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  • Dean Meadows avatar

    Gods Flavor

    Contributed by Dean Meadows on Mar 7, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,177 views

    This sermons tells up how to have the right relationship with God and receive His blessings.

    God’s Flavor Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that the LORD is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! A few weeks ago, my wife and I went to the local Mexican restaurant and was having dinner. Upon completion, the server informed us that our bill had been taken care of. I asked who by and ...read more

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    Pleasing God

    Contributed by Ronnie Thrower on Apr 23, 2002
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    A clean heart is wrought by keeping the commandments of God and doing the things that please God. If a child disobeys his father, he displeases his father. The only way he can please his father is by obeying him. The same is true with God. If we are going

    PLEASING GOD TEXT: Hebrews 11:5-6 “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. [6] But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Justice Series

    Contributed by Richard White on Oct 19, 2008
     | 7,311 views

    Haman was second in command, his pride leads to his fall to enemy of the State. His archenemy gets his estate. That is God’s justice

    Esther Chapter 8 Saying Yes to God part 8 Haman fell from second in command to an enemy of the State and executed as such. He was hung on the gallows he built for someone else. He amassed a huge fortune, lands, houses, money and other possessions. Usually this would be left for his family, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Experiencing God

    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,479 views

    How to experience God more fully

    Acts 17:16-31 16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18 A group of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God In A Box

    Contributed by Johnny Carver on Dec 5, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 9,439 views

    This message deals with the loss of the presence and power of God out of the lives of the God’s people through neglect

    Scripture: 2 Samuel 6:1 – 23 Title: “God In A Box” Introduction: The Ark of the Covenant was a wooden box made of Acacia wood (shittim wood). / The Ark was the first thing God told Moses to build! (Deut. 10:1) · The contents of the Ark was / The Ten Commandments on tablets of stone / Aaron’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    God's Love

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Oct 4, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 17,817 views

    With humanity so confused about love, who is to say what love is? The answer is God! One of the simplest and yet most profound definitions of love is found in 1 John 4: "God is love."

    READ 1 John 4:7-21 "God is love" ought to fill our hearts with warmth and hope. But we need to understand this rightly. "God is love" does not mean, that "love is God." It has accurately been said that "love does not define God, but God defines love." Love in modern society bears no resemblance ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Giving To God!

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Jan 11, 2014
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    Friend, it’s one thing to count, think thousand times and give a few rupee notes from the plenty that you have or drop all that you have into the offering box and trust Him for the future.

    Giving to God! Lord, I wish I had more to give you……. “After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. “(1 Samuel 1:24) Choked with ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Trinity: God Is Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Jun 15, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,773 views

    God is three-in-one.

    [If you would like to receive free sermons by email each week, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com.] THREE IN ONE “Bring me a worm that can comprehend a man, then I will show you a man who can comprehend God”—John Wesley “Without God, God cannot be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The God Of Deliverance

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Feb 17, 2025
     | 666 views

    God is a deliverer who rescues His people from bondage, oppression, and trouble. Throughout the Scriptures, He has demonstrated His power in delivering those who trust in Him.

    THE GOD OF DELIVERANCE By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Psalm 34:17 "The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles." Supporting Texts: Exodus 14:13-14, Psalm 91:3, Isaiah 43:2, 2 Timothy 4:18, Colossians 1:13 INTRODUCTION: God is a deliverer ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Faithfulness Of God

    Contributed by Patrick Agbonkpolor on Dec 8, 2020
     | 12,337 views

    God is a faithful God. He is faithful to His words and promises. He is faithful to preserving the lives of the believers. The believer should reciprocate by being faithful to God.

    TOPIC: THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD TEXT: LAMENTATION 3:22-23 "It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness" We thank God for the year 2020. It has been an interesting year; filled with ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    God With Us

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 17, 2022
     | 1,405 views

    The world’s most important birth was about to take place. Why was it almost unknown? What was Joseph's dilemma? What were the baby’s names? Was Mary a perpetual virgin? Let’s look at Matthew 1:18-25.

    The world’s most important birth was about to take place. Why was it almost unknown? What was Joseph's dilemma? What were the baby’s names? Was Mary a perpetual virgin? Let’s look at Matthew 1:18-25. Joseph’s Dilemma Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Of The Living Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 10, 2025
     | 283 views

    We serve the God of the living—a God who is active, powerful, and present. He breathes life where there is death, hope where there is despair, and revival where there is dryness. No situation is beyond His power to restore and revive.

    GOD OF THE LIVING By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Matthew 22:31-32 Supporting Texts: Luke 20:37-38, Romans 6:9-11, John 11:25-26, Hebrews 11:17-19, Exodus 3:6 INTRODUCTION: Many view God only in the context of ancient history or spiritual rituals, but the Scripture declares clearly that He is ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Wrestling With God

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,149 views

    Jacob Wrestles With God. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Genesis chapter 32 verses 22-32. Ill: • James Whistler, the Victorian artist, • Showed scant respect for the hierarchy of any profession. • When his poodle fell ill with a throat infection, • The artist sent immediately for the country’s leading ear, ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Family Of God

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on May 21, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,825 views

    Let us be the body of Christ that truly loves God and each other with all our hearts, minds, souls and strength!

    FAMILY OF GOD Romans 12:3-21 Live Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 Let me start this sermon by telling you a story. I used to travel from my home in Hillsborough to Prosser Brook where my grandparents stayed. The road was made of dirt, full of pot holes, twists and turns. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Worship God? Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 3, 2022
     | 1,559 views

    Trees and plants worship God; what about us?

    Last Week we started a study of the 1st Book of the Bible, which is appropriately titled Genesis, meaning, the beginning. Please open your Bibles to the beginning and let us learn more about God. Before we read, let us prepare our hearts to be fertile ground to receive God’s Word. Pray with ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible