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  • NILES LLOYD avatar

    Our Distance From Jesus

    Contributed by Niles Lloyd on Feb 15, 2003
    based on 69 ratings
     | 15,880 views

    WHERE ARE YOU AT IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS? WHY ARE SOME REALLY CLOSE, SOME NOT SO CLOSE AND OTHERS SEEM SO FAR AWAY FROM CHRIST? WELL, WE CAN ALL BE CLOSER IF WE "WANT" TO BE CLOSE TO JESUS.

    TITLE: OUR DISTANCE FROM JESUS 1/27/02 TEXT: MATTHEW 26:36 – 43, 47 - 50 INTRO: ONE OF MY FAVORITE PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE IS HERE IN CHAPTER 26 OF THE BOOK OF MATTHEW. I HAVE OFTEN READ THIS PASSAGE AND WONDERED ABOUT ALL THAT TOOK PLACE ON THAT NIGHT. IT IS A SPECIAL PASSAGE TO ME ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Shepherd & The Sheep 1 Of 6 Series

    Contributed by Charles La Porte on Jun 5, 2017
     | 7,139 views

    The Promise For His Sheep: Jesus calls us to a similarly close relationship with Him where we instantly recognize His voice (and it doesn’t take 25 years either)

    The Shepherd & The Sheep The Promise For His Sheep John 10:1-11 Recognizing Yvonne’s voice… I can hear her call me “Charless” and I don’t need to see her, I don’t need to be looking at her to know without any doubt that its Yvonne… Jesus calls us to a similarly close relationship with Him where ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dr. Ronald Shultz avatar

    Are We Good Stewards

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 28, 2020
     | 4,268 views

    Are you wasting God's resources and gifts propping up a dying church?

    1 Cor 4:1  Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.  2  Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.  1 Peter 4:10  As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Charles Wilkerson avatar

    Sharing Our Heroes Super-Stories Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 8, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,252 views

    Learn how to take small steps in sharing the wonderful news of God’s love with those close to us

    It seems that the news media plays a role in the lives of many of our make-believe superheroes. From the Daily Planet from which the editor Perry White chronicles Superman’s latest exploits to the editorial pages of J. Jonah Jamieson who bitterly denounces the actions of Spiderman. Even on TV you ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Larry Grant avatar

    Fellowship And The Fullness Of Joy Series

    Contributed by Larry Grant on Jan 7, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,755 views

    “God desires to have a close, personal relationship with you, where you and God stand together on common ground.”

    1 John 1:4-7 (NKJV) "Fellowship and the Fullness of Joy" January 7, 2024 The Fellowship - The Father - The Forgiveness of Sin The Fellowship. We like that word, “Fellowship.” In the Baptist Church it is often associated with food. We even name our cafeteria, our Fellowship Hall. In ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Final Personification Of Wisdom

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 15, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,205 views

    Wisdom is compared to the virtuous woman in this closing poem of the book of Proverbs: the very personification of Christ, and of all that we all should be in Him.

    A FINAL PERSONIFICATION OF WISDOM. Proverbs 31:10-31. The book of Proverbs closes with an acrostic poem which commends the virtues of a certain (literally) “strong woman” (Proverbs 31:10). If we have been reading through the book up to this point, we will find that we have met her already. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God's Eyes

    Contributed by Jeff Pearce on Dec 17, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,737 views

    HOW GOD VIEWS LIFE AS COMPARED TO HOW WE VIEW IT.

    GOD’S EYES JAMES 4:14b INTRO: HOW DO YOU SEE YOUR LIFE? 1: YOUR EYES A) WHAT’S YOUR VIEW ON LIFE? B) WHAT INFLUENCES YOUR VIEW ON LIFE? C) IS LIFE A PARTY, A RACE, A MARATHON, A BATTLE OR GAME? POINT: HOW YOU SEE YOUR LIFE OR HOW YOU DECSRIBE YOUR LIFE INFLUENCES YOUR LIFE MORE THAN YOU REALIZE. IT ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Gaining Spiritual Authority Series

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Dec 15, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,106 views

    God wants us to get close to Him, using His authority to accomplish His will.

    Gaining Spiritual Authority “Who’s the Boss?” Acts 19:13-20 Intro: Have you ever been caught in the middle of a power struggle? I can think of jobs I’ve had in the past when there was more than one boss to whom I was accountable. Sometimes one of them would try to get the upper hand on another of ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Time

    Contributed by Craig Smee on Oct 19, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 10,655 views

    A close look at how much time we spend with God. (Joshua - Sun Stand Still)

    INTRODUCTION – PREACHING PREDICAMENT I have known about preaching today for quite a little while now as its been on the roster for a couple of weeks -. But boy have I struggled with what to preach on. From grace to eternity, from Jesus to Jehoshophat, from Genesis well ok I must admit not quite ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    Yoked To Jesus Christ Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 2, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,410 views

    How can we begin to taste the close relationship we will have with God in heaven now?

    Yoked to Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:4-11) 1. One woman relates this story: Early one morning, my husband, who works in a funeral home, woke me, complaining of severe abdominal pains. We rushed to the emergency room, where tests were performed to determine the source of the pain. My husband ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Glenn Durham avatar

    Let Peace Drive Out Anxiety Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Sep 14, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,452 views

    God gives his peace through his presence as we draw close to him in prayer.

    Scripture Introduction Their grandmother lived in a slower time. So her visit to California from a small town in middle America included her first plane flight. She was anxious about trusting her life to this newfangled contraption! When the family met her at the airport, they teased her by ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • David Wilson avatar

    An Answered Prayer From A Cave

    Contributed by David Wilson on Jan 7, 2016
     | 9,499 views

    David's emotional outpouring as he hides in a cave, with Saul closing in... is heard and answered by God.

    Psalm 142 The first thing we see in this Psalm is the descriptive label placed over it in English translations. When written in the Hebrew, these descriptions would actually have been part of the Psalm and so should be carefully considered when studying these Psalms out. We are told that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Stu Hodges avatar

    "It's Open!" Series

    Contributed by Stu Hodges on Jun 11, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 12,413 views

    We live in a world full of closed doors, but God did not want the world to be like this.

    You know in many ways, life is all about the doors. We come into doors and go out of doors. We open doors and shut doors. Sometimes, we slam doors, no need to confess, we’ve all done it. And if you really stop to think about it, it’s the closed doors in life that really are the most ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dr. Ronald Shultz avatar

    Questions Churches Must Ask Themselves

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Nov 6, 2023
     | 1,061 views

    Do not be a Sardis. If the glory has departed, close the doors and merge with a church where God is moving.

    Rev 3:1  And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.  I am afraid that there are many churches in this situation. Growing up ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ross Cochrane avatar

    Part 2 – Genesis 19:1-38 – Saved But Stupid! Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 23, 2010
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,859 views

    Have you read Genesis 19 lately? Talk about a CLOSE CALL! By the absolute merciful grace of God Lot and his immediate family is saved when Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed. It is a MIRACLE they survive at all.

    Part 2 - Genesis 19:1-38 - SAVED BUT STUPID! How amazing was the news story of the 15-month-old boy who survived the train accident in May this year. It all took place in a split second but for the grandmother who looked away for just a moment from the pram she was pushing, it must have seemed ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational