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  • Rick Crandall avatar

    More Great Reasons To Live With Godly Love Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jan 4, 2024
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     | 2,248 views

    We should live with godly love... 1. Because it gives us more assurance of our salvation (vs. 18-21). 2. Because it gives us more confidence when we pray (vs. 21-22). 3. Because we are born again believers in Jesus Christ (vs. 23). 4. Because the Holy Spirit is living in our hearts (vs. 24).

    More Great Reasons to Live with Godly Love 1 John 3:16-24 Sermon by Rick Crandall Series: The First Epistle of John (Prepared January 4, 2024) BACKGROUND: *Most of us here know that the Apostle John was a very old man by the time he wrote this letter. Bible scholars estimate that it was written ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Unexpected Jesus

    Contributed by Theresa Ratliff on Mar 25, 2013
     | 4,457 views

    Do our expectations of who Jesus should be keep us from seeing who he really is?

    Maybe it’s just me, but there’s something about this story that has always bothered me. How on earth could Mary Magdeline, who has been one of Jesus’s closest friends, look right at him and doesn’t recognize him? Isn’t that like…the president of the George ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Bread Of Vision Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 15, 2013
     | 5,834 views

    Two followers of Jesus had an encounter on their walk home that changed their lives and opened their eyes.

    Our Church members have had a lot of interest in the Walk to Emmaus lately, and for a good reason. I have never known anyone who went on a Walk that wasn’t tremendously blessed. If you are not saved when you go on the Walk, there is a very good chance you will be saved before you come home. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Awesome "Power Of Prayer"

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Aug 28, 2012
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     | 13,888 views

    Believe in Jesus, receive what God sent His Son to deliver and trust in His ability to bring about what He has promised! Its like the old hymn; Only believe, only believe; All things are possible, only believe;

    The Awesome "WMD" Power of Prayer Acts 12:5 NASB 5 So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God. Ill. There is a legend of a small town in which there were no liquor stores or nightclubs. Eventually, however, a nightclub was built right on ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Love Jesus? Feed His Sheep!

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Mar 26, 2011
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    Jesus wanted Peter to realize the ability to do what He was asking was already there, it already had arrived. Everything the disciples needed to complete the task before them, had already been bought, paid for and provided for, at the cross.

    “Love Jesus?” Feed His Sheep! John 21:15-17 NKJ. 15. So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.” 16. He said to him again a second ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Baby Is Coming!

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Dec 3, 2009
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    Has God changed your plans lately? Did you fully expect one thing to happen only to find your plans were changed by circumstances beyond your control? It just might be that God is orchestrating your life the same way he did in the lives of Joseph and Mar

    The Baby is coming! Luke 2:1-5 It was October 1, 1984 I was sound asleep when suddenly I awoke at 3:00am to the sound of running water. I was 27 years old at the time and my wife Fran was just 21. We were expecting our first child and our due date was October 3rd 1984. We had taken prenatal ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Charlie Roberts avatar

    A Hope, That Doesn’t Disappoint

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Dec 12, 2010
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     | 11,264 views

    You don’t have to do anything to deserve God’s favor, and that’s one of the hardest things to learn about Gods goodness and Favor. The fact that you don’t have to do anything, just boggles a lot of peoples minds.

    A Hope that does not disappoint Romans 5:5 NKJ 5Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. But “hope” in the Bible is a confident and positive expectation of good. God wants you to have a confident expectation ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Stop! Thief!

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Jun 14, 2009
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    When the enemy fails in his attacks from the outside, he then begins to attack from within.

    When the enemy fails in his attacks from the outside, he then begins to attack from within; and one of his favorite weapons is selfishness. If he can get us thinking only about ourselves and what we want, then he will win the victory before we realize that he is even at work. Selfishness means ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Thomas H avatar

    Matthew 7:7-12 Ask And You Shall Receive Series

    Contributed by Thomas H on Nov 24, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 41,455 views

    Matthew 7:7-12 Ask and you shall receive

    Matthew 7:7-12 Ask and you shall receive Manuscript Today we are looking at Matthew 7:7-12. You could say we are entering the final lap – the final chapter - of the Sermon on the Mount. The Sermon on the Mount covers some very diverse topics. Witnessing about Jesus – being salt and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    New Wine Looking For A New Skin

    Contributed by Everett Mccoy on Jul 23, 2008
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     | 20,200 views

    God is going to do a new thing. It won’t fit in our expectations, or in our rules.

    36 He told them this parable: "No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Simeon: Waiting For A King Series

    Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Dec 3, 2020
     | 4,869 views

    Simeon is an amazing Jew who comes in and out of the scene of the Christmas narrative, but with power and significance to attest of the birth of Christ. What can we learn from him as we await the return of Christ

    Pastor Brad Reaves Grace Community Church Winchester VA www.GraceCommunity.com Watch this Message on Youtube: https://youtu.be/XoQ2v6xn_tM Introduction This coming Friday, most of us will be waking up to another Christmas morning. Certainly, as with everything else this year, it will be much ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Real People Real Problems A Study Of 1 Samuel Part 3b, Barriers To Hearing Series

    Contributed by Randy Edwards on Jun 7, 2017
     | 6,798 views

    Part 3b of our real people real problems series

    Real People – Real Problems A study of 1 Samuel Part 3b “Samuel” hearing God “Barriers to hearing” Today we will continue in our study of 1 Samuel In our Real People – Real problems series With part 3b Or part 2 of hearing God I told you last week about the mules and horses at Bishop Mule ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Two Advents

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 27, 2018
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,463 views

    The uncompromising preaching of John. Bearing fruit that proves our repentance. Practical moral guidance. Redirecting Messianic expectations.

    THE TWO ADVENTS. Luke 3:7-18. In the fullness of the times (cf. Galatians 4:4), John came ‘preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins’ (Luke 3:1-3). Being 30 years old, you might expect him to be starting his priesthood in the Temple in Jerusalem (cf. Numbers 4:3), but God ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Looking In The Right Direction

    Contributed by Billy Reese on Oct 12, 2018
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     | 11,176 views

    By His Spirit we receive power For Effective Christian Work

    Looking in the Right Direction The season of focus & expectation The season of shift & direction Zechariah 4:6, & Corinthians 3:6 We find God speaking to Zerubbabel through the prophet Zechariah, I want you to tell Zerubbabel that the temple will be built by him, but it will not be, by might, nor ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Warning For This Generation Series

    Contributed by Andrew Drury on Mar 26, 2015
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,066 views

    How God moves in judgement

    Below is the outline of the sermon, I preached on Sunday 1 June 2014 at West Ewell Evangelical Church, Surrey - the third in a series on the book of Nahum. Nahum chapter 3 Introduction What generation describes you? The Who reminded us that they were ‘Talking bout my generation.' The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free