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  • Christian Cheong avatar

    The Heart Of Stewardship Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 23, 2010
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    Good stewardship is more than just giving of money, time or things to God. It is about the HEART of stewardship - a heart of worship (love for God), a heart of faith (trust in God) and a heart of generosity (gladness).

    This is the last of a series of 5 messages on stewardship, and probably the most important. Good stewardship is more than just giving of money, time or things to God. It is about the HEART of stewardship. • In order words, good stewardship is a matter of ATTITUDE. The attitude behind our ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Eternity In The Heart

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 25, 2016
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    Eternity in the heart is focused on eternal time and eternal meaning. After this we'll talk about an objection (Material adapted from Robert Roberts book, Spiritual Emotions, Chapter called "Something Eternal in the Self" pgs. 50- 61)

    HoHum: School days, school days; Dear old Golden Rule days; ‘reading and ‘riting and ‘rithmetic; Taught to the tune of the hick’ry stick; You were my queen in calico; I was your bashful, barefoot beau; And you wrote on my slate "I Love You, Joe"; When we were a couple o' ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Heart Divided

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 3, 2012
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    A sermon on Hosea 10:1-2 on the disease of a divided heart (Outline and material adapted from Charles Spurgeon's sermon, A Divided Heart: http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0276.htm)

    HoHum: A 4 year old was at the pediatrician for a check up. As the doctor looked down her ears with an otoscope, he asked, “Do you think I’ll find Big Bird in here?” The little girl said nothing. Next, the doctor took a tongue depressor and looked down her throat. He asked, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Measure Of A Heart Series

    Contributed by Rodney Coe on Feb 9, 2015
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    How does God measure our heart for Him?

    WWI probably is a forgotten war in the lives of Americans today. It was a war of loyalty to the treaties that were signed by the nations involved on both sides. It was a war that introduced trench warfare. Germans dug in and our American troops were called on to storm the enemy’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Thankful Heart

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Dec 2, 2014
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    There are many things that we can be thankful for, We can express our love back to god and we can express God's love back to His people.

    A Thankful Heart Selected Scriptures Introduction- This morning we are going to look at Thankfulness. As we prepare for Thanksgiving, we need to take a look at what the Bible says about being Thankful. We express thankfulness in a variety of ways. I have heard unbelievers “Thank ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    A Choice Of The Heart Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Powell on May 18, 2007
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    Final sermon in the series God or the World

    God or the World #4 A Choice of the Heart Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Israel enjoyed the blessings for less than 1000 years. They entered the land of Canaan about 1400 BC and Babylon conquered Israel about 587 BC. In addition, many times during this period, Israel disobeyed God and was chastened. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A New Heart

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Oct 5, 2016
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    Using God’s promises to the house of Israel for our model, we learn that God has promised us – those who call on Jesus’ name – a new start.

    Ezekiel 36:24-38 A New Heart 7/19/15 D. Marion Clark Introduction A few weeks ago a soloist sang for the prelude the song that we know as “Dem Bones.” I was struck by the rendition of it, which presents more than a funny children’s song, but gets the message across about the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Pure In Heart Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Nov 28, 2023
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    As Jesus continues to preach these different beatitudes, he spells out the different virtues of what makes a disciple close to God’s intention for mankind and how we can be blessed by God.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION A CLEAN GETAWAY In May of 2019, Nate Roman, 44, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, arrived home and noticed immediately that something wasn’t right. After looking around his house, he called the police. What was wrong? The place was too clean. “You could smell the cleaning ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Don Hawks avatar

    The Heart Of A Servant Series

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Sep 12, 2007
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    Service is a critical tie that binds us to one another in love, and is one of the most vital ways that we can nurture greatness in both ourselves and our community. So how do we go about serving in the loving way that Jesus encouraged?

    When you think about serving others—why do you do it? Because I have to is the common response. What if I told you today that you could serve because you want to not because you have to? Serving from the heart is the theme of the study that we are looking at during Sunday School for the next few ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Roger Thomas avatar

    A Matter Of The Heart Series

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on Jul 20, 2006
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    Our possessions and our priorities (our treasure and our heart) form a spiritual intersection. The direction we take determines everything that follows. That’s the story of our text: two treasures, two hearts, two lives headed in two totally differen

    Day by Day with Jesus/Last Week Series A Matter of the Heart Mark 14:1-11 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO Jesus said, “Where your treasure is there will your heart be also.” Our text tells the story of two treasures, two hearts, and two lives ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Stephen Belokur avatar

    The Pure In Heart

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jun 18, 2021
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    As we continue in the Beatitudes we come to the Pure in Heart. Can a person be pure in heart while on this earth? Will ONLY the pure in heart see God and if so how can we come to the point where we have a pure heart?

    The Pure In Heart Please stand with me as we go over our current memory Scripture: Matthew 5:6-8 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Pat Damiani avatar

    The Heart Of The Matter Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Feb 15, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,328 views

    Sixth in a series from Ephesians. We respond to God’s blessings by getting to knw Him better.

    I¡¦m sure that many of you this week followed the bizarre story of NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak. Nowak, a 43 year old married mother of 3, apparently had a romantic interest in a fellow astronaut with whom she had trained together. Jealous of another woman who she believed also had a romantic interest ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Timothy Smith avatar

    The Heart That Sees Series

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 29, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,899 views

    6th sermon in an 8 part series on the Beatitudes. This series challenges us to "Shift" our thinking in what really brings true happiness. (*Rewritten and refreshed in 8/08. Powerpoint and Video Clips available on request)

    Shift #6 The Heart That Sees MATTHEW 5:8, Proverbs 4:23 INTRODUCTION: The machine that usually did the job was broken. And so they hired a man to paint lines on a newly resurfaced portion of a remote highway. The first day he painted 9 miles, and the supervisor, impressed by such an effort, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Gordon Pike avatar

    Hearts Of Stone Series

    Contributed by Gordon Pike on Mar 13, 2022
     | 3,714 views

    There are several places in the Bible where God has promised to give us new hearts … hearts for Him alone … but in order for Him to give us new hearts, hearts of flesh, hearts for Him alone, He has to break our hearts of stone.

    [Note: The theme for this Lenten series is "stone." I have stones at the church and each week the people are asked to pick up a stone and hold it during the service and then place it at the foot of a wooden cross placed at the front of the sanctuary. Each stone has a meaning. On the ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Rodney Coe avatar

    The Battle For The Heart Series

    Contributed by Rodney Coe on Feb 9, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,169 views

    There is a battle for our hearts. God wants us to win the battle.

    One of the most famous battles of WW II happened near the end of the war. Hitler had decided to launch a major offensive in the West against allied troops and retake the town of Antwerp in Belgium. On December 16, 1944 the Battle of the Bulge began. Famous battles are part of our history. If you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist