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  • Stephen Belokur avatar

    Persecuted? Rejoice And Be Glad!!!

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jul 10, 2021
     | 4,106 views

    Why would a person who hungers and thirsts for righteousness, a person who is merciful and has a pure heart, why would a person who is a peacemaker be persecuted? Because the evil one hates the Righteous One!

    Persecuted? Rejoice and Be Glad! Please stand with me as we go over our current memory Scripture: Matthew 5:6-8 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    A Cry For Revival

    Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on May 19, 2017
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     | 62,529 views

    We need to cry out to God, “Wilt thou revive us again?” “Revive us again” means that there have been revivals before. God will always forgive as long as we return to Him.

    A CRY FOR REVIVAL Study Text: Psalms 85:6, Psalm 119:159 Introduction: - Revival means drawing near to God with the expectation of Him drawing near to us. Isaiah 55: 6-7. - When revival comes, God's people will hunger for righteousness, worship and service in His name. When revival comes, the lost ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Love In The Family

    Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Feb 3, 2017
     | 42,630 views

    Each of us should re-double our efforts to ensure that our families are all that they should be. Husbands and wives have a God-given obligation to love one another and to submit to one another for the glory of God.

    LOVE IN THE FAMILY Study Text: 1 John 3: 10 - 12 Introduction: - Families generally begin in love. A man and woman fall in love, they get married, and out of their love come children. . In the beginning, God established the family as the first of all human relationships. - From that family, God ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    There Is So Much More!

    Contributed by William Akehurst on Jul 14, 2020
     | 4,619 views

    Are you content with where you are in CHRIST? or have you become complacent? Jesus says, "But there is SO MUCH MORE!" Question is, will you receive it?

    2020.07.12.Sermon.There is So Much More. William Akehurst, HSWC Philippians 4:13 John 16:12-15 Psalm 118:23 Contentment or Complacency. Which are you? To be content is to be happy with one’s situation or condition. Being content means being happy. Being complacent means refusing to work to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Kind Of Life Are You Building? Series

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Jan 31, 2025
     | 1,370 views

    The two builders that conclude Jesus’ sermon indicate to us that He is teaching us how to build the life that honors Jesus.

    What Kind of Life Are You Building? Luke 6:17-49 Introduction We are familiar with the Sermon on the Mount, surely one of the most profound messages in our Bible. Today’s text presents a Sermon on the Plain. “He went down with them and stood on a level place…” Lk 6:17. There are many ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Detours, Dead Ends, And Dry Holes

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 24, 2025
     | 345 views

    God leads through detours, dead ends, and dry holes to grow trust, display His power, and sweeten life’s bitterness by the cross.

    Introduction — The Long Way Home Good morning, friends. Please, open your Bible to Exodus 13. God’s people have just left Egypt. After four hundred years of slavery, they’re finally free. You’d think that with the Red Sea behind them and the Promised Land in front of them, the route would be ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Jesus In The Wilderness...its About Jesus And You

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Mar 9, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,228 views

    For those of us who follow the lectionary, every year we begin the Lenten season with story of Jesus in the wilderness...we will explore how this story reveals a lot about Jesus and also gives us insight into us when we are confronted by wilderness experiences

    Every year when we begin the season of Lent….our first Sunday is focused on Jesus in the wilderness…. How do you feel about being in the wilderness? Some enjoy the wilderness….the smells, its beauty, the wilderness isolation away from traffic and people…. Others can live in the wilderness even ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    #1basketcase Holder Teammember Series

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 18, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,233 views

    We look at the man of God as a teammember, and how he needs others to hold his rope.

    #1 BASKETCASES HOLDERS, BE PART OF THE TEAM. By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Dear friends: Part#1 of 3 parts; Basketcases holders. TEXT: 2 Corinthians 11:33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. Matthew 10:42And whosoever shall give to ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Jesus, The Messiah, Reigns

    Contributed by Scott Coltrain on Dec 15, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 10,132 views

    An in-depth study showing that the kingdom of Christ is not future but is a present reality! Jesus reigns, today, on the throne of David.

    One of the greatest tragedies of history is the rejection of Jesus as the Christ by the majority of the Jewish peoples of the 1st Century. Indeed, to this very day, the Jews are still waiting for their Messiah. Why did they reject Jesus as their Anointed King? It was because they had studied the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Being A Godly Father In An Ungodly World

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 18, 2002
    based on 66 ratings
     | 27,019 views

    If Enoch could live godly before his children in his world, we can too.

    June 10, 2001 Gen. 5:21-24 “Being a godly father in an ungodly world” INTRODUCTION - celebrate Father’s Day a little early this year since I am going to be gone next Sunday - How many of you dads remember the day that you first became a father? I don’t know what the circumstances were ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Peace: Ready, Set, Go Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 27, 2000
    based on 88 ratings
     | 7,199 views

    To gain peace in stressful times, we need, like the shepherds of Bethlehem, to be ready and open to God’s doing new things; to set out promptly to respond to God’s action; and to go back into our normal course of life, but with a difference.

    These are stressful days. There is too much going on. Too much. Too much work, too much to think about, too many demands, too much. Why, we have to shop and bake and decorate and plan parties and send cards and on and on. Too much. Stressful. Too much traveling. I heard an astonishing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Prayer, Power, Politics, And Plagues

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 1, 2001
    based on 26 ratings
     | 4,282 views

    Election eve sermon -- there are plagues in the body politic, created by inauthentic leadership; the best gift we can give to our national leadership is prayer, though we will likely see the haughtiness of politicians and smell the stench of plagues again.

    He sat on his elegant furniture, in his fabulous house, surrounded by the glories of a wealthy nation, attended by efficient servants, powerful enough to command just about anything. But today he was miserable, miserable beyond words, because everywhere he looked they were there. In his way, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Persistent Prayer Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Aug 19, 2002
    based on 291 ratings
     | 49,726 views

    Now having given the disciples a pattern for prayer, the Lord continues his instruction by telling a story. But why does he give us this parable? In the text we are going to see three principles about prayer.

    A Study of the Book of Luke Sermon # 29 “Persistent Prayer” Luke 11: 5-13 Do you ever feel impatient with God? Does He seem late in answering your requests or meeting your needs? Certainly all of us as believer’s have had ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    New Beginnings

    Contributed by Andy Almendarez on Dec 11, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,619 views

    When God asked Abraham to become His follower He was asking him to make a great sacrifice. Abraham was going to have to forfeit the inheritance that was his. He was going to have to leave his people and go to an unfamiliar place (Genesis 12:2-3).

    New Beginnings Genesis 12:1-9 Howard Hendricks relates how the mentoring of one of his teachers’ impacted his life. “By the fifth grade, I was bearing all the fruit of a kid who feels insecure, unloved, and pretty angry at life. In other words, I was tearing the place apart. However, my teacher ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    The Great Adventure

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Dec 29, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,207 views

    In the great adventure, God does not promise us that there will not be problems along the way, but He does promise to be with every step.

    The Great Adventure Text: Matt. 2:13-23 Introduction 1. Illustration: The following ad once appeared in a London newspaper: "Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful." The ad was signed by Sir Ernest ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist