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God Gives The Growth

Contributed by Evelyn Weston on May 9, 2006

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ROGATION - Spring Farm Blessing - Some may think that it’s our efforts that produce growth, but the credit really belongs to God. Includes three jokes related to farming!

Additional texts: Ezekiel 34:25-31 Psalm 65 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 Gospel text of your choosing Grace to you and peace, from God our Father,and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus, the Christ. Amen One spring, a farmer purchased an old, run-down, abandoned farm. The fields were grown over with weeds, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:5-9

Denomination: Lutheran

The Way Of Kingdom Growth

Contributed by Dean Shriver on Jun 1, 2006

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Have you ever noticed that when God works, He seldom works the way we expect Him to? Would you expect God to move someone to Utah so they could find Christ? Yet that’s exactly what He did with some of you. How many times do we expect God to act one way

September 26, 2004 THE WAY OF KINGDOM GROWTH Matthew 13:31-33 Have you ever noticed that when God works, He seldom works the way we expect Him to? Would you expect God to move someone to Utah so they could find Christ? Yet that’s exactly what He did with some of you. How many times do we ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:31-33

Denomination: Baptist

God's Process For Growth

Contributed by Bill Burnett on Dec 3, 2006

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To what extremes does God take us in order for us to grow?

Three Ways Circumstances Come About: • From my own doing • From Satan • From God (He directly allows them) Three Ways You Can Deal With Circumstances • You can remove the circumstances • You can remove yourself from the circumstances • You can allow God to work out the circumstances How God ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:29

Denomination: Foursquare

A Life Of Phenomenal Growth Series

Contributed by Dan Brown on Dec 4, 2006

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Spiritual growth is the process of training to live like X

Sermon 4/18/04-The Life You’ve Always Wanted: A Life of Phenomenal Growth Hook: Play training montage clip from Rocky movie ending with Rocky running up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum. Turn to I Cor. 9:24-27 Training-to arrange your life around certain exercises and experiences that ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Denomination: *other

Stopping Stagnant Growth

Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 20, 2006

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The church like all living things has been created to grow

Stopping Stagnant Growth Matthew 13:1-9 August 6, 2006 Morning Service Introduction Would you rather be a tumbleweed or an oak in your influence on others? That’s the question posed by Galen Anderson, who wrote, "A man’s life is like either the tumbleweed or the oak tree. Some people ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:1-9

Denomination: Church Of God

The Nature Of Christian Growth Series

Contributed by Rusty Davidson on Feb 19, 2007

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This is the first in a series on the Book of Colossians. It deals with how th reality of Christ’s supremacy in all things defines the growth of Christians’ faith.

The Supremacy of Christ The Nature of Christian Growth Text: Colossians 1:1-8 I. Introduction Illustration: A Good Kid Gone Bad. He was basically a good kid. He came from an ordinary family and had a good mom and dad. He went to church every Sunday and never seemed to be out of the ordinary. So, ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Necessities Of Spiritual Growth

Contributed by Michael Prescott on Feb 22, 2007

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Spiritual growth begins and continues with knowledge, spiritual understanding and wisdom regarding the absolute truth of Gods Word.

Colossians 1:9 cont. (2 Timothy 3:1-9) (Highlight verse 7) Knowledge is a powerful thing. This passage in 2 Timothy points out the danger of it with the absence of understanding and wisdom. Ask any highly successful business man, like Bill Gates for instance, what the secret of their success is, ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:9

Denomination: Baptist

A Plan For Growth In 2005

Contributed by Keith Crouch on Jan 3, 2005

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This message challenges Christians to take inventory of the past year and give encouragement to grow as a disciple in the next year

A Plan for Growth in 2005 Philippians 3:13-14 I. I Must Find Some Dissatisfaction “…I do not count myself to apprehended…” v. 13a A. I must find my comfort zones • Am I comfortable with my Bible study? • Am I comfortable with my? • Am I comfortable with my prayer time? • Am I comfortable with my ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14

Denomination: Baptist

Seeds Are A Plan For Growth

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 18, 2002

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YOU CAN COUNT THE SEEDS IN AN APPLE, BUT ONLY GOD CAN COUNT THE APPLES IN A SEED!

SEEDS ARE A PLAN By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Our text: 2 Peter 3:18 BUT GROW IN GRACE, AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST... I ponder: You can count the seeds in an apple; BUT ONLY GOD CAN COUNT THE APPLES IN A SEED. Sickly oaks from sickly ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:18, James 1:27

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Cost Of Church Growth

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Nov 27, 2006

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We all want our churches to grow but have we actually considered the cost?

Well it’s been a year. Hardly seems possible in some ways and yet on the other hand it seems like we’ve been here forever. Now understand that while we have only been here for a year in this church building this church body has been in existence since six of us started meeting in our living room ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:1-16

Denomination: Wesleyan

Rethinking Church Growth

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 1, 2010

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We need to rethink church growth. Most churches are not growing.

INTRO.- ILL.- After the worship service a young couple talked to a church member about joining the church. He hadn't met the husband before, and he asked what church he was transferring from. After a short hesitation, he replied,"I am transferring from the Municipal Golf Course." Brothers and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Devotion - The Seed Of Growth Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Oct 15, 2010

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Believers get really excited about the passages in Acts where a great number of people came to Christ and the church grew in miraculous leaps and bounds, however, what many beleivers miss in these passages are the previous verses that reveal what the chur

Sermon Brief Date Written: October 13, 2010 Date Preached: October 17, 2010 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Series Title: Reaching Our Community Sermon Title: Devotion – The Seed of Growth! Sermon Text: Acts 2:44-47 [ESV] 42 And they devoted themselves to the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Baptist

Grace, Gratitude And Growth

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 12, 2012

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Introduction to verse by verse study of Philippians: 1. The first big theme is grace. (vs. 1-2). 2. The second big theme is gratitude. (vs. 3-8). 3. The third big theme is growth. (vs. 9-11).

Grace, Gratitude and Growth Phil 1:1-11 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - July 29, 2012 *Philippians is a tremendous book of the Bible. Here God gives us some great words of comfort. For example in Phil 4 He tells us: 6. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Cost Of Church Growth

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Sep 9, 2012

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We all want our churches to grow but are we aware of what that will cost and are we willing to pay the price

It’s funny but in church life we often have a few different “Brand New Years”. The first Sunday in January we celebrate the “New Year” with the rest of Canada often with a sermon on forgetting the past and looking ahead to what God has in store for us. At Cornerstone ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:41-47

Denomination: Wesleyan

Simple Growth - 2010

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 28, 2009

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We need to win one in 2010 and then determine to disciple them here at Christian Hills Church.

Simple Growth - for 2010 Thesis for the New Year at CH: 1. We need to win one in 2010 and then determine to disciple them here at Christian Hills Church. 2. We also need to commit to reach out to 9 other people outside the church. These 9 are outside our church and the focus here is Kingdom ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:15-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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