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  • George Crumbly avatar

    Have You Kept The Faith?

    Contributed by George Crumbly on Aug 9, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,586 views

    To encourage the believer to keep the faith

    HAVE YOU KEPT THE FAITH? (2Timothy 4:6-8) MAY 20,2001AM George Crumbly Sheridan Arkansas (Turn to Hebrews Chapter 11) INTRODUCTION: It’s so good to get the District Assembly behind us….Had a great day of Pastor Reports this past Thursday, they were all upbeat & encouraging…… The text ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Becoming Men Of Excellence, Lighting Up The World

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jun 18, 2012
     | 19,819 views

    This is a Father’s Day sermon encouraging men to strive for excellence by fulfilling their needs for respect, for encouragement, and for a relationship with God.

    Becoming Men Of Excellence, Lighting Up The World 6/16/12 Joshua 1:1-9 Ephesians 5:25-6:4 I can recall a number of years ago I was having a conversation with one of the women in the fellowship hall. She was dressed extra nice that day and had her hair done very well. I said, “You ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Scott Bradford avatar

    What If God Spoke To You The Way He Did Mary?

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Dec 15, 2002
    based on 54 ratings
     | 4,238 views

    Asking yourself the question, "what would you do, if God spoke to you the way He did Mary?"

    "What if God spoke to you the way He did Mary?" There is really no other way to begin this message than to just come straight out and ask the question? "What if God spoke to you the way He did Mary?" I imagine that just about everyone wants God to speak to them at some point in their life: Is this ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Keith Linkous avatar

    Prioritizing Your Passions

    Contributed by Keith Linkous on Sep 2, 2001
    based on 118 ratings
     | 6,474 views

    What priority do you give to the things of God? Learn some things about yourself in this insightful message.

    Ecclesiastes 3 lists several items that are described as having their specific time. The first verse, in fact, drives the point home, saying, "To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven." Solomon then goes on to give examples of what he’s saying, giving ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Nate Barbour avatar

    What If?

    Contributed by Nate Barbour on Oct 25, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,405 views

    Never again ask yourself the question "What If?" Learn how to make the right decision every time!

    What If? How To Be Confident In Your Decisions O2 Preview – 10.19.05 I. Introduction Choices, whether they’re about how to stay smooth after doing a face plant or what outfit to wear tomorrow, are inevitable. Choices are unavoidable. Everyday you’re faced with decisions to make. I mean, just ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    War Problems, Wicked Passions And Wrong Praying

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jul 25, 2003
    based on 23 ratings
     | 3,049 views

    You can live your life to please God or you can live your life to please yourself.

    WAR PROBLEMS, WICKED PASSIONS AND WRONG PRAYING James 4: 1 -- 12 There are two ways for a person to live his life. You can live your life to please God or you can live your life to please yourself. The Bible says that Jesus pleased not Himself. He said He always did those things that pleased ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Gift Of Faith Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 18, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 10,300 views

    In order to grow in faith you need to have the right concept of 1. God 2. The World 3. Yourself.

    There were many dramatic answers to prayer in the recent war with Iraq. The short duration of the conflict, the relatively few lives lost, the recovery of many of our POW’s, and many more things of which we are not even aware. I watched the interview with two helicopter pilots who were shot down ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Dave Bootsma avatar

    How Christmas Complicates Things

    Contributed by Dave Bootsma on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,471 views

    How you respond to Christmas depends on how you view Jesus as well as how you view yourself.

    ILL. THE DANGERS OF CHRISTMAS Dr. Mateen Elass grew up in Saudia Arabia. In his youth he associated Christmas with reindeer, stars, colorful lights, sleigh bells, parties, and decorated trees. He remembers being told that the deeper meaning of Christmas was love and good will shown by giving and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Lessons Of Life: From Pride To Faith

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Jun 19, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,128 views

    Things covered in this sermon...Pride humbled; God is in control; God places rulers; Glorify God not man or yourself.

    Some lessons in life are hard to learn, some may even seem impossible. Many of us have found ourselves in situations that seemed impossible and yet some how we made it through and even grew from those experiences. I would say one of these lessons is losing a loved one for instance. We must learn ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Are You Truely A Child Of God?

    Contributed by Andrew Hill on Feb 24, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 13,461 views

    An exposition of Romans 8:9-17 about how to examine yourself to see if you are truly a child of God

    Title: Are you truly a child of God? Before we came to Belize we owned a screen printing business. In case you don’t know what that is, it is a company that applies images to t-shirts and other textile products. One day a man came to the counter wanting us to print several designs for him. When he ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    Power Usage Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 15, 2015
     | 7,438 views

    Don't use your power to benefit yourself at others' expense; use it to benefit others at your expense.

    Just a few years ago (2012), Paul Piff was researching the effect power had on people. So in one study, he had subjects play a two-person game of Monopoly in which power was intentionally skewed: one player was given a wad of cash and the use of both dice; while the other player received only half ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    In The Fire! Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 24, 2021
     | 5,845 views

    Don’t be surprised or ashamed by the fire. Instead, be glad in the fire, glory in the fire, and give yourself to God in the fire.

    Kathryn Leatherwood from Washington, Ohio, recalls spending a week with a roomful of VBS preschoolers. Many of them had been first-timers and attended with loud protests. Toward the end of the week, she noticed Jessica adjusting her colorful headband with a look of frustration. After quieting yet ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid avatar

    Anybody Can Pay Series

    Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Jan 14, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,762 views

    Greetings in the Holy Name of Jesus Yahshuah, My sisters and brothers, have you found yourself singing with remorse ...

    Anybody Can Pay by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (January 14, 2020) “Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him. The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of ...read more

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    Denomination: Friends

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    The Romance Of Redemption Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jul 29, 2020
     | 5,189 views

    Humble yourself before the Lord and find recognition, resources, and best of all, a close, personal relationship with your Redeemer.

    Christian Herter was running hard for reelection as governor of Massachusetts, and one day he arrived late at a barbecue. He’d had no breakfast or lunch, and he was famished. As he moved down the serving line, he held out his plate and received one piece of chicken. The governor said to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Victory In Defeat Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jan 4, 2019
     | 10,245 views

    If you want to experience victory in the place of defeat, trust in the Lord; obey the Lord; and give yourself to Him again.

    Bryan Link, from Toronto, Canada, did a double-take recently when he looked at an old pothole in his neighborhood and thought he saw weeds. Upon closer examination, they turned out to be tomatoes. Someone with a good sense of humor had planted the tomatoes in the big, ugly sinkhole that had been a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free