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  • Rev. Matthew Parker avatar

    Pray Like You Mean It!

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Oct 31, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,177 views

    Our prayers are affected by the way we understand God. Jesus uses this quirky parable to drive home that God is passionate about humanity and, in particular, your well-being.

    Sermon for CATM – November 1, 2009 – “Pray Like You Mean It!” A young man went into a drugstore to buy 3 boxes of chocolate: small, medium, and large. When the pharmacist asked him about the three boxes, he said, “Well, I’m going over to a new girlfriend’s house for supper. Then we’re going out. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    Forsaken No More Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 36 ratings
     | 26,024 views

    God has a wonderful end in mind for His people. Long ago He purposed the redemption, righteousness, & restoration of the people of Zion. They may anger Him by their sin & hard heartedness, but God stands ready to save & make them holy.

    ISAIAH 62:1-12 FORSAKEN NO MORE [Revelations 2:16-17, 3:11-13] God has a wonderful end in mind for His people. Long ago He purposed the redemption, righteousness, and restoration of the people of Zion. They may anger Him by their sin and hard heartedness, but God stands ready to save and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    The Bread Of Life Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Aug 4, 2008
    based on 36 ratings
     | 24,540 views

    Jesus’ claim that He is the Bread Of Life & that the way to eternal life comes by Him were not what the crowd wanted to hear. They rebelled against Him & His claims. They felt they already knew who Jesus was.

    JOHN 6: 41-51 THE BREAD OF LIFE [Numbers 11:4-8] Jesus’ proclaimation that He is the Bread Of Life and that the way to eternal life comes by Him were not what the crowd wanted to hear. They rebelled against Him and the claims ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Robert Cox avatar

    Are You Hearing From God

    Contributed by Robert Cox on Aug 7, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,512 views

    Are You Hearing From God or someone else?

    John 12:27"Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? ’Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28Father, glorify your name!" Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again." 29The crowd that was there and heard it ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • K. Edward Skidmore avatar

    It Is Well With My Soul Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Aug 21, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,637 views

    Sermon #4 in the Hymn-writers series deals with Horatio Spafford and Phillip Bliss, the two men who wrote words and music to "It is well with my soul."

    It is well with my Soul: Bliss and Spafford So far we have looked at Hymn Writers like Martin Luther, Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, John Newton, William Cowper, Fanny Crosby, and Ira Sankey. We have discovered, that these great hymn writers of the 1700’s and 1800’s changed the style of music that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Rodney V Johnson avatar

    12 Steps To Recovery Part 11, 12 Series

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on May 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,152 views

    This message concludes this series and focuses on strengthening our relationship with God and reaching out to others.

    Twelve Steps To Recovery Parts 11-12 Scripture: Psalm 27:1, 4-6; Psalm 65:1-4; Psalm 105: 1,8; Isaiah 61:1-2 Introduction To date in this series we have discussed the first seven steps in the twelve steps to recovery process. We began by admitting that we were powerless over our ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mack Armstrong avatar

    Pleading Passenger/Purchased Pardon Series

    Contributed by Mack Armstrong on May 3, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,731 views

    Jonah makes a plea, Take me up....get me out of here, his solution to the terrible mess he made. This is true for today’s throwaway society. Yet, Jesus prayed similarly, "Take me up,", but He pled for our forgivness as He offered Himself.

    JONAH 1:12 PLEADING PASSENGER/PURCHASED PARDON I. PERSONAL PLEA: A. Perceptive. B. Pathetic. C. Plausible. II. PETULANT PLEA: A. Paradoxical. B. Perfidious. C. Polarizing. III. PROTOTYPICAL PLEA: A. Pliable. B. Purchased. C. Progressive. In answer to the sailors’ question as to ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Dave Kinney avatar

    The Five Kernels Of Thankfulness

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Nov 29, 2008
    based on 16 ratings
     | 16,017 views

    Our country cannot continue to exist prosperously financed, abundantly favored and religiously free if we fail to be grateful to our God, thankful for His blessings and respectful to His leadership!

    A little girl asked her mother, “Mommy, why do you cut the ends off the meat before you cook it?” The girl’s mother told her that she thought it added to the flavor by allowing the meat to better absorb the spices, but perhaps she should ask her grandmother since she always did it that way. So ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Stephen E. Trail avatar

    There Is A Friend

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Sep 29, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 16,772 views

    Friendship

    “There Is A Friend!” Proverbs 18:24 I. The Availability of this Friend Our text states that “There is a friend…” and implies that this friend is available to all those who look for a friend who goes beyond even the closeness of a biological connection. There is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Ripping Off God Series

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Nov 3, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,760 views

    ... Test Me now with this, says Jehovah of Hosts, to see if I will not open the windows of Heaven for you, and pour out a blessing for you, until there is not enough room. God said it, so I’ll say it. God is willing to take up the challenge. Tithing is no

    Opening illustration: 24 year old Danny Simpson was sentenced to 6 years in jail for robbing a bank. Danny got 6 years in the clink for stealing $6,000. But the gun he used in the robbery ended up in a museum. The .45 caliber Colt semi-automatic turned out to be an antique made in 1918 by the Ross ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka avatar

    Repentance Through Godly Sorrow

    Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Aug 30, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,668 views

    We need a godly sorrow in order to repent truly and turn from our sins unto God, but merely feeling sorry or guilty is a sorrow of the world that will only produce a false repentance.

    REPENTANCE THROUGH GODLY SORROW. Study Text: 2 Corinthians 7: 10 – 11 For the grief according to God works repentance to salvation, not to be regretted, but the grief of the world works out death. For behold this same thing (you being grieved according to God); how much it worked out ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Destruction Or Distraction

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Sep 10, 2012
     | 5,156 views

    To be wary of some "weapons" of our spiritual adversary which are more destructive than straightforward temptations say of the flesh.

    DESTRUCTION OR DISTRACTION ACTION: Display of pictures of WMDs’ No, No…I am neither referring to the stock-pile of WMDs’ in the arsenals of Superpowers nor do I, in this message intend to beat about the bush ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Scott Bayles avatar

    Made To Make A Difference (Acts 6) Series

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Mar 14, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,374 views

    This expository sermon series is adapted from Max Lucado's book, Out Live Your Life, and credit for most the series belong to him. Outlines are original. In Acts 6, the early church identifies Their Problem, Their Project, and Their Priorities. Custom Pow

    Made to Make a Difference: Acts 6 Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 7/24/2011 This series is inspired by and portions adapted from Max Lucado’s Out Live Your Life. Nearly two millennia ago on the opposite side of the planet, 120 ordinary men and women—tax gatherers, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Michael Fletcher avatar

    Why Update?: Making The Old New Again Series

    Contributed by Michael Fletcher on Aug 31, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,274 views

    Introduction: (Laura) We loved our house even before we moved into it.

    Introduction: (Laura) We loved our house even before we moved into it. The people who owned it before us were friends and they loved and cared for that house – they had great memories and lots of personal history associated with that house. We could see that just by walking in. After we ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • William D. Brown avatar

    All That Are In The Lord Jesus Are Safe

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Jun 27, 2012
     | 6,306 views

    We that are saved by the grace of God are forevermore safe and secure, nothing nor any person can change or alter that fact, there is no other place that is as safe as being IN Christ Jesus.

    6-23-12 ~ PSALM 4: 1-8 ~ ALL THAT ARE IN THE LORD JESUS ARE SAFE Despite all the many problems that David found himself in, he found comfort in the safety of the Lord, the same is true, or should be true for we that are saved as well. In David's ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist