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  • Bart Leger avatar

    Principles We Learn From The Farmer (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 2, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,962 views

    Principles for becoming a better witness for Jesus Christ.

    Sowing Hope in a Hopeless World (Part 1) “In my travels over the decades, I have found that people are the same the world over. However, in recent years I find that there is an increasing problem that I would sum up in the word “hopeless.” It may be because we get the news of troubles, problems, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Focusing In Prayer

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 9, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,932 views

    Practical Tips on Prayer

    Keeping Focused in Prayer Luke 18:1 “ . . . Men ought always to pray and not to faint.” I Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray without ceasing.” I. Distractions from Concentration in Prayer. A. The Days Activities B. Work or Domestic Problems C. Things that need to be done D. Wrong ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Praying With Persistence

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Apr 3, 2004
    based on 101 ratings
     | 6,937 views

    We are called to pray and continually ask, seek and knock. A devotional for our monthly Cottage Prayer meeting.

    Praying with Persistence Matthew 7:7-8 Cottage Prayer Meeting Devotional January 31, 2004 7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Fireless Foxes

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Aug 28, 2005
    based on 80 ratings
     | 17,291 views

    300 foxes on fire became the philistines worst night mare, but what would have happened if the foxes were fireless?

    Foxes in the scripture are often symbols of the destructive nature of the devil, the unregenerate man. When they warned Jesus that Herod would kill him, Jesus said (go and tell that fox, behold I cast out devils, I do cures today and tomorrow and the third day I shall be perfected). Of the foxes ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    I Stand At The Door

    Contributed by Charles Scott on Jan 13, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,701 views

    Christians have an obligation to assist those outside of the Church to find the Door; we are to be doormen not gatekeepers.

    I Stand at the Door Revelation 3__20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Rev 3:20 Friends at Good Shepherd: Sam Shoemaker saw himself as a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Jimmy Chapman avatar

    "Hastened And Pressed On By The King's Commandment"

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 4, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,821 views

    The decree was authoritative; the deliverance was available; the line was approaching...

    Esther 8:13,14 "Hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment" Most of us are familiar with the events in the book of Esther, but let me quickly review some of them with you and bring you up to our text verses. Haman has thrown a temper tantrum because Mordecai, a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Matt Zurowski avatar

    Time To Launch

    Contributed by Matt Zurowski on Oct 30, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,137 views

    A message on Missions based on Romans 10:13-17 with a look at what Jesus laid, what the early church launched and what was left for us.

    “ Lamak”* was born into a wealthy, powerful Muslim family in South Asia. His family’s reputation put pressure on him to live like a Muslim. Everything changed when Lamak turned his life over to Jesus Christ while working in Singapore. When he returned home four years later, he accepted the risks ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Come And See: Principles For Evangelism

    Contributed by Devin Hudson on Jan 22, 2002
    based on 577 ratings
     | 50,054 views

    5th sermon in a John series

    Come and See: Principles for Evangelism John 1.35-51 It is perhaps the Christian’s greatest fear. What is it? personal evangelism, sharing one’s faith with another person. After all, I may not know what to say. They might ask me a question I cannot answer. I might fail. I am not gifted in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Prayer Nots Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Nov 25, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,257 views

    What is your attitude when you pray? Before Jesus tells us how to pray, He tells us how not to pray.

    “The highest activity of the human soul.” That’s what the great expository preacher Martyn Lloyd-Jones said about prayer. Prayer is one of the most important things we will ever do in our relationship with the Lord. It is so essential to who we are as Christians that one commentator compared it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jimmy Chapman avatar

    The Mighty Name Of Jesus Series

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 4, 2008
    based on 17 ratings
     | 9,092 views

    Notice these words in verse 32 - “Peter passed through all quarters.” They are going to serve as the basis for our thoughts tonight.

    THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS ACTS 9:32-35 The passage tonight turns from the dramatic changed life of Saul to a story in the life of Peter. Since the churches had rest from persecution, the apostles began to make use of this interval of quiet to visit the different congregations in order to build ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Bigger Hearts For Lost People

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Feb 6, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,550 views

    What was it that transformed a semi-defeated Bible study group meeting in an upper room in Jerusalem into this highly energized, Holy Spirit empowered, life-giving local church? The inundation of 3000 new converts on Pentecost Day.

    Building Bigger Hearts for Lost People I would like to start with a multiple-choice question: Which of these would most likely transform the average sleepy, tradition-bound local church into a dynamic, fired-up, community of faith? Which of the following events? A) Burning the hymnbooks, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Got A Light?

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on May 3, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,986 views

    Sombody had to help with Saul’s conversion, Have you got the light of Jesus?

    Got A Light? I remember seeing in several old movies, when two Spies were to meet they would start with some seeming innocent conversation starter. That was to keep all around them from noticing that the planned meeting was happening, the microfilm passed or other instructions given. One that ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Jimmy Chapman avatar

    Binding Jesus

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 28, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,684 views

    Ways Jesus is bound

    Binding Jesus 1 Corinthians 9:12 "If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather?" Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. Introduction: 1. Jesus is bound after the betrayal of Judas and led to Annas the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lord, Always Give Us This Bread!

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Aug 2, 2003
    based on 138 ratings
     | 13,819 views

    This sermon is the lectionary text for 8th. Sunday after Pentecost, Year B, and is really a Salvation message

    LORD, ALWAYS GIVE US THIS BREAD”—JOHN 6:22-35 Bread is the most common of all foods. My Mother always called it, “the staff of life.” Perhaps Leviticus 26:26 is the basis for this designation: “When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will bring ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    We Learn To Pray By Praying Series

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 19, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,119 views

    What the Church needs today is not more machinery or better,... From the beginning of time, men have prayed, Genesis 4:26. In all types of places, at all times and in every conceivable situation, men have prayed. Christian and heathen alike have spent mas

    Illustration: A heart-broken little girl began to kneel and pour out her heart to God in the altar at her local church. She did not know what to say. As she wept speechless, she began to remember what her Father had told her, "God knows your needs even before you pray, and he can answer when you ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational