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  • Pat Damiani avatar

    The Foundation For My Hope Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Feb 15, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,447 views

    The first of a five part series from 1 Peter that deals with how to find hope for our lives.

    We live in a world that desperately needs some hope: • Hurricanes and earthquakes • Threat of terrorist attacks • Rising energy prices that threaten our economy and our own personal finances • Increasing crime • Bird flu pandemic In a world like that people look for hope in all kinds of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hope For My Home Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Feb 15, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,854 views

    Third in a five part series from 1 Peter that addresses how to find hope for our lives.

    In a September 2004 survey, the Barna Group found the following results: • Of those over 18 who have been married, 35% have been divorced • 7% of all who have been married have been divorced multiple times • Among born-again Christians the statistics are virtually identical, even when divorces that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sowing Seeds Of Hope Series

    Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 9, 2005
    based on 108 ratings
     | 15,158 views

    People need something to hang on to, some glimmer of hope that things will get better, or that there is a hope for a better life, if not here, then in the afterlife.

    Last week we introduced our theme for 2005: Sowing Hope in a Hopeless World. The more I interact with people from all walks of life and see many in the midst of crisis, the more I realize that people need something to hang on to, some glimmer of hope that things will get better, or that there is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Life's Greatest Hope

    Contributed by James May on Oct 17, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,035 views

    Our greatest hope is in the resurrection and eternal life, not in the things of this world.

    Life’s Greatest Hope by Pastor Jim May The greatest hope that we have is the hope of the resurrection. All that I am, all that I will ever be, my hopes, my dreams, my life’s work, and all of my plans are centered upon that one single hope. Because I am convinced that there is a resurrection and ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Our Living Hope

    Contributed by David Flowers on Apr 19, 2006
     | 5,305 views

    Our Living Hope In this Easter message Dave looks at the resurrection and the hope it brings, concluding the hope associated with Easter is only real if the resurrection if real. If the resurrection is mythical, then so is Easter hope.

    Our Living Hope Easter, April 16, 2006 Wildwind Community Church David Flowers Jeremiah 29:11 (GW) 11 I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord. They are plans for peace and not disaster, plans to give you a future filled with hope. Easter is a day of hope. It’s a day where we ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    The Glorious Hope Of The Christian

    Contributed by Colin Coombs on May 13, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,190 views

    Thank God for the Protecting, Positive, and Purifying hope of the Lord’s return.

    THE GLORIOUS HOPE OF THE CHRISTIAN Titus 2:1 - 15 The ‘Glorious Hope Of The Christian’ is the near return of our Lord Jesus Christ, coming to receive those who are His own that they may be with Him in Glory. We look for this great event because of the promises of God’s Word, and also because of ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Hope Of A Joyful Awakening

    Contributed by Rodney Johnson Sr., on May 25, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,444 views

    The sermon reminds that death is not the end; God will awaken our bodies to glory and life everlasting.

    Hope is the expectation of attainment. A man without hope has no fear. It is also true that a man without fear has no hope. Those who were recently stranded on the roof-tops during Hurricane Katrina remained hopeful that someone would rescue them. It is that kind of hope that keeps one afloat ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Narnia: Got Hope?

    Contributed by Don Jaques on Dec 29, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,133 views

    Jesus came to bring hope to the hopeless. Therefore all people can find hope in him.

    INTRO: What do you want for Christmas? Get kids responses. In “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”, 4 children enter into the magical land of Narnia, through the back of a large wardrobe in a strange professor’s home. When they arrive it is winter. The children think it is great fun, until ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Hope Of The Third Day

    Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 29, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 10,078 views

    The hope of the world is in the power of the risen Christ.

    From the Desk of Pastor Toby Powers Truth Baptist Church Hwy 78 Bremen, GA The Hope of the Third Day Acts 10:34-42 Intro: The Apostle Peter is called by Cornelius to preach for them. Cornelius was a gentile, and he had a vision from God revealing to him the need for Peter’s preaching and the place ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hope For Troubled Times

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jul 22, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 8,042 views

    A sermon for the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 8 A sermon about Jesus being there for us in troubled times

    3rd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 8 Mark 5: 21-43 "HOPE for Troubled Times?"   21 ¶ And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him; and he was beside the sea. 22 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and seeing him, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Ron Newton avatar

    "The God Of Hope"

    Contributed by Ron Newton on Aug 6, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,218 views

    God has called us to live hope, not just talk about it.

    Introduction 1. Illus...The Ancient Roman World a. The best social status you could have was to “a wealthy freeborn citizen and the lowest on that social scale would be a female child. b. “The patron-client relationship” The patron was seen as the protector of the client - providing legal ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Resurrecting Your Hope

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 1, 2003
    based on 30 ratings
     | 3,678 views

    The resurrection of the dead is one of the key foundations for the hope of those who believe in Jesus!

    Resurrecting Your Hope 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 Introduction In one of his lighter moments, Benjamin Franklin penned his own epitaph. He didn’t profess to be a born-again Christian, but it seems he must have been influenced by Paul’s teaching of the resurrection of the body. Here’s what he wrote: ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Marianne Unger avatar

    Our Greatest Hope

    Contributed by Marianne Unger on Jul 19, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,195 views

    There are many things in life we can hope for, but only Jesus gives us hope that we can count on.

    Col. 1:1-14 Today’s scripture is packed with words from which to elaborate on. Paul is so thankful for the church at Colossae because he has found faithful people there. In his prayers for the church and the people there, he thanks God always. When I was a student at Lancaster Theological ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Our Only Hope

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 7, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,433 views

    My heart goes farther than my hands, can reach. I feel a sermon I could never preach. We can find hope against hope!

    OUR ONLY HOPE? ! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. THIS IS A TWO PART LESSON. I STAND AT NIGHT, AMID THE CITY’S THRONG; AND I SCAN THE FACES THAT PASS ALONG. AND I READ A HISTORY OF WOE AND OF WANT AND OF GRIEF, AND MY HEART GOES FURTHER THAN MY HAND CAN REACH, AND I FEEL A SERMON I COULD NEVER PREACH. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Hope Has Come

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Aug 11, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,934 views

    This is an Easter Message on the hope that Jesus Christ brings into our lives.

    Hope Has Come Easter 4/11/2004 Psalm 137:1-5 Matthew 28:1-10 What road has brought us here to church today? No matter where we started from, all of us eventually chose either St. Clair, Helena, East 105th, or Elgin to come to this building, but that’s not the kind of road I’m talking ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed