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  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Making The Best Out Of Life - Part Iii

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 2, 2002
    based on 104 ratings
     | 8,015 views

    Basic scriptural ideas that will help us to make the best out of life.

    MAKING THE BEST OUT OF LIFE INTRO.- ILL.- After a doctor checked his patient over, he asked him, "Have you been living a normal life?" "Yes, doctor," replied the patient. The doctor said, "Well, you’ll have to cut it out for awhile." Normalcy is not always the best, depending on what a person ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What's Your Thorn

    Contributed by Rolland Bouchard on Sep 4, 2002
    based on 209 ratings
     | 23,746 views

    A sermon to help us see that God works through our hardships, to keep us close to Him.

    WHAT’S YOUR THORN? AIM: To show the congregation that God’s power is shown in our weakness. OPEN: a) Good morning and Welcome b) Something Relevant c) My suffering, my weaknesses. d) Introduce topic • What’s God’s purpose for you life? Have you ever wondered about that? I’m not referring to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Prayerfully Encountering The Living God - Part 2 Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 6, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 20,526 views

    Through the early chruch’s example we can learn how to encounter the presence of God in a fresh and powerful way. Are you hungry for an encounter with God?

    Todd Coget a minister in Indiana tells a story of growing up on a pig farm. They raised about a thousand pigs a year; there would be two or three hundred little oinkers running around in one field. Long before the sun would rise each morning Todd would walk into the field to feed the pigs and ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    How God Heals Your Hidden Wounds

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Sep 8, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 19,876 views

    How do we receive God’s healing and strength? 1. Affirm the truth 2. Trust in God’s sovereign love 3. Forgive those who wounded you

    (Note: The title for this message is from a Rick Warren series; however the sermon itself is original) In the 1960’s, during the Vietnam War, a new term was coined to describe soldiers who had been injured in battle, but who were still able to walk without assistance. They were called the "walking ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Refreshing My Rough Times Series

    Contributed by James Botts on Sep 10, 2002
    based on 118 ratings
     | 19,829 views

    “Refreshing My Rough Times.” Sometimes life can be real rough and it seems as though the whole world is out of control. We’ll study Psalm 91:1-16 in order to learn how to find shelter, peace and refuge in the presence of the Lord.

    The Crossing Community Church Times Of Refreshing “Refreshing My Rough Times” Pastor Jim Botts September 8th, 2002 Introduction **FLASH PLAYER CLIP: 9-11** John Blanchard recounts the events of 9-11: The beautiful morning of September 11th, 2001, seemed a day like any other day. But coordinated ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    No One Rides The Pine Series

    Contributed by Rick Thiessen on Sep 16, 2002
    based on 66 ratings
     | 9,029 views

    A study of 1 Corthians 12:1-11, introducing spiritual gifts and the Holy Spirit’s goal in giving them.

    BE090802 PLAYING ON GOD’S TEAM 1. Nobody Rides the Pine I’ve always loved the special joy in a pick up football game as the quarterback. The reason: you can take advantage of incredibly diverse abilities in football. There’s always a player the other team quickly forgets about. It could be the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Eulogy George Frank Fields

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Sep 17, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,802 views

    The funeral service of a man who came to know Christ in the final four years of his life.

    George Frank Fields Sr. On July 6th, 1928, something funny happened in heaven. Even God laughed at it and God laughed so hard that in that split second in which God was forming a baby in the womb of Melaina Fields, some of God’s laughter got ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Unresolved Anger

    Contributed by Priscilla Haselrig on Sep 18, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 7,284 views

    How unresolved anger can make you loose your blessings.

    Number 20:1-2 @ 6-12 Read verse 12 twice Title: Unresolved Anger Has anybody been mad, upset, over the last 60 days? Have you allow someone to get you to the point where you wanted to say something to someone, and the something you wanted to say, and it wasn’t God Bless either. Something you ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Making Progress

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 22, 2002
    based on 111 ratings
     | 21,373 views

    Some steps to spiritual improvement.

    INTRO.- ILL.- A patient said to a nurse, "Nurse, I’ve got a bad case of arthritis. There is also a buzzing in my ears. I have a sprained ankle. My thumb is out of joint, and I see spots before my eyes." The nurse replied, "Wow! You must be awfully healthy to stand all that pain." As we age we ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    We've Come This Far By Faith

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Sep 24, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
     | 27,033 views

    This sermon is the message delivered on the church’s 40th anniversary dealing with where the Lord has brought us from as a church.

    We’ve Come This Far By Faith 9/8/2002 40th Celebration Deutoronomy 8:1-18 Hebrews 10:35-39 Toby Today we celebrate our 40th anniversary and declare that we have come this far by faith. The year was 1961. The United States had attempted to overthrow the new Government of Cuba. The attempt ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Power Of Believing Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 27, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 17,683 views

    This sermon explains how spiritual gifts are tied to the resurrection and how we therefore should respond to them.

    The Power of Believing Acts 28:1-10; Mark 16:9-20 September 29, 2002 Intro: A. [J. David Hoke, Pastor of New Horizons Community Church, in Vorhees, N.J.] The Age of Enlightenment brought us to a place where we greatly esteem reason and intellect. Logic is important to us. And we like to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Living A Christian Life

    Contributed by Mark Engler on Sep 28, 2002
    based on 84 ratings
     | 14,119 views

    Living a Christian life is a wonderful thing. It doesn’t stop at baptism. That is only the beginning. We can’t turn away from God after baptism or act as if you have it all taken care of now, there are things we need to do. We have been enlisted into

    Theme: Christian Living Text: Col. 3:1-4 Prop: Every Christian needs to maintain Christian living daily. Trans: How do we go about daily Christian living? Intro: Last week and only one other time since I have been here have I preached on the subject of baptism. And the reason I preached on ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Andrew Hamilton avatar

    Loving One Another

    Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Sep 29, 2002
    based on 135 ratings
     | 16,929 views

    What it means to love one another in the church

    10.2.2002amlbc Extreme Love Phil 2:4-9, Mark 12:29-31 Monk Story There is a story told of an old monastery that had fallen upon hard times. It was once a great order, but as a result of waves of anti-monastic persecution in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the rise of secularism in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    The Lukewarm Church

    Contributed by Raymond Pooley on Oct 5, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 16,310 views

    A motivational message to move ’Lukewarm Christians’ (if there were such a thing) into a passionate relationship with God.

    Lukewarm & Almost Christian REVELATION 3:14-21 Here is a passage that you have all heard before – many times. I don’t mean to stand before you this morning and try to pretend that this is brand new material for you. I have preached on this passage twice before, this makes the third time. I have ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    When Builder Becomes A Blessing Series

    Contributed by Rick Duncan on Oct 8, 2002
    based on 45 ratings
     | 12,664 views

    Some leaders have not found the secret to being a true blessing to their followers. Instead, they lay burdens on the backs of those they lead. Nehemiah is a great example of a builder who blesses those he leads. Learn some lessons from his life.

    Nehemiah saw something that was broken. God called him to rebuild. He did… and blessed the lives of others. This is always true. God’s leaders bless the lives of people. But I’m betting that you been around leaders who made life harder, not easier. In verse 15 will see this phrase, “The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist