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  • David Owens avatar

    Jesus - Our Greatest Hope

    Contributed by David Owens on Jan 4, 2010
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     | 9,392 views

    When God is involved in the equation there is always hope. This sermon talks about where hope comes from and what it can do for us.

    Introduction: A. The story is told of a certain retired man who volunteers to entertain patients in nursing homes and hospitals. 1. One day he went to one local hospital in Brooklyn and took his portable keyboard along. 2. He came to one patient’s bedside, and told some jokes and sang a few funny ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Restored Hope - The Widow Of Nain.

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    The Widow of Nain. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Luke chapter 7 verses 11-17. Ill: • A Mother was taking her four-year-old daughter to school, • She was a doctor and had left her stethoscope on the car seat, • Her little girl picked it up; • And very exited began to play with it. • Excellent, thought ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Together In Disappointment, Together In Hope Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 2, 2008
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     | 9,150 views

    Church life is full of disappointments, but it can be equally full of hope and fulfillment. The key is to stay together and see what God will do. God is a God of abundance and not of scarcity.

    We serve a God of abundance and not a God of scarcity. Ours is the God who possesses the cattle on a thousand hills. He is not a dilettante deity with nothing in His hands; He is the God who flung the stars into space and who has made all things. All things are made by Him and all things are at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Advent I: Hope Is Coming Series

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Nov 29, 2008
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    The Old and the New Testaments confirm that God’s love knows no boundaries as proven by the Incarnation we celebrate this Advent season.

    November 29, 2008 – Advent 1 – “Hope is Coming” Isaiah 9:6-7; Luke 1:26-38 Christmas holds a place in each of our hearts. In our culture it’s a time when family, or family and faith converge. Even those for whom the season we’re approaching holds mixed feelings or painful feelings, it’s rare that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    The Ephod Of Hope: The Attack On Worship! Series

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 24, 2007
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     | 9,793 views

    There is an EPHOD OF HOPE! Real worship and praise have always been under great attack. Down through the ages our enemy hates any church or individual that comes into the presence of the Holy God in true worship and praise. Today there is a PSEUDO-WORSH

    THE EPHOD OF HOPE --- WORSHIP UNDER ATTACK By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I buy blue material at Wal-mart, and have a lady at church make a rough version of an ephod from the directions below. Two pieces of material hooked together over the shoulders by a golden chain. I thank ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Norman Lawrence avatar

    The Blessed Hope (Funeral Message)

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jul 3, 2007
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    Message on the Hope we have as Christians. (Funeral Message)

    Message: "The Blessed Hope" 1 Thess. 4:13-18 The late Evangelist D.L. Moody once made this statement: "One day you will hear that D.L. Moody is dead, but don’t you believe a word of it. For on that day I will be more alive than I ever have been." As we gather today to pay our final respects ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A New Hope--Act 3 Series

    Contributed by David Heflin on May 17, 2011
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    God did not abandon his creation after the fall in the Garden and the flood, but rather initiated a covenant through Abraham that would one day save the world.

    A New Hope—Act #3 Gen. 12:1-3 and various others 3KCOC 4/17/11 Intro: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Most of you have seen this (PP or Youtube of Star Wars Opening). I am sure that George Lucas must have had reasonable confidences that audiences would love his story, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Patrick O'Loughlin avatar

    The Hope That's Worth Living For Series

    Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Jul 30, 2007
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     | 5,419 views

    We don’have a habit problem as much as we have a hope problem

    Text: 1 John 3:1-3 Title: The hope that’s worth living for. Some descriptions of Hope “Nothing gives you more false hope than the first day of a diet.” “Lost hope is the undertaker’s best friend” “A man hopes that his lean years are behind him; a woman, that hers are ahead.” “The best bridge ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    There Is Hope In Faith Full Living Series

    Contributed by Clinton Smith on Mar 4, 2008
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     | 4,676 views

    The believers of the Old Testament teach us to anticipate heaven while evaluating earth. In other words, keep heaven in view while living in here on earth.

    Philip Yancey in his book, Disappointment with God, tells of a letter he received from a woman who was struggling with life and her faith in God. He says, “A young mother wrote that her joy had turned to bitterness and grief when she delivered a daughter with spina bifida, a birth defect that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Without Shifting From Hope

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 12, 2008
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     | 2,467 views

    For Day of Prayer for World Peace: Peace is shattered because of social, personal, and spiritual relationship breakdowns. It is restored through spiritual healing, which leads to personal and then social healings.

    Introduction A All around us lies the evidence that peace is a sometime, fragile thing. Everywhere we turn we discover that peace has been broken, peace has been shattered. 1 We have the international scene to remind us. A few years ago we hardly knew where Yugoslavia was, but now we are having to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jay Robison avatar

    How To Have Hope For The Future Series

    Contributed by Jay Robison on Jan 25, 2007
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     | 3,806 views

    From the Faith Heroes of Heb 11: What Got into Abraham, What Did Abraham go through, and what happened as a result of his faith? Outline at end

    With appreciation, I acknowledge using sermon central as one of many resources for this message. PORTRAITS OF FAITH: ABRAHAM HOW TO HAVE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE November 26, 2006 Jay Robison HEBREWS 11:8-10, 13, 16 This Thursday Thanksgiving is A Celebration of Pilgrims . . At Harvest in 1621 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tim Diack avatar

    When Hope Seems Lost

    Contributed by Tim Diack on May 27, 2011
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     | 11,356 views

    This is a message that was preached at our local hospital. You don't have to live very long before your confronted with the reality of pain and suffering in our world. How do we make sense out of life when hope seems lost? A look at how God can work ev

    When Hope Seems Lost - 1 Kings 17:17-24 - October 5, 2010 - Hospital Service Today I want to share with you a bit of a story from the life of a man by the name of Elijah. Elijah was what is called a prophet. And a prophet is a man, or a woman, to whom God has spoken in a special way and to ...read more

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    Christ Our Hope Is On The Throne

    Contributed by William Baeta on May 15, 2012
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    “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” Acts 1:8.

    Theme: Christ our hope is on the throne Text: Acts 1:1-11; Eph. 1:15-23; Luke 24:44-53 Introduction: Today is Ascension Day and this event took place on a weekday. This helps to remind us that Christianity is not just a Sunday activity but an everyday one. This event took place forty days after ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • LUCKY EKENTASON avatar

    Heaven - The Eternal Hope Of The Redeemed

    Contributed by Lucky Ekentason on Feb 12, 2013
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    Encouraging all believers, those who are Blood washed to look upwards for their home coming is nearer than ever.

    TOPIC: HEAVEN - THE ETERNAL HOPE OF THE REDEEMED TEXT: 1 Corinthians 15:19; John 14:1-4; Colossians 1:27-29. The description of Heaven Heaven is a place and the eternal hope of the saved. The Scripture describes it as a beautiful city where the redeemed will live for eternity. Praise the ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Hope For The Church Pt. 2

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Feb 18, 2013
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    Paul encouraged the church at Galatia not to forsake the power of the Spirit for the works of the flesh. Nothing can take the place of the Holy Spirit’s presence in the life of the church (no sermon, song, program, choir, ministry)

    Hope For The Church Pt. 2 A There is a call to the Church 1 Paul encouraged the church at Galatia not to forsake the power of the Spirit for the works of the flesh. 1 You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?2 This is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist