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  • Ed Wood avatar

    Every Man Stood In His Place

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 7, 2007
    based on 31 ratings
     | 9,033 views

    Helping people find their place in God’s plan is one important part of the church’s responsibility.

    EVERY MAN STOOD IN HIS PLACE Judges 7:21 INTRO: A speaker to youth did a takeoff on the story of Gideon, presenting Gideon as a modern-day Rambo. The experiences of Gideon are indeed exciting and adventurous. I read about a minister who used the story of Gideon in speaking to a group of fifty or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Sheldon Friesen avatar

    Where Do You Want To Go Today?

    Contributed by Sheldon Friesen on Jun 5, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 2,549 views

    Mediocrity is the greatest enemy of greatness!

    Where Do You Want To Go Today? Microsoft goes for "station domination," and wallpapers a San Francisco metro station with recruiting ads. By Katharine Mieszkowski March 2, 2000 | "You could spend your whole life trying to change the world." The ponderous message looms above hordes of commuters ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Roger Nelmes avatar

    Plan Ahead

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 29, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,793 views

    Fulfillment of your destiny depends on your willingness to do God’s will, His way, and in His time.

    Plan Ahead! Introduction Last week one of our main points were… Fulfillment of your destiny depends on your willingness to do God’s will, His way, and in His time. a. Life is to complicated for me to make sense of it School, family, money, relationships, career, ministry We need to be serious ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Ryan Johnson avatar

    A New Way To A New You

    Contributed by Ryan Johnson on Mar 6, 2002
    based on 347 ratings
     | 53,584 views

    A Seeker message for the unchurched!Points seems to be transportable in thier minds!

    A New Way to A New You! (2 Corinthians 5:14-21) (Conversion, Forgiveness, New Creation) (Deductive) Intro: I am amazed at one of God’s display of grace in nature. There is one activity that I believe is God’s mini motion picture of a sinner becoming a saint. Of a pagan truing into a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Alvaro Dominguez avatar

    Staring Over

    Contributed by Alvaro Dominguez on Jun 1, 2001
    based on 81 ratings
     | 8,692 views

    About leaving the failures of the past behind and fearlessly starting over.

    “Starting Over” 2 Cor. 5:17 Negative Starting Lines: In most cases “starting over” means PAIN. Divorce for example brings devastating results. Having to start over again without your spouse and with the responsibility of having to be both the father and the mother is a very painful process. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Giving? Water! Finding Blessings In Seasons Of Trouble!

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 26, 2022
     | 1,582 views

    We survey GIVING. Purposeful giving. The role of WATER in giving... We can find God in some of the strangest places... God show his greatest in seasons of trouble.

    #1 GIVING? WATER! FINDING BLESSINGS IN SEASONS OF TROUBLE! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) This is a 3 part lesson. LOVE GIVES THE BEST IT CAN AFFORD. GOD GAVE THE BEST HEAVEN HAD… TEXT: John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Secret Of Life

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Feb 19, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,999 views

    This message deals with the secret found in our life. And what it means to have life.

    THE SECRET OF LIFE. JAMES 4:13-14 James 4:13-14. 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Rick Duncan avatar

    Planned For God's Pleasure Series

    Contributed by Rick Duncan on Aug 24, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,803 views

    Someone said, “There are two great days in a person’s life -- the day we are born and the day we discover why.”

    On August 22nd, US Olympian Matt Emmons fired his final shot in the 50-meter three-position rifle competition. Emmons was leading by three points and needed only to get near the bull’s-eye to win the gold medal. He fired, but the automatic scoring system didn’t register any points. At first, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Part 1 Of 6: Idle Living Series

    Contributed by John Knight on Jan 31, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 10,777 views

    A look at how we squander our lives and what to do about it.

    Making The Most Of My Life: Six Ways We Waste Our Day Part 1 of 6: Idle Living Psalm 102:11 "My life is passing swiftly as the evening shadows." Time line of inventions 1837 - Telegraph invented 1876 - Telephone invented 1885 - 1st invented combustion automobile 1893 - 1st "movie" 1903 - ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    You Are Not Alone!

    Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 4, 2005
    based on 28 ratings
     | 14,643 views

    No matter how much money we make, no matter how important we think we have become, in the end it will only matter whether or not we have lived our lives loving one another. If we have not we will find our lives filled with loneliness.

    YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Text: Genesis 2:18 thru 23; John 15:12 & 13 Recently a columnist by the name of Marla Paul wrote something profound for the Chicago Tribune. Marla Paul confessed to her readers something very transparent. She said, “I am lonely”. Marla Paul went on to say in her ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Roger Nelmes avatar

    Useful To The Master

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 30, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,657 views

    I, like you I’m sure, want the church to be successful, fruitful, fulfilling prophecy, and impacting our community. So, let’s look at these “reminders” and see how we, the church, could become “Useful to the Master.”

    Useful to the Master 2 Timothy 2:14-26 I don’t know about you, but sometimes I need to be reminded over and over about certain things. Anniversaries, birthdays, taking out the trash…things like that sometimes just slip my mind and land me in hot water. Paul here is instructing Timothy to “keep ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Rick Duncan avatar

    Created To Be Like Christ Series

    Contributed by Rick Duncan on Aug 26, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 10,042 views

    God is more interested in who you are than He is in what you do. We define ourselves by our jobs, our homes, our wealth, our education, our friends. But these are secondary issues. When you die, you won’t take your career to heaven; but you will take y

    Around here we sometimes say that we want to be “Jesus with skin on” to each other. That’s just another way of saying that we want to be Christ-like. And that’s the very reason God chose us. To make us like Jesus. [God] has always known who his chosen ones would be. He had decided to let them ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Doug Gilford avatar

    For This Cause Were You Created!

    Contributed by Doug Gilford on Jun 8, 2002
    based on 96 ratings
     | 13,257 views

    This sermon attempts to answer Why we exist

    Have you ever wondered why you were born? Why God breathed life into your body? Have you ever wondered what God has in store for your life ahead? The fact of the matter is that 94% of people today are just enduring today while waiting for the future. But we must understand that ALL we have is ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Babatunmishe Oke avatar

    When There Is Delay

    Contributed by Babatunmishe Oke on Feb 14, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 18,824 views

    HOW TO MANAGE DELAYS

    WHEN THERE IS DELAY, WHERE IS GOD? Pray these Prayers First: • Every power reinforcing frustration in my life be arrested now in Jesus name. • You fountain of disappointment in my life dry up now in Jesus name. • Every filled-up vessel of redundancy in my life shatter now by fire in Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • DAN SANTIAGO avatar

    Important Aspects Of Man's Existence

    Contributed by Dan Santiago on Feb 1, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,152 views

    Understanding the important aspects of man’s existence will help us identify our priorities in life.

    I started re-reading my Bible in Genesis and there are new insights that I have gained. Let us read GENESIS 2:4-25. This passage explains the important aspects of man’s existence. 1. First aspect of man’s existence is RESPONSIBILITIES. (vv. 4-15) Prior to man’s existence, God planted the Garden ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist