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  • Chris Talton avatar

    I Pray For You

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Apr 16, 2003
    based on 56 ratings
     | 5,393 views

    Our prayers can be more powerful if we model them after prayers such as this one from the Bible.

    March 16, 2003 Colossians 1:9-14 “I pray for you” INTRODUCTION What does it do for you when someone says, “I pray for you”? A missionary and his family were forced to camp outside on a hill. They were carrying money and they were fearful that thieves might rob them. After spending ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chip Monck avatar

    The Power Of Community Series

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,542 views

    Second in a series looking to inject our prayer lives with Biblical truths that can empower our prayer life. This message looks at the power of praying together, in community.

    There was once a pastor who had a little five-year-old daughter, and the little girl noticed that every time her dad stood behind the pulpit, and was getting ready to preach he would bow his head for moment before he began to preach. The little girl noticed that he did this every time. So one day ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Maurice McCarthy avatar

    "Well, Shut My Mouth!"

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Apr 14, 2004
    based on 45 ratings
     | 8,529 views

    In this message we will look at examples in the scripture where God literally told people to shut their mouths. Sometimes we need to be silent before God, and receive instruction, rather than shooting off the mouth and explaining things from our perspecti

    “Well, Shut My Mouth” Joshua 7:6-10 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How-To Use The Lord's Prayer As A Model - Matt 6:9-13

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 20, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 16,577 views

    How-To Use the Lord’s Prayer As a Model - Matt 6:9-13

    How-To Use the Lord’s Prayer As a Model - Matt 6:9-13 Jesus prayed earnestly, purposefully, and with certainty. He knew that God answers prayer. “The Lord’s prayer” was given during Christ’s Sermon on the Mount to provide an example for how we should approach the throne of grace. Prayer is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Craig West avatar

    Conversations With God, Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Craig West on Dec 10, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,037 views

    4 Things Christians can do to honor God as they pray.

    “Prayer is the process by which God helps us rearrange our priorities.” - Henry & Richard Blackaby, Hearing God’s Voice (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 2002), 114. INTRO: Yogi Berra – “Let’s just let God watch the game, ok?” Biblical Fact: God’s prevailing power is released in the lives of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Minister To People Of Different Ministry Maturity Levels

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 14, 2004
    based on 41 ratings
     | 4,268 views

    "And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints." (Eph. 6:18)

    How to Minister to People of Different Ministry Maturity Levels Eph. 6:18 - "And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints." Illustration: Many people prayed for God to use the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Study Of Fasting #2

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Jan 3, 2001
    based on 206 ratings
     | 4,048 views

    TYPES OF FASTS

    A fast is abstinence from something -- such as television, movies, or other pleasures and amusements--but usually it means not eating food. When Jesus was in the desert, He fasted totally, without food. There is no mention that He went without water. Not drinking water would have been life ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Thy Kingdom Come Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Feb 19, 2001
    based on 118 ratings
     | 18,792 views

    Study of the importance of the second petition in the Lord’s prayer.

    A Study of the Lord’s Prayer Sermon # 3 “Thy Kingdom Come” Matthew 6: 10a “In this manner, therefore, pray:Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. (10) Your kingdom come.”. For our Lord the Kingdom of God was “the” ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Stephen Smarowsky avatar

    Do You Pray Religiously Or Wholeheartedly?

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Oct 27, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,171 views

    I know many families that pray as if it were an old tune. Are we just praying repetitously or is our heart in it? Jesus gives us some examples on how to pray.

    Jesus prayed earnestly, purposefully, and with certainty. He knew that God answers prayer. "The Lord’s prayer" was given during Christ’s Sermon on the Mount to provide an example for how we should approach the throne of grace. Prayer is the prelude to peace, the prologue to power, the preface to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Learning How To Pray Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Apr 26, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 37,670 views

    Using the prayer that the Lord gave his disciples, we will seek God’s glory and our good.

    Learning How to Pray Matthew 6:5-14 Rev. Brian Bill 4/26/90 Drama: “The Right Way to Pray” Is there just one way to pray? What kind of prayer are you most comfortable with? During hard times, people are hurting in many ways. In the midst of the mess our country is in, more and more people are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Wilkins avatar

    Spirituality Of Creation Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on May 13, 2008
     | 3,744 views

    A new course at God at the Pub. This talk deals with how the Celts met God in and through His creation.

    Earthed Spirituality: The Spirituality of Creation Last week, when we were introducing ourselves, Sarah talked about how hard it is to be a Christian around environmentalists – since it has been Christians who have sparked the industrialization of the world and much of the environmental disaster ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Jim Drake avatar

    Hi Lord, It's Me Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Nov 25, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,221 views

    We greet our children, we greet our spouse, we even greet strangers we meet on the street. How do we greet the Lord in prayer?

    I’m sure it comes to no surprise to you that I enjoy reading old letters and books. It’s amazing to see how the style of writing has changed over the years. Even in my lifetime, writing has become a lot less formal. Many of the grammar rules that I grew up learning are not being used anymore ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Selfridge avatar

    Our Standing Before God-One Can Make A Diffeerence

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on May 21, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,991 views

    How we need to make a difference

    It’s not what you are that holds you back; it’s what you think you are not." - Denis Waitley I’ve learned: that we should be glad God doesn’t give us everything we ask for, that money doesn’t buy class. That it’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular, that under everyone’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • John Telgren avatar

    Caricature Or Reality (Pt 2) Series

    Contributed by John Telgren on Jan 8, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,657 views

    Following the movement of the Ark in early Israelites history, we learn that God is holy and that means that he is not a commodity, but Lord. It also means that even though Joy is appropriate and even commanded, God must be approached with reverence befor

    Last week we saw that the number one characteristic of God is that he is holy. We need to understand this about God so we can make sure we are worshipping him and not some caricature of him we have made up in our mind. Do you know what a caricature is? We usually think of it as a picture, such as ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jimmy Chapman avatar

    How Should The Child Of God Rise From His Knees

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 19, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 9,404 views

    What should be our attitudes when we have finished praying

    How Should A Child Of God Rise From His Knees Matthew 6: 13 The prayer that is given here is a direct response to the disciples request, “Lord, teach us to pray.” The prayer is a model designed to show us to pray, and it has lost none of its power after over 2000 years. As we look at the last ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist