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  • Alan Perkins avatar

    Prayer And Peace

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jan 27, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 6,078 views

    Life is hard. Prayer is our pathway to peace.

    This morning, I’m going to begin by openly acknowledging a fact of life. It’s something each one of us knows to be true, something we’ve all learned by personal experience, but which we usually try to avoid admitting publicly. And here it is: life is hard. For everyone. Ever since Adam and Eve took ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Taming The Tongue

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Oct 19, 2013
     | 8,190 views

    Controlling the tongue is a hard job to do, but not impossible.

    JAMES 3:5-10 “TAMING THE TONGUE” A) There was this cartoon from leadership magazine that shows a line of pews and the same sentence being passed from pew to pew! * 1st pew: My ear kind of hurts ... 2nd pew: The pastor has an earache. * 3rd pew: The pastor got a hearing aid ... ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Parenting Is Heart Work Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on May 18, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,200 views

    Parenting is not only hard work, it is heart work.

    Parenting is Heart Work Deuteronomy 6:1-12 Rev. Brian Bill 5/18/08 I came across a job posting this week that I thought I’d pass along to see if there any takers. JOB DESCRIPTION: Long-term team players needed for challenging, permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Anchor Still Holds!

    Contributed by Lark Lewis on Jul 14, 2011
    based on 16 ratings
     | 24,544 views

    This sermon is about faith in God in hard times.

    The Anchor Still Holds! Hebrews 6:17-19 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: "That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    Blue Christmas: A Reflection From The 137th Psalm

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Dec 12, 2020
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,823 views

    Sometimes it is hard for people to be merry in the Christmas season.

    Blue Christmas: A Reflection from the 137th Psalm Christmas is supposed to be a season of joy. It is a time we reflect upon the heavenly army singing “Peace on Earth and goodwill to men. Even the world joins in with Christmas lights and parties and singing songs like “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What God Is Looking For…

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on May 7, 2009
     | 2,226 views

    After seeing the disciples of Jesus hiding in the upper room it is hard to imagine that they had any vision of their own. That is why it is important to understand how God sees things and what he is watching for.

    Last week we looked at the slowness of Easter’s arrival for the disciples. They were locked away in a room. They were full of fear and doubts. Jesus appears, it would be easy to claim that that fixed everything for the disciples. But it did not; we know that if we read through the different ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Be Filled With The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by John Ong on Jan 15, 2018
     | 8,427 views

    Is it really hard to let ourselves soak in the presence of the Lord? Or are we just blinded by unnecessary things we put first in our lives? And what does being filled with Holy Ghost means?

    In accordance with what the Bible said, we Christians are called not to be drunk with the sinful wine but to be filled with the Holy Ghost. We are very fond of idolizing and praising actors and politicians. We’re giving them our full support because they give us worldly entertainment, but when it ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Expressing Our Faith

    Contributed by Dr. Keion Parrish on Jun 9, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,359 views

    Showing our Faith throught the hard times.

    Sermon Scripture: John 12:1­8; Mark 14:3­9, especially Mark 14:9 Expressing Our Faith Introduction: In our lives we have a choice. We might respond to Jesus in a conventional way, "going through the motions," or we might surrender our lives to Him as an expression of our faith no matter how ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Perry Greene avatar

    Even If You Don't

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Feb 25, 2021
     | 3,579 views

    Faithfulness to God is blessed even in hard circumstances.

    1. The challenge to faithfulness even when things don’t go our way. 2. Habakkuk 3:16-19 16 I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us. 17 ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Milo Velebir avatar

    The Mysteries Of God

    Contributed by Milo Velebir on Jul 18, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,395 views

    There are people happy with shallow faith and shallow understanding of who God is but God wants to reveal to His beloved children more and more of His character and beauty and of His plans with mankind. These deeper things of God, the mysteries of God are

    Preached on 17th of July 2011 Text: 1 Corinthians 4:1 The mysteries of God. Bible readings: Colossians 4:1-6 & Mark 4:1-11 Dear sons and daughters of the Almighty, loving God. Paul wrote to the believers in Corinth: “This is the way you should consider us: as the servants of Christ and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    A New Earth And Everything New

    Contributed by Pastor Randall Timblin on Dec 13, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,069 views

    Will there actually be a New Earth, a New Heaven and a New Jerusalem. Can we really and truly believe that?

    There is a poem entitled “A Prayer for the Future” quoted by Sir Frances Drake, it said, and I quote, disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, when we arrive safely because we have sailed too close to the ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • James Jackson avatar

    Shift, Part 4: Shift Your Priorities Series

    Contributed by James Jackson on Oct 28, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,051 views

    A look at five "one thing" statements in Scripture, and what they can teach us about what really matters

    Good morning. Please turn in your Bibles to Luke chapter 10. This morning will be a little different though, because instead of diving deep into one passage, we are actually going to be turning to several different passages of Scripture. So you might want to flex your fingers to get them limbered ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ryan Ferwerda avatar

    The True Meaning Of A Lenten Sacrifice

    Contributed by Ryan Ferwerda on Mar 9, 2019
     | 7,529 views

    Most people attempt to give something up for Lent. But is what we give up for Lent beneficial to us or to God?

    This past Wednesday, the collective whole of the Christendom observed Ash Wednesday. A day in the church year when we are reminded of our mortality, but more importantly, reminded of our reliance on God, both for life in this world and for life in the next. This day is the mark of the beginning of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jul 13, 2014
     | 2,994 views

    To show the major reasons as shown in the bible the reasons why bad things happen to good people.

    I. EXORDIUM: Do bad things happen to believers? Yes. Why? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show the major reasons as shown in the bible the reasons why bad things happen to good people. IV. TEXT: 2 Corinthians 5:10 (Amplified Bible) 5:10 For we must all appear and be ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Original Intent Of The Lord's Day

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Mar 14, 2014
     | 1,430 views

    A special day from the beginning

    A. THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE LORD’S DAY 1. A special day from the beginning. “On the seventh day, having finished the task, God rested from all His work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy” (Gen. 2:2-3, NLT). a. God’s example for treating it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist