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  • Andy Atkins avatar

    On Being Filled With The Spirit

    Contributed by Andy Atkins on Jan 1, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
     | 8,088 views

    Having the Holy Spirit is not the same as being FILLED with the Holy Spirit.

    On Being Filled with the Spirit Ephesians 5:18-21 It is safe to assume that everyone here today has indoor plumbing. If we want a glass of water, it is simply a matter of taking a glass, placing it under the faucet, and turning on the water. The water is available for us. It is simply a matter of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Letters To 7 Churches 3 - Pergamum And Thyatira Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 22, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,209 views

    Thew opposition is great and the temptation to compromise is also great. but God encourages them to hold firm.

    As we move on from Ephesus and Smyrna to Pergamum and Thyatira we see the intensity of opposition and persecution increasing. While in Smyrna there was a warning of possible death for Christ, in Pergamum we find it’s happened. Here maintaining belief in Christ has cost Antipas his life. Yet ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Letters To 7 Churches 3 - Pergamum And Thyatira Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 22, 2007
     | 3,876 views

    Thew opposition is great and the temptation to compromise is also great. but God encourages them to hold firm.

    As we move on from Ephesus and Smyrna to Pergamum and Thyatira we see the intensity of opposition and persecution increasing. While in Smyrna there was a warning of possible death for Christ, in Pergamum we find it’s happened. Here maintaining belief in Christ has cost Antipas his life. Yet ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Shine

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jan 26, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,571 views

    When we carve significant space and time in our lives for God he will begin to transform our inner core so we become holy in our hearts and in our actions.

    Shine Phil 2:14-18 Jan 23, 2011 Intro: To begin this morning I want you to imagine, or remember, a world without electric light. For most of us the closest we might get to imagining that would be a camping trip – I remember one night as a teenager where several of us had been working at Gull ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Freedom To Work And Work In Freedom Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 19, 2007
     | 4,411 views

    Moses, Pt. 7

    FREEDOM TO WORK AND WORK IN FREEDOM (EXODUS 18) How often workaholics wish for 25 hours in a day or that they could manage with one less hour of sleep a day. Too often people are caught in the hustle and bustle of things, scrambling here and there morning till night, working so hard with so little ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Produce Or Perish Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 22, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,790 views

    Parables for Stewards, Pt. 4

    PRODUCE OR PERISH (LUKE 13:6-9) The fig is highly valued not only by the Jews but also her neighbors (Ps 105:33). The Israelites were promised fig trees in the Promised Land (Deut 8:8). In Palestine and other warm climates the fig yields two crops annually, one in June and one in August. Figs can ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Since You're Going Anyway, Teach

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 6, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,192 views

    Jesus’ call to us is to use the natural intersections of life to share what we know, to learn together with others, and to claim the victory of the Lord who will always be with us.

    My wife and I made the rounds of the carpet stores one evening last week. She is a member of the church’s Building and Grounds Committee and has been given the assignment of refurbishing my office. It was an educational experience, but not a particularly entertaining one. At one carpet store we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Transforming Wall Street

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Nov 4, 2010
     | 2,181 views

    God is just as concerned for Wall Street ... and the "Wall Street" of every community ... as He is for the street that runs in front of the church.

    Imagine a father offering these words of advice to his new college graduate, who is seeking a job: I want you to know it's a jungle out there. College has been a cake-walk. From now on, you'll be in the real world. The language is money. And it talks loudly. The goal is to get as much as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ask Not Don't Gripe

    Contributed by John Stackhouse on Apr 13, 2016
     | 3,901 views

    stressing the importance of asking God for everything.

    A small Oklahoma town had two churches and one distillery. Members of both churches complained that the distillery was giving the community a bad image. And to make matters worse, the owner of the distillery was an out-spoken atheist. He didn’t believe in God one bit. The church people tried ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    The Tie That Binds Us

    Contributed by Darin Gary on Jun 25, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,838 views

    There are some Biblical commands concerning Church purity, integrity, and authority that 21st Century Christians SHOULD BE SEEKING and MAINTAINING.

    THE TIE THAT BINDS US (Philippians 2:1-2) “…if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, [2] fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.” These days ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Open Heart Surgery Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jan 19, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 16,084 views

    We will never be all that God has for us until we give our entire selves to God.

    Open Heart Surgery Text: Joel 2:12-17 Introduction 1. Illustration: "Tomorrow morning I'll open up your heart" the surgeon said to the 8 year-old-boy. "You'll find Jesus there," the boy said. The surgeon continued, "I'll open your heart and check the damage." "You'll find Jesus there," the boy ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Good News Shoes Series

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Oct 29, 2015
     | 7,000 views

    This part of the spiritual armor is good news for us but very bad news for Satan and his domain.

    Let’s begin today with a review. Paul is in prison chained to a guard 24 hours a day- seven days a week. As he is observing the soldiers uniform, the Holy Spirit begins to speak to him about spiritual armor. He takes note of the belt around the soldier’s waist. He notices that ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

  • Victor Yap avatar

    A New Commandment (John 15:10-17)

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 4, 2019
     | 5,407 views

    A NEW COMMANDMENT (JOHN 15:10-17)

    A NEW COMMANDMENT (JOHN 15:10-17) According to the renowned Rabbi Simlai, the Torah, also known as Mosaic Law or Five Books of Moses, contains 613 commandments, with 365 negative commandments for each day in the year, and 248 positive commandments. Many of the commandments are irrelevant today ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Seven Last Words

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 15,904 views

    Easter

    SEVEN LAST WORDS OF JESUS (LUKE 23:34) “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34) “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:43) “Dear woman, here is your son. Here is your mother.” (John 19:26–27) My God, My God, why have you forsaken ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Unlikely Best Friend

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2018
     | 2,656 views

    Easter

    MAN’S UNLIKELIEST BEST FRIEND (LUKE 19:28-40) English author G. K. Chesterton, renowned for his detective crime-fighting writing “Father Brown” has this poem entitled “The Donkey”: When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon thorn, Some moment when the moon was blood Then surely ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible