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  • Brien Sims avatar

    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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    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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    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

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    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

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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

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    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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    Three Levels Of Love, Part 1 Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Jan 28, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 21,192 views

    You can't truly others and love God until you understand what it means to love yourself.

    INTRODUCTION We’ve come to one of the most important passages in the New Testament. Jesus reveals what He considers to be the MOST IMPORTANT commandment in the entire Bible—to love God. And He volunteers the second most important commandment—to love our neighbors as ourselves. Since this is a very ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    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

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    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

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    When God Remembers You For Help Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jan 15, 2025
     | 1,310 views

    This sermon explores what it means when God remembers you for help and how to position yourself for such divine remembrance.

    Title: WHEN GOD REMEMBERS YOU FOR HELP By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text : Genesis 8:1 Supporting Texts: Psalm 121:1-2, Isaiah 41:10, Exodus 3:7-8, Jeremiah 29:11 INTRODUCTION : In Genesis 8:1, we read, "And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    God Has No Waste Material

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Feb 26, 2025
     | 580 views

    You are not an accident. You are not forgotten. No matter where you find yourself in life, you are still important to God.

    GOD HAS NO WASTE MATERIAL By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: John 6:12 – “When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.” Supporting Texts: Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 139:14, 1 Corinthians 1:27, Romans 8:28, Isaiah ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Come Out Of The Closet!

    Contributed by Charles Worth on Nov 30, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 9,901 views

    Encouraging Christians to be bold in thier faith

    Come out of the closet! Mark8:34-38 It used too be if someone talked about coming out of the closet it meant that their older sibling had shoved them in there and shut the door. Now it means a whole variety of confessions about oneself. There are “closet conservatives”, “closet liberals” and of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Overcoming Opposition By Prayer

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Feb 6, 2005
    based on 29 ratings
     | 3,645 views

    Where do you see yourself in this picture? Are you being pelted by unfair criticism as you are serving Christ? If so, keep on going and God will reward your efforts. Or do you recognize yourself as one who tends to be critical of others? If so, it’s time

    Overcoming Opposition By Prayer (Nehemiah 1:4-11) Illustration: There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise promotes health. --Proverbs 12:18 Critics talk much and do little that is constructive. They are more interested in trying to make themselves look ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Dads Keep Going

    Contributed by Kelly Benton on Jun 13, 2012
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,651 views

    Dads, we need to keep being Dads even when we don’t feel like it.

    In the June 1oth issue of The Christian Standard, Wayne Smith wrote an article entitled, “Playing Hurt”. It really was a great article that mirrored Professional Football players with the Christian about how we get hurt through the game of life but how we must keep going. Today, I want ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    The Alpha And The Omega

    Contributed by David Mcnally on Jun 18, 2012
     | 10,266 views

    God was before the 'Beginning' and He will continue to be after the 'End'. He is omnipotent and omnipresent meaning He will be with us now and through Jesus Christ believers will be with Him for eternity; for ever and ever, and ever and ever. Amen.

    Revelation 1:8. The ‘Alpha and the Omega’ When we think of God or someone asks us what we mean or understand when we use the word ‘God’, we are obviously limited. It is really impossible for a created being to be able to describe in human words, his or her Creator, who ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational