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  • Patrick Bissig avatar

    Unfinished Business

    Contributed by Patrick Bissig on Nov 28, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,675 views

    Christians should be involved in ministry to others.

    John 4:34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of Him who sent me and to finish his work…” Our job, call, gift, talents, skills, ability, purpose, meaning, focus, drive, energy, worship, whole reason for existing is to take care of the business of God the Father! Vs 35 “…open your eyes and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Don Hawks avatar

    Asking God To Bless Me--A Preview Of The Jabez Territory Series

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 12,128 views

    To help apply what this Jabez prayer challenges a church family to do-and an individual’s role in that challenge

    “Asking God to Bless Me!” --Preview of the Jabez Territory (The Challenges of the Prayer of Jabez Part 1 of 6) (Much of this message was developed from Bruce Wilkinson’s presentation on Visionary Leadership at the “Walk Thru Life with Purpose” Conference in Largo, FL, Feb. 5-7, 2002.) [I have ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Communicating Christ Effectively

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Mar 4, 2002
    based on 417 ratings
     | 18,693 views

    Paul had four qualities that enabled him to effectively communicate Christ which we also need.

    COMMUNICATING CHRIST EFFECTIVELY Acts 17:16-34 INTRO.- ILL.- A stranger entered the church in the middle of the sermon and seated himself in the back pew. After a while he began to fidget. Leaning over to a white-haired man at his side, evidently an old member of the congregation, he whispered: ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Working As A Team Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Dec 2, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 23,229 views

    I see five team-building exercises that can benefit each of us today.

    A newspaper photographer wanted to get pictures of a fire so his newspaper agreed to charter a plane for him. When he arrived at the airport, he jumped into the plane and yelled, “Take off!” Once in the air, the photographer yelled to the pilot to make two or three low passes over the fire. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kyle Meador avatar

    Our Messiah Must Be Made Known Series

    Contributed by Kyle Meador on Jan 15, 2001
    based on 150 ratings
     | 6,048 views

    If the lost of this community are ever going to see Jesus for themselves, they must first see Him in us.

    Our Messiah Must Be Made Known “So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Shouldn't We Stay Away From Them?

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 25, 2000
    based on 124 ratings
     | 4,852 views

    Trying to avoid contact with those who don't share our faith in Christ is a mistake that Christians have often made throughout the centuries

    (Jim and Sue are sitting in the living room after dinner. Jim is reading the paper; Sue is knitting -- or something.) JIM: (Starts to put down the paper.) Well, Sue, I'd better go to bed. I want to get to the office early tomorrow morning. SUE: Oh, Jim, I'm so glad you like your new job. Isn't it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Silencing Satanic Storms Series

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on May 17, 2001
    based on 120 ratings
     | 76,801 views

    Warfare Praying

    SILENCING SATANIC STORMS Dr. D. K. Olukoya We are starting this message by reading two scriptures that are common: Mark 4:34-41, But without a parable spake he not unto them and when they were alone he expounded all things to His disciples. And the same day when the even was come he said unto ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • David Hicks avatar

    Taste And See The Real Thing

    Contributed by David Hicks on Nov 15, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,415 views

    Christians can be used by God to create a hunger and a thirst for Jesus.

    Taste and see the real thing Matthew 5:13-16 When I was 12 years old my best friend invited me over to his new home to have dinner with his family. As a child, I had lived a very private life. I was 17 before I had ever spent the night away from home. As a child, I never went over to other ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Jim Kane avatar

    The Best Kind Of M And M

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 8, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 8,593 views

    God has a mission for us.

    Since it has been two weeks since we gathered together for worship, let me briefly remind us that we are in the closing weeks of our series on God’s vision for us. And what is his vision – that we be a fully following and faithfully functioning church. For the past four weeks we have focused on ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Joe Bedy avatar

    The Church In A Postmodern World

    Contributed by Joe Bedy on Nov 1, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 5,510 views

    A sermon to help the church fulfill her role to evangelize those seeking the mystery of the spiritual.

    Brothers and sisters in Christ and guests welcome to Christ’s Church in the Park. As most of you know I am a graduate student. Whenever I travel to school at KCC in Kentucky, I realize immediately that their world is different than mine. Immediately as I depart Blue Grass field in Lexington I ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Surviving The Storm Series

    Contributed by Mike Holley on Jan 17, 2001
    based on 111 ratings
     | 12,105 views

    Sermon based on Disciples in the midst of a storm brought about by obeying the Lord’s command to go

    Surviving the Storm INTRODUCTION Years ago in West Texas I was about to board a small private airplane that belonged to a friend of mine, It was the first time I had flown on an airplane this small and I was a little nervous. My friend took note and talked me through everything he was doing ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Jim Mooney avatar

    How To Pray With The Right Attitude Series

    Contributed by Jim Mooney on Feb 9, 2001
    based on 146 ratings
     | 23,821 views

    Learn how to pray with an attitude of thanksgiving.

    HOW TO PRAY WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE I THESSALONIANS 5:18 How seriously do you take the commands of God? I know that when that question is asked, that there are some who will immediately think of the Ten Commandments, and that’s good. However, there are more than just the Ten Commandments ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Joo-Ching Chng avatar

    Jesus - Man With A Mission

    Contributed by Joo-Ching Chng on Jan 4, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,936 views

    Jesus, the Man with a mission is our model to fulfil the mission given to us.

    Text: Hebrews 3:1-4 Subject: Mission Theme: Modelling after Jesus Propositional Truth (P.T.): We can accomplish the mission God gives to the church. Transitional Sentence (T.S.): We can accomplish the mission God gives to the church by following Jesus’ examples. MAIN POINTS: I. Jesus was ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Rev. Matthew Parker avatar

    Go! Series

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Aug 26, 2007
     | 5,415 views

    God calls us to go. Into our communities. Into the broken parts of our cities. He promises to go with us and to make us a blessing. To reach the cities for Christ through his highly imperfect church. Improbable? Impossible. Then it must be God!

    Sermon for CATM - August 26, 2007 - “Go!” Genesis 12:1-3; Matthew 28:16-20 If you were here last Sunday you heard Maryellen’s message. It was, as usual for her, pretty extraordinary. When we’re given a chance by God to really hear what He is saying to us as a congregation, I always feel ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Wesley Bishop avatar

    The 1st "Gc” Series

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 13, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 3,673 views

    This sermon is about our responsibility to fulfill the Great Commission.

    There are two green things I have been able to grow. One is mold. Now it’s not terribly difficult to grow that. Just place some leftovers in the back of the fridge and forget about it for a few months. That’s one thing I’m real good at. The other green thing I have had success with is grass. ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan