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    The Glory Of God PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 15, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,485 views

    This sermon explores the glory of God as seen in Isaiah's vision, its humbling effect, and how we can become vessels of God's glory.

    Welcome, beloved family, to this blessed gathering where we come together, not as mere attendees, but as a community of faith, united in our love for the Lord and our desire to grow closer to Him. We find ourselves gathered here today, not by chance or convenience, but by divine appointment. Our ...read more

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    A Cry From The Depths Of Despair PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 25, 2024
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     | 1,267 views

    This sermon explores Psalms 130:1-8, emphasizing the transformative power of divine forgiveness and the enduring hope found in God's unfailing love and redemption.

    Welcome, dear brothers and sisters in Christ, to this blessed gathering where we are privileged to share in the wisdom and love of our Almighty God. Today, we will be turning our hearts and minds towards the profound verses of Psalms 130:1-8. This passage, rich in its depth and breadth of emotion, ...read more

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    Hope Of The Resurrection PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Mar 18, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,496 views

    This sermon explores the transformative power of Jesus' resurrection, its historical truth, and its implications for personal hope, proclamation, and assurance in our lives.

    Good morning, beloved family. What a privilege it is to gather together in the name of our risen Savior, Jesus Christ, to reflect on the profound mystery and the glorious hope that His resurrection brings. Today, we stand on the precipice of a profound truth, a truth that has the power to transform ...read more

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    How God Gives Us Courage At Just The Right Time

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
    based on 36 ratings
     | 11,722 views

    How the Lord gives us courage and strength in just the right time and in the right amount

    How God Sends Courage to Us In Our Weakest Times (Acts 23:10-12) Illustration:Author Leo Buscaglia tells this story about his mother and their "misery dinner." It was the night after his father came home and said it looked as if he would have to go into bankruptcy because his partner had ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Ufo Answers - Hoax Or Demonic

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Aug 13, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 2,953 views

    UFO Answers - Hoax or Demonic What does the Bible Say

    PowerPoint Available on request UFO’s - Next logical step for Evolutionists is the belief in aliens - Readers Digest Poll four out of five believed that there is alien life in outer space. - 1996 Gallup poll claimed that over 70% of the population believed that the government knew more about ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fourty Days That Changed A Life 1

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on May 14, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,027 views

    You can know God on two levels. You can know God’s works and also know God’s way.

    40 Days that changed a life. (01) Show me thy ways. Exodus 33: 12. I don’t know that you have never noticed that the number 40 is used several times in the Bible. I want us to look into the Bible and look at some Bible characters and at some lives transformed in 40 days. We will call this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Can I Be Happy

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Mar 25, 2005
    based on 29 ratings
     | 4,545 views

    Happiness is an illusive quality, unless our search is based on what Christ offers us on his cross.

    THE SEVEN SERVICE JUNE 16, 2002 John 10:10 “How Can I Be Happy?” INTRODUCTION We were just recovering from the shock of Black Friday, at the same time we were deep in the “Me” syndrome of the late twentieth century. What do you do when you are self absorbed, but also surprised by the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    How Do I Face The Future

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Mar 25, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,631 views

    The future and its possibilities can be scary. Evil appears to be hiding around every corner. Our faith in God, though, gives us hope for the future and enables us to face the future with confidence and power.

    Matthew 28:19-20 “How Do I Face the Future?” INTRODUCTION Times have changed. A few years ago, the future, which we faced, was filled with potential and possibilities. Nothing seemed impossible. The stock market was marking double and triple digit gains. The economy was expanding, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Blessed Are The Desperate

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Jul 28, 2002
    based on 419 ratings
     | 65,271 views

    Desperate people do desperate things, They may climb a tree, lay in the dirt or jump in a lake, Beware of the desperate person.

    Mk 2:1-13 Mk 5:26-34 For they do not care what anyone thinks. They do not care what anyone says They will go where no one else will go They won’t let anything stop them They will do desperate things, Emptiness is the prerequisite for desperation, Desperation is the condition that exists when a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Time Of Refreshing-Praying For Revival

    Contributed by Tim Byrd on Sep 19, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 7,031 views

    A message preparing our church for it’s first revival in 9 years

    “A TIME OF REFRESHING- PRAYING FOR REVIVAL” Date: March 24, 2002 A.M. Service Place: Allendale Baptist Text: Acts 3:11-19 Introduction Over the next few weeks, I will be speaking and preparing us for our Spring Revival, which will be on April 28, 29 &30. But before I get too far ahead of myself, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    They Who Mourn Series

    Contributed by Richard White on Sep 25, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,198 views

    They mourn not just because of personal sin, but because of sin in the world.

    They who Mourn Matt. 5:4 When bad news or calamity came it was customary to tear clothes and cover the head with ashes or dust. Being dressed in sackcloth and ashes showed a time of grief and mourning.. Jeremiah, also known as the weeping prophet has been said to have trained ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Blessings In Being A Servant

    Contributed by Lauro C Hernandez on Sep 26, 2002
    based on 99 ratings
     | 13,910 views

    Knowing what is expected of us as servants of God and the blessing we have in Him.

    THE BLESSINGS IN BEING A SERVANT 1 Peter 5:2 INTRO: In our relationship with God to be able to maintain these encounter with Him, we have to realize what He expects. There is nothing more great and sublime than Him. Separated from Him, there isn’t nobody that deserves our worship and surrender. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    When Jesus Incounters The Occult

    Contributed by Ronald Hughes on Apr 18, 2002
    based on 68 ratings
     | 4,584 views

    When Jesus comes face to face with the effects of the occult what is His process?

    WHEN JESUS ENCOUNTERS THE OCCULT Mark 5:1-20 Rev. Ron Hughes INTRODUCTION - In light of the time of year ... “Halloween”. · They arrive in the boat ... crossing the sea. With Jesus in your boat, you always arrive. We will see three forces at ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Sin, Stones, And Forgiveness

    Contributed by James Chandler on Jan 11, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,647 views

    It is not a question of IF we have sin in our lives, but how we deal with sin in our lives. In John 8, we see how Jesus helped an adulterous woman deal with the sin in her life, and he will do the same for you and me.

    Can you imagine being in Time’s Square in New York City, and there on the jumbo-tron screen was every sin you have ever committed being displayed for all to see? How horrible would that be? How humiliating would that be? We all know we have sin in our life, we just don’t want everyone else to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Ask "Why?"

    Contributed by Christopher Roberts on Sep 15, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 4,857 views

    Jesus created a questioning community. We must ask questions in order to get better answers. If we settle for "pat" answers everyone loses.

    Please e-mail me with any comments or if you use any part of this at your church at Mail4ChrisR@aol.com. I would love to hear about it. God Bless! - Chris We are all theologians. You don’t need to take a theology class at seminary to be a theologian. We all have beliefs about God. Even atheists ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist