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  • Chris Talton avatar

    How Big Is Your God?

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Feb 3, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 11,675 views

    God is bigger than all of our problems. He is big enough to be worthy of our faith.

    February 3, 2002 Hebrews 11:29-30 “Is God big enough to trust?” INTRODUCTION “It was six men of Indostan, to learning much inclined, who went to see the elephant (though all of them were blind), that each by observation might satisfy his mind. The first approached the elephant, and, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Ask God For Help

    Contributed by John Tung on Feb 7, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 14,007 views

    When we need God, don’t be afraid to ask!

    I. Introduction - the Benefits of Reading Psalms One of the benefits of reading the Psalms is that they present us with pictures of what godly people in the past have experienced and how they got through them. And when we read those stories it gives us encouragement to keep on living for God even ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • James Dunn avatar

    How God Deals With The Heart

    Contributed by James Dunn on Feb 11, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 6,604 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

  • Scott Cox avatar

    How To Be An Instrument Of God's Peace

    Contributed by Scott Cox on Dec 2, 2000
    based on 184 ratings
     | 20,652 views

    How to be used of God to promote peace and unity in the body of Christ.

    Introduction: A great saint from ages past once prayed, "Lord make me an instrument of thy peace". What a lofty goal, to be used of God to bring peace to the lives of others. Jesus said this would be a common characteristic of God’s children. He said, "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ed Lucas avatar

    How Majestic Is Your God

    Contributed by Ed Lucas on Aug 31, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
     | 6,502 views

    Giving God full supreme authority and power in all of your life.

    How Majestic Is Your God? Psalm 8 INTRODUCTION For the next couple of months we will be taking a special journey. We will be traveling through the book of Psalms. Each week, with the exception of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, we will engulf ourselves in the words of the psalmist. Psalms is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Shane Brooks avatar

    Thinking How God Thinks

    Contributed by Shane Brooks on Jul 31, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,106 views

    A short lesson on the mind of Christ. Great for a devotional or small group

    Tonight I want to talk about following the spirit inside you I grew up Baptist- no one ever really said “God told me!” “I think the Lord’s telling us to do …this!” That’s why so many church adopt “We’ve never done it that way” “That will never work” “We tried that once, it didn’t work” We ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How God Speaks Today Series

    Contributed by John Russell on Aug 3, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 10,539 views

    Part I of two on how God speaks to us today

    CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? PART I: How God Talks To Us Today Introduction SHOW CLIP OF "GOD CALL-ING" You’ve seen the commercial, "Can you hear me now? Good!" 34 year old Paul Marcarelli of New York City got the nod to represent 50 people who drive 100,000 miles a year to test the reliability of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Recognize God's Blessings Series

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Aug 4, 2005
    based on 30 ratings
     | 17,028 views

    We all like to be blessed. Unfortunately, we often look at them the wrong way. We like to rely on material and physical created blessings and not on the spiritual blessing, which is all that we need to make it through life.

    HOW TO RECOGNIZE GOD’S BLESSINGS Ephesians 1:3 INTRO: We all like blessings don’t we? And, certainly, we are a blessed people! But, we often view them in the wrong way. Physical and Material in nature. -Money in the bank and Bills are paid -Living in a nice home and driving a nice car However, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How God Deals With A Hypocrite

    Contributed by William Ellis on Aug 29, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,060 views

    A sermon in a series in Romans...We must know that the opinions and beliefs that we hold to are right and true - We must know that there are consequences for...

    Intro: Our study through the book of Romans has taken us from The Gospel of Christ pt 1 (Romans 1:1-6) The Gospel of Christ pt 2 (Romans 1:7-17) The Wrath of God (Romans 1:18-32) …and now we are going to see “How God Deals With Hypocrites” Hypocrite - A person who professes beliefs and opinions ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Ron Hicks avatar

    How God See's The Poor

    Contributed by Ron Hicks on Sep 7, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,811 views

    God’s attitude toward the poor, I believe, will cause you and I to look on them as we never have before.

    HOW GOD LOOKS AT THE POOR 1 Sam 2:7-8 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • David Wilson avatar

    How To Get God's Attention

    Contributed by David Wilson on Feb 5, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,230 views

    A brief devotional type sermon from Malachi 3

    Malachi 3:13-18 In this running “dialogue” between God and the People, Malachi pictures God as saying that the people had spoken harshly toward God. I particularly like the King James wording “stout” because it conveys that the words were not only harsh, but also strong words. The Amplified ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mitchell Skelton avatar

    How Great Is The Love Of God Series

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Feb 16, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 5,144 views

    The marks of a Christian

    How Great is the Love of the Father? We are Children of God 1 John 3:1—10 INTRODUCTION Why should we strive to live lives according to God’s will? There is a reason, the reason is: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Pastor Dempsey Daniels avatar

    How To See Into The God Realm

    Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Feb 18, 2004
    based on 31 ratings
     | 4,208 views

    How To See Into The God Realm

    How to See In the God - Realm - Part one John 11:40 A. Have faith in God 1. Webster’s Dictionary defines faith as, "unquestionable belief; unquestioning belief in God; complete trust or confidence; loyalty; sincerity; honesty." 2. People can have faith in people, in things, or in ideologies. They ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Petticrew avatar

    How To Please God By Shopping

    Contributed by David Petticrew on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 48 ratings
     | 7,951 views

    A look at how God’s views issues like fair trade and exploitation and what an appropriate Christian response is.

    Introduction We have been looking at what it means to please God. We saw that it must start from faith. We also looked at what it means to please God with our minds and then this morning we looked at what it means to please God when we have disagreements. This evening we look at passage which tells ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Chris Hodges avatar

    How God Answers Prayers

    Contributed by Chris Hodges on Jul 28, 2003
    based on 230 ratings
     | 25,298 views

    To prove that God hears and answers the Christian’s prayers.

    HOW GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS Text: Matt. 7.7-11 Thesis: To prove that God hears and answers the Christian’s prayers. Introduction: (1) Prayer is one of the most lacking practices of a Christian. (a) Typically, we pray before meals and when we are called upon to pray. (b) Sometimes, we pray when ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ