The power is in the one who hears. Not only the power for our lives… but also the plan. - Your father knows that He has an incredible plan for you. That your life is not what you think it is. We are eternal creatures. - Imagine a line… - God is acting out a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Go!

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 29, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,125 views

    “How do we respond to God’s leading? How should we?

    This afternoon is the baccalaureate service at the high school. I have been privileged to work with several members of the class of 2003 in helping them plan the service. The other day, as we walked to the auditorium during one of the planning meetings, I engaged some of them in conversation about ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Todd Schäve avatar

    God's Three-Step Approach To Handling Life

    Contributed by Todd Schäve on Jun 27, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 10,341 views

    When when you want to see better days and you don’t know what to do, follow the advice of Palms 34:14, which is God’s three step approach on how to deal with life’s difficult situations when you are angry, hurt, scared, tired or confused.

    God’s Three-Step Approach to Handling Life     When when you want to see better days and you don’t know what to do, follow the advice of Palms 34:14, which is God’s three step approach on how to deal with life’s difficult situations when you are angry, hurt, scared, tired or confused: “Turn from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    When The Party's Over (Easter Sunrise Service)

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Apr 16, 2001
    based on 98 ratings
     | 22,149 views

    The work begins after the resurrection. The recognition, the responsibility, and the realization.

    WHEN THE PARTY’S OVER Matthew 28:18-20 INTRO.- ILL.- The spring fling was great! The food, the fun, the frivolity! - Loved those cornbread and beans. - Loved Gary and Marilyn singing and acting, especially when the table under them about collapsed. - Loved Gary Edwards singing and dancing ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Wise Men Still Seek Him

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Mar 2, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,052 views

    We must seek after God with our whole heart.

    Focus Passage: Matthew 2:1-12 Supplemental Passage: "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. (Matthew 6:33 NASB) Introduction: Remarks about the different things that people seek today. Background on magi. Who were they? Where did they come ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Eric Agyei Febiri avatar

    Genuine Love Seeks For The Good Of Neighbour Series

    Contributed by Eric Agyei Febiri on May 7, 2023
     | 1,185 views

    Love builds up society and the ultimate goal is the common good of all.

    The ultimate goal of a society is the common good of the individuals in that society. However, we are living in a society whereby self-interest is now considered as the new normal. People of today have various definitions and reasons for loving, including you and myself. Some normally show concern ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Seeking God With All Your Heart

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jun 19, 2025
     | 387 views

    To seek God with all your heart means to long for Him above everything else — more than riches, fame, success, or pleasure.

    SEEKING GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Jeremiah 29:12-13 Supporting Texts: Deuteronomy 4:29, Psalm 119:2, Matthew 6:33, Hebrews 11:6, Isaiah 55:6-7 INTRODUCTION: The pursuit of God is the noblest and most rewarding endeavour any believer can undertake. To seek God ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How Can Our Sermons Have Greater Influence

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 48 ratings
     | 4,438 views

    Why do you suppose that so many sermons fail to produce lasting changes in the lives of some people? Among the many answers to that question could be the fact that our preaching fails to contain the essential ingredients of the messages preached by the f

    Why do you suppose that so many sermons fail to produce lasting changes in the lives of some people? Among the many answers to that question could be the fact that our preaching fails to contain the essential ingredients of the messages preached by the first century apostles. Notice in this ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    They Devoted Themselves

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jan 28, 2002
    based on 137 ratings
     | 20,936 views

    The early church devoted themselves to the Lord in certain ways which caused the church to grow.

    THEY DEVOTED THEMSELVES Acts 2:42-47 INTRO.- ILL.- A Methodist church tried to get a man to attend, but he never did. "Why don’t you come?" the minister asked, and the man finally admitted it was because he didn’t have proper clothes. So a member of the congregation took him to a clothing store ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Danny Nance avatar

    What God Wants For His Children

    Contributed by Danny Nance on Mar 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,486 views

    A sermon focusing on what God wants in the lives of his children; a call to obedient growth.

    What God Wants for His Children Col. 1:9-12 I. God wants us to grow in knowledge him. A. Paul’s prayer reflected two areas in which God wanted the Colossians to experience growth. 1. He wanted them to grow in the knowledge of his will—in the knowledge of truth 2. He wanted them to grow in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Neal Gray avatar

    Let The Church 'move Up'

    Contributed by Neal Gray on Feb 23, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 6,590 views

    A CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE pastor preaches about the Apostle Paul’s "team" of helpers.

    "A Wide Door for Effective Service: Let the Church ’Move Up’" Author: Dr. Neal Gray Passage: Colossians 4:7-18, KJV Purpose: Examine the Apostle Paul’s "team" of helpers. They give us hope that everyone can join in the ministry to proclaim and promote Jesus Christ--even you. INTRODUCTION This ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • David Smith avatar

    Time

    Contributed by David Smith on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 58 ratings
     | 8,757 views

    Addresses the need to live every moment in God’s plan not our own.

    TIME Ps 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. A- God has a plan / Time does not affect our God - Eternal 1- He has a plan for mankind - redemption - immortality / destruction - second death Rom 2:6-8 Who will render to every man according to his ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal