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  • Rodelio Mallari avatar

    How Satan Destroys The Believer

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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     | 6,317 views

    Satan’s priority is to DESTROY (John 10:10). He has been destroying individuals, families, churches & nations. Don’t let him mess yours! Now what would it take Satan to make you quit on God?

    Intro: Satan’s priority is to DESTROY (John 10:10). He has been destroying individuals, families, churches & nations. Don’t let him mess yours! Now what would it take Satan to make you quit on God? To understand different areas of our lives that Satan may attack and be prepared when it happens, let ...read more

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    How To Recover From Failure Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Jan 2, 2016
    based on 7 ratings
     | 29,769 views

    This sermon has five points to overcome failure. 1. ALLOW Jesus To Take Control 2. DO What Jesus Asks 3. SHARE The Surplus 4. WALK In Humbleness Before God 5. RE-SET The Priorities Of Your Life

    How To Recover From Failure (Or How To Be Successful) Have any of you ever had a failure in life? Have you ever tried something and it just doesn’t work? It flops – it fails. I know that I have failed at times. Things did not turn out the way that I had hoped. It’s reported ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Fear - How To Overcome It?

    Contributed by Pastor Renji George on Jun 9, 2024
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    How to live in an anxious world and yet have peace and joy in life? There are hundreds of reasons to be afraid. But only one reason not to be afraid that is our faith in God and our Lord Jesus Christ. There are two kinds of fear! One is Divine and the other is demonic!

    Fear is a painful emotion or passion caused by an expectation of evil or suspicion of impending danger. Fear manifests itself in many ways. Some of the more serious ways include panic attacks, which are defined as “sudden, brief episodes of intense fear”, and phobias, which are defined as ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Will Of God For Individuals Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Apr 22, 2012
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    God's will for each individual is to say yes to Jesus. How does that play out though. God's primary will for everyone is for each individual to konw Him. Read on to find out how that is practically lived out.

    Intro: Many of us as believers can take a test and answer yes to questions like, did Jesus die for your sins, did he rise from the dead, is Jesus coming back to earth? Pastor and author Bruce Larson says that he grew up saying yes to these types of biblical doctrines. But eventually he sensed that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Knowing God - #6 - God Is Holy Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 5, 2001
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     | 6,166 views

    Last in a series about attributes of God and how we can reflect them to others.

    KNOWING GOD - #6 God is Holy 1 Peter 1:15-16 Introduction I like white shirts. I like them a lot. Part of the reason is that they go with everything. No matter what color of pants you are wearing, no matter what color tie, no matter what color shoes (I go for black most of the time), a white ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Bible - God's Word, And God's Power

    Contributed by Don Schultz on Jun 16, 2004
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     | 3,474 views

    The Bible is highly underrated. Today we will see just how powerful it really is.

    Galatians 1:11-24: The Bible – God’s Word, and God’s Power Last week I could see that Father’s Day was coming. All the advertisements in the paper told me that it was time for me to go out and buy a manly gift for my father. All week long, that’s what the newspapers have been telling you to ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    How To Treat People Right Series

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jan 13, 2023
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     | 3,413 views

    A study from the book of James. This study is inspired by Rick Warren's book: Developing a Faith that Works, Book of James Volumes 1 & 2.

    A. All of us have FAVORITES. 1. We have a favorite ICE-CREAM, a favorite type of MUSIC, a favorite SPORT, and so on. 2. Sometimes we even show FAVORITES when it comes to people. a. We have our circle of FRIENDS that we prefer being with over other people. b. A PARENT may say to a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Directing My Prayer

    Contributed by Timothy Finch on Mar 14, 2006
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    Using the Lord’s Prayer as our model, a look at the upward, outward, downward, and inward direction of our prayer life.

    Directing My Prayer Matthew 6:9-14 9 "This, then, is how you should pray: "’Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Holy Is His Name (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Roy Newton on Jan 14, 2011
     | 3,635 views

    In a series on the Lord’s Prayer, this sermon is the second part of an examination of the meaning of the first petition ’May Your Name be kept Holy’, answering the question ’How do we keep God’s Name Holy?’

    "Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy." (Matthew 6:9, NLT) (SLIDE 2) INTRODUCTION A pastor was building a wooden trellis to support a climbing vine. As he pounded away, he noticed that a young boy that he recognised from the Sunday school was watching him. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Wash Your Feet Series

    Contributed by Roy Newton on Feb 8, 2011
     | 4,534 views

    This sermon examines the fifth petition of our Lord’s Pattern for Prayer, "and forgive us our debts...", seeking to explore our need for God’s daily pardon.

    A PATTERN FOR PRAYER WASH YOUR FEET! "This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. But if we are ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Approachableness Of Jesus

    Contributed by John Lowe on Nov 25, 2013
     | 6,675 views

    Our Lord Jesus is said to be the Mediator between God and man, which implies that he should be approachable. He must be available to both the parties. If Jesus is the perfect mediator, he must be able to come to God, and then he must approach man.

    June 3, 2006 The Approachableness of Jesus PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON—Hebrews 4:14-16 and 5.1-14 (GNB) 14 Let us, then, hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we have a great High Priest who has gone into the very presence of God—Jesus, the Son of God. 15 Our High ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Perry Greene avatar

    My Father And Your Father Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 3, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,753 views

    Jesus teaches us to address God as OUR Father. This is a matter of Identity; Relationship; and Personal Touch

    1. The Growth of Dads Mark Twain said, "When I was a boy of 14 my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man learned in 7 years." The same idea comes across as we look at God. The longer we are in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Roy Newton avatar

    The Heart Of Our Prayers Series

    Contributed by Roy Newton on Nov 15, 2010
     | 3,324 views

    Continuing the series on the Lord's Prayer, this sermon looks at the heart or foundation of all our prayers ... Our Father in Heaven.

    "Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us today the food we need, and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us. And don’t let us yield to temptation, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    An Unaccepted Message Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Sep 21, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,808 views

    The people who lived at the time of Jeremiah could not accept his message. Many people who heard Jesus preach could not accept his words. Today people, including ourselves, find it difficult to believe in a god of steadfast and overwhelming love.

    Jeremiah 11:18-20 “An Unaccepted Message” INTRODUCTION One of the most challenging jobs, or callings, is that of a prophet of change. Certainly, the Old Testament prophets, like Jeremiah, realized the enormity and difficulty of their task. Jeremiah lived in the seventh century B.C., and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Deliver Us From Evil

    Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Feb 6, 2012
     | 6,330 views

    A prayer from protection from tempation.

    are asking for? Do we really know what it will require? Do we take it seriously? Do we even know how to do it? Or does our prayer life sometimes look a little too much like the one in this clip. TIM HAWKINS “BEDTIME PRAYER” Obviously when we pray, we don’t pray like that and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist