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  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Growing Hope

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 6, 2021
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    Hope is essential in the day we live. What are you expecting? In difficult times we need. hope. Are you a hope giver?

    GROWING HOPE! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com HOPE: GOD’S PROMISE, is an optimistic state of mind, YET HOPE IS MORE THAN WISH OR OPTIMISTIC ATTITUDES, wish to strengthen a desire, DESIRE WITH EXPECTATION, feeling of desire that something will happen, a feeling of ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Gene Gregory avatar

    A Growing Faith

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 24, 2021
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    Looks at how a person's faith grows. Expanded outline. Next in sermon series through John

    John 4 (4) A growing faith - John 4:46-54 I will never forget one of the worst phone calls I have ever gotten. I was a pastor in Mississippi. Gladys and I had just taken a group of our youth to youth camp in east Tennessee, where her brother was serving as the camp missionary that week. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hatred Growing

    Contributed by Damien Saylor on Aug 23, 2020
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    Now who do you think Hatred is growing towards? I would immediately list the answer as the lawbreakers, or the ungodly. No, overwhelmingly the answer is towards Christians. Somehow, no matter what may be happening, the Christian is blamed.

    Sermon- Hatred growing - As I’m studying I often go through little Christian Forums. I’m looking for other people’s thoughts about what’s happening in our world. - A trend that I’m noticing more & more is hatred. Q- Hatred for who? - I would immediately list the answer as the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Shawn Drake avatar

    Grow And Go Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Sep 13, 2020
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    This is the 24th sermon in the Action Series. This series began during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Series: Action [#24] GROW AND GO Acts 11:1-18 Introduction: This has been a week of ups and downs. I have cried over great things and I have cried over bad things. At times, it has been a 2 steps forward and 3 steps back type of week. Through this, God has used Sunday School, Wednesday Night ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    Growing On The Vine

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Sep 22, 2020
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    To be connected with the Lord is the only way a believer is able to do what the Lord is wanting and desiring for us today .

    Growing on the vine John 15:1-8 Prayer- Introduction- Good Morning We have been talking about connections. Connections to God and connections to each others. Connections to your family and connecting with your church. Connecting is especially hard during a period of time where it is hard to ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Paul Robinson avatar

    Growing Pains

    Contributed by Paul Robinson on Oct 4, 2022
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    Growing in the Christian life is not always easy. In fact, there are growing pains, but these are necessary if you want to mature. This passage gives three specific areas in which to grow.

    Main theme of this passage: growing in your walk with God. Verses 1-2. You’ve received the truth of how to grow in your walk with God. It begins with faith. But there are other areas in which we can grow. This passage gives us three ways to grow in our walk with God. 1. Grow in your Abstinence (v. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Grow Up! Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 1, 2022
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    If you want to enjoy healthy relationships, then grow up and give God the glory.

    Sherlyn, from Lawrence, Kansas, says her husband usually sets his computer bag next to the front door before leaving home in the morning. One day, he left the house but forgot to take his computer with him. Our 2-year-old saw it and came running to find me. “Mama, Daddy forgot to take his diaper ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Growing In Fruitfulness.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 21, 2023
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    The privilege and responsibility of being friends of Jesus.

    GROWING IN FRUITFULNESS. John 15:7-17. When we abide in Jesus, His words abide in us. We are nourished by His Word, and cultivate our relationship with Him through prayer (John 15:7). Thus our wills become conformed to His will, and our prayers are found to be in perfect harmony with the mind of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Growing Pains Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 2, 2020
     | 1,890 views

    This sheltering interlude is a time when we should be, and many of us have been, acquiring more understanding of our faith.

    Tuesday of the 4th week of Easter 2020 “Growing Pains” When the authorities in Jerusalem, a few years after the Resurrection of Christ, determined to wipe out the new Jesus cult that was attracting so many converts, their persecution had an unintended result. The Jesus contagion spread all over ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Growing In Fruitfulness

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 24, 2024
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    Are you really leading and having a fruitful life? Are you truly connected to Jesus and fruitful growth is visible in your life? Do you know your calling and are you living that out?

    Opening illustration: University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, who became the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy, was honored by the Florida Senate. The Senate awarded him the Medallion of Excellence for his achievements off the field, the highest honor given by the chamber. Tebow had a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jerry Cosper avatar

    Growing In Christ Series

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Nov 12, 2024
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     | 1,459 views

    In this process of being grounded in and sharing Christ, we should be growing in Christ. For a church to survive, for a Christian to remain strong in their conviction, each of us needs to be growing in Christ.

    Let's start off today by imagining a friend that gives you the gift of a new road bike. You always dreamed of taking a bike out on the road and you're now equipped and outfitted to hit the road. But what if you never used that bicycle? The gift by itself doesn't take you places and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ritchie Guerrero avatar

    Growing Faith Series

    Contributed by Ritchie Guerrero on Nov 10, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,116 views

    Growing FAITH – Lumalagong Pananampalataya 2 Thessalonica 1:3-5 (NKJV) 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,

    September Faith : Series 2 Growing FAITH – Lumalagong Pananampalataya 2 Thessalonica 1:3-5 (NKJV) 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, 4 so that we ourselves ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Growing Higher Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 6, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,468 views

    The Bible forms the foundation of our faith, and if that foundation isn't sound, your faith could crumble. But why would that be true, and what happens if we don't accept that idea?

    ILLUS: A famous Christian writer told of doing a lectureship at Ohio State University. As he was being driven to the lecture, he passed the new Wexner Art Center and the driver said, “This is a new art building for the university. It is a fascinating building designed in the post-modernist view ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Growing Deeper Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 11, 2024
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     | 5,816 views

    We're at war with Satan, but too often churches ignore the conflict and avoid doing what has to be done to tear down the gates of Hell. What can we do to avoid going AWOL in this great battle for the souls of the lost?

    When I went to Israel, I visited a place about 25 miles north of the Sea of Galilee called Caesarea Philippi. The area lays in the shadow of Mt. Hermon, whose ice caps (when they melt) supply clean fresh springs for the waters of the Jordan River. This abundant water supply made the area fertile ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Growing Wider Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 19, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,934 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