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  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Making Hard Choices

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 1, 2009
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     | 6,084 views

    Today’s world is filled with energy-saving devices that make life easier, but there is something to be said for embracing life’s challenges. The apostle Paul found serving Christ hard, but he didn’t see it as a cause of discouragement. The goal was worth

    Opening illustration: On September 12th, 1962, President JF Kennedy delivered a speech at Rice University in Houston, TX, about the difficult challenges facing the nation. He also shared his passion for the US to place a man on the moon. In balancing the needs of his people with the desire to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Does God Care About Me

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Mar 22, 2009
    based on 69 ratings
     | 16,913 views

    looks at the disciples questioning God’s care in the storm and how the Lord does care for us and how we often experience many emotions during the storms of life and how we can express those to God and how he grows us.

    Does God Care About Me? Mark 4:35-40 God cares enough to save you! Mark 4:35a Our Earthly Life is Temporary Our Eternal Life is Permanent God cares enough to grow you! Mark 4:35b-38 God cares enough to comfort you! Mark 4:39-40 Slide The world is sure getting to be a difficult place to live. Job ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God’s Way To Win Your Giant Battles

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Feb 12, 2013
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    1. Seek the right attitude toward your people. 2. Seek the right attitude toward your problem. 3. Seek the right attitude toward your Provider.

    God’s Way to Win Your Giant Battles 1 Samuel 17:16-51 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Feb. 3, 2013 BACKGROUND: *Picture a battle centered on a valley with the enemies camped on each side. Then a giant comes down to challenge the Israelites. His name was Goliath, and he was almost ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus Prays ... The Disciples Sleep Series

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Mar 2, 2013
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     | 15,610 views

    Jesus is overwhelmed, yet is able to move forward. At the same time the disciples fail in the face of small challenges. How can we move forward without failure?

    Message Matthew 26:36-46 Jesus Prays the Disciples Sleep Let me ask you a question:- How is Jesus like you? What are some of the things that Jesus does that we do as humans? (weeps, gets angry, sleeps, eats, loves, was tempted etc). So we see similarities don’t we. Let’s push it a little ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What's So Great About God?

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 13, 2012
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    What’s so great about God? 1. He gives delight from disaster (vs. 12-20). 2. He gives triumph from the tomb (vs. 21-23). 3. He gives a heart to help others (vs. 24-26).

    What’s So Great about God? Philippians 1:12-26 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - August 5, 2012 *We say it in one of the first prayers we ever learn: “God is great.” -And He really is great! -We could talk about His greatness all night long. -And in these verses, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Tragedy Of The Innocents

    Contributed by David Simpson on Dec 16, 2012
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    A message in response to the tragedy of the school shooting in Connecticut and its relation to the killing of the innocent children of Bethlehem by Herod after the birth of Jesus.

    Sermon Lanier Christian Church December 16, 2012 David K. Simpson The Tragedy of the Innocents Matthew 2:13-18 The unspeakable happened on Friday. Twenty Innocent children and six of their teachers, all women, were murdered. As the Connecticut governor said: "Evil visited this community." It ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    The Mystery Of Pain And Suffering

    Contributed by John Lowe on Dec 20, 2012
     | 7,866 views

    Christians have a problem with suffering that non-Christians don’t have. Christianity proclaims that God is love and that He loves the whole world. But, if this is true, why does He permit undeserved suffering?

    May 1, 2003 Title: The Mystery of Pain and Suffering Text: “And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things?” Scripture Reading: Luke 13:1-5 Some people see no ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fresh Fire: Will You Stand In Faith? Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Dec 28, 2012
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,592 views

    Let's spend a little time thinking about God’s goodness and mercy to us during 2012. You know, the stuff that we asked Him to do, the stuff we prayed about, the things that we noticed Him doing and the things He did without us noticing.

    Fresh Fire: Will you stand in Faith? Tonight we reach the end of our Fresh Fire series. We have spent a year considering who the Holy Spirit is, what He does in us and through us. I hope that this will be a year that will have been beneficial in your life. I hope that this is a year when you ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    How To Stay Up In A Down Time

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jan 6, 2013
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    1. Rush to the Lord for refuge (vs. 1-3 & 5). 2. Rejoice in the Lord (vs. 4) 3. Roll your cares on to the Lord (vs. 5). 4. Receive the Lord’s righteousness (vs. 5-6) 5. Rest in the Lord (vs. 7-9)

    How to Stay Up in a Down Time Psalm 37:1-9 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Nov. 7, 2012 *Do you ever fret? -- Charles Spurgeon tells us that to “fret is to worry, to have the heart burn, to fume, to become vexed” (angry, irritated, agitated, annoyed). (1) *Anybody ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    We Matter

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Jan 13, 2013
     | 8,670 views

    We matter because we are God's... God created, formed, ransomed and claimed us as his own.

    Title: We Matter Text: Isaiah 43:1-7 Explain the parallelism in the lines of Hebrew Poetry… the first line makes an observation and the second line restates it in slightly different language. It serves as something of a double-whammy by making a point and then reinforcing that point. It ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Moms Who Cannot Be June Cleaver

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 13, 2013
     | 4,953 views

    Moms usually find themselves in less than ideal situations, but the calling to motherhood includes doing the best you can in your less-than-ideal environment.

    Moms Who Cannot Be June Cleaver (topical) 1. Not everyone has a gentle mom. A police recruit was asked during the exam, 'What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother?' He answered, 'Call for backup.' [myenglishpages.com] 2. Of course children perceive life quite differently from adults. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Prayer And Worship Series

    Contributed by Rich Anderson on Feb 18, 2011
     | 8,793 views

    Jesus Christ is never too late to provide healing, comfort, cleansing, peace, answers to impossible questions,

    A country boy went to visit a friend in New York City. It was about noon and they were downtown by Times Square in Manhattan. The streets were filled with people. Cars were honking their horns, sirens were wailing and the sounds of the city were almost deafening. The country boy said, “I hear ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Matthew Smith avatar

    The Goodness Of God

    Contributed by Matthew Smith on Mar 12, 2011
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     | 42,935 views

    As James talks to us in James 1 about not being deceived, he gives us some reasons that we can know that God is good no matter what our circumstances.

    In the mid to late 90’s people in the church began to say God is good--- all the time--- all the time---God is good. It’s easy to proclaim and to shout aloud the goodness of God when things are going great! It’s easy to brag on Jesus when people are coming to know Christ in large ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Growing Pains Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Mar 26, 2012
     | 17,393 views

    In this sermon, we learn how to grow spiritually through our growing pains.

    Introduction: A. How many of you had growing pains when you were growing up? 1. I remember going to my mom as a little boy and I would describe some pain I was having in my leg or my side. 2. Usually, she would look it over, ask a few questions about it, then say, “Well, it’s probably ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Power Of The Emptiers

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jun 9, 2011
    based on 77 ratings
     | 73,338 views

    be informed that you cannot experience much of God’s power until you become spiritually violent. Another important truth is that violence is allowed in the spiritual world. The reason violence is allowed is that the powers that are working against people’

    The Bible tells us in Zechariah 3 that Joshua the priest was standing before God and the devil at the same time was standing at his right hand to resist him. But Zechariah was lucky because the Lord rebuked the devil on his behalf. According to that passage, the problem of Joshua was that he was ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal