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  • Darrell Stetler II avatar

    How To Show Your Love Series

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Feb 13, 2005
    based on 37 ratings
     | 10,353 views

    God designed you to love Him and others, and you’ll never be happy with anything less. But how can we show this love effectively to our families and those most important to us? *HANDOUT INCLUDED*

    How to Show Your Love This month, we’re talking about families. . . Does your family ever drive you crazy? In the book, “Children’s Letters to God: The New Collection”, a little girl named, Nan, writes this letter: “Dear God, I bet it is very hard for you to love all of everybody in the whole ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    How To Deal With Persecution Series

    Contributed by Mark Olson on Jul 18, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 11,356 views

    Just as paul and the early church faced persecution, so do we today. How shall we deal with it?

    How to Deal with Persecution Acts 18:1-17 Pastor Mark Olson 7/22/07 Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 2 Timothy 3:12 Promise: You will face rejection and suffering because of your Christian faith. What is Persecution? Hebrews 10:32-34 Persecution can ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    How To Not Get To Heaven

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 19, 2002
    based on 167 ratings
     | 15,037 views

    A sermon outlining the ways people think they will get to heaven.

    How to NOT Get to Heaven Various Scriptures May 19, 2002 Introduction There is a story of Billy Graham when he was visiting a city for one of his crusades. He had finished writing a letter and began to look for a place to mail it. Walking around the city for a while, he came across a young boy. ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Talking To God

    Contributed by Carl Finney on Aug 21, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,596 views

    Teaching children how to speak to God.

    Talking to our Father, God. How do we talk to Almighty God, the creator of all life? How do we talk to a person like God, who is all-powerful? Very simply, We talk to God with Love, and respect. What matters to God, are not the words that you say. What matters to God, is not the length of your ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Knight avatar

    Knowing God's Will

    Contributed by John Knight on May 2, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,746 views

    How to know God’s will.

    Knowing God’s Will John 1:18 How do you know what you can’t see? John 3:8 "The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know from where it comes or to where it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit." John 4:23 "But the hour is coming, ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Experiencing God

    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,550 views

    How to experience God more fully

    Acts 17:16-31 16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18 A group of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Worldliness And God's Will

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Jun 11, 2012
     | 8,194 views

    How to determine the will of God for your life.

    “Worldliness and God’s Will” 1 John 2:15-17 1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God And Sin Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Apr 19, 2016
     | 4,615 views

    How does God see sin?

    Let us continue to worship our Creator God by listening and learning from His Word. Open your Bibles to Joshua 7….. We noted last week from the first part of Joshua 7, some Israelites disobeyed God in Jericho and when they tried to win the City of Ai, 3000 Israelites were killed! God warned ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    As Perfect As God? Series

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jul 11, 2014
     | 4,241 views

    How can we be as perfect as God?

    As Perfect as God? Matthew 5:43-48 Jesus now makes His last demonstration of the deficiency of the Pharisees teaching. Again Jesus reminds them of a part of the Scripture “You shall love your neighbor from the Old Testament book of Leviticus. Why the words “as yourself” is left ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Gerald Roberts avatar

    Father God

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Sep 30, 2020
     | 1,588 views

    How does Father God discipline?

    “Father God” Psalm 78 1-16 1. Father God and His children? • One comment I found says, “Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. Yes, a newborn child is a “bundle of joy.” But very soon, she’s a handful of aggravation. • Adam and Eve had issues with their two boys, Cain and Abel. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Loving God

    Contributed by David Radcliff on Mar 11, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,898 views

    How we are to truly love the Lord.

    LOVING GOD Mark 12:28-31 In Mark 12:30-31 we have a very pivotal command for every Christian, a command that is at the very heart of Christianity. If these verses are not engrained in our daily living then we will never be spiritually what we should be. Many claim to love God, Many say they love ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Handle Life

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 8, 2002
    based on 175 ratings
     | 33,439 views

    This sermon gives Biblical guidelines to deal with the pressures of life successfully.

    Introduction Lloyd J. Ogilve, in his book "Life Without Limits," tells the story of a pastor who in the space of one week heard the following comments from various people: A woman said; “I’m under tremendous pressure from my son these days. I can’t seem to satisfy him, however hard I work. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Overcome Depression Or Discouragement

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 17, 2006
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,855 views

    David wrote in Psalm 43 feelings of depression & discouragement, "Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, The help of my countenance, and my God."

    How To Overcome Depression Or Discouragement by Paul Fritz Psalms 42:11-42:11 1. Depression (Feelings of dejection, sadness, apathy, inertia, difficulty in gaining energy or excitement, fatigue, pessimism, hopelessness, fear, attitudes of worthlessness, hopelessness, loss of interest, inability ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Tom Fuller avatar

    Divorce & How To Maintain Relationships

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Sep 1, 2002
    based on 144 ratings
     | 5,106 views

    Jesus gives us insight into the heart of God, revealing how to save relationships that are faltering and how to avoid the trap of divorce. Learn how God truly envisioned marriage and learn about keeping commitments. Also learn how to avoid legalism.

    A very recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau states that today in the United States, more people than ever are deciding against the idea of getting married. 4.3 million couples are instead living together without the commitment of a marriage vow. The most often cited reasons? Because failed ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Robert Cox avatar

    Why Aren't My Prayers Answered?

    Contributed by Robert Cox on Dec 9, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,519 views

    Why does God seem deaf at times when we pray according to His promises?

    JAMES 5:13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal