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  • Clyde Grimes avatar

    Christ Our Sanctifier Series

    Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 10,460 views

    Part 2 of 4 Advent sermons focusing on the Four-fold Gospel (C&MA distinctives)

    Christ Our Sanctifier (4FG-2) I. Why Do I Need a Sanctifier? A. What is sanctification? B. What is the relationship between salvation and sanctification? C. How important is sanctification? II. What Is God’s Plan to Meet My Need? A. A perfect man B. A perfect sacrifice III. How Do I Receive Christ ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Mending Our Brokenness

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Sep 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,783 views

    What is required to prepare God's people for His work? Mending the holes.

    Ephesians 4: The Gift Do you like to get a gift? Sure you do, everyone loves to get gifts. Well most people, remember this from our series last Christmas. (Clip from Big Bang Theory) Often when we think of gifts in a church setting we think of the gift of grace, or the gift of salvation or ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Our God Is Love Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Dec 7, 2021
     | 12,228 views

    God is not just loving, rather God is love. The fact that God is love is seen in God loving God, God loving His children, His children loving God, and His children loving one another.

    Introduction: A. The late television personality Art Linkletter became famous for his refreshing and humorous conversations with children. 1. One of his most memorable exchanges took place when he asked a little boy about the picture he was drawing. 2. The little boy said: “It’s a picture of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Love - God's And Ours

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 17, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,092 views

    Love of God is essential for us to love others.

    Text: “We love because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19). When you think of the word “love” what comes to your mind? Perhaps you think of a personal affection for another person. This person could be family or friend. Maybe you think of having a very close association or ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Praying For Our Church

    Contributed by Simon Bartlett on Jul 12, 2020
     | 3,489 views

    Paul's second prayer for the church in Ephesus is a great model of how we can pray for our church and for other churches today, for God to strengthen his people with power.

    PRAYING FOR THE CHURCH INTRODUCTION We’ve now come to the sixth and last in our mini-series on prayer. We first looked at Gideon’s prayer for guidance. Then we spent two weeks on the Lord’s Prayer. Then we had two weeks on Daniel’s prayer of confession on behalf of his people. Today we’re ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Omission In Our Comission

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 20, 2005
    based on 26 ratings
     | 2,573 views

    A short sermonette given the day after our team of missionaries came back from Mexico. The three leaders gave a short talk, and this was at the end. This sermonette was taken from a sermon on SermonCentral.com.

    Several years ago a large, new post office was built in Pittsburgh, at the cost of several million dollars. On the day of it’s opening, the Governor made a speech, TV cameras recorded, the bands played and the people cheered. It was quite a celebration. But when the first man entered to mail a ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Let These Be Our Prayers

    Contributed by Cesar Delgado on Jan 2, 2006
    based on 65 ratings
     | 12,159 views

    It is of great relief if we come to God’s presence for strength and encouragement and joy: PRAYER

    LET THESE BE OUR PRAYERS 2Thessalonians 1:11-12 San Raphael, Prieto Diaz Sorsogon October 29, 2005 INTRODUCTION Christian life is not a “bed of roses.” We are not exempted from troubles and trials in our journey, as Christian. 1. People 2. Health 3. Circumstances Always remember that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Facing Our Obstacles Series

    Contributed by Gerald Van Horn on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,158 views

    A casual reading of Joshua might well be viewed as a military conquest. There is another meaning...

    Facing Our Obstacles by Gerald Van Horn The Victory Side of Life #1 of a series Joshua 1:2-9 A casual reading of Joshua might well be viewed as a military conquest. We feel that there is also another meaning, as we will discover in this message. So many illustrate the crossing of Jordan as ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A One Thing Person

    Contributed by Tim Byrd on Oct 17, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 6,359 views

    Jesus should be the main desire and focus of our life

    ONE THING PERSON Text: Read Psalms 27:4 Introduction: Growing up, I loved to play baseball. There are two kinds of ball players, good ballplayers & great ballplayers. I was dang good. My brother told me if I wanted to be good, I needed to be good @ every position. Was he wrong. Today baseball ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Cultivating Our Spiritual Passions Crucifying Our Fleshly Passions Series

    Contributed by David Welch on May 22, 2018
     | 4,501 views

    Message 6 in our exposition of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians continuing a discussion of what it means to live by the power and enlightenment of the Holy Spirit.

    Chico Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “Cultivating our Spiritual Passions -- Crucifying our fleshly passions” I Corinthians 2:6-3:4 Every one of us has witnessed the war between two opposite views. Lies, brainwashing, fear, intimidation, bribery, power and control are a way of life. We find ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Distributing Our Gifts Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on May 2, 2014
     | 8,125 views

    Paul provides guidelines for administering the gifts entrusted to the congregation.

    “Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you. For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest he is going to you of his own accord. With him we are sending the brother who is famous among all the churches for his preaching of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Seek Things From Above Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Jun 24, 2023
     | 2,012 views

    “Seek” implies striving, and “Set your mind” implies concentration. “Mind” includes understanding, attitude, and will. It means to employ one’s faculty for thoughtful planning, emphasizing the underlying disposition.

    Text: Colossians 3:2 Theme: Seek things from above KJV: Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. CSB: Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things. Lightfoot: All your thoughts must abide in heaven, not on the earth. Phillips: Give your heart to the heavenly ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Forget Something Sport?

    Contributed by John Perry on Jan 1, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,460 views

    With everything that demands our attention, everything we have to remember to do & be as Christians be careful not to forget the one esstential thing of the Christian life - Jesus!

    Bunbury Wed pm 4/08/10 “Forget something sport?” Intro: *** A young naval officer was undergoing his first sea training on board a naval ship. His responsibility was to safely steer the ship away from the wharf & set it on course for a voyage out to sea. He carefully went through all ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Joy Comes In The Morning! Or You Can’t Keep A God Man Down!

    Contributed by Matthew Blau on Apr 11, 2017
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,092 views

    Easter Sunday! proof that God is still working in the midst of our Sorrow and pain!

    Joy Comes in the Morning! or You Can’t Keep a God Man Down! The bad guys had won! They used lies, disseat and they even allied themselves with the enemy! The oppressors, the hated Roman empire to murder Jesus in the most cruel, painful and public way possible. The man they called Friend, leader, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Resolve To Finish

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,279 views

    There are literally 100’s of 1000’s of people who have had great starts but only a very small percentage of those people have a great finish. Jesus was only 33 years old when he finished his mission. He said, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me.

    Resolve to Finish Nehemiah 6:1-9 Clip of River City miracle http://www.cdol.com/saints/miracle.html The New Orleans Saints had just scored a 75-yard touchdown on one of the wackiest plays in NFL history Sunday, then next-- just as unbelievably -- John Carney missed the extra point with no time ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist