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  • Obeth Jebakumar avatar

    God Looks At The Heart Series

    Contributed by Obeth Jebakumar on Dec 23, 2020
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    God “tries the heart,” “sees the heart,” “refines the heart,” and “searches the heart.”

    1 Samuel 16:7 For God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. In both the Old and New Testaments, the word “Heart” refers to the center of an individual’s mental, emotional and spiritual life. Put another way, the heart is the “innermost ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Do The Hard Work First.

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Sep 17, 2023
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    After living more than 60 years, I know that any claim that offers an effortless way to develop a lean, well conditioned body is a hoax. So is any sermon title that promises an easy way to become like our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

    Do the Hard Work First. 1 Timothy 6:11-12TPT After living more than 60 years, I know that any claim that offers an effortless way to develop a lean, well conditioned body is a hoax. So is any sermon title that promises an easy way to become like our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. In 1Timothy ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Happiness Through - A Pure Heart (Beatitudes) Series

    Contributed by Thomas Bartlett on Nov 2, 2020
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    Take all the good things you do. You help others, you give to those in need, you bring a coat for our coat drive, you deliver meals, you serve. That’s so important, but it’s not the most important aspect of your righteous-life. What’s most important? WHY YOU DO IT!

    Happiness In An Unsettling World Steele Creek Church, Eastfield Campus Dr. Tom Bartlett – October 25, 2020 Matthew 5:8 Pure In Heart OUTLINE “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” (Vs. 8) Pure in Heart: “righteous inward & outward” Jesus: happiness comes when you are the ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Capturing Victory: Inner Healing And The Modern Church - Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jonathan Vorce on May 29, 2023
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    Is inner healing a Biblical practice or psychotherapy? Is there a place for it in the modern church? Dr. Vorce discusses the practice of inner healing among Christians today and encourages the faithful to lean on the Word of God for all that pertains to life and Godliness.

    Romans 6:1-7 Summary: Scripture alone offers the truth and clarity necessary to profoundly comprehend the human psyche. It is through the divine words of the Bible that we can truly understand our thoughts, emotions, and motivations. By immersing ourselves in the teachings of the Scriptures, we ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    The Touch Of Jesus

    Contributed by John Gaston on Mar 8, 2020
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    Research has proven how powerful a human touch is. Since that's true, imagine how powerful the touch of Jesus is, the effect it can have on people, and how we can be part of God’s touching the world!

    THE TOUCH OF JESUS Mark 1:29–37 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Uncle Irv needed 3 million dollars to clinch an important real estate deal. 2. So he went to a local synagogue to pray for the money. By chance he knelt next to a man who was praying fervently for $100 to pay his rent. 3. Irv started ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Gospel And The Court Of Herod Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 17, 2016
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    Nothing is right until we meet and allow ourselves to be transformed by the Lord Jesus Christ.

    Thursday of the 24th Week in Course 2016 Joy of the Gospel Most of us have forgotten the scariest moment of our lives. It was about the age of two. Up to then everybody was so attentive to the little one’s needs that each of us, to the extent that we were thinking at all, had a fundamental ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Stirring Time Is Coming Series

    Contributed by Kermit Reaves on Jan 7, 2014
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    HAVE YOU EVER RAN ACROSS PEOPLE WHO SAY ONE THING AND DO ANOTHER. OR DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO SAYS DON’T DO AS I DO, DO AS I SAY. LET’S GET PERSONAL OR HAVE YOU SAID ONE THING AND DONE ANOTHER. THAT IS SO MESSY. JESUS HAS GIVEN US A SOLUTION HOW NOT TO BE

    STIRRING TIME COMING MATTHEW 23:25-26/MARK 7:13,21 MANUSCRIPT BY MINISTER KERMIT REAVES HAVE YOU EVER RAN ACROSS PEOPLE WHO SAY ONE THING AND DO ANOTHER. OR DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO SAYS DON’T DO AS I DO, DO AS I SAY. LET’S GET PERSONAL OR HAVE YOU SAID ONE THING AND DONE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    From The Transfiguration Of Christ To The Transformation Of The Christian

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Mar 10, 2016
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    How God brings about the transformation of the Christians. This is much more dramatic, and a much bigger change than what is believed, and the transformation is permanent, changing us into a Christ like being, if only we new.

    This sermon was delivered to Holy Trinity in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 7th February 2016; Holy Trinity is a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries. Jeremiah 1:4-10 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21-30 Psalm 71:1-6 ??? “Please be seated, and join me in a short ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

  • Mary Erickson avatar

    Forgive As God Forgives Series

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Feb 25, 2021
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    God desires that our hearts become a soft soil where the seed of forgiveness might germinate and take root.

    February 24, 2021 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Matt. 6:7-15; Matt. 18:23-35 Forgive as God Forgives Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. We all need role models. Our first role models are our parents. Children are ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    Contentment- Three Keys To Unlocking Contentment In Your Life Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Feb 11, 2022
     | 3,284 views

    Joy and contentment are found in knowing God.

    INTRODUCTION • What comes to mind when you think of words such as joy, contentment, and inner peace? • Do you think of a walk on the beach? • Maybe you think about cuddling up next to the fireplace with a good book? • Maybe for you, it is having a fat bank account, or if we could obtain a certain ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • John Gaston avatar

    The Broken Become Experts At Mending

    Contributed by John Gaston on Apr 10, 2021
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    There’s a world of people out there who are in various stages of brokenness; some a little, others a lot. Maybe for the first time in your life, you can actually relate to them! They need someone who can cry with them, who can “feel their pain.”

    THE BROKEN BECOME EXPERTS AT MENDING Luke 5:27-32 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: Better Than You Thought 1. The farmer's son was returning from the market with a crate of chickens his father had entrusted to him, when all of a sudden the box fell and broke open. 2. Chickens ran in all directions, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Are We So Good And Polished In The Outter Court That We Bypass The Holy Place Of God. The Veil Is Gone, Come On In...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 24, 2025
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    The battle of the carnal vs the spiritual.

    CARNAL VS SPIRITUAL: EXTERNAL VS INTERNAL By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) I once read where a Bedouin was traveling across the desert. He had traveled all bed. He stopped to set up camp. He sat up the tent. He fed and watered the camel. It was ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • David Henderson avatar

    "Whatever Happened To Old Fashioned Service?" Series

    Contributed by David Henderson on Jun 7, 2011
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     | 9,531 views

    This message begins with a description of what service used to look like at the local service station. We have drifted from the concept of what Biblical service actually looks like. My goal in this series is to build a real attitude of servanthood in ou

    Improving Your Serve “Whatever Happened to Old Fashioned Service? Matthew 20:20-28 It would be safe to say this morning that things have really changed at the gas pump. Prices have changed greatly. I pay about 75.00 every time I fill up my truck. When I first started driving i remember ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jim Drake avatar

    Counting Change Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on May 31, 2008
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     | 9,612 views

    Newton’s First Law of Motion states: Everything continues in a state of rest unless it is compelled to change by forces impressed upon it. Do the forces of sin around you compel you to change?

    Turn with me to Ezra 9. EZRA 9:3-5 After putting it off for a long time, a man finally went to the doctor. After the examination and all of the tests and blood work, the doctor just shook his head. He told the man, “You are in terrible shape. In order to pull out of this, you’re going to have ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Gideon's 300

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Jul 14, 2009
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     | 60,681 views

    Are you willing and able?

    GIDEON’S 300 People love stories of courage. Recently there was a movie called 300. It was a retelling of the historic account by Herodotus of the Battle of Thermopylae which took place around 480 BC. King Leonides and his 300 Spartan warriors made a last stand against the 400,000 strong ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance