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  • Todd Riley avatar

    How Not To Worship God Series

    Contributed by Todd Riley on Feb 5, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 7,260 views

    An exposition of Exodus 20:4-6

    Islington Baptist Church February 3, 2002 Exodus 20:4-6 Scripture reading: Exodus 32 Series: The 10 Commandments How not to worship God A few years ago I made a mistake. I was visiting an elderly Christian lady who happened to have a lamp, but no ordinary lamp. The lamp had a big fat ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "How To Please God"

    Contributed by Blake Carroll on Aug 26, 2001
    based on 24 ratings
     | 15,993 views

    Christians should have a great desire to please God.

    Title: “How To Please God” Scripture: Hebrews 13:20-21 Introduction: Living to please God should be the desire of every Christian individual. His Word challenges us to live lives that are pleasing unto Him. In order to do this; we must first understand “how to please God?” ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Mims avatar

    How To Be Right With God Series

    Contributed by Jeff Mims on Sep 18, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 6,890 views

    Man has always wondered how to be right with God, and Paul gives the answers in the Epistle to the Romans.

    Right With God Romans 3:21-25 Job 9:2, 3-20; 25:4 Job wondered how a person could ever hope to approach a God like this. Bildad agreed. Job 25:4 This question has always troubled man... * The People hearing John the Baptist preach "asked him saying, What shall we do then?" Luke 3:10 *The crowd ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Know The Will Of God

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 84 ratings
     | 5,681 views

    1. The Good, Acceptable, and Perfect Will of God - The Lord has an ideal plan for every individual's life that will be found through prayer the scriptures and obedience.

    1. The Good, Acceptable, and Perfect Will of God - The Lord has an ideal plan for every individual's life that will be found through prayer the scriptures and obedience. (Jer. 29:11) Our example for following 100% of thc will of God is found in Jesus Christ in whom arc hidden all thc treasures of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Miss God

    Contributed by David Salyer on Dec 21, 2000
    based on 114 ratings
     | 6,630 views

    The ways that Christian miss God’s will

    How To Miss God Proverbs 19:2 In the sport of archery the objective is to score as many points as you possibly can, and you do that by hitting rings on a target a distance away. Now the target that is used in archery of course has rings that get smaller as the point totals get higher. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    How To Know God

    Contributed by Greg Smart on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 2,878 views

    Many different ideas about God. From the atheist who believes there is no God. To the religious pharisee who would believe you’d go to hell if you don’t live a perfect life.

    HOW TO KNOW GOD The fool has said in his heart there is no God. Ps 14:1. Many people today have their own ideas about God. Atheist, no God. Many people think of God as granddaddy, sit up on my lap and everthing will be alright. Religious, everything from God don’t care what we do just as long as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Big Is God?

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 29, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 11,822 views

    A great reminder of the power of God.

    How Big Is God? by Pastor Donny Granberry 2 Chronicles 2:1-6 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. 2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Be Blessed By God

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 17, 2003
    based on 159 ratings
     | 26,563 views

    Psalms 1 gives us guidelines for being blessed, favored and multiplied by God. It also provides us with warnings that are equally important but usually misunderstood.

    How to Be Blessed by God Psalms 1 gives us guidelines for being blessed, favored and multiplied by God. It also provides us with warnings that are equally important but usually misunderstood. Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Know The Will Of God

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 30, 2004
    based on 109 ratings
     | 4,188 views

    Twenty-one hindrances, twelve principles and six helps in knowing the will of God.

    How To Know the Will of God 1 John 5:14-5:15 - "And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of peace and boldness) which we have in Him (we are sure that if we ask anything according to His will (in agreement with His plan). He listens to and hears us." Illustration: He was a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Be Blessed By God

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Jun 30, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,459 views

    Testing God by obedient living allows us to find God’s blessings no matter our life’s situations

    What is the difference between those like Billy Graham, Mother Theresa, Robert Schuler, Dietrich Bonhoffer, C.S. Lewis & most of those who tell pollsters that they’re Christians? Let me suggest that one key difference is in how they have believed what God has promised them in verses like those here ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Ed Wood avatar

    How Big Is God?

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 18, 2003
    based on 58 ratings
     | 18,670 views

    A message about the Omnipotence, Omnipresence, and Omniscience of God.

    HOW BIG IS GOD? Isaiah 66:1 INTRO: “How Big is God?” The song writer, Doris Akers, asked and then attempted to answer that question in a song. Akers compared God’s bigness to the mightiest ocean, the tallest of trees, the broadest of rivers, the deepest of seas, and the highest of mountains. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael West avatar

    How Big Is God Series

    Contributed by Michael West on Mar 17, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,130 views

    Second in series that helps to understand the immensity and immenance of God by asking the question; How big God is compared to your circumstances?

    Sunday March 16th, 2008 River of Life Ministries Pastor Michael West Series: His majesty, His Names part two Sermon: How big is God? Scripture: Isaiah 40:22-26 Turn to: Psalm 8; Habakkuk 3:18-19 —Adonai—plural and comes from the singular form Adon which means Lord. Adonai is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Patrick O'Loughlin avatar

    How To Please God Series

    Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Jun 4, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,449 views

    How to please God by faith

    Text: Hebrews 11:6 Title: How to please God I want to concentrate on the first part of the verse. The part that says “And without faith it is impossible to please God…” (Hebrews 11:6) The phrase “And without faith it is impossible to please God” tells us three great truths. 1.it tells us ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Tim Huie avatar

    How To Respond To The Will Of God Series

    Contributed by Tim Huie on Apr 14, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,326 views

    God has a will for our lives. The question is, how will we respond to that will?

    1. Illus. of man on motorcycle (Getting Down To Brass Tacks, pages 137-138) • Punchline- “I’m going home…. if it’s the Lord’s will!” 2. I want to talk to: • That Christian who I struggling to stay in God’s will, and wondering if it was all worth it. James has a word for you/ • That Christian who ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian Bill avatar

    How God Restores Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Feb 22, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 18,287 views

    Life is filled with bad news and good news. Joel and Zephaniah offer us both.

    How God Restores Joel and Zephaniah Rev. Brian Bill 2/22/09 Life is often filled with good news and bad news. Have you ever heard someone say, “I have some good news and some bad news? What do you want to hear first?” When I’m asked this question I usually want the bad news first in the hopes ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist