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  • Scott Spencer avatar

    God Focused Prayer

    Contributed by Scott Spencer on Oct 7, 2011
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     | 5,998 views

    Have you ever done a comparison between the way the apostles approached Christ in the Gospels and the way they approached Him in the book of Acts? In Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, their requests included calling fire down from heaven to consume those who

    Principle 1 for God-focused prayer: Tune to God's agenda Have you ever done a comparison between the way the apostles approached Christ in the Gospels and the way they approached Him in the book of Acts? In Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, their requests included calling fire down from heaven to ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    A Growing Church

    Contributed by John Perry on Feb 12, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 16,040 views

    Everyone today wants to know the secret for a growing church. There are an endless number of seminars & workshops on how to ahve a growing church but I believe that the ebst workshop is the one where we sit down & study how the first church in the books o

    Bunbury Sun am 13/02/11 “A growing church” Intro: T/m I want to speak on something we are all interested in & if we are not interested we should be! I want to speak about a growing church & how our church can be a growing church. It’s the kind of church we read about in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Dare To Be Humble

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Aug 28, 2016
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     | 17,993 views

    Jesus uses a couple of etiquette lessons to teach true humility. The point is simple (and repeated throughout scripture): If we lift ourselves up, God will put us down. If we lift others up, God will lift us up.

    Luke 14:1, 7-14 Dare to Be Humble The Duke of Wellington once haughtily drew himself up to his full height and thundered to one of his staff officers, “God knows I have many faults, but being wrong is not one of them!” The best of us struggle with pride from time to time. In ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    We Need An Ark

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Jan 15, 2014
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     | 5,610 views

    WE need an ark when life brings us down. What we really need is a spiritual ark. We need our hearts on upward things, we need to be wholehearted, and we need to move towards God like Noah.

    Genesis 6:11-22 Build an Ark 1. We need an Ark when the earth or our world is corrupt Like God said. 11Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence. 12God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    "Zacchaeus: Little Big Man!"

    Contributed by Rick Finitzer on Mar 27, 2014
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     | 12,277 views

    Zacchaeus reveals to us the Savior's mission is to seek and to save those who are lost. You can go down the wrong path and make a shipwreck of your life and be redeemed and restored by the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ. Zacchaeus ends with a big heart

    Cornerstone Church 3.9.14 “Zacchaeus: Little Big Man!” Luke 19:1-10 How many of you grew up in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Breaking The Marriage Barrier Series

    Contributed by Dr. Lewis W. Gregory on Sep 12, 2015
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     | 4,726 views

    Most married couples have a barrier between them. But they don't even realize it. Thus, they operate with a major handicap. What can be done about it? God only knows. But the walls can come down by the grace of God!

    I. Realize your problem – Obvious symptoms. A. Blame - He had an affair; it’s all his fault. I wasn’t supportive, encouraging, etc. B. Denial - Worked hard, good provider, don’t know why? C. Bitter - Saw my father do that, not me! Interpret everything in light of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Priestly Covenant Blessings

    Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Oct 20, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,617 views

    We represent the priesthood who minister the things of God. We cannot define our blessings because our blessings are limitless. As the Word says, these blessings are pressed down, shaken together, and running over and they are more than enough. So walk in

    Priestly Covenant Blessings Deuteronomy 18:1-2;5 - The priests, the Levites-all the tribe of Levi-shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and His portion. Therefore they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Eternal Life From The Good Samaritan

    Contributed by Richard Futrell on Oct 7, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,566 views

    Jesus is the Good Samaritan. He stepped into our cesspool of sin. He stooped down, soiling His hands to pick you up. He brings you to the inn of the Church, where the innkeepers, His pastors, look to your eternal needs.

    Intro “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” So asked a Pharisee, a lawyer, to Jesus. The Pharisee was a man who had spent his life studying the Old Testament. And to him, Jesus was cheapening the Law, the Torah, making it into nothing. Now, all the wrong people were thronging to ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Body Language

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 7, 2010
     | 5,268 views

    Our actions speak clearly about who we are and what we need; we need to lie down in worship and study, we need to walk in the valley of human need, and we need to engage those who are different from us.

    Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC October 18, 1992 I want you to look up here and then feed back to me what I am saying. I’m asking you to watch me and then tell me what I am saying to you. (Clumped shoulders): “I certainly am glad to be here.” What did I say? My ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Walk The Walk Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Mar 23, 2011
    based on 14 ratings
     | 22,321 views

    Our Father God wants to hold our hands to help us walk worthy of His calling in our lives. And when we fall down Father God is always there to pick us back up to step out in faith and obedience.

    LIVING IN CHRIST – Walk the Walk  Ephesians 4:1-6 NIV 1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Christmas News: The Angels Series

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 8, 2014
     | 3,214 views

    We need to be seized once more by heavenly realities – just as Zechariah was. We need to experience something like a shock to our smug certainties that whittle God down to a manageable size and leave us underwhelmed by the mysteries of eternity.

    Angels have fallen on hard times these days. Hardly anyone thinks about them anymore…except at Christmas, of course. But even at that, people don’t much believe in them. Although…I knew a woman – a member of this church at one time: She told me that she had actually seen an ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Tom Fuller avatar

    Looking Up To God Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Sep 30, 2013
     | 11,570 views

    The temptations and accusations of the world are like a man-eating plant that wraps its legs around our character and seeks to drag us down. God's Word is like the searchlight from a Coast Guard helicopter, coming to rescue us in times of trouble.

    Psalm 119 is a celebration of God’s Word and a literary masterpiece. But there is also a story arc in this psalm that we can relate to. The psalmist, quite possibly Ezra, is facing temptation and opposition from the world—in an attempt to keep him from serving Yahweh and obeying His ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    High Tide & Low Tide

    Contributed by John Gaston on May 10, 2023
     | 3,365 views

    Life has its seas and turbulence, it’s ups & downs. There are times when everything is going right and other times when it seems everything is going wrong. The good news? God has set limits on the tides of life!

    HIGH TIDE & LOW TIDE Job 38:8-11 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. It sounds like a made-up story, but it’s true. Some years ago a church in Carter County, Tennessee had an attorney draw up a deed for their property. He wrote the deed naming The Lord God Almighty as the owner. 2. That was fine ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Brad Beaman avatar

    Joseph: Tempted By Potiphar’s Wife Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jun 10, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,436 views

    With the blows that Joseph received you would think he was down for the count. No matter wherever Joseph found himself he would make the best of a bad situation. Joseph would always prove faithful with the little and prove trustworthy to be faithful with much.

    When we think of people who made it to the top we might forget their failures. Abraham Lincoln, who is considered by many as the greatest and most loved president failed his way forward. Twice he failed at business. He had seven major defeats in politics. Abraham Lincoln was defeated for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brady Boyd avatar

    The Beatitudes Series

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Jan 5, 2023
     | 1,671 views

    Jesus was announcing to his followers – “this is how I think. This is how I respond. This is who I am! If these sayings do not shock us, maybe we have tamed them down to nice sayings that we do not intend to embrace.

    The Sermon on the Mount The Beatitudes January 8, 2023 Jesus was announcing to his followers – “this is how I think. This is how I respond. This is who I am! If these sayings do not shock us, maybe we have tamed them down to nice sayings that we do not intend to embrace. Jesus is telling us the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational