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  • Ralph Andrus avatar

    3 Defining Moments - How To Alter Life's Direction

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Aug 13, 2005
    based on 21 ratings
     | 5,404 views

    Life’s direction can be changed by understaning our past, present & future

    - PowerPoint upon Request - PDF fill-in-the-blanks bulletin insert outline upon request 3 Defining Moments - How To Alter Life’s Direction Eph 2 There was a man the side of the road hitch hiking on a very dark night in the middle of a storm. It was late at night and no cars ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Hoggan Tevis avatar

    Sermon Series: There's Work To Do!!! Sermon 1 Strength In Numbers

    Contributed by Hoggan Tevis on Nov 24, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,678 views

    God is doing a new thing, don't compare it to the past! THIS IS A NEW DAY!!!

    Scripture: Haggai 2:4 4 Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says the LORD; ‘and be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land,’ says the LORD, ‘and work; for I am with you,’ says the LORD of hosts. (NKJV) Illustration: Searching for a vessel The ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Michael Wiley avatar

    A Look Back And A Look Forward

    Contributed by Michael Wiley on Nov 20, 2008
     | 4,146 views

    As we look to a new year, we must reflect and learn from the past.

    A Look Back and a Look Forward Michael Wiley November 23, 2008 Mark 12:28b-33 Introduction: When I was a young child, maybe seven or eight, my family and I went to Beach Bend Amusement park in Bowling Green KY, not too far from our home. I love amusement parks. Especially then when mom and dad ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Reflection A.1 / Coronavirus - First Response / Go To God First

    Contributed by Simon Bartlett on May 9, 2020
     | 1,847 views

    In Isaiah 22, Isaiah imagines Jerusalem's response to a crisis - an enemy attack. The city prepares - but forgets God.

    This is an approximately daily reflection in response to coronavirus. As of 9th May, the number of people infected has passed four million and the number of deaths is 275,000. In the UK, we've passed the peak. But around the world the graph of infections against time is showing little sign ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A New Thing Youth Sermon

    Contributed by Youth Sermons on Sep 5, 2023
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,178 views

    God is always doing new things in our lives, but we often miss them because we're too focused on the past. We need to let go of our past baggage and trust God for the future.

    Remember the Israelites? They were slaves in Egypt for over 400 years. But when God set them free, they kept looking back, wishing for their old lives. Sounds crazy, right? But we do the same thing. We get stuck on the past, even if it wasn't that great. God wants us to drop that heavy backpack of ...read more

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    Failure: Learning What Not To Do

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jan 17, 2001
    based on 96 ratings
     | 4,586 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

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Nine Ways The Holy Spirit Helps Us Live Out His Forgiveness

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 17, 2004
    based on 37 ratings
     | 2,987 views

    The Holy Spirit helps us heal from past rejections, accusations and abuses through His grace. We all have experienced terrible adversity in our past experiences. Instead of dwelling on these past hurts the Holy Spirit has a way of using them to give us gr

    Nine Ways the Holy Spirit Helps Us Live Out His Forgiveness Illustration:A woman confessed to me that she had lied about me. She then asked for my forgiveness. I told her she was forgiven. She took me at my word, and our relationship has been good ever since. But what if she had badgered me ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Next?

    Contributed by Steve Jones on Jan 4, 2001
    based on 98 ratings
     | 17,982 views

    The past year has expired so what’s next?

    What Next? Psalm 39 The setting could easily have David sitting on New Years eve looking back at a year filled with disappointments. He had done what most of us have done. He made some New Years resolutions.  Resolution #1 “I will watch my ways.”  Resolution #2 “I will keep my ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    The Way Out Of Jericho

    Contributed by Jack Whitehead on Oct 28, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 5,568 views

    Is your past keeping you from serving God today?

    The Way Out Of Jericho Heb 11:31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient. 1st I want you to notice that Rahab was a harlot, she was a prostitute. You didn’t read about the “murderer ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Staring Over

    Contributed by Alvaro Dominguez on Jun 1, 2001
    based on 81 ratings
     | 8,622 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

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    If The Foundations Fail Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Mar 3, 2011
     | 6,889 views

    We can overcome past problems and acknowledge the patterns of promise.

    Introduction: A IL. B David lived in a time when the moral decline seemed like it was beyond the point of no return. Psalm 11.3 TLB 1 It’s impossible to isolate ourselves from the evils of this world. 2 Ps. 11.1-3 TLB; Our Amish/Mennonite brother’s, even with their extreme views of separation ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dealing With Guilt Pt 2

    Contributed by Milton Smith on Apr 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,599 views

    You can be free from the guilt of your past actions.

    There is a silence in the room and a lean, bold gentleman stands up and bellows, "All Rise. " The people in the room stand as a strong , stately man dressed in a black robe enters the room and instructs: "Be seated." He reviews some papers in front of him and looks toward you with a pointed stare. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Examining The Dimensions Of Time

    Contributed by Scott Delashaw on Jan 2, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,750 views

    This message speaks to the past, present, and future. A good word for January.

    * We enter a New Year, decade, and continue into a young century. * Time has past, present, and future tenses in our language but time has 3 dimensions in relation to our life. * As a christian we can utilize and benefit from a periodic examination of where weve been, where are and where we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When I See The Blood

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Nov 26, 2010
    based on 9 ratings
     | 15,547 views

    He looks past our sins when then blood is applied

    When I See The Blood Exodus 12:1-13 The green beret-He fought off the Taliban, saving his comrades by firing his weapon and throwing grenades and order his comrades to fall back, even when he was wounded! We need to keep fighting the devil (Praying for ourselves and others), even when we are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • William Nieporte avatar

    Do Not Be Discouraged

    Contributed by William Nieporte on Nov 17, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 10,313 views

    When God is involved, the future is always better than the past.

    Have you ever felt nostalgic for the good old days? Have you ever experienced a longing and yearning for the way things use to be? I remember once visiting in a home of a family with a young child. The parents of this young boy had just converted his room from being that of a toddler to that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist