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  • Daniel Habben avatar

    Open Your Ears To See The Savior

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Jan 3, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
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    Open Your Ears to See the Savior 1) In Bethlehem’s Babe 2) In the Lord’s Supper (adapted from sermon by Jonathan Werre)

    All little Johnny got from Grandma this Christmas was a piece of paper. It wasn’t even pretty paper like a Christmas card. It was just a dull grey sheet with lots of writing. There wasn’t even room to draw a picture on it. What good was such a paper to a five year old? As Johnny mumbled his thanks ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Maurice McCarthy avatar

    My Ear You Have Opened

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Sep 30, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
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    A message about God helping us to hear right. Jesus often said, "Be careful how your hear."

    My Ear hast thou opened Text: Isaiah 50:4,5 Jesus often said, "him that hath ears to hear..." How is your spiritual hearing? We will address 2 main points from this passage of scripture: 1. My ear hast thou opened 2. I listen as a disciple My ear you have opened, I listen as a disciple. You ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Why Jesus Stayed Open To Suggestions

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 19 ratings
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    One of the reasons why great leaders succeed is that they are open to suggestions.

    One of the reasons why great leaders succeed is that they are open to suggestions. When people becomes so proud that they close their minds to new ideas, they are bound to fail. Keeping your mind open allows you to see all the opportunities that the Lord has for you every hour of every day. Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Let Jesus Open Your Life

    Contributed by John Baggett on Jul 2, 2003
    based on 50 ratings
     | 6,925 views

    This sermon seeks to drive home a precise and powerful message without being drawnout

    LET JESUS OPEN YOUR LIFE Rev 3:8 (I preached this sermon following the testimony of a woman who had lived a very painful, sexually prostituted and drug addicted life. The sermon could be used by others following a testimony OR it certainly will stand on its own two feet and preach by itself as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Thomas Dibble avatar

    When They Open The Door...what Will They Find?

    Contributed by Thomas Dibble on May 6, 2003
    based on 121 ratings
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    When people come to your church, what will they find there? Will they find Jesus there? Will they find love, acceptance, fellowship, salvation there?

    The story that I begin with today is a true story. Her name was Helen. She lived in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. They found her body one night at the door of Emmanuel Pentecostal Church. Helen had been trying to get into the church. But she never got further than the door. There ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dr. Phillip Paschal avatar

    When God Opens A Door For You

    Contributed by Dr. Phillip Paschal on Sep 27, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
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    Blessings

    WHEN GOD OPENS A DOOR FOR YOU ESTHER 2:1-7; 16-17 INTRO. BY OUR OWN MEANS AND INGINUITY, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CANNOT ACCOMPLISH: THINGS THAT REQUIRE THE DIRECT DIVINE INTERVENTION OF ALMIGHTY GOD. AS I ROLL BACK THE TABLETS OF MY MIND AND SHARE WITH YOU THAT IT WAS MAY 10TH, 1999, THAT ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Jesus Diaries - Making An Open Door Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 3, 2002
    based on 94 ratings
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    Jesus promised Philadelphia an open door. What did it open to? And why would Philadelphia (a church of little strength) rate such an honor?

    OPEN: There’s a story about a guy who happened to be visiting a friend who took him to an old one-room church building in the backwoods of Arkansas. He didn’t realize what kind of church it was until the minister started pulling rattlesnakes out of a burlap bag & passing them up one side of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Open Your Eyes And Your Ears

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jan 2, 2004
    based on 39 ratings
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    Normally when we think of spiritual blindness in the Word of God we equate it with the lost or the hypocritical Pharisees. In our text God charges His peole with unparalleled spiritual blindness. It is time for God’s people to open their eyes and see.

    OPEN YOUR EYES AND YOUR EARS ISAIAH 42:14-20 INTRODUCTION: An elderly woman stood on a busy street corner, hesitant to cross because there was no traffic signal. As she waited, a gentleman came up beside her and asked, "May I cross over with you?" Relieved, she thanked him and took his arm. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Carl Willis avatar

    Have You Opened Your Gifts?

    Contributed by Carl Willis on Dec 22, 2006
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    Many know about the birth of Jesus, but they haven’t truly experienced the gift of God’s Son.

    Have You Opened Your Gifts? John 3:16-17 John 3:16-17 (NLT) "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. [17] God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it. The Gift of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Brad Bailey avatar

    Opening Our Eyes To See The Fields Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Oct 20, 2010
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    We need to have new eyes for people, seeing them as being made in the image of God, seeing them as precious like God sees them.

    Intro This past week I met a young woman who takes 911 calls. I asked her about the craziest. She said one was the night before Thanksgiving… a woman called screaming. When finally calm enough to understand… she shouted.. “I don‟t know how to cook a turkey.‟ Nothing ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Wanted: Three Rooms, Open Windows

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 14, 2010
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    We all need a throne room, where we can maintain a measure of control and an upper room, where we can nourish our privacy. We will also have a den, a place of escape or of anxiety. The key to managing them all is the open windows of prayer.

    Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC May 29, 1988 If anyone here should by chance be interested in a course in fiction writing, I have a suggestion to make. If you would like to learn to write fiction, real fables and tales, do not go to the community college. Do not waste your time at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Christopher Martin avatar

    Opening The Mind Through The Word Of Christ

    Contributed by Christopher Martin on Apr 26, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
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    A sermon for the 3rd Sunday of Easter preached 4/26/2009 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Audubon, Iowa

    Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Since we are still in the Easter season, it’s quite appropriate that we begin our message for today with that great news. Two weeks ago, you heard me share with you, through the eyes of Mary Magdalene, how difficult it could be to really believe ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Every Time The Church Doors Open

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Feb 11, 2010
    based on 9 ratings
     | 12,638 views

    Preached 1985. What merits our coming to church frequently? We need to come with the expectation that God will meet us in the presence of His people. And then we will respond with prayer for the church, not mere criticism or complaint.

    They tell the story about the fellow who on one Sunday morning woke up, struggled out of bed, shuffled downstairs for his breakfast, and then announced to his mother, "Mother, I’m not going. I’m just not going to church today. I don’t feel like it, they don’t care for me down there, I don’t need ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Howard Strickland avatar

    Revelation- The Book Opened Pt2

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Sep 28, 2011
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     | 1,911 views

    The second of a verse upon verse teaching from the book of Revelation. Make it relate with your own illustrations.

    Revelation- the Book Opened Pt2 Revelation 1:12-20 12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Roger Roark avatar

    With Jesus, We Have An Open Invitation

    Contributed by Roger Roark on Jun 9, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,639 views

    When we mess up, Jesus is there waiting for us . He leaves an open invitation for us to come an dine with Him.

    We have a standing invitation - by Roger Roark John 21:1-19 -(key verse 12 ) John 21:12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. Summer time is on us. Barbecues, mowing yards, pool parties, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist