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  • Christian Cheong avatar

    How To Hear God Speak Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 23, 2010
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     | 9,828 views

    Whether God’s Word gets through to us or not depends on our attitudes. Is yours a closed mind? A superficial mind, a distracted mind, or a willing mind? It is only when you really listen and obey can your life be changed and you become productive and use

    [Adapted from Rick Warren’s sermon of the same title.] This morning we’re beginning a new series, "Conversing with God". I will cover it in 4 sessions. • Frankly, nothing is more important in our walk with God, than be able to hear and understand what God is saying. • Let’s look at Luke ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    How God Talks To You Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,308 views

    God speaks through His Word, the Bible. He uses teachers to educate and guide. He also speaks through impressions He leaves in our mind and the pain of life experiences.

    [Adapted from the free sermons by Rich Warren] We started the series on "Conversing with God" last week, on ‘How to hear God speaks”. • We talked about the importance of our attitudes, because whether we get the message or not depend very much on our attitude. • Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    How To Recognise God's Voice Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 21, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,461 views

    We are called to test the spirits, and discern and recognise the voice of God when He speaks to us. Here are four ways to test an impression or thought.

    [This sermon is adapted from Rick Warren's sermon with the same title.] We continue our series on “Conversing with God”. • The 1st session on ‘how to hear God’s speaks’ we talked about our attitudes - whether you get the message or not, depend very much on ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    How To Continually Praise God

    Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Oct 23, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,859 views

    What do we need to remember in order to continually praise God

    Text: Psalm 103 Title: How to continually praise God Introduction •Do you struggle to praise the Lord? •Do you desire to praise the Lord more? •Do you want help on how to praise the Lord? In order to praise the Lord well you don’t need… •A good song •To be a good singer In order to praise ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    How To Listen To God's Voice Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Apr 10, 2007
    based on 91 ratings
     | 51,915 views

    This is the first in a series on: Communicating With God. This sermon is intended to ask: How Well Do We Listen?

    Communicating With God: How To Listen To God’s Voice One of the basic claims we have as Christians is that God is alive and He wants to have a relationship with us. In fact our salvation is based on the relationship we have with God. But you can not have a relationship with someone without ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Recognize God's Voice Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Apr 19, 2007
    based on 61 ratings
     | 26,060 views

    This is the second sermon in the series "Communicating With God." This sermon gives Three most common ways God speaks, How to test the voice you hear and Why it is important to hear God speak.

    Communicating With God: How To Recognize God’s Voice Today we are going to continue our series “Communicating With God.” Last week we are looked at “How To Listen To God’s Voice.” We learned that listening is vital if we are to be doers of the Word. We must be receptive to God’s Word. We must ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Be Receptive To God's Voice Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on May 9, 2007
    based on 38 ratings
     | 13,546 views

    This is the fifth and final sermon in this series. Here are some practical ways to be receptive to God’s Word.

    Communicating With God: How To Be Receptive To God’s Voice Today we are finishing our series “Communicating With God.” In this series we have looked at: “How to Listen To God’s Voice”, “How To Recognize God’s Voice”, “How To Test the Voices You Hear” and “How To Talk to God”. Today we are going ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Attain The Peace Of God Series

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Nov 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,881 views

    Using Phillipians 4:8 to show how to get the peace of God.

    Title: How to attain the peace of God Theme: To show the importance of our thinking. Text: Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    "How God Greets A Failure?"

    Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Nov 13, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 11,294 views

    We all fail. How should a "failure" be treated when he comes within the refuge of your Church? How does God greet us? He doesn’t condemn us. He doesn’t forget us. He doesn’t forsake us. And he will never stop loving us!

    Title: "How God Greets a Failure?" Text: Romans 7 and Romans 8. Introduction: In this message I want to show a parallel between a text found in the Old Testament and this text found in the New Testament. In 1 Samuel 12, Samuel mentions that Israel had rejected the leadership of the Lord. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Could A Loving God...?

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Nov 21, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,888 views

    If you struggle to understand how a loving God can exist with all the suffering and pain of life. This message is for you.

    How Could a Loving God.... “God is Love” 1 John 4:7-10, 16 “God so loved that he gave” 9-10 7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who does not love does not know God ? for God is love. 9 God showed ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    How To Recognize God's Blessings

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Dec 12, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,924 views

    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, -What h

    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

  • Brian Menear avatar

    How God Makes A Sword Series

    Contributed by Brian Menear on Jan 8, 2007
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     | 4,447 views

    There are 7 steps in the creation of a sword. These steps are how God tranforms us from what we are into a instrument for him.

    How God Makes A Sword (Take English sword for visual affect) There are 7 steps to making a sword. This parallels how God transforms us. Step #1 Choose The Design -God choose our design before the world was created -His design was perfect Genesis 1:27 27So God created people in his own image; ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Babatunmishe Oke avatar

    How To Become God's Champion

    Contributed by Babatunmishe Oke on Mar 19, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 30,602 views

    Features the main characteristics of God’s champions using the example of David

    WHO WILL BECOME GOD’S CHAMPION? 1 Samuel 17 A champion of God has certain characteristics. THE MAJOR ONE IS THAT A CHAMPION OF GOD IS READY TO STAND AGAINST THE ARMIES OF THE ENEMIES OF GOD (Matthew 11:12). 1. They usually don’t have any enabling physical attributes. They seldom have the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    How To Become A Child Of God Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 54 ratings
     | 26,599 views

    God has placed the enabling to comprehend Jesus as the true Light of the World within each person. Though many will reject Him and others will receive Him into their life, all have been designed with the capacity to recognize Him for who He is.

    JOHN 1: 9-13 HOW TO BECOME A CHILD OF GOD What an astonishing fact that God would come to earth, wrap Himself in human flesh and take up a human nature. Yet He most certainly did become a human being. There is another even more astonishing fact than the incarnation of God. When God became flesh ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Great Is Our God

    Contributed by Joe Rowland on Sep 15, 2008
    based on 19 ratings
     | 21,088 views

    How great is our God? How can this world we live in say there is no God? Go outside at night and look at the stars. Look at the moon, how did they get there? Some people believe in the “Big Bang” theory. I believe in the “Big God” theory.

    How Great Is Our God Psalm 14: 1-7 1.The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 2.The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 3.They ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God