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  • Byron Harvey avatar

    An Inside Job Series

    Contributed by Byron Harvey on Oct 10, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 9,916 views

    This is a part of a series I preached on Nehemiah’s one holy passion, the glory of God.

    One Holy Passion Nehemiah 5 March 25, 2001 ¡§An Inside Job¡¨ The challenges for Nehemiah seemed to fly fast and furious. After hearing the report of the reproach that Jerusalem had become and in prayer determining that God had laid it on his heart to do something about it, Nehemiah faced an ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    Labor Day - What Are You Worth To God?

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 11, 2001
    based on 161 ratings
     | 35,916 views

    If God means what He says, & He is going to reward us according to our labor, then we ought to be asking ourselves, "What am I worth to God?" And I think the answer to that would depend upon our answer to 3 more questions:

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK A. Tomorrow is Labor Day, & depending upon what radio station you listen to, you may have heard some reminders of that fact. That includes warnings that the Highway Patrol will be out in force, watching for speeders & ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Secret Sins

    Contributed by Terry Vaughan on Oct 12, 2001
    based on 20 ratings
     | 7,829 views

    Committing Sins that we don’t know we’re committing.

    WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR: TERRY VAUGHAN SERMON TITLE: SECRET SINS “FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. FOR GOD SENT NOT HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD; BUT THAT THE WORLD ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are We Seeing The Lord

    Contributed by Andre Johnson on Oct 12, 2001
    based on 57 ratings
     | 10,957 views

    sometimes things need to be removed for us to truly see the Lord

    (Isaiah 6:1-8) Friendship Baptist Church Are We Seeing the Lord? It’s a blessing when things go right in our lives. It’s a blessing when everything is running on all cylinders and everything you touch seems to turn into gold. When the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Take Out Some Giants

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 1, 2001
    based on 50 ratings
     | 7,154 views

    This sermon deals with the need to face our problems and take them out in the same way David faced Goliath and took him out.

    Take Out Some Giants in 94 2/9/94 1 Sam 17:1-30 Ephe 6:10-18 1 Samuel 17:1-50 In our Old Testament reading, we met a young ordinary fellow who had a giant of a problem standing between him, and what God intended for him to come. Up to this point, he was just a ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Time Management: The Clock Is Ticking Series

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 3, 2001
    based on 143 ratings
     | 23,649 views

    This Sermon Deals With The Fact We Only Have So Many Hours To Live And God Expects A Stewardship Of Our Time As Well As Of Our Money.

    The Clock Is Ticking 10/4/98 Psalm 90 Luke 6 46:-49 Stewardship Of Time When we hear 10, 9, 8,7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, when we get to zero, we all expect something to happen. It might be an explosion of a bomb going off, or it might be the final seconds of a game before we burst out in joy ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Bob Hostetler avatar

    A Heart Like Abigail Series

    Contributed by Bob Hostetler on Jul 13, 2001
    based on 464 ratings
     | 30,934 views

    Second in a series of "Heart-to-Heart Talks on Relationships," this one about love

    HEART TALKS: A Heart Like Abigail (love) (1 Samuel 25) You weren’t expecting it. You never saw it coming. You were minding your own business when it happened. You were standing in front of your locker at school, just talking with your friends, when all of a sudden the door opened and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    ‘victory Over The World'

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 19, 2001
    based on 77 ratings
     | 9,110 views

    Now in this chapter He talks about the “Saved” relationship to the world (v-2), the “Spirit” relationship to the wold (v-8), and the “Saviour” relationship to the world (v-33).

    ‘VICTORY OVER THE WORLD’ John 16:1-11, 33 It now almost midnight in Jerusalem, a time when most were in bed, but not Jesus and disciples. They were still making their way to the the garden of Olivet where Jesus would be betrayed by Judas and then be put on trail and crucified. Jesus knowing His ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Bartosik avatar

    God's Good Work In You Series

    Contributed by Rick Bartosik on Aug 13, 2001
    based on 211 ratings
     | 67,412 views

    If you are a true Christian today it is because God began and is continuing a mighty work in your life. That work is absolutely guaranteed to turn out successfully, because it is God’s work not man’s. In this verse Paul tells us four things about the go

    "God’s Good Work in You" Philippians 1:6 Pastor Rick Bartosik Mililani Community Church August 12, 2001 Open your Bible to Philippians chapter 1 verse 6: "Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." People talk ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Official's Son

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Aug 14, 2001
    based on 174 ratings
     | 21,875 views

    If we are going to have our needs met: 1. We have to come to Jesus. 2. We have to overcome obstacles. 3. We have to take Jesus at his word.

    It’s being called a medical miracle. Chastity Cooper, 24, of Warsaw, Kentucky, gave birth to her daughter Alexis Michelle on Monday, July 23, 2001, at University Hospital. But Chastity never knew she was pregnant. She was in a coma the entire time she was pregnant, except for the first two ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    In My Whole Life Nobody ... Part 3 Series

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 14, 2001
    based on 128 ratings
     | 12,930 views

    Two weeks ago I began Part 1 of this 3-part sermon series by telling you about a conversation I had with a young lady. She had attended a particular church all her life but had never become a Christian.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED - 2016) TEXT: Acts 2:36-41; Acts 22:7-16; Romans 6:3-5 ILL. Two weeks ago I began this 3-part sermon series by telling about a conver-sation with a young lady I had never met before. To make a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Sinking In The Storm Series

    Contributed by Ken Alford on Aug 17, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 9,275 views

    WITH FOCUS FIXED ON JESUS, ONE CAN RISE ABOVE LIFE¡¦S WAVES. Three times in this passage, the word ¡§immediately¡¨ introduces something Jesus does. Each action reveals a need of the disciples that the Lord met in the time of storm. Here are Three indisp

    Lessons from Storms in the Scripture #6 -- August 5, 2001-- AM SINKING IN THE STORM -- The Storm Where Peter Walked on the Water -- Matthew 14:22-33 INTRODUCTION: (1) When an important event has unexpected and undesirable shifts in circumstances, one normal outcome is a sinking feeling in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Alan Perkins avatar

    Commitment

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Aug 19, 2001
    based on 195 ratings
     | 48,322 views

    What does it mean to be committed? Why is it important?

    On April 21st, in the year 1519, the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez sailed into the harbor of Vera Cruz, Mexico. He brought with him only about 600 men, and yet over the next two years his vastly outnumbered forces were able to defeat Montezuma and all the warriors of the Aztec empire, making ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Contend For The Faith Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 21, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
     | 5,320 views

    A message concerning the need to recognize false brothers and remove them from the church.

    Contend for the Faith Jude October 21, 2001 Introduction Have you ever had someone from your own family voice their opinion that you are out of your mind? Here you are, out there trying to do what you think God has you doing, whether it is in full-time ministry, or ministry in a job setting, ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    I Was Blind

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 21, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 8,219 views

    A message about spiritual blindness.

    “I Was Blind, But Now I See!” John 9 (July 1, 2001) Introduction I’m sure many of us here have tried to imagine what it would be like to be blind. And yet I’m willing to guess that none of our attempts come very close to the real thing. Not personally knowing the hardships associated with ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan