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  • Ken Sowers avatar

    Following God

    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 5,480 views

    How can I let God guide me?

    Following God Guidance - Moths - moon - confused by light so close. What if our eyes were as sensitive to the light of Jesus? Why does God guide us? Image of a Jungle guide Steve the croc. hunter - What do people allow to guide them - astrologers, cards, celebrities and athletes - We know ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God's Word Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 61 ratings
     | 9,919 views

    This is the 6th sermon in the series "Back To The Basics". This sermon looks at four uses of Scripture.

    Sunday Evening November 17, 2002 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: Back To The Basics [#6] GOD’S WORD 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Introduction: 1. As we continue in our series “Back To The Basics” let us look at the instruction manual for Christians. 2. Our text list 4 functions of the Word of God and I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • W Pittendreigh avatar

    By The Spirit Of God Series

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Nov 14, 2002
    based on 71 ratings
     | 9,355 views

    We are discouraged -- because of the attacks on our nation, the problems in our families, the economy, or financial problems. We can be pessimistic and think things will never improve. We can be optimistic and think we have the power to bring about chan

    By the Spirit Of God Maynard Pittendreigh Zechariah 4:1-11 We are continuing our study of the Minor Prophets. Last week we looked at Haggai and this week we look at Zechariah. Both of these prophets are preaching at the same time – late in the year of 520 BC. Both of these prophets deal ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Charles Salmon avatar

    God The Father Series

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Aug 13, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 10,260 views

    Who God is, how the Bible describes Him, and what He does.

    God the Father (God at Work series) Dt. 6:4, 5 INTRO.: A six-year old child looked into the crib of his brand new baby brother and said, "Quick, before you forget, tell me what God is like?" What the child was asking about has been the pursuit of scholars for many centuries. Scholars call it ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney avatar

    Wait On God

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Aug 16, 2002
    based on 66 ratings
     | 23,569 views

    The most neccessary thing we can learn as Christians is how to wait on God, We want what we want when we want it, how we want it.

    ps. 62:5 My soul wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from him. One of the most necessary and valuable lessons for the christian to learn is the Holy habit of waiting on God. (Necessary and yet difficult ) · Not as a desperate measure when forced into a corner, but as a pleasure and a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Why God? Series

    Contributed by John Fruner on Aug 18, 2002
    based on 181 ratings
     | 23,798 views

    Why does God permit such tragedy to happen to a believer?

    Tragedies smack us in the face too quickly and unexpectedly, even when we are trying our best to serve God. It just doesn’t seem fair! At some point we all find ourselves asking life’s most troubling questions, “Why?” and “Why would God permit this to happen to me?” We believe that not only did ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Season's Of God

    Contributed by David Tijerina on Oct 12, 2001
    based on 35 ratings
     | 6,845 views

    There is a time and a season for everything...which season are you in?

    The Seasons of God November 19, 2000 Intro: A number of years ago, there was a report from Russia that they had had a disastrous mismanagement of their collective farms. Here were hundreds of trucks on the Steppes, tractors as well as combine-harvesters, but they arrived too late. Because of ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Where Is God?

    Contributed by John Covell on Oct 17, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 5,923 views

    God says we need him and, even though we might not often think of it in these terms, we wish we didn’t need God. We don’t want to need God.

    A few weeks ago, I was given a list of 75 questions asked by our elementary kids about God. One of them was, “Where is God?” A few astronauts have said that there must not be a God because they’ve been out in space, and they didn’t see him there. Some say God’s in the earth, he’s in the rocks, he’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Conversations With God

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Oct 19, 2001
    based on 46 ratings
     | 3,568 views

    As Christians, we are to strive after a persistent, ceaseless prayer-life that is built on two-way conversation.

    IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT PRAYER DOES NOT NEED PROOF OUTSIDE ITSELF BECAUSE ITS PROOFS ARE WITHIN. IT IS IN THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF MAN, LIKE BREATHING, EATING AND DRINKING, AND HE PRACTICES IT AS PART OF HIS VERY BEING. PRAYER IN THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN IS ESSENTIAL YET SO FEW MAKE IT SO. AS ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Michael Stover avatar

    Sovereignty Of God Series

    Contributed by Michael Stover on Oct 9, 2001
    based on 94 ratings
     | 5,116 views

    God rules in the affairs of men and nations.....but how does this affect us? And what should be our response?

    I. The Plight of Israel’s Captivity A. Prophecy 1. Isaiah 39:1-7 2. Jeremiah 25:9-12 3. Habakkuk 1:5-11 B. Purpose 1. Israel had become idolatrous 2. Israel had neglected to keep the Sabbath years a. Lev. 25,26 b. 2 Chronicles 36:21, “to fulfill the word ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Randy Croft avatar

    Is God That Particular?

    Contributed by Randy Croft on Nov 15, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 6,223 views

    Does God Sweat the Small Stuff?

    Is God That Particular? by Randy Croft Is God That Particular? Does He Sweat the Small Stuff? Today--listen till end before drawing too many conclusions. Big topic. Before we ask if God is particular, let’s ask a fair question? Are you particular about some things? No brainer. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Alton Coleman avatar

    God's Garden

    Contributed by Alton Coleman on Aug 26, 2003
    based on 75 ratings
     | 11,749 views

    Sometimes Christians act just like some of the vegetables we find in the farmers garden.

    God’s Garden Scripture Reading: Genesis 2:1-10 Scripture Text: Genesis 2:8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Introduction: Sometimes Christians behave much like some of the vegetables we find in the average farmers garden. ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Be On Mission With God

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 10, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,780 views

    Too many people are trying to do a mission for God instead of participating in God’s mission. Only when we allow the power of His word and His Holy Spirit to work in us and through us will we truly be on mission with God.

    How to Be On Mission With God (Phil. 2:13,14) "For God is at work in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure." Too many people are trying to do a mission for God instead of participating in God’s mission. Only when we allow the power of His word and His Holy Spirit to work in us and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • A. Todd Coget avatar

    The Word Of God Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 12, 2003
    based on 75 ratings
     | 11,903 views

    The purpose of this sermons is to help us realize just how good we’ve got it when it comes to the Word of God and what our response should be to how God has blessed us.

    Nehemiah The Word of God Nehemiah 8 September 14, 2003 Intro: A. Unused Spiritual Resources During Superbowl XXXVII, FedEx ran a commercial that spoofed the movie Castaway, in which Tom Hanks played a FedEx worker whose company plane went down, stranding him on a desert island for years. Looking ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Troy Borst avatar

    The God Of The Aged

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 15, 2003
    based on 271 ratings
     | 23,402 views

    Funeral for an old person

    THE GOD OF THE AGED ISAIAH 46:4 ISAIAH 46:4 = “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” I. WE HAVE A GOD WHO SUSTAINS AND RESCUES US A. Sustain means to give support or relief. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ