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  • Joseph Smith avatar

    So Near And Yet So Far

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Sep 14, 2009
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     | 9,646 views

    We will never be as close to Christ as we could be or think we are if we are oblivious to today’s issues or build monuments to past achievements.

    We can be close to something, and yet miss it. We can be almost on target, almost where we want to .be, and yet, if we’re not exactly where we ought to be, we miss it. So near and yet so far. A couple of years ago, when my wife and I were touring England, we were in Victoria Station, one of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Standing Close To The Lightning Strike

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 19, 2009
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     | 18,656 views

    God will get our attention and force us to make choices, despite our desire to avoid decisions or our wish to be secular. When the lightning strikes it may be painful but it will be about grace.

    You can most certainly expect God to attract your attention. I cannot tell you exactly how He will do it, but I do know that He will do it. He will attract your attention. Many of us face a spiritual issue called inattention. Distraction. Inattention. We are not paying attention to what God is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Good Deed Must I Do? Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 30, 2008
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     | 4,286 views

    The rich young ruler’s question was off-base. It assumes that we can do one overriding deed to win God over; it is possessive; and it is self-centered.

    I am not very good at giving gifts. I just have a hard time, when Christmas and birthdays and anniversaries roll around, a hard time giving the right gifts. It’s not that the folks I want to give to are picky or unworthy; it’s just that I can’t seem to figure out what they want and get it. For ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Letting God Be God Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 20, 2008
     | 5,345 views

    To pray as Jesus prayed is to have the same understanding of God as He did: a firm but compassionate father, a giver who expects us to learn appreciation, and an empowering forgiver.

    Introduction to Series Praying As Jesus Prayed Every fall I like to take at least two Sundays to focus on some aspect of that most basic of all the disciplines of the Christian life, the discipline of prayer. I do this for several reasons. First, building in a specific emphasis on prayer in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    I've Fallen And I Can't Get Up

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 16, 2009
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    Sin at its worst is the inability to understand ourselves and to control ourselves, leading to separation from self, others, and God. The cross, the empty tomb, and Christ’s life rescue us.

    Well, are you ready today for the fourth step, the step that’s all the way down at the floor level? Those who were not here last Sunday do not know what I’m talking about. Those who were here will need a little review. Let me explain. Last Sunday we walked the first mile on the Roman Road ... ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pointing To The Light Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 11, 2009
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     | 5,520 views

    John the Baptist knew who he was not and who he was, and accepted his task of pointing to Christ. Our mistakes are imagining that we are more than we are, or that we are less than we are. The real task is: just point to the light.

    My son and his wife live in a five-level townhouse in Reston, Virginia. You enter into a kind of combination corridor and stairwell at the second level. Typically I turn right when I arrive and go into the kitchen area. But when I leave that level to go to another one, I walk out of that kitchen ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When Life Turns Sour Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 15, 2009
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     | 8,791 views

    When life turns sour, tell yourself the truth, complain to God, and He will deliver. Message focuses on Dylan Thomas’ poem, "Do not go gentle into that good night; rage, rage against the dying of the light."

    On a warm spring evening in 1952, at his home in Swansea in Wales, David John Thomas lay on his deathbed. Once a soldier who had fought in the Second World War, later an English teacher, Thomas had become very frail in his later years. There was no doubt that he would die soon. There was no ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Walk The Walk, Sing The Song

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 17, 2009
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     | 5,276 views

    To have singing joy in our hearts, we must be ready to serve when God’s time comes, to discern the will of God, and to avoid all escape mechanism.

    I would wager that most of you can finish this sentence. You will have heard it a thousand times. Try it. "If you are going to talk the talk, then you have to what?" "Walk the walk". If you’re going to talk the talk, then you have to walk the walk. It means, of course, that what you profess ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Olive: Exhaustion Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 2, 2003
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     | 21,979 views

    How do we replenish our exhaustion? The world into which Jesus was born was spiritually weary. We too are worn out from conflict, moral uncertainty. God has acted to come among us and to give us power to become.

    “All ye, beneath life’s crushing load, whose forms are bending low, who toil along the climbing way, with painful steps and slow, Look now! for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing: O rest beside the weary road, and hear the angels sing!” You don’t have to look long to find examples ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    So Filled We Cannot Stand

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 5, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 7,653 views

    What brings the glory of God to worship? Discernment of where we are in God’s plan and a willingness to grow the gifts of God’s people.

    What a clattering cacophony, that day in Jerusalem! What an assault on the ears! You could hardly hear yourself think. I don’t suppose they had rock concerts three thousand years ago, but it must have been a little like a rock concert. With noise, noise, noise! Loud, boisterous, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Do Not Be Afraid Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Dec 6, 2024
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     | 1,344 views

    An advent series looking at the angel's proclamation "Do not be afraid."

    Do Not Be Afraid December 8, 2024 Matthew 1:18-25 During this advent season, we’ve been talking about fear. Last week I shared a couple of fears with you, today, I’ll share another one. I’m afraid of heights. One of the sports I did in high school was swimming. In the summer we would swim ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Es Hora De Levantarse Parte 5: Reconciliación

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 24, 2020
     | 1,543 views

    Jesús viene al mundo para reconciliarnos con Dios y con los demás. José se reconcilió con sus hermanos.

    Es hora de levantarse Parte 5: reconciliación Génesis 50: 15-21 Efesios 4: 17-32 ¿Alguna vez te has peleado con alguien? Algo que te hicieron parecía demasiado para perdonar. Sucede con individuos. Sucede con las familias. Sucede con las naciones. Sucede con los grupos ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Trust Him

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Nov 7, 2005
    based on 265 ratings
     | 61,655 views

    The way is often perilous and hard. We can’t see what lies ahead, feeling helpless and alone. God wants you to trust even when you don’t understand, when the future’s uncertain, and you cannot go on. Trust Him.

    Disclaimer: Source material for this sermon has been gleaned from many different sources. I have attempted to acknowledge these sources whenever possible. TRUST HIM PROVERBS 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Finishing The Work Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jan 13, 2025
     | 741 views

    As Christians, we all have a job to do, which includes telling people about Jesus, and showing them Jesus by the way we treat each other.

    FINISHING THE WORK Text: Acts 20:22-38 Introduction 1. The 1992 Summer Olympics featured two tremendously poignant moments. American sprinter Gail Devers, the clear leader in the 100-meter hurdles, tripped over the last barrier. She agonizingly pulled herself to her knees and crawled the last five ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Free At Last

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 13, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
     | 5,968 views

    Funeral sermon for Yvan Vital, Haitian freedom fighter. We lose our freedom if we allow ignorance and apathy to take us over; but to learn and to feel is to claim the justice that God will complete.

    I God has made us free. That’s the very essence of what God did when He created us. He made us free. He gave each of His creatures a measure of freedom, limiting them to a degree, of course, but nonetheless free. The eagle that soars in the sky, the great whale that plays in the ocean, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist