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  • Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka avatar

    Divine Favour: Shield Of The Righteous

    Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Feb 1, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 26,596 views

    When a believer walks in righteousness, his life will be surrounded by the favour of God, that will make things to work out for him on every side, without the enemy prevailing over him.

    DIVINE FAVOUR: THE SHIELD OF THE RIGHTEOUS Study Text: Psalms 5:12 Introduction: - One thing holding Christians in bondage than anything else is a lack of knowledge of righteousness. - When a man accepts Jesus, he is moved into a position of a new birth. He enters into the Kingdom of God ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Moving Out And Welcoming In

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 29, 2016
     | 3,255 views

    Let's talk about being salt and light (Material adapted from Timothy Lane and Paul Tripp's book, Relationships: A Mess Worth Making, chapter 15, pg. 167- 177)

    HoHum: Christianity is one beggar telling another beggar where he found bread- D.T. NILES WBTU: 3 disciples are important for us to remain faithful disciples of Jesus. These are in Luke 6. This outlines for us an important night and day in the life and ministry of Jesus. Jesus spent the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    To Live By Righteousness Of Law Man Needs To Do Them

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jun 30, 2016
     | 2,102 views

    To show that JESUS CHRIST is the end of the Law, thus we are made righteous because of Him and His finished work on the cross.

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you righteous by the works of the Law? No. I'm righteous because JESUS exchanged His life with me. 2 Corinthians 5:21 (Amplified Bible) For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Obscuring God

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jul 19, 2016
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,458 views

    We need to see the Lord clearly. We need to see the Lord always before our faces. The only problem is that many of us are spiritually ADD and we allow the things of this world to obscure the face of the Lord. May the Lord help us to clear those away!

    Acts 2:22-25 (Let people find this while you say the following) In these verses Peter is in the middle of the recorded part of his sermon to those who were attracted to the sound of the might, rushing wind and to those proclaiming the wonders of God in foreign languages even though they were all ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    To Live By Righteousness Of Law Man Needs To Do Them

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jul 27, 2016
     | 1,980 views

    To show that JESUS CHRIST is the end of the Law, thus we are made righteous because of Him and His finished work on the cross.

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you righteous by the works of the Law? No. I'm righteous because JESUS exchanged His life with me. 2 Corinthians 5:21 (Amplified Bible) For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Second Childhood

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 25, 2016
     | 7,358 views

    What qualities of a child does the Lord want us to imitate? (Outline from Bob Russell in Lookout Magazine February 25, 2001 called "Becoming Childlike" pg. 14)

    HoHum: A lady was cleaning her house and singing Gospel songs as she worked. She began singing, "Soon and very soon, we are going to see the king..." Her little son was in the next room and began singing along with Mom. Something was a little off, however, so Mom stopped to listen. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Problem With Fellowship Series

    Contributed by Jordan Muck on Sep 7, 2016
     | 6,381 views

    Sermon series in 1 John

    Series: 1 John Week: Three Passage: 1 John 1:5-7 Title: The Problem with the Fellowship Focus: Fundamentals INTRODUCTION: John Wooden won numerous college basketball national championships in a row at UCLA. He was asked the question, “What does it take to make a winning team?” His ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Chris Appleby avatar

    Build Community That Reflects God’s Love Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Jan 17, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,730 views

    Building a Christian community is almost impossible, yet God is the God of the impossible. He can enable us to do amazing things if we let him. We can build the sort of community God wants, through the power of his Holy Spirit, if we let him

    What better occasion to be talking about community than at a confirmation and baptism service. The teenagers have just spent 4 weeks following a study called the People of God where they’ve thought about why God calls us to be members of his Church. You could ask them later what they found out. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Making A Lasting Impact

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Feb 5, 2017
    based on 5 ratings
     | 21,289 views

    Jesus calls us to be salt and light. A watching world needs to "taste the Lord and see that he is good." People need our preserving influence, and they need to see the light of Christ shine through us. You may be the only Bible some will ever read.

    Matthew 5:13-16 Making a Lasting Impact Do you ever yearn to make a difference in the world? To do something significant with your life? Do you ever wonder, “Why am I still on this earth?” I tell you, there is no greater satisfaction than to know you have been used by God himself to touch ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Blessing Of Community Series

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Feb 12, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,990 views

    The early church took full advantage of the community developed within the body of Christ. As Christ designed the church, He intended for us to benefit from one another while we each contribute to the welfare of the entire body.

    The Blessing of Community Acts 2: 44-47 The verses we have read offer insight into the makeup of the early church. This was a very exciting time in the lives of those within the church. The early believers had only one thing on their minds – to serve the Lord in such a way that would honor Him and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    A New Focus Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Mar 3, 2017
     | 6,781 views

    Our faith has real-life implications. We are called to live a different type of life than we used to live.

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • It is amazing how much life changes when one gives their life to Jesus. • Today we are going to continue with our series, TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF. • In this series we have been examining some of the contrasts of the old life we used to live with the new life we are called ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Paul Foster avatar

    Encouragement & Unity Series

    Contributed by Paul Foster on Dec 26, 2014
     | 8,257 views

    Part of a sermon series on Galatians

    Introduction In 1896, Henry Ford, who eventually invented the car, attended a company event where Thomas Edison (the great inventor of the light bulb) was the guest of honour. His friend introduced him to Edison as "the man trying to make a car that runs on gasoline." Edison asked young Henry Ford ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Do We Want To Tell Others What Is Wrong?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 31, 2014
     | 4,053 views

    have you made a difference? Who have you made a difference? We grow the tendancy to complain, bellyache, and desire to tell others exactly what is wrong with them and the world. Yet we can make a difference?

    DO WE WANT TO TELL OTHERS WHAT IS WRONG? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com INTRODUCTION: I line several chairs one behind the other. I have enlisted a man to be the engineer, and a conductor to take our tickets and control the others riding the train. The conductor says: ALL ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Rick Pendleton avatar

    Free Slave

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 31, 2014
     | 6,308 views

    God’s Word tells us: If you FREE yourself from obeying God, you will be a SLAVE to sin. You can deny it, fight it, reject it – do whatever you wish - it’s still going to be true. If you are not a servant of God’s, you will be a servant to sin.

    Free Slave Romans 6:16-23 The bible says: When I was a child I thought like a child… How do children think? They think that true happiness is out there in the future when they can leave their parents’ house and rules and control. They see those rules as chains They think they will ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Gaston avatar

    Written With A Purpose

    Contributed by John Gaston on Jan 29, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,042 views

    The Bible makes at least four statements about itself, and each one of these describes one of the reasons it was given to us. Let's take a look at God’s four reasons for giving us the Bible.

    THE BIBLE: WRITTEN WITH A PURPOSE INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. One Sunday morning, while sitting next to her first grade daughter in church, Susan Wright noticed the little one looking at the open Bible in her lap. 2. In a low whisper, she asked, "Did God really write that?" Susan quietly ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God