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  • Rick Crandall avatar

    How To Get Help From God

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 25, 2012
     | 26,432 views

    1. Ask for God’s help (vs. 1). 2. Allow God to choose the best way to help us (vs. 2-4). 3. Apply God’s instructions (vs. 3-7). 4. Amplify your faith (vs. 6).

    How to Get Help from God 2 Kings 4:1-7 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Nov. 11, 2012 *I once heard on TV that a mosquito can pick up the scent of a human from 40 miles away. I’m not saying that to cast aspersions on the way anybody smells. But just to say that trouble has a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Find Gladness In Serving God

    Contributed by Randy Bataanon on Jan 2, 2013
    based on 195 ratings
     | 107,503 views

    There are misconceptions that if anyone decided to serve God, he should be prepared to live a boring life. On the contrary, a life spends in sinful pleasures of the world usually end up in misery. There are 5 elements to enjoy Christian service

    HOW TO FIND GLADNESS IN SERVING GOD Psa 100:2 Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. There are misconceptions that if anyone decided to serve God, he should be prepared to live a sad and boring life. Serving God is a great privilege and must be rendered with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Know If You Love God

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jan 3, 2013
    based on 9 ratings
     | 16,860 views

    1. Measure your attention. 2. Measure your attachment. 3. Measure your affection. 4. Measure your actions.

    How to Know if You Love God Mark 12:28-30 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Feb. 19, 2012 BACKGROUND: *Last Sunday in 1 Corinthians 13, we studied the kind of love that God wants all of us to have: God’s kind of love, agape love, the same type of love that the Lord has for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Do We Honor God? Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Aug 17, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,092 views

    Paul challenged the believers in Philippi to "Walk the Talk" and honor God with their lives, and he provided a great example in the life of Christ, but here he gives them firm charge to be intentional and one negative and one positive on HOW they can hono

    Sermon Brief Date Written: August 12, 2011 Date Preached: August 14, 2011 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Series Title: A Series from Philippians Sermon Title: How Can We Honor God Sermon Text: Philippians 2:12-18 [ESV] Introduction: When you were young, what was your ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How God Sees Our Prayers Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jul 2, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,695 views

    God will certainly answer our prayer requests, but we need to consider the 3 ways God answers prayers.

    Please open your Bibles to the Gospel of Luke, Chap. 11… In the beginning of Luke 11Jesus taught His disciples how to pray. This prayer is also in Matthew 6 and is popularly known as the Lord’s Prayer. It really should be called The Disciple’s Prayer; maybe this is one reason why many people just ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    How Could God Allow This To Happen? Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Dec 30, 2014
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     | 4,522 views

    This is the 3rd sermon in the Christmas Series, "Out Of Your Mind". This sermon discusses how God sees the Big Picture.

    Series: Out Of Your Mind [#3] HOW COULD GOD ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN? Matthew 2:1-23 Introduction: I come to you this morning with a heavy heart. Last Sunday afternoon, I found out about the Torres family accident. While I didn’t know the parents and oldest daughter well; we all knew or knew ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How God Turns Failure Into Favor Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 9, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 28,181 views

    Failure isn’t final and it isn’t fatal. God can bring you back from failure.

    INTRODUCTION This is the fourth message is the series from 1 Thessalonians which I’ve entitled, “Finding Hope in a Hopeless World.” In this message we’re going to talk about “How God Turns Failure into Favor.” I don’t even know if kids in school take home ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Will Your Will Match God's Will?

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Oct 30, 2013
     | 4,606 views

    God's will is not a mystery. Rather it's a battle; his will against our will.

    We just read the Apostle’s Creed. It was written in the 4th Century by a Council in Milan as an early statement of Christian belief. It is read regularly in some congregations. However, I found a statement of belief that may fit how we truly believe based on our actions. From Rick ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    How To Move Forward For The Glory Of God Series

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Nov 16, 2013
    based on 15 ratings
     | 39,168 views

    A sermon examining how to know and do God's will.

    How To Move Forward For The Glory Of God Exodus 14:15-30 If you survey the history of this church (or any established church for that matter) you will see many ups and downs. Within this assembly there have been some intense battles and some incredible victories. There have been certain ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How God Moves In Tiny Things

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Nov 11, 2014
     | 3,746 views

    Zechariah ends up in Holy of Holies because of a cast lot. Why would God move through something like that?

    What In The World? When it came to which priest went into the Holy of Holies, God’s will was chosen by lot. - Luke 1:9. - This is odd to us. This seems weird. - And yet here it is in the Christmas story. - We want to chase down this line of thought: What does this being part of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Shawn Drake avatar

    Adonai- How To Have A Relationship With God Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Sep 9, 2018
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,075 views

    This is the 5th sermon in the series "Knowing God".

    Series: Knowing God [#5] ADONAI- HOW TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD Genesis 15:2 Introduction: So far on our study we have come to know God as Elohim, Jehovah, and El Elyon. Through these 3 names we have seen that God not only creates but has a special relationship with human beings. The next ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How God Turns Trash Into Treasure

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 15, 2013
     | 9,311 views

    1. Jesus finds us (vs. 9). 2. Jesus invites us to follow Him (vs. 9). 3. Jesus fellowships with us (vs. 10). 4. Jesus functions as a doctor to heal us from our sin (vs. 11-13).

    “What We All Have Felt” (Betrayed) Text: Mark 14:10-11, 44-46 I want to talk to you today about something that is NOT funny. If we could have worked it out I would have showed you how NOT funny it really is on the screen by showing you a video clip from the PASSION OF CHRIST. I'll share an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Be Perfect (God Requires It!)

    Contributed by Coz Von on Nov 28, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,561 views

    in Matt 5:48 Jesus said: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Many say this is not possible, the Bible repeatedly say it is very possible, But how? Here's How: Here is a bunch of verses stringed together to show you☺

    A new commandment I write unto you thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and soul and with all thy might: and thy neighbour as thyself.and the second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dr.W.Samuel Legon avatar

    How Do You See God?

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jul 15, 2020
     | 3,543 views

    How do you see him what are you looking for from him.

    HOW DO YOU SEE GOD? Colossians 1:10 - That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; John 15:8 - Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Pray To God And Not Give Up?

    Contributed by William Tan Yh on Oct 1, 2020
     | 3,293 views

    In the parable of the widow who brings her case before an unjust judge. The unjust judge just ignores her plead but finally relented in order to get her off his back. Our Heavenly Father will not delay even one day more than necessary but will quickly answer our prayer.

    Good morning brothers and sisters, I wish to share from the passage in Luke 18: 1-8. Jesus tells a parable of a widow who has a rival who mistreated her. She brings her case before an unjust judge. The unjust judge is too wicked to even consider her case and just ignore her plead. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic