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Facing Impossibilities

Contributed by Victor Nazareth on Apr 15, 2002

There comes a time in the life of every believer when he or she is faced with a seemingly impossible situation. How do we conduct ourselves during these times? Why does God allow them? Can we really prepare for them?

Introduction: There comes a time in the life of every believer when he or she is faced with a seemingly impossible situation. How do we conduct ourselves during these times? Why does God allow them? Can we really prepare for them? In this story we can learn a lot on how to respond when trouble ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 20:1-30

Denomination: Charismatic

Facing The Giant

Contributed by Jose R. Hernandez on Oct 19, 2000

In life we face many situations and often we run away.

Facing the Giant Today I want to take the time to cover a small piece of history. As I read this it became clear to me that this battle is still being fought today by many, and lost as well. I am not talking about a physical fight, but rather a spiritual one. Today we are going to be reading from ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-49

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Facing Temptation Series

Contributed by Thomas Hensley on Nov 5, 2000

Handling temptation

WHAT WOULD JESUS DO When Facing Temptation? In the Broadway Play, My Fair Lady, one of the characters sings a memorable song. The Lord above made liquor for temptation, To see if man could turn away from sin, The Lord above made liquor for temptation, BUT, with a little bit of luck, with a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Facing Problems

Contributed by Jeff Seaman on Aug 5, 2001

learning through problems

“LEARNING FROM ProblemsPart” Nehemiah 4 Pastor Jeff Seaman Have you ever had one of those weeks that everything went wrong that could go wrong? This has been one of those weeks for me. I have started this week on a new job so that we can put more money back into the church for ministry. I was a ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Face Of Faith Series

Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 1, 2001

Abraham illustrates Paul’s belief in salvation by faith.

Introduction: Did you have any childhood heroes? Who were they? What was it about them that made them a hero to you? One of my heroes was Captain James T Kirk of the starship Enterprise. It was his ability to command and direct that fascinated me. Heroes are human examples of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 4:1-22

Denomination: Church Of God

The Faces Of The Stranger Series

Contributed by Jim Luthy on Sep 21, 2001

Let’s talk about what makes it difficult for us to form community, and in so doing, we will also find an explanation for the turmoil our world is seeing and has always seen.

The Faces of the Stranger Pastor Jim Luthy I’ve really wrestled this week whether to return to our series on community or to talk about the recent attacks on our nation. On one hand, we are being asked to return to normal, whatever that means, and these messages on community are meant to equip us ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-8, Matthew 23:2-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Facing Adversities

Contributed by Travis Moore on Feb 12, 2001

Story of how the mule faced a tough situation

The mule in the well! A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule "braying", or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28, Romans 8:28-34

Denomination: Baptist

Facing The Future

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 20, 2001

If life is uncertain, & we can’t really know what will happen to us here, how DO we face the future? What should we do? Well, God has some answers to that question.

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2022) TEXT: Ecclesiastes 8:7, 11:4; Proverbs 27:1; Joshua 1:2-11, 3:15-16 ILL. Several years ago there was a TV series called "Early Edition." I only saw a few programs, but its storyline was about a young ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 8:7, Joshua 1:2-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Faces In The Crowd

Contributed by Steve Malone on Mar 27, 2001

There were many faces that surrounded Jesus as he rode into Jerusalem. What did Jesus see as he looked and them and what does he see as he looks at the crowd that surround shim today.

THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY, "FACES IN THE CROWD" It’s six days before the passover, in less then a week Jesus would be hanging on a cross. But right now Jesus is in Bethany a small village about 2 miles east of Jerusalem. He is at the home of Simon the leper having a meal. At the dinner ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:28-44

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Facing The Overwhelming Series

Contributed by W Pittendreigh on May 18, 2002

John’s account of the feeding of the multitude helps us to see what we need to face the overwhelming.

Facing the Overwhelming Maynard Pittendreigh John 6:1-14 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick. Then Jesus went up on a ...read more

Scripture: John 6:1-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Faces And Reflections

Contributed by Norris Harris I on May 9, 2004

Our textual script, verses 8-15, sketches the outline of THREE FACES that REFLECT THREE DIFFERING IMAGES. Perhaps if we hush our hearts and focus our lens, we just might perceive our face and reflection mirrored in one of these three sketches drawn by the

During what has been called the “Sizzling Sixties,” Dinah Ross and the Supremes recorded a cut entitled “Reflections.” That song was about faces and the memories those faces reflected. Looking out her rain-soaked window, she sees reflections of how things used to be. She sees the face of a distant ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:8-15

Denomination: Baptist

Face The Nation

Contributed by David Richardson on May 15, 2004

God gives rise to men and nations, God prospers men and nations, God hears when men and nations pray, and, for those men and nations that don’t listen to Him, sooner or later, He causes those men and nations to fall.

Face the Nation I. Introduction The Bible (Proverbs 25:2) tells us that it is the glory of God to conceal a matter, any matter, from man. For He is man’s creator, and only he knows what is right for man. Only God knows the beginning and the end, and only He will be able to lead those that put ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 25:1-34

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The Face Of Deceit

Contributed by Anthony Smith on Aug 1, 2004

Why would a man lie to himself?The Face of Deceit takes many forms.

The Face of Deceit What is Deceit; The intentional misleading or beguiling of another; in Scripture represented as a companion of many other forms of wickedness, as cursing (Psa 10:7), hatred (Pro 26:24), theft, covetousness, adultery, murder (Mar 7:22; Rom 1:29). The Revised Version (British ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 14:14

Denomination: Pentecostal

Facing Tomorrow

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 27, 2002

How to continue on in a world of uncertainty.

7, April 2002 Dakota Community Church Facing Tomorrow Introduction: ILL. Have you ever seen the TV program called "Early Edition.”? The basic storyline centered on a young man who somehow was able to read tomorrow’s newspaper today. - How would you use that knowledge? - Would you use it to ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-16, Proverbs 27:1

Denomination: Mennonite

In The Face Of Opposition Series

Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Oct 28, 2002

Part 3 of a series; When Christ grows the church, we can expect opposition both inside and outside the church, illustrated in Acts 4 and 5.

Trinity Baptist Church October 27, 2002 How Christ builds His Church In the Face of Opposition Acts 4:32-5:42 I’ve used it with you before and I will again because it’s a zinger. It’s one of Chuck Swindoll’s: "Where there’s light, there are bugs." The point is, where truth, or light, or ...read more

Denomination: Baptist