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  • Larry La Douceur avatar

    Good News, Great Joy For All People

    Contributed by Larry La Douceur on Dec 17, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,470 views

    This sermon should help the listeners to understand the "Good News" and experience the "GREAT JOY" God offers to all people.

    Good News, Great Joy for All People – by Larry La Douceur Introduction Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. I stand in awe of God and the perfection of His ways and thoughts. The story of how the Messiah came into the world and how ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mark Hodges avatar

    I'll Show The World That I'm A Christian

    Contributed by Mark Hodges on Jun 16, 2001
    based on 47 ratings
     | 5,054 views

    God intends for every Christian to experience joy in their Christian walk.

    I¡¦ll Show The World That I¡¦m A Christian Philippians 2.12-13 Introduction: Remember that the theme of this book is JOY! And if there is anything we need more of its joy! Our lives should be marked by joy! You say, "Pastor, my life isn’t marked by joy. Does that mean I’m not saved?" I suppose ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Drafting Behind Jesus Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Sep 5, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,482 views

    Sixth sermon in a series dealing with how we can make a difference for Christ in the world. this message looks at the concepts of loving God with my energy, passion, and desire, and loving others more than things or activities.

    DRAFTING BEHIND JESUS Matthew 22:36-40 John 1 INTRODUCTION: Drafting is a term used in a variety of sport requiring some sort of motion. In layman’s terms it is the positioning of oneself, behind another moving individual or object for the purpose of rest and avoiding the resistance and friction ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Billy Ricks avatar

    Ten Percent Is Not Enough

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Aug 23, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,171 views

    The Story of the widows mite shows us what it really means to give. It is not some percentage that we are required to give. Instead the widows meager offering shows how we are to give all to our Great God.

    Intro: One Sunday in church a little boy took off his tie and put it into the offering plate. “What are you doing?” asked his mother. “The preacher told us to give our ties and offerings.” It is apparent that the young boy misunderstood what the preacher said. It is also apparent today in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Trask avatar

    The Better Life

    Contributed by Michael Trask on Oct 18, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,555 views

    We Americans have made it our goal to seek "The Good Life". We do that by earning and spending. But God would rather give us "The Better Life" that comes from earning and giving.

    One of the main things I think that we and all other people in America are searching for is the good life. Am I right? I mean, we all want to have a good home, a good car or two, good vacations, good children, good friends, good food, and so on. Who wouldn’t want such a good life? ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Ken Ritz avatar

    Gratitude

    Contributed by Ken Ritz on Mar 1, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 29,222 views

    What does the Bible tell us about gratitude, thanks, and praise to God?

    Gratitude I heard a story… A priest, a minister, and a rabbi want to see who’s best at his job. So they each go into the woods, find a bear, and attempt to convert it. Later they get together. The priest begins: “When I found the bear, I read to him from the Catechism ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    We Might Need A Pit Stop --- Joy Is Our Strength

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 20, 2016
     | 4,329 views

    We get so busy in daily living we often forget JOY IS NOT FOUND IN RELIGION, JOY IS FOUND IN A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SON OF GOD...

    WE MIGHT NEED A PIT STOP --- JOY IS OUR STRENGTH. By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Nehemiah 8:10 (KJV) Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Michael McCartney avatar

    Through The Promises Of God Pt 4 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 19, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,211 views

    Joy is found in believing the Promises of God especially the big 3: 1. God is with Us! 2. God is in Us! 3. God is for Us!

    Movie Illustration: The Missing Jesus – Skit Guys Series: Find Joy in the Journey in 2019 Thesis of series: Joy needs to be experienced in the journey of life! But Joy, like any other attitude, can come and go. It is not guaranteed simply because we are born again believers. We must put ourselves ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • D. Greg Ebie avatar

    Your Place To Give With Open Hands Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Aug 21, 2016
     | 5,353 views

    God has a place for the unlikely, places where the Lord will direct us to GIVE. Let’s look quickly at seven unlikely and perhaps unexpected ways we can give: Unlikely places to give because your sins are forgiven.

    UNLIKELY - Your Place to Give with Open Hands John 3:7-8 MsgB “So don’t be so surprised when I tell you that you have to be ‘born from above’—out of this world, so to speak. You know well enough how the wind blows this way and that. You hear it rustling through the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Kelvin McKisic avatar

    I Asked God, And He Said No

    Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Feb 17, 2024
     | 2,043 views

    In seeking God in prayer, we need to know this...God always answers our prayers.

    In seeking God in prayer, we need to know this...God always answers our prayers. Just because we don't see the answer outwardly given or given in a timely manner does not mean He has not answered us. Know that God does answer our prayers, and He does so with three different answers: yes, no, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Matthew Rogers avatar

    God's Inclination Series

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 10, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 4,979 views

    Because God only gives good gifts, I will pray with persistence.

    August 2, 2001 If You Only Knew the Father – Part 3 INTRODUCTION God is Spirit so we can’t see literally Him with our physical eyes. But God is also a Person so we know He has personality. When you ask God for something, how do you think He responds? Does he roll his eyes, and say, “Oh, not ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Terry Denis avatar

    Tasting God Series

    Contributed by Terry Denis on Feb 14, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,666 views

    Tasting the righteousness of God gives us an assurance of the salvation that we received.

    A story is told about a college professor, an atheist, who gave a lecture denying the existence of God. He cited book after book, scholar after scholar and other written articles to prove that there is no God. The story continues that after the lecture, a man stood up eating an apple and asked the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Dr.W.Samuel Legon avatar

    The Sweet Holy Spirit Of God

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Nov 15, 2014
     | 5,522 views

    Its a must in order to serve our we have to have that sweet spirit.

    THE SWEET HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD John 14: 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. William D. Poovey avatar

    Give Me My Mountain

    Contributed by Dr. William D. Poovey on Apr 16, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,506 views

    He that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;

    Give Me My Mountain Joshua 18:1-4 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    The Right Combination Series

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Nov 12, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,245 views

    God doesn’t need our money. He owns everything. But we give first because it takes faith to give first and God wants us to trust Him. We give first and the blessings of God follow. Test and see how God will bless you and your family because of your giving

    Opening illustration: A few years back, a Galveston church had a Tithing Demonstration Sunday for its members. On a designated Sunday everyone was asked to give a tithe of one week’s salary. They urged everyone … whether or not they usually tithed … to give a tithe that one time. As you could ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational