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  • Frederic Whittier avatar

    Get Out Of The Boat

    Contributed by Frederic Whittier on Nov 14, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,558 views

    A sermon on facing the storms of life with Jesus.

    Get Out of the Boat!!! Matthew 14:22-32 In the summer of 1985, my father had to do a wharf job on Grand Manan Island. He was going to be on the island for a couple of days, and I really wanted to go with him. I always loved going to work with Dad. Mom would always make ham and cheese sandwiches ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Friend Of The Full Heart Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 23, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,837 views

    Christmas is a time for full hearts: weary, guilty, anxious, sad -- past, present, and future. Mary felt the same things, but Christ comes to forgive our past, empower our present, and assure our future.

    Christmas is an emotional time. All kinds of feelings are involved with the celebration of Christmas. If you don’t feel some tension, some excitement, or some pressure, something at this time of the year, you are either dead or you’ve been watching the Redskins, which is about the same thing. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Cramer avatar

    "Fixing Our Eyes On Jesus: Strength To Face Life’s Trials” Hebrews 12:1-3

    Contributed by David Cramer on Aug 12, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 886 views

    A message about surviving life's trials everyday with Jesus.

    Good Morning Grab your bible and say this with me This is my Bible I am what is says I am I have what it says I have I can do what it says I can do. Today I will be taught more of the Word of God I boldly confess My Mind is alert My heart is receptive. I will never be the same. I am about to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Yarbrough avatar

    Failure: Learning What Not To Do

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jan 17, 2001
    based on 96 ratings
     | 4,661 views

    Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step with God.

    "Failure: Learning What Not to Do" Matthew 14:22-32 INTRO: "The life of Jesus Christ was an absolute failure from every standpoint except God?s. But what seemed to be failure from man?s standpoint was a triumph from God?s standpoint, because God?s purpose is never the same as man?s purpose." ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    Overwhelming Worry

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Dec 6, 2024
     | 1,103 views

    We all face life; the question is, how will we face it? We will be overwhelmed by anxiety or is there a better way?

    Overwhelming Worry Jeffery Anselmi / General Core 52 / Anxiety; Stress / Philippians 4:6 We all face life; the question is, how will we face it? We will be overwhelmed by anxiety or is there a better way? INTRODUCTION - Decades ago, in the waiting room of a Minneapolis hospital, three expectant ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Gregory Thomas avatar

    Out In The Wilderness

    Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Oct 1, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 7,815 views

    A SERMON THAT EXEMPLIFIES THE WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE THAT THERE WAS IN THE PAST AND THE WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE THERE IS HERE IN THE FUTURE.

    OUT IN THE WILDERNESS THERE WAS TWO WAYS FRROM EGYPT TO CANAAN. ONE WAY WAS ONLY A FEW DAYS JOURNEY; THE OTHER WAS MUCH FURTHER. THE WAY THAT GOD CHOSE WAS THROUGH THE WILDERNESS AND THAT WAS THE WAY GOD CHOSE TO LEAD US. GOD KNOWS WHO’S SPIRITUALLY FIT FOR BLESSINGS AND WHO’S NOT. SOME HAD TO DIE ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Memorial Day: Remembrance

    Contributed by Joe Harding on May 26, 2003
    based on 185 ratings
     | 30,094 views

    Remembering the past enables us to live in the present and have life for the future.

    MEMORIAL DAY: REMEMBRANCE REVELATION 22:12-21 MAY 25, 2003 INTRODUCTION: Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly by Aaron Tippen Well if you ask me where I come from Here’s what I tell everyone I was born by God’s dear grace In an extra-ordinary place Where the stars and stripes and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joe Rowland avatar

    Turning Our Pain Into Gain

    Contributed by Joe Rowland on Apr 13, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,604 views

    God takes the hurt of our past, and makes it work for our good.

    TURNING OUR PAIN INTO GAIN! Jeremiah 29:8-14 8. For thus says the Lord of host, the God of Israel: Do not let your Prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. 9. For they Prophesy falsely to you in my name; I have not sent ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Terry Cavanaugh avatar

    Trust Me

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Apr 17, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 5,741 views

    Jesus calls His followers to trust Jesus with their present, their future and their past.

    Trust ME Matthew 8:18-22 18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. 19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • A. David Hart avatar

    Chosen To Be Loved Series

    Contributed by A. David Hart on Mar 19, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,703 views

    To get the reader that Christ chose us regardless of our stormy past.

    CHOSEN TO BE LOVED Ephesians 1:1-8 My brothers and my sisters, many of us know how it feels when you have been chosen to be loved, especially if that someone that chose you was someone special. As I think about my choice for the person that I chose to be mine, at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Andy Grossman avatar

    "The Skeleton In The Closet"

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Sep 25, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 11,102 views

    We all have skeletons in our closet - but they need to be in our past.

    “The Skeleton in the Closet” September 30, 2007 “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders, nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Dustin T Parker avatar

    What Are You Holding Onto?

    Contributed by Dustin T Parker on Mar 23, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,170 views

    What does Paul mean when he brags on his past?

    Concordia Lutheran Church March 21, 2010 What Are You Holding on To? Phil 3:4-14 As you realize that the things we leave behind, some which brought us pain, and some in which we confidently based our identity, may we intimately know the power of His resurrection, given to us by God our Father, ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Bryan Fink avatar

    Part 2 Hope For Those Living On The Fringe Of Life Series

    Contributed by Bryan Fink on Feb 2, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,491 views

    To share my testimony of how God has healed me in the past.

    We’re in the second week of a series titled Good News for People Living in a Bad News World. All around us people are dealing with bad news all day long. Today, we’re going to get a burst of good news. Good news that will make a difference for someone somewhere. Let’s Pray. [S] “While he was ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Mike Rickman avatar

    Back Where We Started

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Dec 22, 2016
     | 4,383 views

    This is a sermon that remembers all the sermon series that we preached in the past year.

    December 25th, 2016 Christmas Day Text: Ephesians 2:8-9 Subject: Year End Sermon Title: Back Where We Started Merry Christmas to everyone! What a blessing it is to be able to stand here with you and share my heart this morning! I want to begin with this – Some of you may have seen my ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    Hitherto Hath The Lord Helped Us

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 7, 2013
    based on 8 ratings
     | 22,435 views

    An encouragement to raise up your 'monument' to past blessings.

    "HITHERTO HATH THE LORD HELPED US". 1 Samuel 7:3-12. Monuments are historical markers which serve to remind us of the accomplishments, or the sacrifices, of those who came before us. They are boundary stones along the time-line, signalling, ‘Something significant happened here’. Or ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational