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  • How To Help The Hurting

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 26, 2004
    based on 98 ratings
     | 8,891 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

  • How Much More

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Jul 14, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 4,793 views

    If earthly fathers love their children, how much more must our heavenly Father love us.

    How Much More Reflections of A Father’s Heart TCF Sermon June 15, 2003 Start with a little Father’s Day humor... I’ve heard this story about Jim Grinnell. Soon after his first child, Abby, was born, one day, Laura needed to go out to get some groceries, so Jim stayed home alone with Abby for the ...read more

  • How To Whoop The Devil

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Dec 19, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 4,298 views

    We can have victory over the devil because Jesus has already whooped him on his own territory!

    EPH.6:10-18 “HOW TO WHOOP THE DEVIL!” A) There can be no permanent victory in the lives of God’s children until they see the fact that Satan was defeated at Calvary! * He’s already been whooped! * John 12:31-32 “Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast ...read more

  • How To Get To Heaven

    Contributed by Gary Regazzoli on Sep 5, 2003
    based on 30 ratings
     | 4,731 views

    In order to get to heaven we need two things; someone to show us the way and someone who can overcome the roadblock of sin. Only One person can do both - Jesus

    How do you get to Heaven? When you think of heaven, what do you imagine it to be like? • Where God lives • We are going to live there some day? • Ice-cream will taste 1000 times as good • Be able to eat as much as you like without Mum yelling at you or getting fat • Be able to travel real ...read more

  • How's Our Vision?

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 13, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,287 views

    This sermon is about knowing God’s vision for our church.

    How fast can you cover 300 miles? Five or six hours? What about on foot? The average person can walk a mile in about 15 minutes, and that’s moving pretty fast. Continuous walking would allow you to cover 300 miles in 75 hours; that’s over 3 days. Take time out to sleep, eat and take care of ...read more

  • How To Love The Lord

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 16, 2003
    based on 70 ratings
     | 5,270 views

    Why is it that so few seem to understand Christ’s intention in the greatest commandment? Worshiping the Lord involves growing in maturity in four key areas.

    How to Love the Lord (Mark 12:28-30) "What commandment is the foremost of all?" Jesus answered, "The foremost is, ’Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all our heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” ...read more

  • How To See Jesus

    Contributed by Mark Stegall on Jul 6, 2001
    based on 94 ratings
     | 7,255 views

    GODS DESIRE,DESIGN AND DEMAND IS THAT WE SEE JESUS

    JOHN 12:20-21 MANY PEOPLE WANT TO SEE JESUS FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS.SOME HAVE NO DESIRE TO SEE HIM UNTIL LIFE HITS THEM WITH TRAGEDY,THEN THEY DESIRE A MIRACLE. OTHERS ARE LOOKING FOR JESUS OUT OF CURIOSITY. STILL OTHERS ARE SEEKING SPIRITUAL THINGS AND ARE NOT LOOKING IN THE RIGHT PLACE. ALL ...read more

  • How To Handle Obstacles?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 28, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,030 views

    We must overcome hinderances and obstacles to advance the Work of God!

    HOW TO HANDLE OBSTACLES? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Gen. 24:56 And he said unto them, HINDERME NOT, SEEING THE LORD HATH PROSPERED MY WAY; SEND ME AWAY THAT I MAY GO UNTO MY MASTER. Galatians 5:7 YE DID RUN WELL; WHO DID HINDER YOU, that ye should not obey the ...read more

  • How To Be A Wise Builder

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 50 ratings
     | 14,073 views

    Building by the power of the Spirit as guided by His word, His will and His ways. Paul built by the power of the Spirit of God. He wrote, "When I came to you I did not come with superiority of speech or wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and powe

    Paul, the apostle, once wrote, "By the grace of God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder...but each one should be careful how he builds." (I Cor. 3:10) We all know builders whose work stands the test of time. Also, we probably know many more builders whose work does not stand up ...read more

  • How To Overcome Adversity Series

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Aug 3, 2004
    based on 56 ratings
     | 21,160 views

    In this message we will meet a guy named Joseph who will teach us how to overocme adversity (faith factor - part 8)

    How To Overcome Adversity The Faith Factor – part 8 Dear brothers and sisters, whenever trouble comes your way, let it be an opportunity for joy. 3For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in ...read more

  • How To Comfort Others Series

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Apr 15, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,314 views

    What is God’s comfort, and how do we actually show it to others?

    How to comfort others. 2 Cor 1:1-11. WBC 17/4/05am Intro clip: live 999 call of Eight-year-old Hope from Heybridge, Essex, kept her cool when mum Melissa Cook suddenly gave birth to a baby she did not know she was carrying. From this week’s news CONTEXT Letter written by Paul (ex Saul) about 57 ...read more

  • How Is Your Heart?

    Contributed by Dean Meadows on Jan 3, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 14,022 views

    This is a sermon that deals with our heart, not the one that pumps the blood through our bodies, but the one that counts.

    How is your Heart? (Start out by taking the label off a can of cat food and then placing that label over the label of a can of tuna. Then open up that can of tuna with the cat food sticker on the outside, and begin eating it. Then revel that it is tuna) 1 Samuel 16:7 I began preparing this sermon ...read more

  • How To Defeat Indecision Series

    Contributed by W F on Aug 22, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,367 views

    How to defeat the giant of indecision.

    Key verse: Elijah went before the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him." But the people said nothing (1 Kings 18:21). INTRODUCTION Choice plays a big part in our lives. For instance, we can get anything we ...read more

  • How Smart Are You?

    Contributed by Scott Carmer on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,217 views

    God’s Wisdom is always available to us. How often do we take advantage of that Wisdom?

    How Smart are You? Proverbs 1:20-33 September 17, 2006 It seems as though, as technology advances, we are getting smarter and smarter. For just a minute, let’s talk about some of the ways that we are smarter today than we were yesterday. I’m going to make an assumption. I am going to assume ...read more

  • How To Love The Lord

    Contributed by Dan Santiago on Feb 7, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 10,901 views

    Christians can love God meaningfully.

    HOW TO LOVE THE LORD Matthew 22:34-40 ILLUSTRATION After she woke up, a woman told her husband, "I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for Valentine’s day. What do you think it means?" "You’ll know tonight." he said. That evening, the man came home with a ...read more