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Relevance Or Relic: Pairing God's Anointing With A Calling Or A Corpse

Contributed by M B on Aug 25, 2006

Avoiding the common pitfalls that slow churches & christians down and learning to operate in God’s anointing.

TITLE: RELEVANCE OR RELIC: PAIRING GOD’S ANOINTING WITH A CALLING OR A CORPSE TEXT: 1 KINGS 19:19-21; 2 KINGS 2:1-18; 5:20, 24-27; 13:14-21 1 Kings 19:19-21 19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:19-21

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Judgmental Giant Series

Contributed by Richard White on May 21, 2007

This Giant beats us down with legalisms, we defeat him with LOVE. Find your Jonathan.

The Judgmental Giant. 1 Samuel 18:1-16 She is always checking her mirrors, studying the faces of the other drivers, she is keeping an eye out for him. She knows he’ll come after her again. The message on the machine “Nothing will keep you from me.” I am your husband, till death do us part ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:1-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Now Is Not The Time

Contributed by Harry M. Ford Jr on Jan 20, 2010

With everything falling down around us now is not the time give up but to get up and fight

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 1 Peter 5: 7-11 Life has a way of frustrating you beyond belief. Things can happen that make you wonder if you are doing the right thing. Bills can become due before you have the money, relationships can fall apart health will fail you someday, all these thigs can make you want ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"Gain The Proper Perspective On Salvation” Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Feb 23, 2009

Where does one begin to travel down the road that leads to true happiness in this life and the next?

As we began our consideration of the Beatitudes last time, we pointed out four general observations about our Savior’s teaching in Matthew 5:1-12. We said that the Beatitudes speak of God’s personal concern for us; that they declare nine positive facts, that they emphasize proper perspective in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:3

Denomination: Baptist

Cast Thy Burden Upon The Lord

Contributed by Bo Dunford on Nov 1, 2007

When life burdens you down, you can cast those burdens upon the Lord.

PSALM 55:22 “CAST THY BURDEN UPON THE LORD” A) This is a world of burden-bearing ... Sorrow and trouble come to all ....... * They’re not respecters of persons! * The rich have their share of trouble as well as the poor! * Job 5:7 “Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.” * Job ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 55:22

Denomination: Baptist

"It's Dangerous Out There"

Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 29, 2011

This serom is about laughter and how God uses the foolish things of this world to slow us down.

I send this devotional out once a year so all the new people on the list can see not only how weird I am but that God has to be the one writing these devotionals? IT’S DANGEROUS OUT THERE. I’m not as bad as I used to be in thinking bad thoughts but I still have a long way to go. You ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-8

Priniciples Of Marriage Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Aug 14, 2011

In our lesson for today, we examine some principles of marriage that the apostle Paul set down.

Scripture We continue our study in The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians in a series I am calling Challenges Christians Face. One of the challenges that Christians face is the issue of marriage. Let’s learn about this in a message I am calling, “Principles of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:1-7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The #1 Way To Tell If The Holy Spirit Is Leading You

Contributed by Clay Gentry on Sep 4, 2013

In this lesson we boil it down to the #1 and only way to know if the Holy Spirit is leading you.

Have you ever felt as if the Holy Spirit was leading to perform some action for God? Maybe you felt as if the Holy Spirit was leading you to partner with some ministry, or to believe some doctrine, or to go aid a certain person. While the way in which the Holy Spirit leads us can be debated at some ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:14

Denomination: *other

Not Again And Again

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on May 3, 2014

To show that CHRIST did our redemption once, for all and sat down at the right hand of GOD.

I. EXORDIUM: Do you repeat what JESUS have done on the cross every Holy Week? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that CHRIST did our redemption once, for all and sat down at the right hand of GOD. IV. TEXT: Hebrews 9:25 (Amplified Bible) 9:25 Nor did He [enter into ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:25

Denomination: Pentecostal

In God We Trust Series

Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 16, 2015

The God we worship deserves our trust. He promises to never let us down.

1. A Story of Trusting God Henry Moorhouse came to a Welch mining town to hold a revival meeting. The most immoral, violent man in town was Ike Miller. Ike hated church and sent word to Moorhouse that if he preached, Miller would pistol-whip him. The men of the community told Moorhouse to return ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love One Another As I Have Loved You

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 9, 2015

Society is upside down like a spacecraft in the water, but the Holy Spirit has a way to right it.

6th Sunday of Easter 2015 To Mom Some of you are old enough to remember the first American flights into earth orbit and toward moon landings, and you remember the first manned spacecraft. They looked a little like this chemical reaction flask (show Erlenmeyer flask). They had slightly curved ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Denomination: Catholic

Do I Need Revival? Series

Contributed by Jay Tigner on May 7, 2016

Life has a way of wearing us down but Jesus calls us to experience renewal and revival.

America’s Greatest Need (Billy Graham) The most popular mega-preacher/evangelist of our time, Billy Graham, while being interviewed by a cultural magazine, was asked what he perceived to be America’s greatest need. His answer somewhat shocked the interviewer especially coming from a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Baptist

Silent Night, It Was Not So Silent After All.

Contributed by Thomas Maxwell on Dec 14, 2013

Christmas Sermon, Getting down to what happened on the night Jesus was born. Was it really all that quiet.

Message : Silent Night – It was not so silent a night! Dr. Thomas Maxwell,D-Min Senior Pastor, Lakeview Baptist Church, Anderson S.C. Intro Passage: Isa 9:6-7 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Seventh Time

Contributed by Darren Sirmans on Oct 20, 2010

On the seventh time, Jesus showed up and the walls of sin came down. He said " It is finished"

Joshua 6: 1 - 9 In Joshua chapter six, the number seven means so much to me; it means the seven unique saying of Jesus. Mat. 27: 46 “Why has thou forsaken me” Luke 23: 34 “Father forgive them” Luke 23: 43 “Thou shall be with me in paradise” Luke 23: 46 ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 6:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Woman At A Well Series

Contributed by Chris Kelly on Jul 31, 2010

What would it be like to sit down with Jesus one on one? A woman at a well found out.

Woman at a Well January 31, 2010 Series: One on One with the Master Last week we started imagining what it would be like to sit down with Jesus one on one. We watched as Nicodemas met Jesus in the dark… and how Jesus brought him into the light. We said that meeting Jesus might be a little ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-30

Denomination: Wesleyan