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    Living Under God's Open Heaven PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 28, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 115 views

    God’s generous presence and blessing are available to us through prayer, inviting us to trust, receive, and live confidently under His open heaven.

    Some mornings feel like the sky sits low and gray, as if our prayers push against a ceiling of clouds. Bills stack, hearts ache, and strength thins out around the edges. And then we read a line of Scripture and it’s as if God opens a window and lets a fresh breeze run through the room. That’s what ...read more

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    The Unconscious Witness PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 3, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 145 views

    The sermon encourages believers to shine Christ’s light through everyday acts of love and faith, trusting God to use their ordinary lives for His glory.

    Friends, have you noticed how even the faintest glow can calm a room? A nightlight in a child’s hallway, a candle on a windowsill during a storm, a porch lamp that says, “You’re welcome here.” Light doesn’t shout. It simply shines. It takes up residence in dark places and changes what we can see ...read more

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    The Greatest Of These

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Nov 21, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 3,096 views

    Love is the very center of what it means to be a Christian. Nothing we do or have can replace it. Greater than faith, greater than hope, is love.

    Notice the five things here that are empty without love: Tongues, prophecy, faith, generosity, sacrifice. Not just any kind of tongues, prophecy, faith, generosity and sacrifice, but the ultimate kind. Tongues of men and of angels. Prophecy that fathoms all mystery and knowledge. Faith that can ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    More Than Manna Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Dec 10, 2002
    based on 59 ratings
     | 9,233 views

    Jesus promises to provide for our every spiritual need. He is ready and available to connect with you on a spiritual level and fill your life with holiness and love.

    MORE THAN MANNA JOHN 6:32-58 INTRODUCTION READ JOHN 6:32-58 I. REFLECT ON THE HUNGER THAT IS PRESENT A. We see that Jesus is trying to teach the disciples some spiritual truth. He is doing this by using a basic physical example that we all have experienced: “hunger.” This shows Jesus to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    I Was Made To Be Up There

    Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Dec 31, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 9,831 views

    Made For The High Places

    “Made For The High Places’ Philippians 3:12-14 Introduction : A Danish philosopher gave a powerful lesson in a story concerning wild geese. He tells us that the geese came and went with the seasons as their ancestors had done for centuries. One day some of the geese, on their annual trip, landed ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dealing With The Enemy! Part 1

    Contributed by Ronald Crandall on Jan 7, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 4,282 views

    We have all been hit by the enemy at one time or another yet how do we deal with his attacks. The tendency is to retreat, this is a series that I hope will give you some strength and encouragement.

    Dealing with the enemy! Part 1 By: Ron Crandall Introduction: This morning we shared on how the enemy comes against the believers in Christ, how the enemy first strikes at the home and marriage. Then when he has destroyed the family unit he then moves on and desires to decimate what remains of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Sunday School: Why We Do It

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Sep 6, 2002
    based on 59 ratings
     | 8,421 views

    relevance of Sunday school teaching.

    Sunday School: Christian Education in the Church. 1 Cor.14:1-18 Here are some samples of kids’ prayers: Dear God, Maybe if Cain and able had their own rooms, they wouldn’t kill each other so much. It worked for me and my brother! Dear God, thank You so much for my new baby brother but what I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Being Second Place Series

    Contributed by Timothy Lueking on Mar 11, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,776 views

    A sermon on what it truly means to honor God out of respect and humility.

    Being Second Place Exodus 20:4-6 A. Introduction 1. When I was in high school I loved running track and cross-country. They were both very challenging and exciting for me but there is a little secret that I have to share with you about those days, I did not like to loose. I did everything that I ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Beggar In Sanfrancisco

    Contributed by Benjamin Doolittle on Mar 29, 2002
    based on 58 ratings
     | 6,961 views

    Christine and I sat in the window. Directly across from us was a young women. She wore a greasy T-shirt. Her skin was pale, gray. She sat next to the garbage can. She seemed to blend into the concrete, part of the gray buildings, gray sky. Her grea

    Loving and Wonderful God, you have called us to be your family. We stand in a moment in time, upheld by the great cloud of witnesses. O God, open our eyes. Open our ears. Open our whole selves to the movement of your spirit through these words and our meditations. In Christ’s name we pray, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Testify Of The Coming Christ

    Contributed by Jim Parisi on Mar 12, 2003
    based on 47 ratings
     | 3,428 views

    They were not to preach it in their own strength but were to wait on God for his empowering. They were God’s witnesses, in his timing and with his power.

    Testify of the Coming Christ HHM Pastor Jim Parisi March 9, 2003 Rev. 12: 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Rev 12:11 ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    I Am A Dead Man, A Teacher Of Truth.

    Contributed by Jim Parisi on Apr 1, 2003
    based on 39 ratings
     | 2,925 views

    The Lord is calling the members of His Church Today to reach out into the community and become teachers of the word.

    I am a Dead Man, a Teacher of Truth. HHM Pastor Jim Parisi March 30, 2003 The Lord is calling the members of His Church Today including Harvest House to reach out into the community and become teachers of the word. Firming up ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sermon For Palm/Passion Sunday, Year B

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Apr 6, 2003
    based on 65 ratings
     | 12,199 views

    The mind of Christ, among other things, involves a life of humility, obedience, and sacrifice.

    Sermon for Palm/Passion Sunday, Yr B 13/04/2003 Based on Phil. 2:5-11 Grace Lutheran Church, Medicine Hat, Alberta By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson Humility, obedience and sacrifice. Those three words stand out as descriptors of the tragic, yet holy last week of Christ’s life in this world. ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    When A Stranger Isn't A Stranger Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 11, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,054 views

    The Resurrection of Jesus Christis an absolutely amazing event.I am convinced it really happened. But to the disciples, it seemed a total impossibility. Once again, truth was stranger than fiction. But the events of the Resurrection not only declare Jes

    When A Stranger Isn’t a Stranger (Luke 24:13-35) 1. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. 2. On Good Friday in 1865, Robert Todd Lincoln arrived late in Washington DC, and was told to meet his parents at the Ford Theater. As he entered, he was met by a crowd carrying his mortally wounded ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What Do You Want On Your Tombstone?

    Contributed by George Smith on Apr 25, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 9,283 views

    A look at oursalves to see if we making a Diffrence.

    (INTRO) I know that Jesus could come at any time, I know that we preach that He is coming and I believe that, but if you would, let’s just say that Jesus don’t come before we leave this old world and that our love ones have to put us in that ground and put a tombstone over us, what do you want them ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Tempted? Series

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Jan 24, 2003
    based on 50 ratings
     | 4,431 views

    tired of temptations, looking for a way out?

    There is not a one of us in the room who has not been tempted to do something we know we shouldn’t. From sneaking a cookie to sneaking cash. Children instinctively respond to temptation at a young age and older people seem never to shake it. From birth to death we will always be hounded by ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal