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  • Joel Pankow avatar

    What Do You Want To Do With Your Life?

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Apr 12, 2023
     | 2,081 views

    Peter encourages us to live in hope and joy as we wait for the goal of our faith, the salvation of our souls.

    4.16.23 1 Peter 1:3–9 (EHV) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 into an inheritance that is undying, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. 5 ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Private Enemy

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jul 28, 2011
    based on 116 ratings
     | 85,376 views

    The first thing you need to do is to address yourself because the greatest hindrance to God’s touch upon you is not the devil or household wickedness. When the prodigal son talked to himself, then he began to make progress.

    Beloved, as you read this week’s message which is entitled “The private enemy,” believe the Lord for outstanding breakthroughs. The first thing you need to do is to address yourself because the greatest hindrance to God’s touch upon you is not the devil or household ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Frederic Whittier avatar

    Act Your Age

    Contributed by Frederic Whittier on Feb 13, 2007
    based on 54 ratings
     | 12,716 views

    This sermon was preached at Colchester Christian Academy. It was used to encourage teens to be teens while living out the example of Christ.

    Act Your Age 1 Timothy 4:12 Have you ever heard the saying “Act Your Age?” I may be wrong, but I’m pretty sure that guys probably hear that more often than the ladies do. Experts tell us that girls tend to mature faster than guys. I think that’s why males enjoy things that are crude and rude ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Rick Kallstrom avatar

    The Story Of Christmas

    Contributed by Rick Kallstrom on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 156 ratings
     | 15,454 views

    I hope that this very special Christmas message will touch your heart, and that after hearing it you will find yourself a little richer in faith, a little stronger in spirit, and once again reminded of the true meaning of Christmas.

    I invite you this day to come along with me as we take a journey back in time to the holy lands of Israel. We will begin in the District of Galilee, and then the city of Nazareth, and then conclude our journey in the tiny town of Bethlehem, birthplace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Chip Monck avatar

    Pray, Plan, Position Series

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Oct 31, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 10,979 views

    Second sermon in a series through the book of Nehemiah exploring the pursuit of God’s vision for our lives. Sermon addresses the need to pray, plan, and position yourself for the fulfillment of God’s vision in your life.

    Have you ever felt like you were in the wrong place, at the wrong time? Hopefully not in the next few minutes, but four teenagers were arrested in the parking lot of a large mall in Lakeland, Florida, just before Christmas when, attempting to steal an automobile at random, they tried to break into ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Bruce Ferris avatar

    A Firewall Against Deception

    Contributed by Bruce Ferris on Aug 19, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 15,915 views

    In this Internet savvy generation the term “firewall” is not only common vernacular but also an essential component for the proper functioning of your personal computer. To ignore a firewall’s value, is to put yourself at risk of losing all that is dear

    In this Internet savvy generation the term “firewall” is not only common vernacular but also an essential component for the proper functioning of your personal computer. To ignore a firewall’s value, is to put yourself at risk of losing all that is dear to you on your hard drive. Literally, hours ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jose Gomez Sr. avatar

    It's About Teamwork!

    Contributed by Jose Gomez Sr. on Aug 29, 2005
    based on 40 ratings
     | 12,568 views

    Teamwork is what the Kingdom of God is all about. It will get results and you will feel better about yourself, knowing that if souls are getting saved is because you are doing your part that God has given to you.

    *1 Corinthians 3:7 “What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Joseph: A Man Of God

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Dec 14, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,773 views

    Joseph sets an example of someone who is committed to living a morally upright life in an immoral world. As we look at Joseph ask yourself if those positive qualities which he demonstrated are seen in your life.

    Joseph: A Man of God Matthew 1:18-25 Introduction: We need men and women who can be identified by their lives that they are children of God. While what we know about Joseph is contained in only a few verses of Scripture, the verses we have identify him as a man of God. Joseph sets an example of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Convince God

    Contributed by Isaac Magsino on Jan 16, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,023 views

    But when you realize that it is God who can rise you up; you suddenly, find yourself ashamed and this could be the reason on why it is hard to be close to Him. You’re thinking that God is hard to convince.

    Theme: How to Convince God Text: Genesis 32: 22-31 Place: FBC Kodiak, Alaska Date: January 15, 2k6 Intro: Illus: Three handsome male dogs are walking down the street when they see a beautiful, enticing, female Poodle. The three male dogs fall all over ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    How Big Are Your Dreams?

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 5, 2001
    based on 487 ratings
     | 47,621 views

    Little dreams lead to little service, but big dreams can lead to big service, so ask yourself, "How big are our dreams? And what are we going to do about them?"

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2014) A. Do you remember hearing about the 12 spies who Moses sent to spy out the Promised Land, & who then came back with their discouraging report? As you may recall, 10 of them gave a negative report, & 2 ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    Developing Healthy Self-Esteem

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 2, 2001
    based on 301 ratings
     | 50,034 views

    An accurate view of yourself come from 1. an understanding of God’s view of who you are. 2. knowing the truth of who you are. 3. having a humble view of who you are.

    In the Scripture reading today, we hear the Lord saying to Jeremiah: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” It seems that when most people think of God coming to them and saying something, they think of him ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • James May avatar

    Enduring To The End Series

    Contributed by James May on Jan 13, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 17,762 views

    #19 in the series deals with enduring to the end in whatsoever state you find yourself. Your station in life, and your conditions of life, are all in God’s hands. So use them to bring him glory.

    19 Enduring to the End The Book of James Series By Pastor Jim May James is still talking about the rich man as he comes to the closing verses of his epistle. There is no hiding of the facts that some people seem to be blessed more than others. There is a general acknowledgement that being rich ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Don Hawks avatar

    E.a.s.t.e.r.--What Does It Mean For Me?

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Mar 23, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 14,658 views

    What difference could it make in your life if every day you knew, without a doubt, that you were a part of something that is much bigger than yourself? What could Easter mean for you this year?

    E.A.S.T.E.R. What does it mean? What could it mean for you this year? A Sunday School teacher asked her class to write one sentence each on "What Easter Means to Me." One pupil wrote: "Egg salad sandwiches for the next two weeks!" The first words of Jesus Christ were, “Did you not know that I ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    When Life Turns Sour Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 15, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,835 views

    When life turns sour, tell yourself the truth, complain to God, and He will deliver. Message focuses on Dylan Thomas’ poem, "Do not go gentle into that good night; rage, rage against the dying of the light."

    On a warm spring evening in 1952, at his home in Swansea in Wales, David John Thomas lay on his deathbed. Once a soldier who had fought in the Second World War, later an English teacher, Thomas had become very frail in his later years. There was no doubt that he would die soon. There was no ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Alvin Hathaway, Sr. avatar

    Correct Some Wrong Series

    Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on May 21, 2011
     | 6,134 views

    Ministry that Matters requires each of us to help somebody by giving of yourself, by investing some of your resources, and by pressing on in spite of opposition. The third dimension of Ministry that Matters is to correct some wrong. To correct a wrong mea

    Sunday, September 21, 2008 “Correct some wrong: Text: Nehemiah 2: 11 – 20 Ministry that Matters requires each of us do something by praying a prayer of concern for others, by praying consistently, by praying a prayer that will alter our conduct, and by praying a prayer that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist