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  • Brian La Croix avatar

    The Foundation Of Following Jesus, Part 4b - Sharing God's Word Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 30, 2011
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    Part 4b of this series regarding God's Word as the foundation for following Jesus. This message talks about how to share God's Word with those outside of Christ.

    The Foundation of Following Jesus Part 4b – Sharing God’s Word 2 Timothy 2:23-26 February 6, 2011 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT IS FROM ANDY STANLEY'S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Audio of this message can be heard at www.aberdeenwesleyan.org. Me: You may or not be aware ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    What Must Be Taught Series

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 27, 2011
    based on 28 ratings
     | 11,387 views

    1- Teach the older men 2- Teach the older women 3- Teach the young men 4- Teach the workers

    INTRO.- The importance of teaching. ILL.- Teaching the child. As a crowded airliner is about to take off, the peace is shattered by a 5-year-old boy who picks that moment to throw a wild temper tantrum. No matter what his frustrated, embarrassed mother does to try to calm him down, the boy ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Fathers: Bless Your Family

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 3,817 views

    The scriptures teach that a father’s blessing makes a great difference on the life of a son or daughter getting his blessing.

    Fathers: Bless Your Family Matthew 3:16-17 Our attitudes toward our father tend to change over the years. My Father When I Was …. 4 years old: My daddy can do anything. 5 years old: My daddy knows a whole lot. 6 years old: My dad is smarter than your dad. 8 years old: My dad doesn’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Spiritual Eyesight

    Contributed by James May on Jun 27, 2007
    based on 34 ratings
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    Can you really see what God sees?

    Spiritual Eyesight By Pastor Jim May After feeding the multitude with 7 seven loaves of bread and two small fish there were 12 baskets of fish and bread left over. But somehow the disciples had left and failed to take anything with them. Thus we find them, a little while later on a boat in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Michael Luke avatar

    The Demonstration Factor Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on May 5, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,222 views

    Our love for God and our worship of God are demonstrated in how we love and serve others.

    SERIES: HEALTHY CHURCH! “THE DEMONSTRATION FACTOR” MATTHEW 20:20-28 OPEN Chuck Colson makes an interesting observation. He points out that when the Communists took over Russia in 1917, they did not make Christianity illegal. The Soviet constitution guaranteed freedom of religion. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jason Pettibone avatar

    What Does A Spiritual Person Look Like? Series

    Contributed by Jason Pettibone on Aug 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,973 views

    What does a Spiritual Person look like? For you, who models what a spiritual person is: Mother Theresa? Billy Graham? Your grandma? Joel Osteen? Bono? This pastor? All kidding aside, each of these people - including yours truly - illustrates a type of

    This week I read a story about a profoundly disabled little girl named Danielle and Bernie and Diane, the middle-aged couple who adopted her. Dani spent the first 7 years of her life in miserable squalor, surrounded by roaches and maggots. She has no mental or physical disabilities but she is very ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Life Instructions

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Feb 7, 2012
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     | 5,873 views

    Jesus gives us instructions on how to act in circumstances that we all face in life .

    Life’s Instructions Matthew 5:38-41 Intro. One winter day not so long ago a man went shopping at the local neighborhood mall. When he returned to his car he noticed a rather foul odor coming from under the hood and so he checked the engine. In the compartment he discovered a dead cat rather ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Encouragement Pt 3 Anatomy Of An Encourager Series

    Contributed by David Welch on Aug 15, 2018
     | 4,844 views

    This is the third message on encouragement. This message focuses on the character of the encourager.

    Chico Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “Anatomy of An Encourager” Introduction For a couple weeks last year, we explored the concept of encouragement. The Greek term variously translated in our English Bibles (urge, beg, comfort, exhort, encourage, advocate, counsel, help, ask) comes from a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    A Lesson From Bartimaeus

    Contributed by Keith Maynard on Mar 5, 2016
     | 12,472 views

    Steps to Change your life.

    A Lesson from Bartimaeus Mark 10:42-10:52 PARABLE OF THE PENCIL--------------- The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box. "There are 5 things you need to know," he told the pencil, "Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Winning The Wayward Pt 2 Series

    Contributed by David Welch on Nov 19, 2018
     | 2,752 views

    This is message 31 in our series in James. This message continues the teaching concerning our call to help restore the wayward.

    Chico Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “Faith’s Response to the Wayward” Pt 2 James prescribed a process whereby those struggling in any of multiple areas of life can find renewal, healing, help through the mutual confession of sin and faithful prayers of the church family. Is anyone among you ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    I Serve A Savior

    Contributed by David Nolte on Feb 25, 2021
     | 3,987 views

    We all serve someone or some thing.

    We are all servants of something or someone. We are either enslaved to the sin we have committed or we are servants of Jesus to Whom we are committed. Serving either one is a personal choice. No one can force your service to either master. No one can prevent your service. But whom will you ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Overtaken In A Fault

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 21, 2022
     | 2,204 views

    The greater part of Paul’s letter to the Galatians deals with a doctrinal problem,

    but there is a passage near the end, beginning at 5:13, going through 6:10, that deals with spiritual maturity. For example, look at our text, “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, YE WHICH ARE SPIRITUAL, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Growing Wider Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 19, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,917 views

    We make disciples by telling others about our Jesus. But how do we do that, and what does it look like when we do?

    For years, they say there was a Divinity School that would invite people to pack a sack lunch and join them on a grassy picnic area where they’d have a prominent theologian give a lecture about God. One year they invited a liberal scholar to come speak and he spoke for 2 ½ hours telling the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Barry O Johnson avatar

    God Loves To Extend Mercy And Forgiveness

    Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Jan 31, 2023
     | 2,625 views

    The message examines the story of the woman caught in adultery in a somewhat narrative form.

    In Matthew 9:13, Jesus says, “I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Mercy is a word that many Christians fail to truly understand its depth and significance and how the withholding of it can impact a person’s life. In the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "the Gift Of Love: A Heartfelt Christmas Story"

    Contributed by Jessie Manuel on Dec 20, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 861 views

    It is the most overwhelming thing I have ever encountered in my life. It is the greatest thing God ever did for any of us! The reason I can say that is this, because He loved us, He was moved to do everything else that He has done.

    Introduction: Good morning, beloved family in Christ! As we gather here in this beautiful Advent season, we are invited to reflect on the miraculous gift of love — a love that changes everything. Today, I want to share a heartfelt story, a story that teaches us about love, sacrifice, and hope ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist