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  • Dana Chau avatar

    First Aid To The Wounded

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Oct 22, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 8,902 views

    What to do and what not to do when comforting the wounded

    Last week we had our 22nd Church Anniversary celebration, and celebrations are an important part of life. But celebrations rarely make up the majority of our lives. Most of our lives are made of up work, sprinkled with some successes and some defeats. The goal is to focus on the destination and ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    A Loving Walk Series

    Contributed by Greg Yount on Nov 30, 2001
    based on 25 ratings
     | 6,422 views

    Part 3 of a 7 part series on walking by faith and not by sight. This part deals with showing love as evidence of a faith walk.

    INTRODUCTION: 2Co 5:7 says we are to walk by faith, and not by sight. This week, we have our third sermon in the series entitled “The Walk of Faith.” We have considered that it is a New Walk of Life; it is an Honest Walk, and today, we will find it to be a Loving Walk or a Selfless Walk. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Fruit Of The Spirit- Gentleness Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Apr 21, 2006
    based on 71 ratings
     | 40,347 views

    Gentlesness is a beautiful fruit to behold

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Have you ever walked into the produce section of the store and just glanced at some of the various fruits. • When you start to look, you will see a lot of the familiar fruits like bananas, strawberries, oranges, and apples. • If you are in one of the stores with a big ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Trusting A Predictably Unpredictable God In Unpredictable Places Series

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Jun 17, 2013
     | 6,570 views

    Just because some gods fail, doesn't mean there is no God... because there is One you can trust whose provision is sufficient for where he lead and for what you need.

    201306016 4th Sunday After Pentecost C Series: How Much Is Enough and Who Do You Trust for It? Part II Title: “Trusting a Predictably Unpredictable God in Unpredictable Places” Text: I Kings 17:8-9 (8-16) Thesis: Just because some gods fail, doesn’t mean there is no God… ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Called To Make A Difference In Others Series

    Contributed by Tom Bartlett on Dec 27, 2011
     | 13,146 views

    Basics of the Christian life

    The Dummies Guide To Christianity - Part 4 called to make a difference in others March 27, 2011 We’re here in week 4 of a 5 week series covering the basics of the Christian life. If someone were to ask you what the Christian experience was all about, we think you could easily take the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Optimism 101

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Oct 25, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,683 views

    The challenge is to choose hope for the future rather than learn helplessness from the past.

    Title: Optimism 101 Text: Joel 2:23-32 (1:4-13, 12-18) Thesis: The challenge is to choose hope for the future rather than learn helplessness from the past. Introduction Learned Helplessness is a term I came across in my reading this week. It is a technical term originally used in reference to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Marks Of A Healthy Church

    Contributed by Gary Davenport on May 14, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,544 views

    If we hope to make a difference in our churches, we need to know what a healthy church looks like. More important, we need to know how sick churches can be made well. bgv

    A study of ‘Marks of a Spiritually Healthy Church’ of Christ #1 Marks of a Healthy Church What We Expect and What We Should Know Play a word game with me. What comes to your mind when you read the word church? Do you picture a steepled building, dark wooden pews, crosses, offering plates? Do you ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Hearing From Heaven

    Contributed by Alton Coleman on Feb 4, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,645 views

    Oftentimes, we get so busy listening to the cries of our everyday duties and the “hustle and bustle” of life, that, if we are not careful, we will miss hearing the most important voice of all. That of our Lord!!

    Hearing From Heaven Scripture Reading: I Samuel 3:1-10 Scripture Text: Rev. 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; Rev. 2:7 [NJB] Let anyone who can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches: Introduction: A nurse on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Fulfilling The Law Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Aug 3, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,104 views

    Paul gives 6 characteristics of successful churches. We should not keep our burdens to ourselves. We are part of a caring community of faith, and we’re to help when people are hurting, we respond.

    Introduction: People dislike accountability. They prefer to go their own way without answering to others. Among Christians, this attitude breeds self-reliant “Lone Ranger” believers and independent churches. Yet life works better when there is a “chain-of-command”, when ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Listening And Doing Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Jul 27, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,509 views

    3rd in a series on James.

    Did you realize that Howard Stapleton invented "the mosquito" in 2005. Not the annoying, disease carrying pest but a 17.4kh noisemaker intended to keep kids from loitering around shops and stores. It works because most people over 25 can’t hear that high a sound. Consider this; the same group of ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Reality Of The Lord's Supper

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Nov 22, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,096 views

    A word from Paul to correct abuses around the Lord’s Table.

    The Reality of the Lord’s Supper 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 * The church at Corinth was a church with a host of problems. To read this letter named First Corinthians is to comprehend, at least, some of the problems of the Corinthian church. Starting in Chapter 1, we can discern that they had a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Enjoying Inner Peace

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on May 17, 2025
     | 696 views

    Inner peace is not the absence of challenges but the presence of God. It is a fruit of the Holy Spirit that stabilises the heart in seasons of uncertainty. When everything around you shakes, the peace of God becomes an anchor that holds you firm.

    ENJOYING INNER PEACE By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." Supporting Texts: Isaiah 26:3, Philippians 4:6-7, Colossians 3:15, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Go! And Be Devoted In Prayer - Colossians 4:2 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Nov 22, 2025
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     | 259 views

    Prayer is the breath of the believer. When prayer fades, spiritual vitality fades. When prayer is absent, spiritual power disappears. When prayer becomes mechanical, our hearts become mechanical too.

    Go! And Be Devoted in Prayer - Colossians 4:2 (NLT) INTRODUCTION – “WHEN THE CHURCH FORGETS TO BREATHE” Church, imagine walking into a hospital ward and discovering that the oxygen supply had been switched off. Patients would struggle. Nurses would panic. Doctors would rush to reconnect the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Necessity Of Preaching PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 26, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,078 views

    Emphasizes the crucial role of preaching the Word of God faithfully and persistently, even in the face of opposition or indifference, as a sacred responsibility entrusted to us by God.

    Good morning, brothers and sisters in Christ! We're diving right into the deep end of the pool today, with a passage from 2 Timothy. This is a passage that speaks to the heart of every Christian, but especially anyone who has ever felt the call to preach the Word of God. In his book, "Between Two ...read more

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    Free To Really Live (Easter Sunday)

    Contributed by Carla Powell on Jan 2, 2002
    based on 128 ratings
     | 12,507 views

    Resurrection isn’t just about life after death; it is also about the promise of abundant life-now!

    [I have a tradition when preaching on Easter Sunday to insert "Christ Is Risen" as often as possible, to which the congregation respond, "Christ is risen indeed. Hallelujah!"] Christ is risen! (He is risen indeed!) Shouts of alleluia ring out; flowers adorn our sanctuary; people are dressed in ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran