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    Ready Your Prayers Youth Sermon

    Contributed by Youth Sermons on Sep 4, 2023
    based on 4 ratings
     | 850 views

    Prayer is not the least we can do; prayer is the best we can do. Cultivate a devoted, alert, and thankful prayer life to experience God's power and presence.

    Today, we're going to talk about something super important in our lives as followers of Jesus - prayer. Prayer isn't just something we do when we're in trouble or need help; it's actually the best thing we can do in any situation. So, let's get ready to learn how to power up our prayer lives! To ...read more

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    What To Do With Your Faith

    Contributed by Ron Crow on Mar 7, 2003
    based on 370 ratings
     | 20,914 views

    We must realize that faith is not a commodity to be gained, but a life to be demonstrated.

    What to Do with Your Faith Selected Scripture Introduction We operate on faith everyday...just not always faith in God. Illustration: Faith is central to all of life. For example, you go to a doctor whose name you cannot pronounce and whose degrees you have never verified. He gives you a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Understanding Your Experiences Series

    Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Feb 21, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,247 views

    Using Rick Warren’s SHAPE acronym to help understand how God gives positive and painful experiences in our life to shape our ministry.

    We are in the last week of our series “Created to be God’s Masterpiece.” Our key passage has been Ephesians 2:10, “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” We have been exploring over the last four weeks ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Do You Have A Life-Changing Faith?

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jan 29, 2010
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    Is your faith a life-changing faith or are you just getting by?

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • When you start to reflect on your faith, there is a very important question we need to always answer. • Do you have a Life-Changing Faith? Or in other words, “Is Jesus making a difference in your life?” • The answer to this question is ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Life In The Spirit Series

    Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Oct 28, 2015
     | 6,312 views

    Paul is compelled to write these words to a church that needs to change. The challenge here today is doing an honest gut-check: do we live eternally for Christ – or for our own glory and recognition?

    Life in the Spirit Galatians, Part 12 Galatians 6:1-10 Introduction - Originally, we were going to finish Galatians today -- However, this final chapter can’t be just glossed over and completed in one -- So, we will add one more week to our study and take Chapter 6 in two parts - Recap ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Keeping Your Eye On The Ball

    Contributed by Scott Terrell on Jun 24, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,498 views

    Are you keeping your focus on Jesus during the storms of life?

    Keeping Your Eye on the Ball - Matthew 14: 22-31 A man walks up to a coffee machine, puts in a coin presses the button labeled coffee, double cream and sugar. The cup never drops but the machine takes off and starts to pour the coffee, cream and sugar. The guy quickly replied ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    It's Time To Harvest Pray For Workers.

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Sep 20, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,350 views

    The harvest is ripe for us to win people to Christ.

    It’s Time to Harvest: pray for workers. MT 9:36-38 1. Jesus Saw. 2. The workers are few. 3. We are commanded to pray. Jesus declared, "The fields are ripe, and the harvest plentiful. It’s time to begin reaping." At that moment, the great, final spiritual harvest began. It started as a harvest ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Being Socially Balanced Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 18, 2021
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,069 views

    This series identifies areas in your life that need to be balanced. This is the 6th sermon in the series, Balanced Living.

    Series: Balanced Living [#6] BEING SOCIALLY BALANCED John 15:12-13 Introduction: We are social beings. Loneliness is not a part of God's plan. God made us for relationships. We are meant to have friends. John 15:12-13 Generally speaking, there are 2 types of friends: * Casual friends. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Life Of Faith

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Apr 21, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,233 views

    A funeral message for a faithful servant of Christ whose life reflected His undying loyalty and absoulte faith in Christ.

    A Life of Faith Hebrews 11:13-16 As we gather in tribute to our brother in Christ at his home-going and consider his life and influence the one thing that rings out so laudably is that he was a man of faith whose life was characterized by his faith. He was saved through faith, lived by faith, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Life In Egypt

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Mar 22, 2009
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     | 3,847 views

    ❶ Sorrowful Setting ❷ Spiteful Service ❸ Successful Sob

    - There was a famine in the land of Canaan - Plenty in Egypt - Water & Pasture for your flocks - Come & settle Genesis 47:4-6KJV 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    In Christ Alone: Assurance Of Salvation Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Nov 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,829 views

    Recently I asked a young man if he knew for sure if he would go to heaven if he were to die. He was serving God, but he did not think anyone could know for sure.

    In Christ Alone: Assurance of Salvation If you died tonight do you know for sure you will go to heaven? If your answer to this question is; I hope so, or I do not think anyone can know for sure, then read on. The Bible makes it clear you can know for sure. We call this your assurance of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Urgency Of Our Work! (Hix)

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Apr 7, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,910 views

    This doing the will of God (But He needed to go through Samaria) this winning this woman into the kingdom of God would refresh Him, energize Him and give strength to continue His journey…“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His wor

    John 4:31-38 Verse 31-34-In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Setting Our Minds On Divine Things

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Sep 12, 2024
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     | 885 views

    Jesus taught his disciples to set their minds on divine things such as denying themselves and taking up their crosses to follow him. He added to that statements about "losing" our lives and to not be ashamed of the Gospel. What does all this mean?

    THERE ARE PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE THAT CAN CREATE FEAR AND POSSIBLY DISTRESS DUE TO THEIR BLUNT, BUT HIDDEN MEANING. IN LUKE 14:26, WE ARE TOLD THAT “IF ANYONE COMES TO ME AND DOES NOT HATE FATHER AND MOTHER, WIFE AND CHILDREN, BROTHERS AND SISTERS—YES, EVEN THEIR OWN LIFE—SUCH A PERSON CANNOT BE MY ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Opportunity For Thanks

    Contributed by Brian Williams on Oct 24, 2023
     | 1,262 views

    His sacrifice of thanksgiving meant that he wanted everything about his new life to be an expression of thanks for all the Lord had done for him.

    In our Thanksgiving series this month, we have been studying from the book of Psalms, chapter 116. We heard about the foundation of thanks which is the grace of God and about the overflow of thankfulness, which comes from receiving all that God has for you. Last week Rob spoke about the enemies of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Trusting God When All Hell Breaks Loose SermonCentral

    Contributed by SermonCentral on Oct 11, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,747 views

    How to make it when your world is chaotic

    Good morning, my dear family in Christ. We are gathered here today, not as mere individuals, but as a collective body of believers, united by our faith in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Today, we are going to embark on a journey through the scriptures, a journey that will lead us to a better ...read more

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