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  • Ken Harris avatar

    "When The Chips Are Down"

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Feb 8, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 13,690 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to encourage the hearers to affirm to others that the Lord gives RENEWED STRENGTH to believers who WAIT on Him.

    8 February 2009 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Fortress Chapel F.O.B. Sykes Tall-afar, Iraq BIG IDEA: Believers sometimes feel like God doesn’t care, and He has forgotten and neglected them. But God gives RENEWED STRENGTH to believers who WAIT on Him. REFERENCES: Fifth Sunday after ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    When The Chips Are Down

    Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Feb 8, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,898 views

    Epiphany 5: People in extraordinary situations have demonstrated that responding properly saves lives. Christians also have that privilege - to be all things to all people in order that some might be saved.

    Our oldest son is in the Navy. Last year my son’s submarine, the USS Santa Fe finished a major overhaul and returned to its homeport in Hawaii. When a ship or submarine goes through a major overhaul, it undergoes a series of sea trials and exercises before it deploys. The purpose of those is to ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Tearing Down The Walls

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Nov 27, 2005
    based on 20 ratings
     | 10,804 views

    overcoming through Christ

    Intro: a new pastor decided to teach the young boys class to see where they were at Biblically. He asked them, who tore down the walls of Jericho? Not one of them knew. So he called a board meeting about the situation that no boys knew who tore down the walls of Jericho. One board member spoke up ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Hand-Me-Downs Series

    Contributed by David Brockhouse on Apr 3, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,538 views

    1st in a series of messages to call attention to the blessed gifts we have received from God and

    “For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. (1 Peter 1:18) Fellow believers in the Risen Christ, this ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Knocked Down But Not Defeated

    Contributed by Anthony Collins on Jan 27, 2012
    based on 11 ratings
     | 15,625 views

    Encouragement in the time of trouble

    1Samuel 30:1-6 KNOCKED DOWN – BUT NOT DEFEATED (I CAME TO GET MY STUFF) I. The Enemy Is Winning (vs. 1-5) A. Continual enemy the Amalikites…Israel/King Saul… B. Destroy Messianic – (Pharaoh, Haman, Herod, Hitler) C. Attacked David at his home… D. Took everything ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    And Heaven Came Down Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Feb 2, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,977 views

    In Jesus the kingdom of God arrived on earth. The world and the lives of people (like Peter, Andrew, James and John) have never been the same. They have received a new purpose and started to follow a different path.

    Mark 1:14-20 “And Heaven Came Down” INTRODUCTION What would make you drop everything and pursue an entirely new life? A great job offer? A marriage proposal? The chance to make a huge difference in another part of the world? What do you think--what would prompt you to take off ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    And Heaven Came Down Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Feb 2, 2012
     | 4,259 views

    In Jesus the kingdom of God arrived on earth. The world and the lives of people liek Peter, Andrew, James, and John have never been the same. They hav received a new purpose and started to follow a different path.

    Mark 1:14-20 “And Heaven Came Down” INTRODUCTION What would make you drop everything and pursue an entirely new life? A great job offer? A marriage proposal? The chance to make a huge difference in another part of the world? What do you think--what would prompt you to take off ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Johnny A. Palmer Jr. avatar

    The Ups And Downs Of Life Series

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 10, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,003 views

    Live is a mixed bag.

    Intro: 1. One wrote, "Life on planet earth has its ups and downs; its pleasures and pains. This is illustrated clearly in Gen. 21. Sarah giving birth to Isaac was a tremendous high; but then, a cloud settled over the household, as Sarah watched Ishmael mock her son. As a result she insisted that he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Tearin' Down The Wall

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Mar 14, 2013
    based on 18 ratings
     | 8,532 views

    Jesus came to break down the wall of separation. Does that wall still exist in your heart? Allow God to break it down now!

    Tearin' Down the Wall Ephesians 2:11-22 When the Berlin wall came down it was a monumental event, but nothing compared to the wall which came down in v. 14. v. 14 both = Jew and Gentile. v. 13 'But Now'. What a contrast when Jesus comes on the scene. v. 17 'which were afar off' = Gentiles. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Refuse To Come Down

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Mar 19, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 15,881 views

    THis message brought healing to many. About hard times: "If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem.  Everything else is inconvenience. " ~ Robert Fulghum

    Refuse to Come Down 2 Kings 1: 1-10NLT We are truly living in one of the most crucial hours of American history. Ominous clouds of fear and doom seem to be gathering over our nation. About hard times: "If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Up And Down The Ladder

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Apr 15, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,472 views

    To be a real success in life, we need to climb down the ladder of success, just as Jesus did when He humbled Himself. (this sermon uses a ladder on the stage)

    Up and Down the Ladder Philippians 2:1-11 January 20, 2013 (this sermon uses a ladder on stage. This is not an original idea, but I can't recall where I heard of this.) We’re always trying to get ahead. There's always a ladder to climb (get ladder) and the higher up the ladder we go, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Howard Strickland avatar

    Fall Down And Surrender

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Apr 11, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,921 views

    Several were saved and life's changed through the preaching of this word. The only deliverance, the only escape is Jesus; Jesus Christ changes all odds!

    Fall Down and Surrender Exodus 12:12-14NKJ  ‘For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. 13 Now the blood shall be a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Steve Ely avatar

    Living Daddy Down

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 9, 2012
     | 5,882 views

    You blew it. It was a mistake. Others saw it. Humiliated. Shamed. The laughing stock. Now what? It is time to live daddy down!

    Living Daddy Down I. Text - Numbers 16:1-7, 16-35 Getting on his high horse one day, Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, along with a few Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth—rebelled against Moses. He had with him 250 leaders of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dave Clark avatar

    Bogged Down And Out

    Contributed by Dave Clark on Nov 12, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,310 views

    When we get stuck in life, God helps us (often through others).

    Bogged Down and Out Psalm 40:1-11 Rev. David J. Clark The Psalm talks about getting stuck. “I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.” I ...read more

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    Denomination: Disciples Of Christ

  • Fr Mund Cargill Thompson avatar

    A Heart That Sits Down Series

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Nov 13, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,856 views

    A Harvest festival sermon on avoiding anxiety

    [This sermon was preached at an all-age outdoor harvest festival at the local allotments] [props required - toy bird with a small watering can and a spade; flower in a pot, knitting needle and knitting and pair of ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican