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  • Lynn Malone avatar

    The Light Of Hope Series

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Dec 5, 2018
     | 7,382 views

    Lights and Christmas go together like peas and carrots. This message series reflects on the four candles of the Advent wreath. We begin with the hope candle.

    All the Pretty Lights: The Light of Hope Luke 2: 1 – 5 You just can’t do Christmas without lights! They’re my favorite Christmas tradition. There’s much I find about Christmas challenging—not the holiday itself, but all the surrounding ado. I’d just as soon we skip most of the Christmas ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Christian Somnambulism

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Nov 28, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,765 views

    Christian Somnambulism is walking through life like a sleep-walker, unaware of the reality of God’s kingdom in today’s world.

    Mark 13: 24 – 37 / Christian Somnambulism Intro: Mark Twain once called on a certain young lady in Hannibal, MO. He was late getting off work. By the time he got to the livery stable to rent a horse and buggy, the only animal left was a very old, bony, swayback, scraggy, bedraggled-looking ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    2 Defining Moments - How To Put Your Design To Work

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Aug 13, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,193 views

    Four things for the inlightened to know

    - PowerPoint upon Request - PDF fill-in-the-blanks bulletin insert outline upon request 2 Defining Moments How To Put Your Design To Work Having a computer Given programs but do not know how to run them 1) 4-7 - Satisfaction from the Father 2) 8-12 - Sufficiency through the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Resting Place For The Ark Of God

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 7, 2015
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,733 views

    True prayer is based in the covenant and promises of God, which He has given us in Christ Jesus.

    A RESTING PLACE FOR THE ARK OF GOD. Psalm 132. King David, ‘the man after God’s own heart’ (Acts 13:22), wanted to bring the ark-of-the-covenant up to Jerusalem. ‘We consulted it not in the days of Saul,’ he reasonably reasoned (1 Chronicles 13:3). However, even our best intentions fall short ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Coming To Jesus As Children

    Contributed by Doug Warren on Mar 20, 2001
    based on 94 ratings
     | 5,006 views

    ADULTS SHOULD REVIEW JESUS’ REQUIREMENTS FOR COMING TO HIM AS INDICATED IN THESE VERSES

    INTRO: WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM PRECIOUS CHILDREN. THEY ARE GOD’S GIFT OF ENCOURAGEMENT, GOD’S ASSURANCE OF HIS INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE, AND GOD’S INSTRUMENTS OF EXAMPLE TO ADULTS. JESUS WAS TEACHING SOME STUBBORN "RELIGIONISTS" ABOUT SALVATION AND HE SEEMED TO BE UNSUCCESSFUL IN COMMUNICATING TO ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Do You Have To Fear? Series

    Contributed by Bill Lyle on Apr 5, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,153 views

    A study in 1st Peter

    Introduction: the Final Countdown! Plot Summary for The Final Countdown (1980) An American nuclear aircraft carrier and its crew are caught in a classic dilemma when a supernatural storm sends them back in time just before the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbour. Summary written by Keith Loh ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    How Lovely Art Thou O God!

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Sep 1, 2013
     | 4,017 views

    All other loveliness, vanishes and perishes, when you have beheld the beauty of the Lord!

    How lovely art thou O God! Psalm 84:1’How lovely is Your tabernacle, O LORD of hosts! 2 My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.’ I have so much bubbling and sparkling inside me, without God’s help, I may not ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Healing Balm Of Repentance Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Sep 6, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,238 views

    May we be people who repent and experience God's abundant grace.

    "The Healing Balm of Repentance" Introduction: Today, we delve into the words of God found in 2 Chronicles 7:13-14 (NLT), which says, "At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you. Then if my ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Receiving The Word Series

    Contributed by Aneel Aranha on Jan 28, 2021
     | 2,657 views

    God’s word will change us if we receive it. But how do we receive it fruitfully?

    Scripture Reading: Mark 4:26-34 He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Blessed Hope Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 29, 2015
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,189 views

    Blessed Hope though: 1) Personal Confirmation (Luke 1:39–40), 2) Physical Confirmation (Luke 1:41a, 44), and 3) Prophetic Confirmation (Luke 1:41b–43, 45).

    So far in 2015, 14,472 Albertans have lost their jobs in group layoffs. Everybody expects more layoffs to come. Earlier this month, the Calgary Herald asked people to share their stories about being laid off. Some wrote of worsening financial hardships. Others wrote of desperately trying to sell ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    1 Purpose Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 21, 2013
     | 4,454 views

    1)The Elements of Purposeful Unity (Philippians 2:1) 2) The Essence of Purposeful Unity (Philippians 2:2a), 3)The Expression of Purposeful Unity (Philippians 2:2b)

    It’s not too difficult to see the effect of strife. Internationally, we see conflict and hostage taking. In North America, we just came out of a hockey lockout after many months of people not working. In Canada, native blockages have meant disrupted travel, and shipping. In Ontario, many ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Leadership Matters Series

    Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Feb 13, 2021
     | 4,141 views

    Paul instructs Titus to appoint elders in all the churches on Crete. We learn the qualifications of elders and that character is more important that charisma.

    Titus: Leadership Matters Titus 1:5-9 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 02-07–2021 Leadership Training I became a Christian on the last day of 1990. Early in 1991, the college ministry I attended had leadership training classes and I showed up eager to learn. What I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    It Is Finished

    Contributed by Todd Riley on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 117 ratings
     | 23,713 views

    Over the last year we have considered 6 of the 7 last words of Jesus from the cross.

    Over the last year we have considered 6 of the 7 last words of Jesus from the cross. Today we are going to consider the meaning of these words of Christ "It is finished" Q What does "It is finished mean" What does Jesus mean? The word in particular that Jesus used means "complete, perfect ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Waiting Wisely For Jesus' Return

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 10, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,963 views

    Message regarding some of Jesus’ words about being ready for His return.

    Waiting Wisely for Jesus’ Return Matthew 25:1-13 May 3, 2009 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT IS FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Me/We: Before I became a pastor I had the privilege of being the best man in a couple weddings for friends. For the first wedding, I found ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Call To Contend Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Apr 24, 2010
    based on 14 ratings
     | 15,752 views

    Jude’s letter is a call to contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints. In today’s lesson we observe the call to contend for truth against heresy.

    Scripture Two weeks ago I began a new series of studies on the Letter of Jude, which I have titled, “Contend for the Faith.” The first week I introduced you to the Letter of Jude. I briefly touched on questions that arise whenever we begin a new study of God’s Word, such as: Who wrote the letter? ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed