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  • Chip Monck avatar

    Posting The Watch

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Nov 28, 2007
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     | 3,959 views

    A sermon on the imperative need for a consistant prayer life in the spiritual disciplines of a believer.

    Message begins with a tie in to the previous message: Last week Matthew 21:12-13 (read) - Jesus in the temple not happy with what it had become, and what it wasn’t - The Next Day – Jesus curses a fig tree, and spends some time teaching in parables - He is challenged by the Pharisees and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Tim Walker avatar

    Keep Watch

    Contributed by Tim Walker on Jun 17, 2020
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,911 views

    Most of Jesus’ parables are aimed at telling us about the kingdom of heaven or what it will be like when that kingdom arrives.

    Most of Jesus’ parables are aimed at telling us about the kingdom of heaven or what it will be like when that kingdom arrives. Now this passage begins with the phrase, “At that time, the kingdom of heaven will be like,” and then he goes on to describe a scene from a very typical Jewish wedding at ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Satan Is Watching

    Contributed by Wilson Oshorakpor on Apr 19, 2021
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    There are many eyes watching you. Not only are your family, friends, neighbours and enemies watching you; but spiritual eyes as well. Most times we forget, but know this today; your thoughts are being analysed and your movement is detailed by spiritual eyes.

    TEXT: Job 1:6-7 NLT "One day the members of the heavenly court came to present themselves before the lord, and the Accuser, Satan, came with them. “Where have you come from?” the lord asked Satan.Satan answered the lord, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Alfred Beck avatar

    Not So Fast!

    Contributed by Alfred Beck on Sep 10, 2015
     | 5,581 views

    Slowing the pace of Life

    Not So Fast!! Isaiah 30:15-18 Ps. 46:10 John 15:1-8 Here it is, the year 2015. Do you wonder where 2014 went so fast? Do you sometimes stop and ask where the last five years have gone…or 25 years? And do you ever get the feeling the world is moving ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Call To Watchfulness

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on May 30, 2025
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    This call to watchfulness is urgent in our present age of distractions, temptations, and spiritual deception. Without alertness, believers can easily drift into complacency, lose focus, or become overwhelmed by the cares of life.

    A CALL TO WATCHFULNESS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Mark 13:33-37 Supporting Texts: Matthew 24:42-44, Luke 21:34-36, 1 Peter 5:8, Revelation 16:15 INTRODUCTION: The Bible repeatedly warns believers to be watchful and alert as the end times approach. Jesus, in His Olivet Discourse, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Watchful Servants

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jul 25, 2019
     | 3,626 views

    The mood of fear is evoked in each of the three punishments

    The mood of fear is evoked in each of the three punishments according to Jewish biblical-era legislation (called halakhic legislation). Reading and hearing Scripture is "imaging the real" in all of its "moods”—and letting the tone of the text bring one to the truth of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Stephen Todd avatar

    Sinking Fast Series

    Contributed by Stephen Todd on Apr 10, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,071 views

    In this message we look at how sin overtakes Cain and consumes him.

    Genesis 4:1-16 October 20, 2002 Did you ever watch any of those cheesy Saturday afternoon jungle movies from the forties and fifties. Many of them seemed to involve some form of a treasure hunt where great white hunters slogged through the deepest densest jungle you could find. Another scene ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Watch And Wait

    Contributed by Jeff Pearce on Feb 16, 2009
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     | 3,889 views

    HAVE WE LEARNED ANYTHING OR ARE WE ASLEEP DURING CLASS?

    WATCH AND WAIT MATT 26:36-50 LESSON FOCUS: CHRIST’S FOLLOWERS SHOULD BE WATCHFUL AND ALERT. 1: THE DANGERS OF COMPLACENCY A) PAY ATTENTION B) WATCH WHAT YOU ARE DOING C) BE CAREFUL POINT: THESE REMARKS ARE NOT GENERALLY USED ON OUR JOBS, OR IN OUR ACTIVITES OR EXCURSIONS WE PARTAKE IN, IN OUR ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Dr. Abraham Obadare avatar

    Watch Out

    Contributed by Dr. Abraham Obadare on Dec 23, 2020
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     | 3,480 views

    We must be careful for the spirit of selfishness and betrayal, according to the teachings in Mark 14

    Chief Priests & Scribes (copiers of royal and sacred manuscripts) sought to kill Jesus (14:1-2) • From the sense of Mark 14:53 & Matt. 26:3-4 where both chief priests and high priests are mentioned in the same verse, one could understand that the terms are not used interchangeably. High ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Watch Out Series

    Contributed by Roy Newton on Feb 25, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,733 views

    This sermon examines the first part of the sixth petition of our Lord’s Pattern for Prayer, "And don't let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one", seeking to explore our need for God's help in not yielding to temptation.

    A PATTERN FOR PRAYER WATCH OUT! "The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?” “Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Know And Watch

    Contributed by Howard Gunter on Nov 30, 2018
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,010 views

    As we get ready to celebrate the Birth of Christ, we shall also anticipate His Second Coming.

    Weekend Message/Devotion December 1, 2018 Communion Sunday Luke 21:25-36 Know and Watch Have you somehow missed the message that we are entering the Christmas season? There is no source of public information that has failed to flood the airways, newsprint, telephone lines, store windows and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Watchfulness And Witness Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 25, 2020
     | 2,301 views

    God has delivered us up to the results of sin, with this horrible virus causing all kinds of evils, even people dying without the sacraments, and with politicians promising to take away, and actually taking away our God-given rights of free speech and religion and assembly.

    First Sunday in Advent 2020 Watch! These are reflections for the new liturgical year, beginning with this first Sunday of Advent in the plague year. But every year, month and day is a time to get closer to the awesome loving kindness of our God, brought to earth in the passion, death and ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Kevin Smith avatar

    "Keep A Watch!"

    Contributed by Kevin Smith on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 8,165 views

    This sermon discusses how we need to always be watching for the move of God in our lives and for opportunities to be used by him!!!

    "Keep A Watch!" Luke 2:8 If you have your Bibles would you turn with me please to the book of Luke, the book of Luke. The 3rd gospel, and if you could go to chapter number 2, and I want to read for you just one verse for your hearing on today, so drop down to around verse number 8, and it reads as ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Christopher Benfield avatar

    Watching And Waiting Series

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Sep 6, 2018
    based on 2 ratings
     | 13,198 views

    Jesus declared that it was impossible for anyone to know the exact day and hour of His return. While we cannot predict the precise moment the Lord will return, He did provide some definite signs that reveal His return is very near, even at the door!

    Watching and Waiting Mark 13: 28-37 Today we come to the conclusion of Mark’s account of the Olivet Discourse. Jesus had given much detail to the disciples regarding the end times and the Great Tribulation. He concluded this conversation with a challenge for them to be aware of the time, while ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hold Fast!

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Apr 13, 2015
     | 5,224 views

    The more we hold fast to our job, spouse, kids, worldly passions, dreams and whatever you may be passionately attached to; it might slip away! Caution!

    Hold fast! Philippians 2:16”holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.” Listen! The more we hold fast to our job, spouse, kids, worldly passions, dreams and whatever you may be passionately attached to; it ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal