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  • Dennis Selfridge avatar

    Bartimaeus A Man Who Took Steps To Change His Life That We Can Use To Chang

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jan 15, 2005
    based on 85 ratings
     | 25,744 views

    Step to abundant living

    PARABLE OF THE PENCIL---------------The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box. "There are 5 things you need to know," he told the pencil, "Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be." ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Life Changing Experience

    Contributed by Kyle Blanton on Oct 2, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 13,582 views

    This sermon lays out the steps Paul used and we too can use to share our testimony.

    A Life Changing Experience Acts 26:1-23 4-2-00 a.m. In 1980 when we move to Arkansas I was only 8 years old. But for 8 years I had grown up Dekalb IL. Yes your pastor was born a Yankee. However, since I have lived in Arkansas and Texas for the last 20 years I like to consider myself a Reformed ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Will Anything Really Change?

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 2, 2010
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    Revised from an earlier message for a church making a major turn in direction and leadership. Change is hard for us, for some of us fear change, some of us do not think change is real. But God is able and willing to complete what He begins among us.

    Bethesda First Baptist Church, Bethesda, MD, September 19, 2004 Will anything really change? I mean, really?! So often change is only apparent, and not real. So often we tinker with things, but we do not really change them. We lack the will to change things, really. We lack the imagination ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    You Have To Change For Change To Happen

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Sep 18, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,094 views

    You have to change what your doing for change to happen.

    You have to change for change to happen John 5:1-5:8 Hey good morning…glad to have you with us this morning. Sermon title- you have to change for change to happen- Ever wonder why do you come to church every Sunday? I know you don’t have to come to church to be saved or be a Christian. We are ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Jimmy Haile avatar

    Lunatic World We Live In! (Hix)

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Apr 20, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,457 views

    We need to be able to transfer what we learn or what we see on Sunday, to what we are doing on Monday!

    Verse 4-let us make here three tabernacles A man was shipped wreaked on a deserted island, by himself and finally after many years he was rescued and the rescue crew looked around and saw three buildings that the man had built and asked him about them. He said, “The first one is my house, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ralph Andrus avatar

    03 Life Encounter: It's Extravagance Series

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Mar 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,924 views

    LIFE ENCOUNTER IS - ➊ RARE - Spared Not ➋ COSTLY - Delivered Him Up ➌ OBTAINABLE - Give Us

    Rom. 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Either television writers have finally run out of ideas for bad situation comedies or the baby boomers’ nostalgic longing for their 60s youth is simply in control ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Faith-Induced Change Series

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Sep 13, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,971 views

    The Holy Spirit works change in us.

    If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Perhaps you would like more hair or fewer freckles. Maybe you want or to be taller or to be quicker on the playground. Did you know that God wants to change certain things about you? He doesn’t so much want to change what’s on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Your Change Is Coming

    Contributed by Robert Drake on Mar 12, 2009
    based on 37 ratings
     | 40,741 views

    God wants all of us to change.

    Change can be very hard. The world is changing so quickly that we awaken with new anxieties each day. Rick Joyner once said that, “change is coming on the world so fast, that the only thing we can count on is change.” Change even affects the church. Worship music is changing. Worship service is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Prelude To Change Series

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Jan 4, 2012
     | 4,400 views

    EASTER CELEBRATES THE DAY THAT THE UNIVERSE CHANGED. GOD DIED TO RESTORE A FALLEN RACE TO HIMSELF AND HAVING RESTORED THEM HE TRANSFORMS THEM. OUR LENTEN JOURNEY WILL BE HEIGHTENED BY EXPLORING THE STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION IN JOHN'S GOSPEL.

    The Prelude to Change March 6, 2011 Introduction What is Easter all about? Eggs, a bunny, a tomb, a cross, lilies, candy, the resurrection. EASTER CELEBRATES THE DAY THAT THE UNIVERSE CHANGED. GOD DIED TO RESTORE A FALLEN RACE TO HIMSELF AND HAVING RESTORED THEM HE TRANSFORMS THEM. OUR EASTER ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    A Change Of Plans

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Feb 9, 2022
     | 2,702 views

    A sermon for the 5th Sunday of Epiphany, Year C

    February 6, 2022 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Luke 5:1-11; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 A Change of Plans Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. There’s a Yiddish saying: “We make our plans and God laughs.” No matter how much we ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Change And Transfiguration Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 22, 2013
     | 9,001 views

    Change is necessary for every Christian to become like Jesus and Mary; it is essential, but it is seldom pleasant.

    Second Sunday of Lent 2013 Lenten Series Change. One of my famous Christians once told me that the hard part about being a disciple of Jesus Christ is that we are always having to change. To be more like Jesus and Mary, we have to give up habits that keep us from them–gossip, overeating, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    Finding God In The Wilderness

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Jul 4, 2021
     | 2,524 views

    When we are going through hard times is not the time to start looking for the Lord. It is before so that He can help us through the tough times and walk us through with His Presence.

    Finding God in the wilderness Exodus chapter 3 Welcome to Rosedale! Good Morning! Almost two years to the day as I began to preach, there was a medical emergency and one of our people was taken by ambulance and almost died. We had to stop the service for her to get the care she needed. She was ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Tim Hinrichs avatar

    Prayer Changes Lives

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on May 8, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,852 views

    Intercession for the lost does not guarantee salvation but it opens tremendous doors for those that we intercede for and the Lord is calling us to faithfully pray and follow that up with our testimony of love.

    Last week we looked at the foundational parts of having a close encounter with God. (Close Encounters with God) We saw how God wants to meet with us every day and that face to face encounter begins with our welcoming him. Then we worship him. We pour out our hearts to him. And finally we ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Nuts Power To Change Series

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on May 17, 2002
    based on 114 ratings
     | 13,527 views

    This is a sermon for Pentecost which deals with if God calls us to do a task, God will equip us with the power of the Holy Spirit To do it.

    N.U.T.S. Power To Change 5/19/2002 Pentecost Joel 2:28-32 Acts 1:1-11 Ephesians 4:31-32 Our Church’s theme this year is Never Underestimate The Spirit. We are committed to being NUTS for Christ. We owe our desire to be called NUTS to Leonard Sweets who emphasized, Jesus never called ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Duane Smith avatar

    You Can Change Series

    Contributed by Duane Smith on Sep 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,923 views

    This message is intended to show us we can change through the power found in Christ and help us to realize there is no hopeless situation for the Christian.

    YOU CAN CHANGE Colossians 3:1-15 INTRODUCTION: A. Change: it is not something we like, nor is it something we take too easily. 1. But we must remember it is inevitable, and often needed. 2. This is especially true in our life with the Lord, for Paul said, And we all, with unveiled face, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist