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  • David DeWitt avatar

    Focus: Your Best Friend Or Your Worst Enemy

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Dec 15, 2000
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,288 views

    God is calling for us to have the right focus for life

    Focus: Our best friend or worst enemy? Matthew 14:22-36 March 22, 1998 Morning Service Introduction 1. Apollo 13 Mission: The mission was doomed, there numerous problems and failures, the only thing that saved the men on board was creativity and will to live, at one specific point in the mission ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Feb 5, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,750 views

    Genesis 14

    A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED (GENESIS 14) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_en Grammar Bible (English) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Bah Tatabahasa Alkitab (Indonesian) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Esp Biblia de Gramática (Spanish) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Tag Gramatika Bibliya ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2018
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    A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED (GENESIS 14) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_en Grammar Bible (English) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Bah Tatabahasa Alkitab (Indonesian) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Esp Biblia de Gramática (Spanish) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Tag Gramatika Bibliya ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    A Christian Is... A Friend Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 27, 2015
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    A Christian is a friend of Jesus (Material adapted from Bob Tinsky's book, A Christian Is... God's Answer to Man's Question, chapter 6, pgs. 91-98)

    HoHum: A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked- Bernard Meltzer WBTU: I had several friends when I was in grade school. We played Monopoly, fished in the pond, played hide and seek in the cornfields and woods, terrorized the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Kelvin McKisic avatar

    The Best Friend

    Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Mar 2, 2025
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    This sermon has us looking at what a best friend really means. Do you have a best friend? Are you a best friend? What are the characteristics of a best friend. We are going to discuss those characteristics and show that Jesus meets and exceeds them.

    Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Friend At Midnight Series

    Contributed by Eric Carey-Holt on Feb 16, 2003
    based on 51 ratings
     | 8,133 views

    The model is the Lord’s Prayer and this pattern of prayer has been a part of the Christian tradition for centuries. This model lays out a way that we can pray to God and shows how we can have an effective life in prayer. Jesus did not just show this to th

    THE FRIEND AT MIDNIGHT—Luke 11: 1-13 TEXT Luke 11:1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples." 2 He said to them, "When you pray, say: " `Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Be Generous With Your Greetings!

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on May 15, 2001
    based on 204 ratings
     | 14,423 views

    There are people who seem to say, “Well, here I am. Everybody notice me!” And there are others who say, “There you are. I’ve noticed you.”

    MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX ILL. I came across a little ditty that went something like this: Some go to church to laugh & talk, & some go there to walk the walk. Some go to church to meet a friend, & some go there an hour to spend. Some ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What A Friend We Have In Jesus

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 6, 2022
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    There are a number of things that a preacher might hear after he preaches a sermon. Some of these things are pleasant and some of them are not.

    Some will say: • "I am going to be late for lunch because you preached so long." • "You must not have had much time to prepare that sermon." • "My former pastor preached a much better sermon from that text." • "You acted like you weren't feeling well while you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Jesus Teaches About Judging Others

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 9,186 views

    In an age of tolerance, perhaps one of today’s worst over reactions is a self-destructive judgmental tendency. Avoid a hypocritical, judgmental attitude that tears down in order to build oneself up. Jesus is not giving a blanket statement to be naive, bu

    Jesus Teaches About Judging Others (Matt 7:1-5) In an age of tolerance, perhaps one of today’s worst reactions is a self-destructive tendency that needs to be checked is a hypocritical, judgmental attitude that tears down in order to build oneself up. Jesus is not giving a blanket statement to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Friend In The Midnight Hour

    Contributed by Charles Mccall on Jul 6, 2003
    based on 139 ratings
     | 24,061 views

    When something unexpected happens late in the midnight hour of our lives, we have in friend in Jesus Christ who can come to our rescue.

    St. Luke 11:1-13 Topic: A friend in the midnight hour In these passages of scriptures, we see Jesus Christ in a certain place praying to His Father in heaven. As He prayed to his Father in heaven, one of his disciples watched and heard Jesus praying, and when Jesus finished praying, that same ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bradford Robinson avatar

    What A Friend We Have In Jesus

    Contributed by Bradford Robinson on Sep 23, 2002
    based on 78 ratings
     | 12,790 views

    This sermon looks how Jesus is our friend even when we are experiencing the storms of life.

    You might remember the phrase from a famous movie a while back, “Life is like a box of chocolates…you never know what you’re going to get.” And if you have lived any number of years here on this earth than you know that that phrase is true…life is anything but predictable. Your circumstances ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • David DeWitt avatar

    What A Friend We Have In Jesus

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Oct 10, 2005
    based on 124 ratings
     | 45,238 views

    A message for our annual Friend Day

    What A Friend We Have In Jesus John 15:13-15 October 8, 2005 Morning Service Introduction Mark Wellman gained national attention in the summer of 1989 by climbing the sheer face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The fact that Mark climbed the mountain is not the remarkable part, but the ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    What A Friend We Have In Jesus

    Contributed by Rev. Craig James on Nov 2, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 15,402 views

    It's hard to understand a little that Jesus is both Lord and friend. In this sermon I look at the relationship we have with Jesus and that He cannot be friend without Lord or Lord without friend … they come hand in hand!

    John 15: 9-17 9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Shawn Rose avatar

    What A Friend We Have In Jesus

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on Nov 28, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 12,120 views

    Jesus displays all the characteristics of a true friend.

    Jesus displays all the characteristics of a true friend. 1. A true friend loves you no matter what. (Proverbs 17:17) a. His love is unconditional. b. His love is in spite of your faults and failures. c. Jesus is the model. (Romans 5:6-8) 2. A true friend tells you the truth. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    What? A Friend We Have In Jesus!

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jan 6, 2004
    based on 49 ratings
     | 8,101 views

    Excellent for friend day

    What? A Friend We Have in Jesus? Luke 10:30-37 Best known parable of the Bible…the Good Samaritan. v. 30a a very rugged, rocky pass, and perfect for thieves as there were so many places to hide behind rocks and corners! Robbery was so common on this road between Jerusalem and Jericho that the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist