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  • Nathan Foy avatar

    Tithing, Is It For Today

    Contributed by Nathan Foy on Sep 8, 2005
    based on 31 ratings
     | 12,129 views

    Many preachers demand that the members of their church tithes whether they are poor or rich. What does the Scriptures teach?

    Tithing - Is If For Today As I have presented this to people before they got totally the wrong impression of what my intentions are so I am going to begin this paper explaining a little bit of what I intend. This paper isn’t written to come down on anyone who is tithing because they are led of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Cedric Portis avatar

    God Said Don't Worry

    Contributed by Cedric Portis on Oct 2, 2001
    based on 50 ratings
     | 9,012 views

    Worry is the sin of not trusting God. Worry cannot help your situation.

    God said “Don’t Worry” Matthew 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Seizing The Moment For God.

    Contributed by John Gullick on Sep 14, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 8,917 views

    A sermon that uses Matthew chapter 14 to look at how Jesus seizes opportunities in a incident in his life and suggests how we can do the same.

    Seize the moment. Trite saying for a crazy world or biblical principle? Colossians 4:5-6: Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt, so that you may know how you should respond to each ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    The Lord Is My Shepherd I Have Everything I Need

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 20, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,585 views

    Whenever we wonder if it is possible to cope with life’s problems we only have to look to the Lord, our Shepherd. Too many needy people look to themselves, the world or to others when they are afraid, distressed or dissatisfied, besides the Shepherd. Dav

    The Lord is My Shepherd I Have Everything I Need (Psa 23:1-6) Song: "You are More Than Enough" You are my supply G/B C My breath of life Am7 D2/F# Still more awesome than I know G C D You are my reward G/B C Worth living for Am7 ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Taking The Bull By The Horns

    Contributed by Dana Visneskie on May 5, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 8,034 views

    God has a plan! No matter what we go through or what we face. Let us never be found not believing in God for the miracle. This sermon deals with having faith right to the end. Taking the bull by the horns and not letting go kind of faith.

    Title: Taking The Bull By The Horns Text: Mark 6:1-6 Read Text!!! Pray!!! Introduction: - God has a plan! - And His plan is that the Toronto Maple Leafs and not going past the Philadelphia Flyers. - In life God has a plan, and I think it’s fair to say that most of the time I don’t understand ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Enemies To Revival

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Sep 16, 2012
    based on 9 ratings
     | 15,152 views

    Within our lives there are enemies to revival which prevent us from experiencing God’s power working in our lives. These are pride, prayerlessness, priorities and our practices

    Enemies to Revival 2 Chronicles 7:14 God wants and expects His church to be spiritually alive. God is in the business of reviving, restoring, renewing, healing and fixing that which has been broken notably our relationship with Him. Ephesians 2 tells us that that His Spirit quickens or revives ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    The Gift Of Intercession

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 12, 2012
    based on 87 ratings
     | 34,626 views

    The important place of prayer in the Christian's life.

    The Scripture this morning contains two entirely different stories which seem unrelated, but, in fact, have much the same message. The first is an early meeting of Jesus with Peter, James and John before they became disciples. They had worked all night with all the skill of professional ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    When The Going Gets Tough Series

    Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Nov 18, 2015
     | 7,945 views

    As we begin our study of it is important to see the context in which this book was written. The New Testament mentions 4 men who have the inspired scriptures included within its pages. Other than the Gospel writers.

    Big Idea: As we begin our study of it is important to see the context in which this book was written. The New Testament mentions 4 men who have the inspired scriptures included within its pages. Other than the Gospel writers, the New Testament mentions at least four men named James: (1) the son of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Commend, Greet And Watch Out! Series

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Mar 12, 2014
    based on 88 ratings
     | 18,774 views

    1- We must commend some people 2- We must greet all who are in Christ 3- We must watch out for those who cause trouble

    INTRO.- ILL.- I heard someone say one time that there are two kinds of people: saints and aints. We’re all supposed to be saints in the church but sometimes we act like aints. ILL.- David Lloyd George (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916-1922) was addressing a meeting in South ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Marriage Made In Paradise Series

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Jun 3, 2009
     | 5,774 views

    These is sermon 1 in a series that will look at God’s design for marraige and how we can experience the joy that God had planned for a man and a woman that enter into it.

    Keeping the Home Fire Burning Series A MARRIAGE MADE IN PARADISE Gen. 2:18-25 Intro Some of you might have heard the expression "a marriage made in Heaven." But, does such an thing exist? Is there such a thing as a perfect marriage? Probably not! However, there was, at one time, a marriage that was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Growing A Contented Spirit Series

    Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Feb 24, 2009
    based on 10 ratings
     | 13,743 views

    In an age of commercialism that breeds discontent we are challenged by Scripture to live a contented life. Paul explains how we can be content in any and every situation.

    GROWING A CONTENTED SPIRIT On a scale of one to ten (one being discontent and ten being very content) how content are you overall with your life? Think about that for a moment. Contentment is an illusive quality today. Much of the business world works hard to breed discontent so that we will buy ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Joel Preston avatar

    Feeding The 5,000 Series

    Contributed by Joel Preston on May 27, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,974 views

    This miracle is one of only two recorded in all four gospels. The other is the resurrection of Jesus. As such, this is this miracle is of primary Importance to our understanding of who Jesus is and what His plan includes for each of us individually, for t

    The Gospel of Mark #16 – “Feeding the 5,000” Mark 6:30-44 Intro – 1. ILL – A priest was giving his flock a sermon on the Gospel, and he mentioned how with 5 loaves of bread & 2 fish our Savior fed 5,000 people at once; but instead of saying 5,000, he said 500. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • D. Dewaine Phillips avatar

    Be Reconciled To Your Brother Series

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Mar 4, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,834 views

    Reconciliation begins with confrontation; being brave enough to approach someone to say, “Hey, we need to talk about something.” Rick Warren says that running from a problem and pretending it doesn’t exist is cowardice.

    I want to ask a question to start off our message, and that is, “Whatever happened to reconciliation?” It seems as though there’s not a lot of reconciliation happening in our churches today among Christians. Probably the reason why is because reconciliation begins with confrontation; or rather, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Henderson avatar

    "god's Invitation To Joy And Contentment" Series

    Contributed by David Henderson on Dec 19, 2023
     | 1,283 views

    It has been said many times that we have more things now than any other time in history. We are indeed fortunate people, yet for many of us, there is one critical thing that is missing… Contentment.

    “God’s Invitation to Joy” Philippians 4:1-9 It has been said many times that we have more things now than any other time in history. There are 195 countries in our world and the United States is ranked number one in economy. Aren’t you glad we live here? We are indeed fortunate people, yet for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    Being Gentle

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Sep 15, 2023
     | 1,743 views

    Looking at what it means to be gentle

    Becoming Gentle Galatians 5:22-23 September 17, 2023 Fragile: Handle with Care – How often have these words been put on a shipment to protect the package. When we moved here, the movers told us if our dishes broke they were not responsible because they didn’t pack them. Have you ever packed and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist