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  • Mike Rickman avatar

    Teach Us To Pray

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Apr 8, 2011
     | 5,378 views

    We must understand the need for prayer to bring about God's will for the church.

    April 10, 2011 Morning Worship Text: Luke 11:1-13 Subject: Prayer Title: Teach Us To Pray How important is prayer? I suppose a better question might be, “How important is prayer to you?” The truth is, if you are a Christian, then your life in Christ began with a prayer. When ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory Of The Coming Of The Lord

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Feb 22, 2001
    based on 71 ratings
     | 18,149 views

    How God showed His glory to Moses and disciples and how he shows it to us.

    February 25, 2001 Exodus 34: 29-35 29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Leonard Hunt avatar

    "You Can Handle Your Giants

    Contributed by Leonard Hunt on Jun 28, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 10,445 views

    How do you handle the giants in your life? This sermon will tell you how.

    You Can Handle Your Giant 1 Sam. 17:32-37 Introduction: We need to know as believers that we can handle any and everything that comes in our life. We are living in a time where the people of God really don’t understand the power they process. It’s like walking around in your house at night in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Efren V. Narido avatar

    God Displayed His Goodness To The Rebellious

    Contributed by Efren V. Narido on Sep 23, 2019
     | 3,115 views

    How did God confront the heinous sinner?

    “When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Wayne Sutton avatar

    Did I Do That? How Can We Limit The Unlimited Power Of God?

    Contributed by Wayne Sutton on Jan 22, 2010
    based on 9 ratings
     | 13,342 views

    How we as mere humans often LIMIT the power of God almighty.

    Did I Do That? How Can We Limit the UNLIMITED Power of God? “If God is all powerful and all loving, why don’t we see more miracles and healings in our church today?” – This question is asked all too often from not only believers, but also from a world of non-believers as ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Greg Johnson avatar

    Praised By God Series

    Contributed by Greg Johnson on Sep 21, 2006
     | 3,302 views

    There are so many today endeavoring for the praises of man. Many spend their life seeking the praise and approval of others. Would it not be better to receive the praise of God instead of the praise of man? How does one receive the praise of God?

    Praised by God By Greg Johnson http://www.LovingGodFellowship.org God’s Word says (Romans 2:28-29 NIV) "A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. {29} No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Listening To God

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 9, 2014
    based on 7 ratings
     | 24,312 views

    God is speaking to us through our worship, in the songs we sing, the Scriptures read and the message delivered. What you will walk away with will be determined by how well you listen to God. What is necessary to listen well?

    Listening to God I Samuel 3:1-10 Charles Stanley in a sermon from Nehemiah once asked, “How is it that two people can sit in the same pew, hear the same sermon about the same portion of Scripture, and walk away with two different reactions? One is joyful and the other unaffected.” God ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Grace Of God Series

    Contributed by Harold Jenkerson on Feb 18, 2016
     | 7,301 views

    The grace of God is foundational to a biblical psychology. TThe grace of God tells us how God relates to us. God's grace to us is the person of Jesus Christ. God's grace brought about the first and second creation.

    6. The Grace of God “Of His fullness we have all received even grace for grace” (Joh 1:16). The presence of Jesus is God’s grace to humanity. The manifestation of this grace begins with the creation story. When God spoke and the physical creation can into being, it was the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Awesome God

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 24, 2024
     | 937 views

    God revealed His omniscience as Jesus taught and amazed the crowds with His knowledge. God revealed His omnipotence as Jesus performed miracles and mighty works. How will you respond to God for being awesome in your life?

    Opening illustration: What would have happened had Moses tried to figure out what was needed to accomplish God’s command? One of the biggest arithmetical miracles in the world was required in the desert. Moses led the people of Israel into the desert ... Now what was he going to do with them? They ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Fearing God Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Mar 6, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,750 views

    What do you fear? Who do you fear? What does it mean to fear? Getting these questions sorted out will help us to understand both this passage and how we ought to regard and worship God.

    Jonah 1:5-16 Fearing God 10/26/14 D. Marion Clark Introduction What do you fear? Who do you fear? What does it mean to fear? Fear is the word that keeps cropping up in our text this morning. Getting these questions sorted out will help us to understand both this passage and how we ought to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Gregg Barbour avatar

    How To Choose Your Chums And Comrades Series

    Contributed by Gregg Barbour on Oct 17, 2003
    based on 129 ratings
     | 19,615 views

    Help your kids learn how to choose the right kinds of friends.

    How to Choose Chums and Comrades doing math with friendships gregg barbour. JAM. 8/10/03 Earl C. Willer tells the story of two men who grew up best friends: Though Jim was just a little older than Phillip and often assumed the role of leader, they did everything together. They even went to high ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Help Make Your Church Great

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,610 views

    * Let God's character be your standard and source for how your church defines greatness.

    * Let God's character be your standard and source for how your church defines greatness. Many churches fall into the trap of thinking that greatness is found in large numbers. David wrote, "Thine is the greatness and the power and the glory and victory and the majesty." (I Chron. 28:11,12) Ask the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Ward avatar

    How Much Time Do You Have?

    Contributed by David Ward on Jan 20, 2006
    based on 30 ratings
     | 8,001 views

    BIG IDEA: We make the best use of our time by discerning and doing the will of God.

    How Much Time Do You Have? Psalm 90 / Ephesians 5:15-17 INTRODUCTION: I’d like to ask you “How Much Time Do You Have?” (which is probably not what you’d like to hear a speaker ask at the start of a talk.) Do you realize that over the course of our lifetimes, each of us is expected to spend: ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Aubrey Vaughan avatar

    Being Made Right. Who? How? Why? Series

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,724 views

    This sermons looks at how fallen humanity is made right with God unpacking the the Cross of Christ.

    BEING MADE RIGHT WITH GOD. WHO? HOW? AND WHY? • HAVE YOU EVER BOUGHT SOMETHING? AND FOUND WHEN YOU GOT IT HOME SOMETHING WASN’T QUITE RIGHT, THERE WAS A FLAW, A DEFECT, A FAULT. YOU COULD MAYBE TRY AND FIX IT YOURSELF BUT THAT NOT THE POINT YOU PAID GOOD MONEY AND YOU EXPECT IT TO BE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Watchman What Of The Night

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Sep 17, 2024
     | 2,452 views

    Dark times have always been a part of history. There have been wars, famines, uprising, persecutions, tribulations, and trying times. The Bible reads with many of them and how God delivers His people through them all.

    Watchman What of the Night By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING: - Dark times have always been a part of history. There have been wars, famines, uprising, persecutions, tribulations, and trying times. The Bible reads with many of them and how God delivers His people through them all. ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic