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  • Terry Cavanaugh avatar

    How Should We Live Series

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on May 9, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,773 views

    In this message Philippians 1:1-10 is used to help us come to define our lives by what really counts and brings lasting joy. Our walk with Jesus, our prayer life, and our focus on others.

    How many of you would like to live a more joyful life? Would you like to discover how to be content with what ever life dishes out? If you answered yes, this series of Bible teaching is for you. This morning we begin a new series on how to live the joy-filled lives. There is no one who ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    In The Fire! Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jul 30, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 16,471 views

    WHEN the fire comes, don’t let it burn you; instead, let it refine you. How? Don’t be surprised or ashamed by the fire. Instead, be glad in the fire, glory in the fire, and give yourself to God in the fire.

    A man went to see his doctor in a state of high anxiety. “Doctor,” he said, “you have to help me. I'm dying. Everywhere I touch it hurts. I touch my head and it hurts. I touch my leg and it hurts. I touch my stomach and it hurts. I touch my chest and it hurts. You have to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Things I Am Thankful For

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 5, 2001
    based on 71 ratings
     | 13,496 views

    God has been so good to us and we should be thankful to Him

    1CHRON.16:7-14 AND V.34-36 "THINGS I AM THANKFUL FOR" A) Thanksgiving is a time to count your blessings and give thanks to God! * Everyday should be thanksgiving, but praise God for this day each year that reminds us to take a day for special thanks to our God! * 1Thes.5:18 "In everything give ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Troy Mason avatar

    The Joyful Christian

    Contributed by Troy Mason on Aug 23, 2002
    based on 70 ratings
     | 8,066 views

    A call to be joyful in our walk with the Lord

    The Joyful Christian Psalm 100 Introduction: Several years ago, the #1 song on the pop charts was titled “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”. It had a snappy, tropical sort of beat, and left people with the feeling that everything was okay. It left them feeling relaxed and good about themselves and their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Happy Man

    Contributed by Gerald Van Horn on Sep 3, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,734 views

    David knew the secret of happiness and he shares it with us..

    The Happy Man by Gerald Van Horn Psalms 34:8 and 22 David wrote this Psalm many years ago. He was in very difficult circumstances and yet found a source of happiness. There is a lot of Christians who feel that to be a child of God means unhappiness. That is not true. God wants His people to ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Grace Discerned: Gratitude Demonstrated

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 2, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 7,607 views

    When we discern God’s grace, we will demonstrate gratitude to God.

    We are looking at Psalm 116 this morning. The content and relationship described in this Psalm cause one to think that the psalm writer is King David. This psalm is a personal testimony of thanksgiving to God. Over 30 times, the writer uses "I," "me," and "my." The words contrast the difficulties ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Be Happy Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 10, 2001
    based on 35 ratings
     | 5,175 views

    The church of Jesus Christ needs to be filled with therapists who dispense laughter and happiness to all they come in contact with.

    Be Happy- part 1 Thesis: The church of Jesus Christ needs to be filled with therapists who dispense laughter and happiness to all they come in contact with. Introduction: Today is Palm Sunday and Scripture describes for us what happened that day when Jesus rode into Jerusalem Matthew ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Steve Bond avatar

    Working Out Our Salvation Series

    Contributed by Steve Bond on Oct 30, 2007
     | 5,628 views

    Scripture teaches the Christian life involves both God’s sovereignty and human responsibility. It’s not one or the other; it’s both.

    From the earliest days of the church, the relationship between the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of believers has been debated. Is the Christian life essentially a matter of passive trust or of active obedience? Is it all God’s doing, all the believer’s doing, or a combination of both? ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Robert Cox avatar

    Be Happy!

    Contributed by Robert Cox on Sep 17, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 11,340 views

    MAKE A CHOICE TO REJOICE!

    Don’t worry.....be happy! Acts 16:16-25 Life is full of misery, isn’t it? Something always worrying us.....stressing us out. Stress has even become a legal defense for murder! If we stop and look at the world and the way it’s headed....gas prices....taxes......where’s the good ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Alan Perkins avatar

    Contentment

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 4, 2001
    based on 45 ratings
     | 11,310 views

    We can cultivate contentment by giving thanks, by realizing that God withholds no good thing from us, and by seeking that which is eternal.

    Joy is a deep, abiding sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that flows from our relationship with Jesus Christ. It is the birthright of every Christian, something purchased for us by Christ, something we all desire and which God desires for us. And yet joy is something which we don’t always ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James May avatar

    The Joyful Sound

    Contributed by James May on Mar 2, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 19,107 views

    To the Child of God, every sound of God’s Word and of the Gospel is a Joyful Sound.

    Disclaimer: Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and illustrations are often gleaned from many ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Chris Layton avatar

    It's Fun Being A Christian

    Contributed by Chris Layton on Oct 1, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 14,210 views

    This is an idea I received while listening to a cassette of Bro. Bob Harrington "The Chaplain of Bourbon Street" He is a dynamic speaker and a great man of God.

    There are some who do not completely understand the joy we have in being Christians. A lot of people are like a little boy who went to see his grandfather…. My friends, God did not save us to let us sit and sour. He expects us too be an example to a lost and dying world of His love. Too many times, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gordon Pike avatar

    How Series

    Contributed by Gordon Pike on Nov 8, 2020
     | 2,768 views

    How do you go from deep despair to the heights of joy? Psalm 22 holds the key.

    “ … when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), they offered [Jesus] wine to drink, mixed with gall; but when He tasted it, He would not drink it. And when they had crucified Him, they divided His clothes among themselves by casting lots; then they sat down there and ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Alan Smith avatar

    The Scarifice Of Thanksgiving

    Contributed by Alan Smith on Apr 20, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 19,451 views

    Psalm 116 points very eloquently to the fact that thanksgiving to God is a concern of every Christian. Day by day, may we remember how richly God has blessed each of us, may we daily express our thanks to him for his goodness, and may we in response dedi

    Introduction: I recently read a list of seven things that mothers should be thankful for. It said you should be thankful for… • automatic dishwashers. They make it possible to get out of the kitchen before the family comes in for their after-dinner snacks. • husbands who attack small repair ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • James Jack avatar

    Be Joyful Always Series

    Contributed by James Jack on Nov 29, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,251 views

    The key to being joyful always and being thankful in all circumstances is to humbly rely on God.

    A few weeks ago James Rogers, our senior minister, spoke about songs he hated. I’ve got a number of songs I hate. I can’t really share them with you now because they’ve normally got some sort of profanity in the title as well as in the lyrics themselves. Then there’s the songs that I just can’t get ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican