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  • Lauro C Hernandez avatar

    Establishing Priorities - Priorities With The Church

    Contributed by Lauro C Hernandez on Oct 3, 2014
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    Establishing priorities with the church.

    ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES – “PRIORITIES WITH THE CHURCH” Phil 3:13 “13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead” INTRO: Establishing Priorities has been my subject ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Breakthrough Prayer For My Church

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 7, 2014
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    As people of faith we need to be people of prayer but even more than that, people of breakthrough prayer, asking God to break through in situations where there is nothing else we can do. We need breakthrough prayer in our churches.

    It was July of 2012 and was a sad day for me. In my first sermon here I told you about Elwood, my first appointment. Elwood was a nice, quiet, quaint little church in Madison County. A pretty stereotypical white framed country church on a quiet Farm to Market road. In the spring the pastures ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    5 Characteristics Of A Generous Church Series

    Contributed by David Henderson on Oct 29, 2014
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    Now this brings out a basic principle in giving and here it is. People will give to the things that they love.

    I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW “5 Characteristics of a Generous Church” 2nd Corinthians 8:1-7 The first job I had I got when I was about 12 or 13 years of age. In the town where I grew up we had a local mission and the helped families in the area with a variety of needs. They gave away food and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Is The Church A Lighthouse Or A Club House?

    Contributed by Mark Mitchell on Mar 23, 2015
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    The church has a mandate to be the light of Christ

    Introduction: - the Guiding Light illustration - Today I want to speak of what a lighthouse is and how that applies to the church I. The Light of Christ (v.18) A. The light is Christ’s light - Joh 1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. - Joh 1:5 The light shines in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Love Of God For His Church

    Contributed by Mark Mitchell on Mar 24, 2015
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    The Love of God for His Church

    I. God has a great concern for His church. A. God’s concern for the church is so high He died for it. - (Act_20:28 …you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.) B. God’s concern for the church is so high He seeks after it when it fails ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Come To Church And Come To Christ

    Contributed by Dr. William D. Poovey on Apr 23, 2015
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    The real question isn't why don't people come to church, but rather, why don't people come to Christ??

    The Day the Roof Caved In Mark 2:1-12 Matthew 22 talks about the Master giving an invitation for to all to come to a great supper. They responded with excuses. One excuse is just as bad as another, but one that I have heard many times is this, "If I ever stepped foot in the church, the roof ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Church Revival Or Corporate Revival

    Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Apr 26, 2015
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    We will study the sequencing of Jesus' message to the seven churches viz; commend, comfort, point of failures and reward. WE will also study the 3Rs of revival Viz; Repent, Return and Recover

    Church Revival/ Corporate Revival (Main reference Rev 2:8-11) Do you know the definition of a good sermon? It should have a good beginning, it should have a good ending, and they should be as close as possible. So let us see how good my sermon is going to be today. We are meditating on the topic ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Church Ond Our Faith

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Apr 30, 2015
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    Jesus builds the church, we are called to disciple God's people. Lets see where faith and service meet together in what we call the church.

    The Church and our faith Matthew 16:13-19 Introduction- Last week we looked at finding purpose in your life. The writer of Ecclesiastes Solomon said that all things outside of God were meaningless in the great scheme of things. Pleasures and things are temporary. The only way you find ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Ordination And The Role Of Women In The Church Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 9, 2015
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    The twin command of Jesus to clergy is important to consider in any decision regarding ordination.

    Thursday of the 6th Week of Easter 2015 Joy of the Gospel This is one of those liturgical days that is a little schizophrenic. In the historical Church, it is forty days after the Resurrection, so it is Ascension Thursday, as it was for almost two thousand years. But May 14 is the Feast of St. ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Believe Week 6 - The Church Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jan 16, 2015
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    Believe week 7 looks at The Church

    Believe 6 - The Church October 26, 2014 Ephesians 4 I’m not sure if you’ve heard of the writer Anne Rice? She has written over 30 books; and is most famous for her series of books called “The Vampire Chronicles.” In 1998, Rice shocked readers and the publishing world when ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Church Must Address Abortion Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 19, 2015
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    As a church we must address abortion, 3 things today (material adapted from Andreas Kostenberger's book, God Marriage, and Family, pgs. 130- 133; outline adapted from an article by Frederica Mathewes- Green entitled "Wanted: A New Pro Life Strategy"

    HoHum: On a bright, beautiful day, full of promise, Mavis laid an egg. This was not an extraordinary event since Mavis was a chicken, but Mavis was not pleased. "An egg? An egg? What do I want with an egg?" said Mavis to herself. "An egg is just not in my plans. I’ll have to get rid of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    #1 Intercession The Gift To The Church

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 18, 2014
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    Seldom is the office of an INTERCEDER RECOGNIZED. There is little applause, put this is essential to the church and leadership.

    WHAT EVERY CHURCH NEEDS... STAND IN THE GAP... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com INTERCEDE: to stand in the gap for another, to help settle, to defend, to intervene, mediate, to pray for, to petition, Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV) For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Are We Playing Church Games?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 21, 2014
     | 5,410 views

    Ever consider church games? Hide and seek? Queen for a day? Gambling? Let's make a deal? Playing hooky? Monopoly? Charades? Role playing? Russian Roulette, etc?

    DO WE LOVE TO PLAY GAMES WITH THE FLESH? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com GOSPEL COMEDIANS make good incomes, entertaining and making people laugh... WE ALL LOVE A GOOD JOKE... makes me laugh, humorous... funny... We have gotten so good at games... 1. We want to play at work... 2. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Prayer Meeting In The Jerusalem Church

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Nov 30, 2014
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    The prayer the Jerusalem Christians prayed when Peter and John were released from the inquisition of the Jerusalem religious leaders teaches some important truths about prayer, which is the subject of this sermon.

    Prayer Meeting in the Jerusalem Church Chuck Sligh November 30, 2014 NOTE: A PowerPoint presentation of this sermon is available upon request by emailing me at chucksligh@hotmail.com. TEXT: Please turn in your Bibles to Acts 4 (TO BE READ LATER) INTRODUCTION The first church in Jerusalem ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Carl Allen avatar

    Lessons From The Early Church

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Jul 13, 2010
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     | 7,696 views

    The world today is full of people playing Christian, but the Lord is no friend of hypocrisy. The Lord is looking for a few good Christians.

    The Game is Over Acts 5:1-11 Introduction As children many of us played a game called let’s pretend. My favorite was pretending to be a soldier, like my Dad. I would dress up like a soldier and me and my friends would go out into the fields around our house and go on secret missions to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist