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    Will You Rsvp Or Decline? PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 17, 2024
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     | 775 views

    This sermon explores the parable of the Great Banquet, emphasizing the importance of accepting God's invitation and prioritizing His call over worldly excuses.

    Good morning, beloved congregation. It is a joy to stand before you today, to share the timeless truth of God's Word. As we gather in this sacred space, let us prepare our hearts to receive the divine message that awaits us in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 14, verses 15-24. The renowned Christian ...read more

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    Whoever Serves PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 20, 2024
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    This sermon explores Jesus' predictions and parables, his preparation for passion, and the promise of a new covenant, emphasizing our need for God's grace.

    Welcome, beloved, to this sanctuary, where grace abounds and hope flourishes. This is a place where we gather, not because we are perfect, but because we need the perfect love of Christ. We are here because we are drawn by the relentless love of our Savior, a love that heals, restores, and ...read more

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    Jesus' Love For All PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 24, 2024
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     | 869 views

    This sermon encourages Christians to embody Christ's boundless love, grace, and inclusivity, breaking boundaries and bridging divides in their daily interactions.

    Welcome, dear friends, to this blessed gathering, where we come together, as one family under God, to share, to learn, and to find comfort in His divine words. Today, we have before us a passage from the Gospel of John, a passage that holds a profound message of love, grace, and inclusivity. A ...read more

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    3 Steps Back To Organic Outreach Series

    Contributed by Chris Oswald on Dec 6, 2001
    based on 65 ratings
     | 4,417 views

    Series outline on rediscovering the simplicity of sharing Jesus. A simple exposition of John 1:29- looking at Andrew’s experience w/ Jesus

    This is an outline for a 3 week series called: "Learning to Breathe - rediscovering the simplicity of sharing Jesus." Who taught you how to breathe? Andrew has become famous for his invitations. Before every Billy Graham crusade they do something called "Operation Andrew." The basic idea behind ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The God Of All Comfort

    Contributed by W. Alderman on Nov 12, 2007
    based on 21 ratings
     | 4,760 views

    A simple outline to help bring comfort to our hearts. It is the skelton; you put on the meat...

    THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT John 14:16-18; 2 Cor. 1:1-11 W. Max Alderman INTRODUCTION: It certainly is wonderful knowing that as we encounter our problems and face our troubles that we have someone to rush to our side with encouragement. That is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Loving God's Book

    Contributed by John Mccormack on Feb 12, 2016
     | 3,086 views

    LOVING GOD'S BOOK HAS MERIT!

    LOVING GOD’S BOOK OBSERVATION: AUTHOR DOUGLAS CONNELLY STATES THE BOOK OF PSALMS IS A COLLECTION OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY POEMS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS THROUGHOUT ISRAEL’S HISTORY. KING DAVID PENNED HALF OF THE PSALMS AND OTHER WRITERS THE REMAINDER. THE PSALMS ADDRESSES VARIOUS EMOTIONAL ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Mindset

    Contributed by John Mccormack on Sep 27, 2014
     | 7,899 views

    MINDSET IS CRITICAL FOR RESTORATION.

    MINDSET OBSERVATION: NEHEMIAH WAS A HIGH OFFICIAL UNDER THE RULE OF KING ARTAXERXES 1 IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF SUSA, NOW MODERN IRAN. THIS KING ALLOWED HIM TO RETURN TO HIS HOMELAND AND REPAIR THE BROKEN DOWN WALLS SURROUNDING JERUSALEM. HE ENCOUNTERED OPPOSITION BY PAGAN TRIBES IN HIS ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Gall Of Bitterness

    Contributed by John Mccormack on Feb 18, 2013
     | 6,225 views

    PUT AWAY BITTRNESS.

    THE GALL OF BITTERNESS INTRODUCTION: THE MERRIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY DEFINES GALL AS BITTERNESS OF SPIRIT OR RANKER, MEANING BITTER, DEEP-SEATED ILL WILL. SPIRITUAL INSIGHT: PETER, WHILE MINISTERING IN SAMARIA, ENCOUNTERED AN OPPORTUNIST NAMED SIMON. SIMON REQUESTED THE SAME POWER AND ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Acquiring The Radiance Of Christ

    Contributed by John Mccormack on Jul 29, 2013
     | 5,113 views

    YOU ACQUIRE THE RADIANCE OF CHRIST BY THE WORD OF GOD.

    ACQUIRING THE RADIANCE OF CHRIST INTRODUCTION: EXODUS 34 DETAILS EVENTS MOSES ENCOUNTERED UPON THE SECOND RETURN TO MT. SINAI. THE FIRST SET OF TABLES WAS DESTROYED. MOSES RETURNED WITH AN UNUSUAL GLOW ON HIS FACE. HIS PROXIMITY TO GOD CHANGED HIS PHYSICAL APPEARANCE. HE SPOKE TO THE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Do You See What He Sees?

    Contributed by Rodney Mason on Sep 22, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,141 views

    This sermon is to develop a theology of the people that God calls to do ministry.

    As Jesus passed by Levi what does He see? As Jesus passes by us today what does He see? Let us xpose the truths of this text to answer these questions: I. He saw his problem-"he saw Levi...sitting in the tax booth" a. Status-A jewish tax collector, he was hated by hisown people because he was ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Coming Back From The Dead

    Contributed by Jack Pladdys on Apr 10, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,262 views

    Jesus can bring dead things back to life!

    Mesage Outline Title: Resurrection Subtitle: Coming Back from the Dead Scripture: Matthew 28:1-8 Subject: Resurrection Theme: God can raise the dead. Proposition: Given the choice between death and life, God chooses life! Main Points: 1) Coincidence is God’s Way of Showing Up ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    How To Reflect The Holiness Of God! Series

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Dec 18, 2015
     | 5,053 views

    PROPOSITION: Because Christ is holy; Christians must reflect His holiness in their daily lives.

    How to Reflect the Holiness of God! Isaiah 6:1-13 PROPOSITION: Because Christ is holy; Christians must reflect His holiness in their daily lives. I. Look upon Christ in all His glory. v. 1-4 A. His sovereignty is the powerful nature of God (1). 1. He is “sitting upon a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Outer Limits Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 16, 2003
    based on 137 ratings
     | 23,978 views

    When we follow Jesus, he will lead us beyond our comfort zone with people, especially people we are not naturally drawn to.

    Note: This sermon was introduced with a scene from "Traveling Light" All of us have limits and boundaries that make us uncomfortable if we go beyond them. I was reminded of this back in November when my oldest son and I went to the Promise Keepers "Passage" event at the Anaheim Pond. At one point ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Elpizo Apokalupsis Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Sep 13, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,680 views

    Pastor Dave looks at five mysteries that confronted Gideon in Judges chapter 6 and what we can learn from those mysteries.

    Elpizo Apokalupsis Hope is Your Birthright, part 2 Wildwind Community Church David Flowers Wildwind’s 6th core value is mystery. I think we live in a world (or at least a society) that has greatly lost touch with mystery. I think many people in our country think that the existence of science ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    When God Shuts One Door, He Opens Another Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 11, 2006
    based on 47 ratings
     | 189,715 views

    Sometimes our disappointments in life can become God’s appointments, so don’t let closed doors bother you. The things we think of as failures and problems can often end up being blessings in disguise.

    INTRODUCTION It seems doors of opportunity open and close before us in life. Is it God opening and closing these doors? For many years I’ve heard the saying, “When God shuts one door, He opens another!” Well, no, those exact words are not found in the Bible anywhere. However, of all the phrases ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist