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  • Mark Roper avatar

    Thanks Giving & Thanks Living

    Contributed by Mark Roper on Nov 20, 2007
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    Thanking God daily enables us to live a life of Thanks Living

    Thanks Giving & Thanks Living Things to be thankful for The freedom and liberty to worship God without government oppression. The freedom to proclaim the gospel of Christ. The forgiveness, mercy, and grace, that comes from God. The love of God which reconciles me to him. The transforming ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Nathan Johnson avatar

    Thanksgiving

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Nov 20, 2007
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    What motivates you to be truly thankful to God? Even our normal thanks to God becomes academic and anemic at times. We need to keep our praise to Him fresh and alive so our passion for Him remains fresh and alive. Psalm 100 gives us that boost to help

    Thanksgiving Griffith Baptist Church – 11/18/07 A.M. Service Text: Psalm 100 Key Verse: Psalm 100:4 Purpose: To communicate the true motivation for thankfulness to God. The Introduction Two men were walking through a field one day when they spotted an enraged bull. Instantly they darted ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jason Cole avatar

    Living A Life Of Contentment

    Contributed by Jason Cole on Nov 26, 2007
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    we live in a society which craves more yet we are called to be content, how can we be content when we feel we need more.

    Living A Life of Contentment John Ortberg’s book "When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box" was a special help and thought sparker. Introduction: There is a disease that many people have here. The men who have this disease can walk into their garage and look at their car which is less ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Lesson From The Potato Series

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 27, 2007
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    A basic approach to life for the Christian should be celebration of the presence of Christ.

    A LESSON FROM THE POTATO Matthew 9:14-17 Sermon Objective: A basic approach to life for the Christian should be celebration of the presence of Christ and that, like him – we should too, be everywhere spreading his love. Supporting Scripture: Isaiah 51:11-12; Luke 19:35-40; 2 Corinthians 5:16-18; ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Chris Layton avatar

    It's Fun Being A Christian

    Contributed by Chris Layton on Oct 1, 2007
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    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

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    Showing Our Thanks

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 6, 2007
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    We can give thanks in 1)Praise of God’s Eternatlity 2) The Perception of our Frailty and 3) The Plea for God’s Steadfast Love

    Thanksgiving is a time when we can formally recognize and give thanks for the obvious and more abstract things that shape our lives here in Canada. The first recognized Canadian thanksgiving was held in 1578, at least forty years earlier than that of our friends to the south. In a misguided ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    The Best Reason To Give Thanks

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Oct 11, 2007
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    Give thanks because God’s love for us is eternal. It didn’t have a beginning and it will not have an end.

    Two attitudes toward thanksgiving: • Blessings are seen as coming from US, not GOD. Bart Simpson’s Thanksgiving prayer: “Dear God, we paid for this stuff ourselves, so thanks for nothing.” Prayer by the character Charlie Anderson (Jimmy Stewart) in the movie Shenandoah: “Lord, we cleared this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "A-Life" In Christ

    Contributed by Stephen Becker on Oct 13, 2007
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     | 5,484 views

    Through our salvation in Christ, we are made alive in Him. Through His death, we find our life. Not only are we made alive through Christ’s death, but we begin a new life in Him, thus making us "A-life" in Christ. The sermon explores what it means to

    “A-Life” in Christ Colossians 2:6-15 Stephen H. Becker, M.Div. St. Peter’s Lutheran Church July 29, 2007 9th Sunday After Pentecost Friends, you and I are alive and have “a-life” in Christ! In our reading today from Colossians, the Apostle Paul is writing to the Christians in the young Church ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Jerry Smith avatar

    Restore To Me The Joy Of Your Salvation

    Contributed by Jerry Smith on Mar 11, 2008
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    With the pressures of life and sins we commit, we can lose the joy of our salvation and become dry. God wants to restore us to full and complete JOY in Him.

    Joy is to be an evidence of walking with Jesus! The book we are studying in our home group is called “Outflow”. The basic premise is that we are to let Jesus so fill our lives that He spills out and overflows from our life to others. Over the pass three weeks while reading the book I had to come ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Bitter To Better Part 1

    Contributed by Tom Owen on Mar 12, 2008
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    Getting rid of bitterness

    Bitter to Better part 1 [Coffee demonstration.] Sometimes our lives become like a black cup of coffee. Sometimes we find ourselves, for one reason or another, [2] bitter. Just bitter at life. Do you ever find yourself like that? Do you ever feel like you need a little cream and sugar in your ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Bitter To Better Part 2

    Contributed by Tom Owen on Mar 12, 2008
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    Letting go of bitterness

    Bitter to Better part 2 [2] Last week we started talking about how to go from bitter to better. If bitterness has crept into your life, there is a way to alleviate the pain. There is a way to get better. Last week we focused on what to do when another person has caused the pain and bitterness ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Wilkins avatar

    Thankgiving And Prayer From Prison Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Mar 31, 2008
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     | 4,837 views

    An introduction to Paul’s "happiest letter."

    Philippians 1:1-11 March 30, 2008 Introduction, Thanksgiving and Prayer Acts 16 stories Stopped from going into Asia and Bithynia Macedonian vision Lydia’s conversion Demonized girl Paul & Silas imprisoned and beaten Earthquake & Jailer’s Salvation Rejection of release This is the ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Blessed By God Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,600 views

    God wants us to experience an abundant, blessed, happy life. The Psalmist gives us direction on how we can be open to God’s blessings in our lives and be like trees planted by water.

    Psalms 1:1-6     “Blessed by God”INTRODUCTIONThe Bible often talks about joy and happiness. Jesus talks about being happy, or blessed, in the Sermon on the Mount. One of the fruits of the Spirit that Paul lists in his letter to the Galatians is “joy.” Psalms, like this psalm, talk about being ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Glenn Durham avatar

    A Holiday Heart Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 15 ratings
     | 8,371 views

    God’s people are to marked by thankful hearts and lives.

    Scripture Introduction I discovered “Holiday Heart Syndrome” from the electro-cardiologist who was a member of our church. Over the holidays, people often eat and drink more than usual. The sudden excess can cause an otherwise healthy heart to develop an abnormal rhythm, a fast and ineffective ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Howard Strickland avatar

    Rejoicing In Christ Alone

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Apr 9, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,549 views

    Philippians 3:1-12 verse upon verse weekly study. Good solid Bible teaching.

    Rejoicing in Christ Alone Philippians 3:1-12 1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. For me to write the same things to you is not tedious, but for you it is safe.2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation! 3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal