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  • Michael Cariño avatar

    Finding Rest When You’re Fully Stressed

    Contributed by Michael Cariño on Jan 4, 2017
    based on 5 ratings
     | 71,466 views

    Big Idea: You can gain a life of rest when you give God the rest of your life.

    Finding Rest When You’re Fully Stressed Matthew 11:28-30 Do you sometimes feel that life happens too fast and that you are always in a hurry? Do you feel overwhelmed with the demands and pressures of life? Do you feel exhausted? Have you lost your sense of excitement about living every day? ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dan Erickson avatar

    Are You Ready For Some Rest?

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 21, 2000
    based on 179 ratings
     | 9,687 views

    Jesus has great news for weary people

    Americans are tired people. Hectic schedules have many folks going to bed late and getting up early, and surveys show that most people in our country simply don't get enough sleep. A recent newspaper article reported some companies are encouraging employees to take naps during the lunch hour, even ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian Atwood avatar

    When We Need To Get Away From It All Series

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Feb 13, 2003
    based on 434 ratings
     | 49,300 views

    Third sermon in the series, "Reality Prayer - How to Ask So God Will Answer".

    We all want a place to go when we’re stressed or sad, tired or lonely, fearful or tempted, disappointed or discouraged - a place where we can unload our burdens and get some relief. When we feel insecure and inadequate we need a refuge - a shelter. We need a retreat. Prayer can transport us to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Dunn avatar

    One For The Road

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 16, 2025
     | 211 views

    God meets us when the journey is too long and provides grace for every step, but His grace is never permission to remain the same; it is power to move forward in joyful obedience.

    Introduction – When the Trip Feels Too Far Have you ever started on a trip and realized part way through that you just didn’t plan for how long or how hard it would be? Maybe you packed light for a hike and then found the trail twice as steep as the guidebook said. Maybe you took a family ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

  • David Dunn avatar

    Spare The Emerods

    Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 24, 2025
     | 82 views

    God’s mercy sometimes arrives as discomfort; pain can become grace when it turns us from pride to reverence before His holy presence.

    1. When triumph turns tender The Philistines thought they had finally beaten Israel’s God. They carried the Ark of the Covenant into the coastal plain like a trophy from a conquered foe. The Ark—God’s throne on earth, the sign of His covenant—was now sitting in the temple of Dagon, the half-fish, ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Rest For The Weary

    Contributed by Christopher Nerreau on Aug 9, 2004
    based on 164 ratings
     | 24,613 views

    Sometimes we can do all the right things as Christians and still be at the end of our rope. In this sermon I will encourage both believers and unbelievers to seek rest in Christ.

    “Rest For The Weary” Matthew 11:28 INTRODUCTION: Open in Prayer ILLUSTRATION: Think back with me if you will to a time when you were about 6 yrs. Old. Can you remember playing all day, not a worry in the world? Can you remember the feeling of your pillow at the end of the day? You just had a ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Nathan Johnson avatar

    Be Still And Know

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Feb 20, 2009
    based on 75 ratings
     | 29,203 views

    Even as Christians, we can find ourselves struggling against God at times. We need to stop and consider. It is far better to travel with the current than against it.

    Be Still and Know Griffith Baptist Church – 2/22/09 P.M. Service Text: Psalm 46 Key verse: Psalms 46:10 - Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Premise: Even as Christians, we can find ourselves struggling against God at times. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Dream A New Dream---Expect Greater

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 20, 2014
     | 5,350 views

    What are we expecting in our families and our churches? Consider the importance of a dream. What crushes our dreaming ability. Blessed is he who expects nothing, he shall receive exactly what he expected.

    DREAM A NEW DREAM... EXPECT GREATER... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com EXPECTATIONS: 1. wait, stay 2: to look forward 3: to be pregnant : await the birth of one's : NEW LIFE, 2: to anticipate or look forward to the coming or occurrence of : suppose, think 4 to consider probable or ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Living A Life Of Peace

    Contributed by Hylton Davidson on Jun 8, 2012
     | 15,764 views

    God wants us to live a life of peace

    Living a life of Peace Definition of Peace: Noun 1. condition in which there is no war, violence, quarrel or disorder 2. quietness 3. calm When we look at the news of today: 1. Murders 2. Lack of job security 3. Corruption 4. Moral fabric of society tearing at the seams 5. Political unrest at ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Don Hawks avatar

    Let Freedom Ring!

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 5, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,267 views

    Opening Sermon at Oakton UMC

    Let Freedom Ring! 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Matthew 11:25-30 "Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" Matthew 11:28 Shall we pray: O Lord, we pray, speak in this place, in the calming of our minds and in the longing of our hearts, by the words of my ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Paul Apple avatar

    Hanging On By A Thread

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,404 views

    CLINGING TO HOPE WHEN BURDENED BY SIN AND ATTACKED BY ENEMIES

    BIG IDEA: CLINGING TO HOPE WHEN BURDENED BY SIN AND ATTACKED BY ENEMIES I. CLINGING TO HOPE WHEN BURDENED BY SIN = A HEAVY HEART (38:1-10) / A SICK PUPPY A. The Discipline from God (:1-3) (result of my sin) B. The Pain of it All (:4-8) C. The Glimmer of Hope (:9) The Lord sees: My Desires My ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Let It Go Youth Sermon

    Contributed by Youth Sermons on Sep 5, 2023
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,187 views

    To grow in our relationship with Christ, we must identify and let go of the emotional baggage that hinders us.

    Hey God, help us to drop the stuff that's slowing us down and messing with our relationship with you. Show us how to swap out the bad stuff for the good stuff you've got for us. In Jesus' name, Amen! You know how it feels when you're carrying a heavy backpack all day? It's exhausting, right? Well, ...read more

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  • Travis Moore avatar

    Grace Greater Than Our Sins

    Contributed by Travis Moore on Nov 29, 2000
    based on 169 ratings
     | 8,015 views

    The marvelous grace of God

    Grace Greater Than Our Sins Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom 5:20 -21) 1. Grace is an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Aarron Ellerman avatar

    The Gift Of Forgiveness

    Contributed by Aarron Ellerman on Dec 19, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,388 views

    The blessing of receiving the gift of forgiveness.

    Psalm 32:1-11 “The Gift of Forgiveness” Ephesians 1:7 (NKJV) 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace. I. The Blessings of Forgiveness (1-2) • Blessing = happiness. • 3 Fold Truth of Forgiveness 1. Transgression is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ron Hicks avatar

    Come For The Touch

    Contributed by Ron Hicks on Sep 5, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,720 views

    Its amazing how much healing can come from Christ gentle touch.

    COME FOR THE TOUCH Matt 11:28-30 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God