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  • Joel Pankow avatar

    Jesus Calms The Storms Of Trouble

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Apr 25, 2002
    based on 103 ratings
     | 16,548 views

    how Jesus comforts us at the loss of a loved one and other trials in life

    April 25, 2002 John 14:1-12 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Dean Courtier avatar

    Go! And Proclaim The Risen Christ- 1 Corinthians 15:1, 3-4 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Apr 14, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 840 views

    Resurrection Sunday is the day when everything changed. The stone was rolled away. The tomb was empty. Death was defeated. And the risen Saviour stands victorious!

    Go! And Proclaim the Risen Christ- 1 Corinthians 15:1, 3-4 Introduction Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Today is not just any Sunday—it is Resurrection Sunday, the day when everything changed. The stone was rolled away. The tomb was empty. Death was defeated. And the risen Saviour stands ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Gene Gregory avatar

    From Groans To Glory

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Oct 15, 2023
     | 2,034 views

    Continuing series on Romans. This sermon examines things we can be encouraged by, in the midst of difficulties.

    Romans 8b Don’t Sweat It - Read Romans 8:12-30 One section of Romans 8 in my Bible is titled, “From Groans to Glory” I believe that is a fitting title for this message. Look there again please at verse 20. - Read Romans 8:20-21 These verses say that all of creation is suffering, is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    He’s Not Given Up On Us Yet

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Oct 3, 2011
    based on 15 ratings
     | 15,263 views

    God doesn’t give up on us even when we give up on ourselves. As someone has said, “It ain’t over until God says it’s over.”

    He’s Not Given Up On Us Yet Philippians 1:1-6 There are times that Christians may become discouraged and feel like giving up because things aren’t going well. Some may feel that either they have messed up in life and cannot be used by God or that God for whatever reason has just given ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ross Anderson avatar

    Can Anything Good Come Out Of Suffering? Series

    Contributed by Ross Anderson on Oct 25, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,330 views

    As you joyfully persevere in trials, God will transform you in this life and bless you in next.

    We¡¦ve been talking the last few weeks about affliction and sufferings. Let me tell you a little parable about trials. A bird was flying south for the winter. It got so cold the bird froze up and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some manure ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jay McPhearson avatar

    The Blindness Is An Opportunity

    Contributed by Jay Mcphearson on Dec 4, 2007
     | 4,234 views

    God will use the times of trial in our lives for the victory he gives freely.

    “The Blindness is an opportunity” “God will use the times of trial in our lives for the victory he gives freely.” Sunday Morning Sermon John 9:1-34 11.11.07 Intro: (Advance) For the most part we don’t know what suffering is. The other day I couldn’t find the remote – I looked everywhere! I was in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ken Sowers avatar

    Hang In There

    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,504 views

    Be an encourager

    Comfort - encouragement - 2 Cor. 1:3-7 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 5 For just ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Willie Fagg avatar

    Let's Have Harmony In The Church

    Contributed by Willie Fagg on Nov 17, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,768 views

    Encouragment

    I. Introduction A. When Believers Were of One Accord 1. They prayed with great faith (Acts 1:14) 2. The preached with great power. (Acts 2:1) 3. The enjoyed great fellowship (Acts 2:41-46) 4. They experienced great growth. (Acts 2:47) B. Paul Challenges the Phillipian Church to Be of One ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Eric Snyder avatar

    Becoming A Barnabas Or A Barnacle

    Contributed by Eric Snyder on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 76 ratings
     | 8,608 views

    Encouragement

    Becoming a Barnabas or a Barnacle, Acts 4:36-37 Eric A. Snyder, Minister, Farwell Church of Christ September 8, 2002 A man interviews some people for a secretary job. First enters a very beautiful woman and the boss asks her: - "What’s your name?" - "Lily", says the woman. - "Why Lilac?" asks ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ronald E Flemmings Jr avatar

    Profiling The Pastor

    Contributed by Ronald E Flemmings Jr on May 30, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,081 views

    Encouragement

    PROFILING THE PASTOR In the Old Testament, Israel was a predominantly pastoral people; its religious concepts were therefore colored by the vocabulary and vocational habits familiar to a pastoral community. So we find the image of sheep and the shepherd used again and again. The figure of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    Gifts Of Service, Teaching & Exhortation Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Sep 10, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 13,529 views

    Each of us has different giftedness and God has bestowed these gifts so our local body can grow in a balanced and effective way. These gifts are like tools in the box of the Master Carpenter.

    ROMANS 12: 6-8a GIFTS OF SERVICE, TEACHING AND EXHORTATION Here in Romans 12 we encounter a partial treatment of spiritual gifts. Previously we learned that we all have "gifts that differ according to the grace given to us." In verses 6-8 Paul enumerates seven forms of Christian ministry ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • MELVIN MAUGHMER, JR. avatar

    Someone's In The Fire

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Apr 5, 2004
    based on 77 ratings
     | 34,568 views

    In the trials of your life understand that you are not alone Someone is in the fire with you

    Someone’s in the Fire Daniel 3: 19 – 25 & 29 Verse #25 – King James Version: He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. Verse #25 - New Living Translation: Look!” Nebuchadnezzar ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

  • Scott Carmer avatar

    The Hardest Thing In The World

    Contributed by Scott Carmer on Feb 5, 2007
     | 2,015 views

    The hardest thing in the world is to consider suffering and trials a gift from God.

    The Hardest Thing in the World James 1:1-4 February 4, 2007 Have you ever felt like you’d been body slammed by life? I remember Christmas vacation of my sophomore year in high school. For some reason, the wrestling coach decided that we needed to practice. We practiced for 3 or 4 days of that ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Adam Couchman avatar

    The Believer's Prayer

    Contributed by Adam Couchman on Jun 14, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,386 views

    Responding to trial through prayers of praise and affirmation of God’s sovereignty.

    The book of Acts was written by the same author of the book of Luke. In the first verse the Luke refers to his former book and it is addressed to the same person, Theophilus. Two of the major themes of this book, and particularly at the beginning where it is focussed upon the beginning of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Pervis Hall avatar

    Your Giant Aint Jack

    Contributed by Pervis Hall on Jan 16, 2006
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,228 views

    This sermon is designed to help those struggling with seemingly impossible trials overcome.

    In 1947 San Francisco’s Potrero Hill was not only a poor South City neighborhood, it was a real ghetto. That year was the year Oren was born. Rickets, a poverty-related disease actually caused by malnutrition, was Oren’s major problem. His vitamin-mineral deficient diet caused his bones to soften. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational