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  • Dean Morgan avatar

    Is Your Best Behind You Or Ahead Of You?

    Contributed by Dean Morgan on May 1, 2017
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     | 15,628 views

    I have a question I want to ask you this morning that can apply to you as an individual as well as to you as a church. The question: Do you believe that your best years are behind you, or do you believe that your best years are yet before you?

    I have a question I want to ask you this morning that can apply to you as an individual as well as to you as a church. The question: Do you believe that your best years are behind you, or do you believe that your best years are yet before you? Some people as well as some churches believe that ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    It's Above Me Now!!!

    Contributed by Bishop Johnathan Hester on Apr 6, 2020
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    But you simply gotta turn it over to the hands of one who is above you, and trust that when you put it in the hands of the the one who is above you,,,,

    Its Above Me Now!!! (Joshua; 6: 1-6,20) (*** Greetings and Protocol,,,,,,,) As,,,, we prepare our hearts,,, and mind to receive the word of God,,,, The prayerful takes hold of us and controls our daily living,,,, I wish that you would take a moment too bow and be in prayer with ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    Life Out Of Dust

    Contributed by John Gullick on Jan 22, 2017
     | 16,533 views

    A sermon giving hope using Ezekiel 37 the valley of dry bones. I am particuarily interested in your response to this sermon

    Ezekiel 37 (NIV) The Valley of Dry Bones 37 The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    A Story Of Two Eves - Christmas Eve

    Contributed by John Gullick on Dec 23, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,384 views

    A story that ties together the fall of eve and restoration coming through Christmas eve 2017

    On the eve of something. The Fall 3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 3, 2025
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    This sermon proclaims that God’s presence and Christ’s resurrection secure an unshakeable hope and inheritance, giving believers strength and assurance amid life’s uncertainties.

    Some weeks feel like you’re steering a paper boat across whitecaps. The winds of worry howl, and the waters of uncertainty slap the sides of your soul. A bill arrives. A diagnosis lingers. A relationship frays. And somewhere between the mailbox and midnight, the question rises: Is there anything ...read more

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    It's A Wonderful Life Series

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Dec 17, 2019
     | 3,872 views

    A world without Jesus would be a world without forgiveness, a world without a future and a world without faithful Jesus followers.

    IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE It’s a Wonderful Life is one of my favorite movies of all time. The movie, directed by Frank Capra and starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, came out in 1946. It is the story of a man named George Bailey, a man who gave up his dreams in order to help others. After his ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    The New Year In Christ PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 15, 2025
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     | 216 views

    God lovingly makes us new in Christ, freeing us from our past and inviting us to embrace our true identity as His beloved children.

    Friends, welcome. Some of us walked in today with a smile that hides a storm. Others carry a quiet ache—memories that sting, habits that hang on, hopes that feel thin. If that’s you, you’re in the right place. The God who made galaxies also tends to bruised hearts. He does careful work with what ...read more

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    It's Always God's Perfect Will To Heal Every Believer

    Contributed by Dr. William D. Poovey on Apr 29, 2017
     | 6,648 views

    IT'S ALWAYS GOD'S PERFECT WILL TO HEAL EVERY BELIEVER

    IT'S ALWAYS GOD'S PERFECT WILL TO HEAL EVERY BELIEVER REASONS WHY IT'S ALWAYS GOD'S PERFECT WILL TO HEAL EVERY BELIEVER Introduction Some may argue, that if it was always God's perfect will to heal every believer in Jesus, they would all get healed; but as that obviously doesn't happen, it ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Yet I Will Not Make A Full End

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 10, 2016
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,106 views

    A text of hope in the context of God's determination against His people.

    “YET I WILL NOT MAKE A FULL END”. Jeremiah 4:11-12; Jeremiah 4:22-28. Many of our readings in Jeremiah seem to, like Lamentations, open out on to a vista of total devastation and despair. However, depending on what translation one uses, there is hope: “yet I will NOT make a full end” (Jeremiah ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Wedding Service

    Contributed by Grant Bennington on Aug 2, 2003
    based on 287 ratings
     | 48,756 views

    A simple, personal wedding Service based on marriage being a lifelong process of getting to know each other.

    The Covenant of Marriage GATHERING Processional: Greeting: The miracle of love is like the miracle of the flower; it thrives upon the sunshine of a smile...it entwines itself around the heart. Its roots are secured in the memories of yesterday and its petals breathe the promise ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Keeping The Dream Alive

    Contributed by Tony Searles on Jul 6, 2001
    based on 230 ratings
     | 29,772 views

    Hope for continuing on in the faith, and in what God has planned for your life!

    Keeping The Dream Alive! “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 Calvin Coolidge once said… Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    When You Have Nothing Else To Lose!

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Apr 16, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,413 views

    Sometimes in spite of all the positive thinking we can generate, life is really terrible. Simple optimism will not do.

    When you have nothing else to lose! Keep Hope Alive A student athlete was contemplating the height of the bar on the high jump. “I don’t think I can make it,” he said. “Think positive!” said a friend. “All right,” the athlete said boldly, “I’m positive I can’t make it.” 1 Peter 1:3-9 3Praise be to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    I Now See Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Aug 11, 2010
     | 4,268 views

    Part 10 in the series, Love Never Dies, this message looks at the story of the blind man and how Jesus gives each one of us an opportunity to respond to his power and serve with our lives.

    I Now See Love Never Dies, prt. 10 Wildwind Community Church Jason Kotarski June 6, 2010 Before I got involved in the church, I did a lot of my growing up in the local punk rock music scene. I had found a place that accepted me for who I was and it gave me a chance to explore my love for music ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Is Heaven An Actual Place Series

    Contributed by Erik Estep on Oct 20, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,697 views

    Today in our passage of Scripture we’re going to see Jesus addressing the issue of heaven w/His disciples. And what we’re going to discover are some reasons we can have confidence that heaven is an actual place. We’re going to discover some reasons why

    “Is Heaven An Actual Place?” John 14: 1-4 January 10, 2010 Intro: Lee Strobel had an interview in his 1994 book “What Would Jesus Say?” w/Donald Trump. This interview took place in 1989 when Trump was on top of his game. One writer asked Trump what else there was left ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Happens To Us After Die?

    Contributed by Erik Estep on Oct 20, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,615 views

    Today in our passage of Scripture we’re going to see Jesus giving encouragement to a man @ his future as he was dying. That right there is a great comfort to me to see that Jesus is speaking of a future for a man who was dying. But thru this conversatio

    “What Happens to Us After We Die?” Luke 23: 39-43 January 17, 2009 Intro: When I was a kid I’d go and stay w/my grandparents a couple of weeks each summer in Ft. Worth. I loved going there b/c my grandmother would make me whatever I wanted for breakfast and I didn’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist