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  • Charles Mallory avatar

    Intimacy With God

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Jun 1, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 8,576 views

    Christianity is not a religion but a relationship with a loving God who desires an intimate relationship with us.

    DURING THE 17TH CENTURY, OLIVER CROMWELL, LORD PROTECTOR OF ENGLAND, SENTENCED A SOLDIER TO BE PUT TO DEATH FOR HIS CRIMES. THE EXECUTION WAS TO TAKE PLACE AT THE RINGING OF THE EVENING CURFEW BELL. HOWEVER, THE BELL DID NOT SOUND. THE SOLDIER’S FIANCÉ HAD CLIMBED INTO THE BELFRY AND CLUNG TO THE ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Nate Herbst avatar

    Getting Real With God

    Contributed by Nate Herbst on Jan 6, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,419 views

    A challenge to believers to get honest and real with God, surrendering to Him and growing into who He made us to be.

    Job.38:3 - Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. 
 Is.29:13, Jer.12:2, Mt.15:8, Mk.7:6 - These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 1 Jn.3:18 - Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Terry Hovey avatar

    Meeting God

    Contributed by Terry Hovey on Feb 28, 2025
     | 624 views

    You can't just come however you want. He is the one and only true God, and we are to strive toward His standards, not the other way around. We can't approach Him just willy nilly, because...

    Meeting God Exodus 19:1-16 What do you expect when you come to church on a Sunday morning? Do you come for the fellowship with like-minded believers? Singing songs you've learned to love over the years? Maybe listen to a sermon that encourages and makes you feel good? Or maybe you prefer to ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jeff Simms avatar

    A Grace That Teaches Us

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 4, 2003
    based on 48 ratings
     | 5,144 views

    To examine how God’s love and grace draws us to Himself

    A Grace that Teaches Us Titus 2:11-14 Primary Purpose: To speak about how God’s grace draws us to love God and respond to Him. This morning, I talked about how God’s love is so different from what you might expect or even deserve. We are following that same line of thought tonight as we look ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Stewart Holloway avatar

    Gut That House! Give Your Problems To God Series

    Contributed by Stewart Holloway on Nov 14, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,271 views

    To makeover your home, you have to destruct before you can construct.

    I’ve never remodeled a house but I have remodeled a church. Ten years ago I served as Minister of Music at my parents’ church in Louisiana. While I was there, we were in the process of relocating to another church facility owned by the congregation. Phase One of the building project involved ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bartholomew Riggins avatar

    True Commitment To God Or A Commitment That Is True To God

    Contributed by Bartholomew Riggins on Nov 13, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 27,158 views

    God will fulfill the desires of those who fear him. God wants to be near to those who publishes his name both in prayer and good news sharing. God will preserve those who love him through obedience.

    We greet you this afternoon praising God from whom all blessings are always flowing. We stand before you in the Name of Jesus Christ, the name that is above all names. I now invite your attention for a short while this afternoon from the book of Psalm chapter 145 and verses 18-20. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Dean Courtier avatar

    Search Me, O God Psalm 139:23-24 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Mar 7, 2024
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     | 2,005 views

    Embark on a journey of self-examination and surrender before our Creator. This psalm, penned by David, serves as a profound prayer for introspection and spiritual renewal. Let us explore its timeless truths and discover how they can transform our lives.

    Search Me, O God Psalm 139:23-24 Introduction: As we delve into Psalm 139:23-24 today, we embark on a journey of self-examination and surrender before our Creator. This psalm, penned by David, serves as a profound prayer for introspection and spiritual renewal. Let us explore its timeless truths ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dennis Lee avatar

    Four Words To Pray

    Contributed by Dennis Lee on Nov 3, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,528 views

    This sermon looks at four words and their meaning that should be an integral part of our prayer lives. They are "spare," "restore," "draw," and "revive," and then why we pray and ask this in Jesus's name.

    Four Words To Pray Audio File: https://mega.nz/#!CJ8GkIiK!mwuzQSEJEuTH4kut2JiDUfCp6IFmcJ91sze_jMBK-kU Today, I’ve been lead to set aside our next teaching on establishing those lasting biblical values in order to properly build up God’s House within us, which is part two of a two part series on ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

  • Mike Wilkins avatar

    The Spirit And Unity With God Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on May 3, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,173 views

    We were created to join in the dance of unity with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Spirit draws us back into the dance.

    Knowing the Holy Spirit May 1, 2005 The Spirit and Union (Baptism in the Spirit) Do you remember a few weeks ago we were trying to find an image, a metaphor for the trinity that goes beyond an fills out the images of the egg, or the shamrock, or fire? And we rediscovered this ancient word ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Call On God For Wisdom Series

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Oct 28, 2023
     | 1,213 views

    The story of Jeroboam and Rehoboam teaches us the importance of wisdom, and we can draw many applicable conclusions from their stories.

    Note: This sermon is by Daniel Kirkendall, our Associate Minister. Call on God for Wisdom 1 Kings 12:1-29 In this text we see the division of the kingdom of Israel following the death of Solomon, and the events that led to the division. Jeroboam became the first king of the northern kingdom of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Stephen Wright avatar

    So Near And Yet So Far (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Dec 11, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,963 views

    7 explanations of this passage. Why I rule them out, but with important truths that we can learn along the way.

    The other options As I said last time I came across 7 explanations of this passage. Having given some reasons for my choice, I want to look at the other options today. In part this is to explain why I rule them out, but there is also an important element of truth in most of them and I want us to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian B avatar

    The End Is Near ( And It's Just The Beginning)

    Contributed by Brian B on Aug 13, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 9,014 views

    In this sermon, I'll demonstrate that there is an end! I’ll show when it will be! What it will be like! also if the end is just the beginning, what is it the beginning of? ends with a closing challenge!

    *disclaimer.. I was a Nazarene pastor at the time of this writing. I have since changed some of my positions but I will leave this sermon here. Brian Then end is near! (And it’s just the beginning!) (This is an original sermon. any similarities are coincidental. most of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Stuart Blount avatar

    God Is In Control Series

    Contributed by Stuart Blount on Jan 4, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,086 views

    Though in captivity Daniel’s story is a clarion call to us to THRIVE in the challenges of our cultural setting, and in so doing draw attention to our sovereign God.

    Daniel is an inspiring book that brings both a challenge and hope to all those who recognize that we are living in an environment that is alien to the lives we have been called to. This was Daniel’s experience. The book records the experiences of 4 Hebrew men taken into captivity by an evil ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Evie Megginson avatar

    A Willingness To Please God

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Aug 7, 2004
    based on 41 ratings
     | 13,153 views

    WE SEE IN THIS SERMON, THE I WILL OF CONFIDENCE,THE I WILL OF CLOSENESS, THE I WILL OF COMPASSION, THE I WILL OF COMPLAINCE, THE I WILL OF CONSECRATION, THE I WILL OF CELEBRATION,AND THE I WILL OF CONDUCT.

    A WILLINGNESS TO PLEASE GOD Psalms 9:1-2 The Webster’s New Dictionary give the following definition of the word, WILL: A desire, or willingness;a determinatiom;controling one’s action;an act. We all have a will, and God’s desire is that we exercise it toward Him, making us Christ-like. Dr. Bob ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Perry avatar

    A World In Travail

    Contributed by John Perry on Mar 14, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,336 views

    As we look at the events taking place in the world today it is like reading the words of Jesus in Matthew 24. We are living in exciting days as His return draws near!

    Bunbury Sun am 13/03/11 “A world in travail” Intro: In light of recent events I think it is fitting that we take time to look at what the Bible has to say about the world we are living in & all that is taking place. The Bible gives us a pict of the world in which we live. The things ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal