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  • Paul Dayao avatar

    The Treasury Of Heaven Series

    Contributed by Paul Dayao on Sep 8, 2025
     | 127 views

    This sermon reveals that praise should be our primary response to God, who has already provided every spiritual blessing we will ever need.

    Introduction We often think of blessings in terms of what we can see and touch—health, a good job, a happy family. But the Apostle Paul begins his letter to the Ephesians by lifting our eyes to a higher reality. He erupts in praise not for earthly comforts, but for a vast, inexhaustible spiritual ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Chosen In Him Before Time With A Purpose Series

    Contributed by Paul Dayao on Sep 8, 2025
     | 155 views

    This sermon explains that believers were chosen by God not based on human merit but "in Christ" and has a specific, life-altering purpose.

    Introduction Verse 3 told us that God has blessed us with all spiritual blessings. Now, in verse 4, Paul explains the very first and most foundational blessing from which all others flow: we were chosen by God. Everyone longs to be chosen—for a team, for a promotion, for a relationship. It gives us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Adopted: The Father's Great Delight Series

    Contributed by Paul Dayao on Sep 9, 2025
     | 114 views

    This sermon teaches that God, motivated by His own delight, eternally planned to adopt us as His children through the work of Jesus Christ.

    Introduction In our world, adoption is one of the most beautiful pictures of love. A child, often with no hope for a family, is deliberately chosen, given a new name, a new home, and a new future. Last week, we saw from verse 4 that God has chosen us. Today, in verse 5, Paul reveals the incredible ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Accepted In The Beloved Series

    Contributed by Paul Dayao on Sep 10, 2025
     | 190 views

    This sermon teaches that we are made perfectly accepted in Christ for the ultimate purpose of bringing praise to the glory of God's grace.

    Introduction Every person has a deep, fundamental need for acceptance. We long to be valued, welcomed, and loved for who we are. We fear rejection, and so we often spend our lives trying to earn the approval of others. Paul now brings the glorious truths of our choosing (v. 4) and adoption (v. 5) ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    More Than G P S (Free Will In God’s Plan)

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 10, 2025
     | 118 views

    God lovingly planned salvation for everyone in Christ but never forces anyone’s choice. "More Than GPS" shows that His foreknowledge guides without controlling, calling us to live assured and freely abide in Jesus.

    Preface: This message explores the biblical theme of God’s plan and human freedom from a Seventh-day Adventist perspective. Christians across history have understood predestination and salvation security in different ways. The aim here is not debate but encouragement—helping all who read or ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Covenant Concerns Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 13, 2024
     | 1,957 views

    God is thoroughly and completely committed to you, so commit yourself to Him, commit yourself to justice, and commit yourself to compassion.

    Several years ago, a national magazine assigned a photographer to take pictures of a forest fire. They told him a small plane would be waiting at the airport to fly him over the fire. The photographer arrived at the airstrip just an hour before sundown. Sure enough, a small Cessna airplane stood ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Transformed By Truth: A Royal Priesthood 1 Peter 2:9 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jun 18, 2024
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    1 Peter 2:9 reminds us of our unique identity and purpose as God's chosen people.

    Transformed by Truth: A Royal Priesthood 1 Peter 2:9 Introduction Today, we are delving into a powerful truth from 1 Peter 2:9. This verse reminds us of our unique identity and purpose as God's chosen people. Let’s read together: 1 Peter 2:9 (NLT): "But you are not like that, for you are ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Embracing The Fullness Of God's Promises Isaiah 61:1–3 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jun 18, 2024
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     | 2,433 views

    Isaiah 61:1–3 provides profound insights into God's promises and the transformative power of His Word in our lives.

    Transformed by Truth: Embracing the Fullness of God's Promises Isaiah 61:1–3 Introduction Today, we are diving into a powerful and transformative passage from Isaiah 61:1–3. This scripture provides profound insights into God's promises and the transformative power of His Word in our lives. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Pray Relationally Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 19, 2024
     | 730 views

    In a single word (Father) from the Model Prayer, Jesus conveyed deep truths (From Red Letter Prayer Life by Bob Hostetler, chapter 5 with same title). Taught to a Sunday School class

    HoHum: What have you asked (and received) from your father or mother that you would never ask from any other person? WBTU: I’m just Dad to them- no reason to put on airs with good old dad. Believe it or not, that is the sort of attitude Jesus urges on His followers. This is fundamental to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Ready For Anything (Part 2: In The Heavenly Realm Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jun 24, 2024
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     | 1,214 views

    To successfully navigate life, Christians must understand their relationship to the heavenly realm. This message examines the five passages in Ephesians where the phrase "in the heavenly places" is found and discusses what each one means to believers.

    Intro As we approach a Presidential election, we all feel a degree of uncertainty about the future. The agendas of the two parties are very different and would take the whole nation on very different paths. What will be the outcome of the coming election? How will that affect each of us personally? ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Sermon # 1 - Chosen To Be Faithful Series

    Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Jun 27, 2024
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     | 1,863 views

    God has chosen us for a purpose and if we want to fulfill this, we must honor God and remain faithful. Here are some ways to honor God and some areas where we must remain faithful to Him.

    The word of the Lord as found in 1 Samuel 2:35, And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever. (ESV) This year I believe has been appointed by ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Chosen In Christ--But For What?

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 2, 2024
     | 588 views

    The choice is tied up with the Father’s decision to adopt us as sons and daughters, siblings by adoption with His only-begotten Son. For what purpose? We are so favored so that we might praise the glory of God’s grace granted us through the beloved Son, His life, passion, death and Resurrection.

    Fifteenth Sunday in Course 2024 St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians anchors our Scriptures today. Paul is acting as a prophet/teacher for the Church at Ephesus but the universal feel of this letter suggests to us that it’s more like an encyclical or circular letter for all of the churches in that ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    "just The Way We Are"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jul 8, 2024
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     | 2,188 views

    A sermon about how God chooses to love us and claim us no matter how we feel about ourselves.

    “Just the Way We Are” Ephesians 1:3-14 Is there anyone here that struggles with shame? Do you ever feel as if you have let God down, to the point where you find it hard to believe that God could possibly love you? If this is the case, you probably also struggle with despair, which is the ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Living United For The Praise Of God's Glory

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 10, 2024
     | 370 views

    There is something both uplifting and liberating when we simply praise God for who He is, and for His love for us.

    Fifteenth Sunday in Course 2024 Ask yourself whether these words of the psalmist remind you of your daily life in the United States: “his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Predestined Church: A Study Of Ephesians 1:3-14

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jul 13, 2024
     | 919 views

    We continue in our study of Ephesians with rich foundational information for God's predestined plan for the church.

    The Predestined Church Ephesians 1:3–14 NKJV Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible