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  • Pastor Renji George avatar

    The Secret Of Spiritual Power

    Contributed by Pastor Renji George on Apr 3, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 545 views

    Christians today are encouraged to seek more power, more anointing, and more gifts. Indeed, as the Lord calls us back to the Cross to become disciples of Jesus, He intends to first humble us before empowering us.

    The basic need of a disciple of Jesus Christ is not seeking for more power from God, but more brokenness. Apostle Paul says in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Patrick Nix avatar

    Love, Like, Live.

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Dec 10, 2010
    based on 7 ratings
     | 8,754 views

    This is a very simple thought that the Lord has been plowing into my heart the last several days. It seems like every circumstance for the past week or so has pointed back to this principle: Love People, Like Things, Live for God.

    This is a very simple thought that the Lord has been plowing into my heart the last several days. It seems like every circumstance for the past week or so has pointed back to this principle: Love People, Like Things, Live for God. ## Love People, Like Things. As you read through the gospels, it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Sherman Gordon avatar

    I've Got To Walk Away From My Past

    Contributed by Sherman Gordon on Jan 22, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 7,098 views

    WHAT IS IT THAT KEEPS HOLDING YOU ENSLAVED TO YOUR PAST? WELL, WHATEVER IT IS . . . GOD IS CALLING YOU TO WALK AWAY FROM IT, BEFORE IT BEGINS TO WALK ALL OVER YOU. LET’S SEE WHAT THREE LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM JAOB.

    I’VE GOT TO WALK AWAY FROM MY PAST GENESIS 35:1-6 INTRIGUED/ENTRENCHED . . . SAMUEL ALITO PHILISOPHICAL/POLITICAL DIFFERENCES REGARDING: QUESTIONABLE DEPLORABLE PAST PAST – HE REFUSED TO OVERTURN SIX OF HIS LAST CASES . . . PAST – ORGANIZATION . . . PAST – WAS NO SEPARATION BETWEEN ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Scotty Killingsworth avatar

    Why Do I Need To Go To Church? Series

    Contributed by Scotty Killingsworth on Jan 10, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 18,578 views

    With this talk today I am going to make the case that church attendance is vital because everything you hold dear can be taken away from you. The church offers the best hope on earth of carrying your precious treasures through a dangerous land.

    S011202 Why do I need to go to church? Ezra 8:21 A sermon by Scotty L Killingsworth Preached to the Evergreen Church Springfield, Mo. Second sermon in the series-Sermons I would bring a friend to hear. Beginning The Fellowship of the Ring tells the story of a Hobbit who has in his possession ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Nettie J Pennington avatar

    Begin Again By Moving Forward

    Contributed by Nettie J Pennington on Jan 16, 2021
     | 2,773 views

    Every moment of every day, we have an opportunity to find the way back by moving forward. Renew your minds. Try this: "Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable."

    Here is the connection we need to make: "All wrongdoing is sin" (1 John 5:17) and "sin is lawlessness" (1 John 3:4). Lawlessness and sin are a couple, and they will not divorce one from the other. There are no irreconcilable differences. Do not allow individuals in these ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Joseph Marshall avatar

    Who Has Control Of Your Life? Series

    Contributed by Joseph Marshall on Sep 1, 2014
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     | 9,635 views

    In almost every home, there is a television with a remote control. Whoever holds the remote control has control over what is watched. In life, we have a spiritual remote control. Whoever's hands we put the remote in controls our life? Who has your remote?

    Introduction: Background of the book of Ruth: Many think the book was written by Samuel which places it before the times of the Kings. Samuel died before David came to the throne in Israel. It is the only book solely about a woman! Ruth is 1 of the 4 women mentioned in the Genealogy of Christ ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pray Like A Girl! Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Aug 14, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,076 views

    It is an insult that is still used today on playgrounds across the globe. Little boys testing their strength and dexterity against one another revert back to this proverbial slap in the face by throwing down the gauntlet of this time proven stab. However

    “Like a Girl” Pray Like A Girl I. Introduction For those of you last who were out last week I started a new series called “Like a Girl!” I challenged us to reevaluate what most of us have thought of as an insult for years when I challenged you to “Fight Like a Girl!” Not some hands flailing in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Forget Me Not

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Feb 7, 2025
     | 478 views

    To keep faithful to our faithful God we set aside time to remember. We must regularly turn our attention back to God, up to God, forward to God to keep our side of the covenant agreement.

    DO NOT FORGET God of our fathers, known of old – Lord of our far flung battle line Beneath whose awful hand we hold dominion over palm and pine Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget - lest we forget! About 100 years ago, the British poet Rudyard ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Ronnie Smith avatar

    Paralyzation Of Faith Series

    Contributed by Ronnie Smith on Jul 15, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,460 views

    Chick-fa-la has an advertising campaign that displays cows holding up signs saying “eat more chicken”. This is cute because the cows are trying to save their own lives by convincing others to “eat more chicken”. If we as Christians expect to be all God

    Strife - 1 a: bitter sometimes violent conflict or dissension b : an act of contention : FIGHT, STRUGGLE 2 : exertion or contention for superiority Midian- In the Hebrew Text means Strife. Judges 6 1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Knocked Down, But Never Knocked Out

    Contributed by John Gaston on Jul 3, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 18,803 views

    When we face a theological crisis because it seems like God has turned against us, we need to back up & look at the Cross and know that it guarantees the love of God & that God's will is to bless & save us. Keep believing!

    KNOCKED DOWN, BUT NEVER KNOCKED OUT Rom. 8:31-39 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. I’m sure most of us have some kind of plans for the 4th of July. Many have gone camping, to the beach, and plan to watch some fireworks. 2. Sheila Settler is a school bus driver and likes to chat with the children ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Marilyn Murphree avatar

    "Peace Endures" Series

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Nov 29, 2003
    based on 71 ratings
     | 15,737 views

    How do we take back peace that has disappeared from our lives as a part of our stressful lifestyle. We can prepare the way to receive the peace that Jesus came to bring us. Here’s how.

    Iliff and Saltillo UM Churches November 30, 2003 First Sunday of Advent Peace “Peace Endures” Malachi 3:1-4 Philippians 1:3-11 INTRODUCTION: Today is the first Sunday of Advent. We light the candle of peace today to remind us that Jesus came into an imperfect world to bring peace to individual ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • David Tack avatar

    Post-Christmas Battle For Your Heart

    Contributed by David Tack on Dec 23, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,736 views

    Let us look beyond the pleasantry of Christmas day this morning. Christmas will soon be over; and, for many they will go back to hearts filled with bitterness, hatred and burden. You see the hearts of humanity may appear to be EMPTY from post-Christmas

    Post-Christmas Battle for Your Heart David Tack – December 22, 2011 INTRO: Christmas is a wonderful time of year. It promotes joy and goodwill to humanity and most people purposely spread the spirit of peace, love and toleration! Christmas day arrives and it is a time of great communion, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Lowe avatar

    Twelve Sent Out Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Aug 11, 2017
     | 10,153 views

    God intends for the preacher to be supported by his church. I don’t believe that a preacher should be rich, because riches tend to get a hold on a man; but his family should not have to go without, and neither should he. I believe that God will bless ..

    -AD 28- Nazareth Lesson: Twelve Sent Out (1 Corinthians 9:14), Matthew 9:35-11:1, Mark 6:6-13, Luke 9:1-6 What a privilege, to be a messenger of God and give His word to those who are hungry for it. I have seen what the Word of God can do for a person who will not only believe it, but will ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    The Need For Discernment Series

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 2, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,496 views

    After sin, the second biggest issue that most people in the body of Christ face is right discernment. Discernment is the ability to examine the situation, apply a good dose of experience, stand back and get a perspective on the recipe, and take the approp

    Opening illustration: I read this past week of a couple (let’s call them Carl and Clara) whose twenty-five year marriage was a good one. Not the most idyllic, but good. They now had three grown children who loved them dearly. They were also blessed with sufficient financial security to allow them ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Gardener In The Garden

    Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Mar 29, 2023
     | 2,632 views

    (This drama/sermon involved the speaker dressing up as a gardener and sharing the story of the Risen Lord in an unusual way – looking back at a story from a family that originally served as the gardeners in the cemetery/garden where Jesus was buried.)

    Scripture: Matthew 20:11-18 Title: The New Gardener (This drama/sermon involved the speaker dressing up as a gardener and sharing the Risen Story in a dramatic way – looking back at a story from a family that originally served as the gardeners in the cemetery/garden where Jesus was ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene