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  • Victoria Pederson avatar

    How To Deal With Emotional Pain

    Contributed by Victoria Pederson on Aug 30, 2015
     | 13,149 views

    A study of David's pains expressed in Psalm 55 and Dr. Stephens Ten Hidden Emotions to help us deal with our pain in everyday life.

    Pain is a part of life that every person endures. The bigger question is: How do you handle your pain? Are you the kind that stuffs it down deep? Or do you wear it on your chest as a badge for all to see? David was a man who dealt with a lot of pain in his life. He was the youngest of seven ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    How To Worship Through The Spirit Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 15, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,346 views

    50 DAYS TO PENTECOST - part 5

    I like putting together puzzles. I use a simple strategy to put the picture together. I begin by sorting through the hundreds of pieces to find all of the edges to put the boarder together. Next, I will sort the pieces into groups with similar colors or patterns, then I begin to putting it all ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    How Not To Act Like A Believer

    Contributed by Brian Garner on Mar 12, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 2,744 views

    A backwards look at what Christianity is supposed to look like.

    A young pastor was frustrated by how things weren’t “happening” in his church and so he asked one of the deacons what the problem was. “Is it ignorance or is it apathy?” he asked. The deacon responded, “I don’t know, and I don’t care.” Look, we’ve been in the church long enough that we know what ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "How To Get A Crowd In Church?"

    Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Oct 14, 2004
    based on 65 ratings
     | 4,234 views

    Instead of working to get a crowd in Church on Sunday, we need to concentrate on winning one soul to Christ for eternity! There are only two important points to this message, 1. Forget about the Crowd, and 2. Go after ONE.

    Title: “How to Get a Crowd in Church?” Every preacher wants the blessing of God upon his Church. I too, want to see a crowd in my Church, but how to do it is another thing to consider. There are only two points to this message. May God challenge your heart, as he did mine, in preparing this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Be A Spiritual Stretcher Bearer

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 47 ratings
     | 5,958 views

    1). We can bring people to Christ without committees but not without sheer determination.

    1). We can bring people to Christ without committees but not without sheer determination. It may take years and numerous attempts but resolute determination will eventually accomplish the will of God. 2). We can bring people to Christ by all kinds of mean as long as we are willing to innovate. Do ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How You Doing Is A No, No

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Sep 13, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,510 views

    I believe this Psalm was written when King David was running from Saul and Saul and his men were closing in on David. This Psalm can also be a prayer for us today when we find ourselves in similar situations of trial, anxiety, or danger. Danger, trials an

    How you doing is a no, no Psalm 17:7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings In my prayers I have noticed that many ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian Bill avatar

    How To Walk By The Holy Spirit Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Nov 27, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,998 views

    To walk by the Spirit, we must keep in step with the Spirit.

    How to Walk by the Holy Spirit Galatians 5:16-25 Rev. Brian Bill November 25-26, 2023 I have the joy of being married to my best friend. I’ve been crazy about Beth from the first day we met and am always amped up when I get the chance to be around her. This is a bit embarrassing to admit, but in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Jesus!

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Jul 8, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 6,271 views

    PENTECOST 4(C) - How beautiful are the feet of Jesus because His feet bring good tidings, proclaim salvation, and provide peace.

    HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF JESUS! LUKE 7:36—50 JULY 6, 2003 Luke 7:36-50 36 Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Dwayne Brown, PhD avatar

    How To Recover From Failure

    Contributed by Dwayne Brown, Phd on Sep 25, 2022
     | 3,324 views

    Peter, in Luke chapter 22, fails the Lord miserably.

    In the life of the child of God, failure need never be final. You should never really be defeated by failure. The truth is, you can be the victor over life’s failure rather than its victims. Because as a believer in Jesus Christ, victory is your spiritual birth-right. Now we live in a day that we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Darrell Stetler II avatar

    How To Find Financial Sanity Series

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on May 27, 2005
    based on 26 ratings
     | 9,843 views

    You can find tons of books on managing money... but not many on how to keep it from driving you nuts! Financial stability has to do with your habits with money, but financial sanity is all about your attitudes toward it. *HANDOUT INCLUDED*

    For a CD of over 100 of sermons by Darrell Stetler II (most complete with handouts), please e-mail darrellstetler2@sbcglobal.net. NOTE: I am indebted to Brian Kluth (www.kluth.org) for his excellent resources on finances and giving. Stats and illustrations in this sermon are primarily his. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Bo Dunford avatar

    How To Be A Good Church Member

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 5, 2001
    based on 121 ratings
     | 17,166 views

    Some things church members should be and do

    1 THES. 1:5-8 "HOW TO BE A GOOD CHURCH MEMBER" * The title Christian appears only 3 times in the Scriptures & implies a number of things! A) First, it implies that a person who is a Christian is one who is a follower of Jesus Christ! * Acts 11:26 "And the disciples were called Christians first in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Watch How You Are Looking Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2001
    based on 86 ratings
     | 6,992 views

    Part 8 of Sermon on Mount series, controlling our lust.

    Adultery, what a nasty word. It’s no wonder people don’t call it that, they refer to it as an affair of the heart, a fling, illicit love even an extramarital relationship, anything but adultery. After all every one is doing it, aren’t they? Well I know of one person for sure who isn’t. On the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Phillip Frady avatar

    How To Lose Your Kingdom

    Contributed by Phillip Frady on Sep 17, 2002
    based on 88 ratings
     | 5,580 views

    A look at the practical issues of family life from King David and Solomon, we face the real prospects of where greatness may mean the most to our legacy.

    How To Lose Your Kingdom In One Generation I&II Samuel I. Get married for all the wrong reasons. I Samuel 18:19-21 II. Become more interested in pleasure than responsibility I Samuel 25:42-44 III. Become great in everything but parenting II Samuel 5;10 IV. Know the world better than you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • William Ellis avatar

    How Deep Is My Well

    Contributed by William Ellis on Sep 29, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,259 views

    Living water comes from a place deeper than… any drill can excavate, any talent can imitate, any devil can duplicate, any emotions can replicate, any mind can fabricate

    Intro: Many of us as Christians find ourselves in an emotional vacuum • We look for God to move the same way He has moved for us in the past… • If he used a sling and a stone to defeat the enemy then we need to send our boys in Iraq a sling shot and tell them to lay down those pesky guns! • If the ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    How Can I Be Attractive?

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Feb 13, 2020
     | 4,402 views

    As we follow on the weekend of Valentine's Day, Jesus talks about what is attractive to Him, and what we should be attracted to. He shows us what sin is, so that we see who HE is.

    2.16.20 Matthew 5 27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ 28 but I tell you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to fall into sin, pluck it out and throw it away from ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran