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  • Ronnie McNeill avatar

    Leaving Your Baggage Behind

    Contributed by Ronnie Mcneill on Nov 14, 2007
    based on 39 ratings
     | 48,719 views

    Sometimes in life we hold on to past stuff that we should let go. We start looking back wanting those things that we have left behind. When god delievers us from our past, let the past stay the past and Leave Your Baggage Behind.

    Introduction: In today’s society there are those of us that either want to hold on to the pass, or are afraid to move on from their past lives. There were situations that happened to them ten or maybe fifteen years ago that they are still holding on to. An old saying that people use to say was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    I Almost Finished Well

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 2, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 8,577 views

    This is a sermon reflecting on the past year and on the need to finish well in the Lord.

    1 Kings 12:1-13:29 I Almost Finished Well, In the Lord 1/23/2000 1 Kings 12:25-33 1 Corin. 9:24-27 Our year has come to an end. How many of us have started on a project in 2006 with great expectations of what we were going to do, only to have that project sit around and eventually left ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Is That Right?

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jun 2, 2014
     | 3,859 views

    An unusual take on the truism: God will not put more on us than we can handle.

    Is That Right? 1 Cor 10:13 I have bad news for some of you, today. I am going to de-bunk one of your truisms. A truism is a saying that is universally believed to be self-evident or obviously true. “A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do” “What goes up must come ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Wiley avatar

    What Jesus Said About God's Provision Series

    Contributed by Michael Wiley on Jan 16, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,921 views

    Jesus said that if we get our priorities straight, God would handle the rest.

    “Jesus Said” What Jesus said about the Father “His Provision” Michael Wiley January 18, 2009 Introduction: A great philosopher once said: Here is a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note Don’t worry be happy In every life we have some trouble When you worry you make it ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Complaints To The Pastor?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 28, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,153 views

    A pastor wrote:HOW DO I HANDLE COMPLAINTS ADDRESS TO ME... I respond.

    I WAS ASKED: I’ve heard it said that there’s no such thing as a stupid question. I hope this will not be considered as a stupid question, but it’s really meant as a sincere question: If a leader in your church came to you saying they want longer services and longer and more altar calls, what would ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Canceling Our Debts Series

    Contributed by Dale Harlow on Jan 14, 2003
    based on 86 ratings
     | 13,317 views

    Finding the ability to leave the past behind.

    Canceling our Debts John 8:1-11 In Max Lucado’s book, He Still Moves Stones he writes of this incident we find in John 8:1-11, and he begins with this illustration I’ve used before. But it is so powerful, it is worth using again. Rebecca Thompson fell twice from Fremont Canyon Bridge. She died ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Steaven Snow avatar

    Looking Back To See Ahead

    Contributed by Steaven Snow on Jan 14, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,936 views

    The Blessings of the past are mile-makers for the future.

    Looking Back to See Ahead TEXT: Joshua 5:1-12 1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Overcoming Last Year's Failures

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jan 13, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,312 views

    Moving forward from past failures.

    Pastor’s Bible Class Thomas Road Baptist Church Overcoming Last Year’s Failures Dr. Elmer Towns January 11, 2009 A. STORY OF A SON’S FAILURE “A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jim Drake avatar

    The Joy Of Christmas Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Dec 13, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 23,230 views

    The joy of Christmas past, present and future.

    “Joy to the world! The Lord is come—Let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room and heaven and nature sing.” Jesus is come to earth as a King and is to be worshipped and praised and honored. “Joy to the earth! The Savior reigns! Let men their songs employ, while fields and floods, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Lorenzo Nicholson Sr. avatar

    Looking Back To Look Ahead

    Contributed by Lorenzo Nicholson Sr. on Jan 1, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 9,834 views

    learning and appreciating from past experiences

    Looking back to look ahead New Years Eve December 31 2006 Lorenzo Nicholson Sr. Life-Line for Jesus community Church We may think of the year 2006 as a journey that we all embarked upon at the beginning of the year. As we set out, none of us actually knew for sure that we would complete ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Baggage Of Guilt Series

    Contributed by John Harvey on Jan 16, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 9,660 views

    How to overcome the guilt of your past.

    “The Baggage of Guilt” January 13, 2008 Me: We all carry baggage. It weighs us down and burdens us so that we are not able to do what we would really like to do. (Use luggage to demonstrate). Traveling through the airport with Alana and the kids trying to make the plane with a bunch of baggage ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    Where Communion Takes Us

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 28, 2007
    based on 21 ratings
     | 8,753 views

    Communion looks to the past present and future.

    It is probably one of the most memorable scenes from the New Testament. For three years they had travelled the width and breadth of Palestine, listening to him teach, watching him heal, marvelling at the miracles that he performed. Sometimes they found what they were looking for and sometimes it ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Donovan Myers avatar

    Looking Back, The Benefit Of Memory Series

    Contributed by Donovan Myers on Jun 14, 2007
     | 2,477 views

    We can learn from the past

    As you move on in age, one the most noticeable failing is your memory. And speaking of memory¡K Not too long ago a large seminar was held for ministers in training. Among the speakers were many well-known motivational speakers. One such boldly approached the pulpit and, gathering the entire ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • John McCormack avatar

    Tears In A Bottle

    Contributed by John Mccormack on Jun 9, 2014
     | 9,317 views

    DAVID REFLECTS ON HIS PAST EXPERIENCES.

    TEARS IN A BOTTLE OBSERVATION: THE PSALMIST DAVID REFLECTS THE STRESS HE EXPERIENCED WHEN THE PHILISTINES CAPTURED HIM IN GATH. PLACING TEARS IN A JAR WAS COMMON AMONG THE ANCIENT ROMANS AND JEWS. IT CONVEYED SEVERAL REALITIES OF LIFE EXPERIENCES. INTERPRETATION: PSALMS 56:8 (NKJV) YOU ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Ronald Shultz avatar

    The Purging Church Movement

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 17, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,228 views

    It is past time to purge the emerged Church

    What we need is not an emerging church movement for the Church emerged on the Day of Pentecost. What we need is a purging Church movement where we purge the worldliness from the Church that has emerged in the last hundred years but particularly the last forty or so years. We need no more isms, just ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist