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  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Failing, Fruitless, Flourishing

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 7, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,534 views

    We are a part of this world's injustice and brokenness, and need to repent, for we have too often attempted nothing or have given ourselves to pointless activity. "Only what you do for Christ will last" and that is guaranteed by His risen life.

    There are just too many things that are not the way they ought to be, and I don’t like it! Are you with me? There are too many things going on that should not be going on, and when I hear about them or experience them, it disturbs me. I don’t like the brokenness I see in this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lesson 2: When Doubts Make Us Fail

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Mar 12, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,383 views

    This series is not about sin, but about our failures.

    A. INTRODUCTION 1. This series is not about sin, but about our failures. Failure is: (a) omission to do your duty, (b) not measuring up to standards, (c) inability to perform, (d) unwilling to perform. 2. Difference between: (a) intentional, you must confess (I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Strike Out For Jesus

    Contributed by Jason Winters on Aug 16, 2012
     | 5,138 views

    A new way of thinking about striking out - bowling analogy-

    Strike Out for Jesus Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30 Purpose: to share how we can overcome the fear of failure in our lives. Last week - What can we Spare for God? Usually we think of “what can I give that will not hurt or cost me too much?” *PARADIGM SHIFT* Bowling analogy - What can ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Second Chances

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on May 9, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,005 views

    God makes successes out of our failures. Satan wants us to think we are washed up when we fall, but God will still use us if we are repentant and confess our sins....

    Second Chances May 8, 2011 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: God makes successes out of our failures. Focus Passage: John 21:15-19 Supplemental Passage: I decide to do good, but I don’t really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Moses Messes Up Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 19, 2010
     | 5,066 views

    Those who lead are accountable for their failures, but so are followers who stress out and aggravate their leaders.

    Moses Messes Up (Numbers 20:1-13) 1. Let me share my preaching schedule with you. Next week, Luke will be preaching. The week afterward, we will look at the Bronze Serpent incident here in Numbers. The week after that, we’ll look at a midrash on this whole section from I Corinthians 10 and ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Larry Turner avatar

    What Decade Are You From Dad? Series

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Jun 17, 2012
     | 5,795 views

    The TV dads from the 50s till today can teach us a lot.

    Things are a lot different now then they use to be when it came to the sex or even amount of babies being born. With my first born, dads set in a waiting room until the nurse came in and said “It’s a boy.” With my next two I was present at their birth but had no idea of their sex until they were ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Burning Bushes And Second Chances Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Jun 8, 2011
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     | 13,484 views

    This sermon spends time at the burning bush and discusses the fact that failure doesn't disqualify us from God's service.

    Introduction: A. Maybe you have heard the story of the day that President George W. Bush was in an airport and noticed a man in a long flowing red robe with a long flowing white hair and beard. 1. The man had a staff in one hand and some stone tablets under the other arm. 2. George W. approached ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Running In The Valley

    Contributed by Craig Benner on Nov 7, 2012
     | 3,582 views

    Jesus comes off the mountain and finds a heap of problems in the valley. It is like that for us many times as we look at seeming defeat in the face and cannot understand why.

    Down from the Mountain and Roaming the Valley Isa 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Jer 42:6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Risky Business

    Contributed by Martin Ellgar on Nov 16, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,681 views

    A perspective on Luke 5: 1-11. How does one give their life to Jesus? There is only one step. Listen to the Word of God. The rest is up to Jesus.

    Luke 5: 1-11 A Risky Business We have heard in our text a fishing story, the failures and success of catching fish. When we look at our picture with Jesus in the fishing boat it appears as if his hands have just cast out the net. But his net is one to catch the shoal of people that have gathered ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Never Too Late

    Contributed by Chris Beam on Jan 6, 2015
     | 13,827 views

    God’s love is everlasting; You are never too old or too far gone to start over.

    Never Too Late All Things New Series: Week 2 BIG IDEA: God’s love is everlasting; You are never too old or too far gone to start over. The fact is, everyone experiences failure in life. We all have setbacks and losses, and sometimes a defeat can seem overwhelming to you. Every once in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dare To Believe! Series

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Jan 14, 2015
     | 11,426 views

    How to trust God in spite of our circumstances?

    Follow us on: Website: https://cityharvestag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestA... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cityharvestag/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityHarvestAGChurch/featured Dare to Believe! Introduction: We all go through seasons of joy and despair. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Cause And Effects

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 15, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,421 views

    Cause and effects - PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info

    SERMON OUTTLINE: • Incident #1: • Cause of failure – Lack of Faith (vs 14-21). • Incident #2: • Cause of grief – Lack of Understanding (vs 22-23). • Incident #3: • Cause of amazement – Faith in Action (vs 24-26). SERMON ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Larry Turner avatar

    Scared Of Your Shadow

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Feb 4, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,770 views

    There are a lot of things that frighten us from fully serving but they are actually only shadows.

    Happy Groundhog Day. We are either going to have six more weeks of winter or spring is around the corner. How many of you knew that Groundhog Day had its beginning as a religious holiday? On the 2nd day of February there was a celebration called Candlemas Day. It was the Christian festival of ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    When The Morning Comes

    Contributed by Douglas Mcdaris on Feb 26, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,971 views

    We can follow Simon Peter, the man who denied the Lord, through the darkness of despair into the dawning of a new day of hope.

    When The Morning Comes John 21:3-4 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Don't Ever Give Up! Series

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Apr 27, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 12,696 views

    no matter the difficulties, never, never give up; God has a plan for you

    But this precious treasure—this light and power that now shine within us—is held in perishable containers, that is, in our weak bodies. So everyone can see that our glorious power is from God and is not our own. We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal