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  • John Kapteyn avatar

    How To Experience The Presence Of God

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 100 ratings
     | 15,804 views

    Introduction 1.

    Introduction 1. Do you feel separated from God? That there is a distance between you that stops you from experiencing His presence or His love and mercy? 2. Today we consider what it is that separates you from God and how that separation can be destroyed. How we can be near to God and enjoy Him ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    How To Appropriate God's Grace

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 19 ratings
     | 7,725 views

    2 Cor. 8:9 - You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though He was rich, yet for our sake became poor that we through His poverty might become rich.

    2 Cor. 8:9 - You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though He was rich, yet for our sake became poor that we through His poverty might become rich. 1. Grace is an expression of God's favor given to us freely at Christ's expense. Nothing we do can make God love us more. There is nothing ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How God's Judgment Is Perfect

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 44 ratings
     | 5,860 views

    1. Have you ever wondered why we should leave all final judgments to God? We live at a time when many are quick to weigh in with their judgment of people, politics or the hottest topic on talk radio.

    1. Have you ever wondered why we should leave all final judgments to God? We live at a time when many are quick to weigh in with their judgment of people, politics or the hottest topic on talk radio. Paul wanted to clear up several misperceptions about judging by explaining the nature of God’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    How Majestic Is Your God

    Contributed by Ed Lucas on Aug 31, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
     | 6,811 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

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How God Created The World

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 12,722 views

    God’s creation is a demonstration of His great power, wisdom and orderliness. The Lord made everything according to His perfect timing. When we study how God created the world in six days we get a glimpse of His marvelous character. Everyone is to give gl

    Unit 1 – Beginnings – The Creation of the World Lesson 1 – Before the Beginning: How the World Was Made – Genesis 1:1-25 For the Teacher’s Preparation 1. Aim – To lead the people to an understanding of God made the world in six days 2. Explanation of the Aim: - The Bible always assumes that God ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Chris Kelly avatar

    How God Provides In A Drought Series

    Contributed by Chris Kelly on Jun 28, 2001
    based on 374 ratings
     | 70,494 views

    Journey to the ’Cherith Brook’ as God gives Elijah (and us) 5 instructions for getting out of a drought!

    How God Provides in a Drought… The question I want to start out with this morning is..."What do you need more of?" "What is it this morning that you find you have a shortage of? "Maybe you don’t have a shortage of water ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Shane Brooks avatar

    Thinking How God Thinks

    Contributed by Shane Brooks on Jul 31, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,326 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
     | 10,916 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 3, 2005
    based on 30 ratings
     | 17,464 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

  • John Stevenson avatar

    How To Find Satisfaction In God

    Contributed by John Stevenson on May 19, 2005
    based on 157 ratings
     | 46,928 views

    A treatment of Isaiah 55:1-3 that introduces us to the idea of finding satisfaction in God.

    HOW TO FIND SATISFACTION IN GOD Isaiah 55:1-3 Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    How God Deals With A Hypocrite

    Contributed by William Ellis on Aug 29, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,265 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
     | 6,051 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

  • Paul Wallace avatar

    How To Begin A Relationship With God Series

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 12, 2005
    based on 28 ratings
     | 8,661 views

    It tells how to begin a relationship with God.

    How do I begin a Relationship With God BAPTIZING A DRUNK A man was stumbling through the woods, totally drunk, when he came upon a preacher baptizing people in the river. He proceeded to walk into the water and bumped into the preacher. The preacher turned around and, though almost overcome by ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • David Wilson avatar

    How To Get God's Attention

    Contributed by David Wilson on Feb 5, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,556 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

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    How Great Is The Love Of God Series

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Feb 16, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 5,410 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