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  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    How To Help The Hurting

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 26, 2004
    based on 98 ratings
     | 8,559 views

    God commands you to comfort others. If you really want to help others during times of crisis, grief, tragedy, personal loss, or even depression, it helps to know what you are doing.

    How to Help the Hurting 2 Corinthians 1:4-7 Intro 1. Driving through Texas, a New Yorker collided with a truck carrying a horse. A few months later he tried to collect damages for his injuries. "How can you now claim to have all these injuries?" asked the insurance company’s lawyer. "According to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    How To Be Spirit-Filled

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Mar 1, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,498 views

    Canada’s Olympic glory gives a picture of God’s will - the fullness of His Spirit, the Joy of God , so how can we get in on it.

    How to be Spirit-filled Team Canada’s gold medal win in Salt Lake City Olympics has spread a spirit of patriotism. Waves of red and white all over the country, coast to coast. Spontaneous singing, outburst of shouts of triumph, joy and celebration! Some say declare a holiday in Feb. to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    How To Be A True Servant

    Contributed by Kevin Shelton on Nov 4, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,730 views

    What can we learn about being a true servant from a man who lived several thousand years ago?

    How to be a true Servant Genesis 6:1-8 1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3And the LORD said, My ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The How To & How Not To Of Fatherhood Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,918 views

    God provides several lessons on fatherhood the show us the how to and the how not to, in being a successful father. In this section we can see: 1)The Standard Ignored 2)Exemplified 3)Failed 4)Held to Account

    New research on pregnancy literature for dads being presented at Canada’s largest annual gathering of academics recently noticed that Survival guides for today’s "expectant fathers" are becoming increasingly convoluted. They tend to be either high-minded tomes exhorting dads to abstain from ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    How Big Is Your God? Series

    Contributed by Brad Brucker on Aug 6, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,802 views

    Many people like a God that they can control, but what do you do with a God who does miracles?

    Powerpoint Slide: (theme - How Big is Your God) Pray…. Many of you know we were gone on a vacation to Yellowstone Park for nine days and we drove. Personally I like driving… even with 3 kids in the car. It’s about 900 miles and I’m the type of person that is very destination oriented. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Dunn avatar

    How God Deals With The Heart

    Contributed by James Dunn on Feb 11, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 6,271 views

    The spiritual consequences for not knowing what you look at when you peer into the human heart can be even more disastrous!

    Introduction: Jeremiah 17:9 tells us that the human heart is mysterious and deceitful. We cannot know what lies at the heart of our own nature and personality; it is beyond our ability to penetrate and understand. The planet on which we live provides an interesting illustration of the problem: ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    We Must Obey God Rather Than Man

    Contributed by Rolland Bouchard on Aug 19, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,167 views

    We have witnessed Christ in our His grace, in His creation, and in our fellowship...How can we help but speak about these things? We’ve heard the message, we are without excuse

    WE MUST OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MAN AIM: To give the congregation courage to speak the word of God Boldly OPEN: 1) Good Morning 2) Finally here 3) Excited about the possibilities 4) I have enjoyed our visits 5) Look forward to next week 6) Moved In, Just about unpacked. 7) Share my ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Well-Balanced Diet (Conversations With God, Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Craig West on Dec 11, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,735 views

    Sermon on prayer utilizing the ACTS model

    “A Well-Balanced Diet” (Conversations with God – Part 2) “Developing spiritual fitness is like developing physical fitness.” Bill Hybels, Too Busy NOT to Pray (Downer’s Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1998), 62. ADORATION - Psalm 8 *** READ THIS PSALM ALOUD *** - Adoration purges my ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lesson 2: How God Leads Through Prayer

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 8, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 417 views

    When prayer is wrong.

    Lesson 2: How God Leads Through Prayer A. WHEN PRAYER IS WRONG 1. Can’t pray to make something right, that is wrong. 2. Can’t pray to force your will on God. 3. Can’t pray to make the impossible happen. Can’t make yesterday, not happen. 4. Can’t pray for God to do what He expects us to do. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Is God Not Answering My Prayers?, Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,876 views

    Broken fellowship with God will hinder our prayers. #4 in a 4 part series.

    Title: Why Is God Not Answering My Prayers?, Part 2 Series: Prayer Changes Things Text: 1 John 3:21-22 Introduction Relationships are very important in the Christian life. In order for our prayer life to be effective, we must maintain those relationships in good standing to the very best of our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How God Sees Us Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Aug 15, 2014
     | 5,636 views

    Looking at how God views us as His children.

    TITLE SLIDEHow G Sees Us August 17, 2014 Ephesians 1:7-9 It always amazes me how we view people. Sometimes we don’t give people very much credit. We don’t see who they really are, we don’t look deep enough, we don’t see their potential. Too often we give up on people ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How God Speaks To Us

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Nov 2, 2020
     | 3,326 views

    God communicates with His people.

    PSALM 19:1-3 “HOW GOD SPEAKS TO US” A) We are living in a vast communication age. * Computer ... WWW, and E-mail, and even Instant Message. * Well, God has a way of communicating to us also. B) We are told in Rom. 1:20 that God communicates to us visibly. * “For the invisible things of him from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Big Is Your God?

    Contributed by Greg Carr on Mar 3, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,805 views

    Have you ever tried to figure out how big God is? This sermon answers that question.

    Pray Father, Open my eyes so I can see Your truth. Open my ears so I can hear Your voice. Open my mind so I can understand Your Word. And open my heart so I may receive all that You want me to receive. AMEN Have you ever tried to figure out how big God is? Country singer Ray Price wrote a song ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    How To Continually Praise God

    Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Oct 23, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,493 views

    What do we need to remember in order to continually praise God

    Text: Psalm 103 Title: How to continually praise God Introduction •Do you struggle to praise the Lord? •Do you desire to praise the Lord more? •Do you want help on how to praise the Lord? In order to praise the Lord well you don’t need… •A good song •To be a good singer In order to praise ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Jennifer Casto avatar

    How To Hear From God

    Contributed by Jennifer Casto on Jun 1, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
     | 10,604 views

    Ways to hear from God and develop relationship and effectual communication with Him.

    HOW TO HEAR FROM GOD INTRODUCTION: Is the voice I am hearing God’s – “But God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it.” (Job 33:14) Commonly Asked Questions (new and old converts) in the church are ---“How Can I Discover God’s Guidance?” "How do I hear from God?" ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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