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  • D. Dewaine Phillips avatar

    God-Appointed Down Times

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Feb 18, 2022
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     | 2,076 views

    Perhaps you have a calling; and yet, you haven’t heard from the Lord in a while and feel directionless. This message explores how the apostle Paul had to undergo both a three-year and a fourteen-year down-time consecutively.

    When you are down to nothing, God is up to something! - Barbara Franklin(1) Have you ever been assigned a task from the Lord, or been asked by Him to do something specific? Perhaps you’ve been called to pastor a church, become a missionary, attend seminary, or even start a new outreach in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living With Hope!

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Sep 30, 2015
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    “We rest in this hope we’ve been given—the hope that we will live forever with our God—the hope that He proclaimed ages and ages ago (even before time began)” (Titus 1:2, VOICE). The imminent return of Jesus is our blessed hope!

    Living with Hope! 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 13 Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. 14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Turning The World Upside Down

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 14, 2010
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    Evangelism - sharing the faith (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Acts chapter 17 verses 1-1: Ill: • Several years ago, American Larry Walters, a 33-year-old man; • Decided he wanted to see his locality from a new perspective. • So he went down to the local army surplus store; • And bought forty-five used weather balloons. • That afternoon he ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Go Down To Go Up Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Feb 24, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,807 views

    Find the highest honor in the lowest places.

    John Ortberg, in his book Love Beyond Reason, talks about the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, who pulled into a service station to get gas. He went inside to pay, and when he came out he noticed his wife engaged in a deep discussion with the service station attendant. It turned out that she knew him. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    God Wants To Quench Our Thirsty Souls Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Aug 27, 2019
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    God wants to quench the thirst in our souls, so: 1. He reveals Himself to us. 2. He invites us to Him. 3. He tells us how to respond. 4. He gives Himself to us.

    God Wants to Quench Our Thirsty Souls The Gospel of John John 7:37-39; Leviticus 23:33-43 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - December 7, 2016 (Revised August 27, 2019) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to John 7:37. Tonight we will look into the glorious truth that God wants to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fruitful Lives

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on May 12, 2006
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     | 3,078 views

    Realizing we must be attached to Christ Jesus and not He to us makes all the difference in the world concerning our fruitfulness.

    John 15: 1 – 8 Fruitful Lives Intro: There are some shrubs in the flower beds in front of our house with purple leaves that are really pretty; but, they grow rapidly and can get huge. They were definitely hearty and productive. Last summer it seemed as though I had to trim those bushes almost ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Living Christ

    Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 19, 2005
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,878 views

    This is a sermon prepared for Easter morning and appropriate to use at anytime. It speaks to the living and eternally living nature of our risen Savior!

    From the desk of Pastor Toby Powers Truth Baptist Church correspondence address: 56 Taylor Cir Carrollton, GA 30117 Church Address: US Hwy 78 Bremen, GA 30110 THE EVER-LIVING CHRIST Revelation 1:18 We long, sometimes, to behold Christ in his glory. Certainly, it is one of our brightest hopes ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living Water PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 27, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,298 views

    Explore the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman, emphasizing how Jesus, as the living water, satisfies our spiritual thirst and hunger.

    Good morning, everyone! It's so wonderful to see your faces in this blessed gathering. Today, we are going to dive into a beautiful passage from the book of John, specifically John 4:5-42. It's a story that's as relevant today as it was two millennia ago. It tells us about an encounter between ...read more

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    Living The Mission PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 2, 2025
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     | 15 views

    God uses our ordinary gifts and daily acts of service to bless others, display His grace, and bring glory to Jesus in everyday life.

    Friends, can we talk about the quiet heroes God sends our way? The ones with flour on their aprons and prayer on their lips; the ones who show up with a casserole, a kind word, a seat at the table. I think of a dear woman I knew—no spotlight, no stage—just a well-worn Bible, a wobbly kitchen chair, ...read more

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  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    When Heaven Came Down Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Dec 26, 2012
    based on 16 ratings
     | 25,224 views

    God exalts those who will be humbled. So when He humbled Himself to become a man, God did magnify & honor Himself to those who in humbleness would seek out the Christ. The significance of the event made it fitting that Heaven should come down & give God G

    LUKE 2: 8-14 WHEN HEAVEN CAME DOWN [Eph. 2:12-18, Isa. 65:1, 61:1f, 1 Pet. 10:21, Zech. 9:9-12, Rev. 5:9-14] Christmas is a drama of the exciting invasion of earth by infinite God, the Eternal Spirit, Who became flesh in order to become man. His purpose was to personally reveal Himself to us, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brady Boyd avatar

    Disappointed In Jesus Series

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Dec 8, 2022
     | 1,324 views

    Have you ever been mad at God? Have you ever been disappointed that something didn’t work out? Have you ever been so disappointed in the prayers that were not answered that we failed to thank God for the ones He did answer?

    Disappointed in Jesus December 11, 2022 Have you ever been mad at God? Have you ever been disappointed that something didn’t work out? Have you ever been so disappointed in the prayers that were not answered that we failed to thank God for the ones He did answer? Luke 1:39-42 NIV In those days ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Norman Lawrence avatar

    Stand Down, Or Stand Up!

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jan 14, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,627 views

    I believe today that America and the Church in America is at a Crossroad, and it is up to each and every one of us here to decide whether it’s time to “stand down” or “stand up”! I believe it’s time to stand up!

    The past couple weeks, I have heard a term more and more that to be quite honest with you, as a person who has not served a day in the military, hadn’t heard the term, and even when I did, I was a bit unsure what it meant. Here is the meaning of the term STAND DOWN: A relaxation from a state ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Turning The World Upside Down Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Oct 12, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,502 views

    To turn the world upside down, the Word must first turn us inside out.

    In partnership with George Barna, Arizona Christian University just released its annual American Worldview Inventory. The results were disappointing, discouraging, and disheartening. Out of 176 million Americans who identify as Christians, just six percent hold a recognizably Christian ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living Out Righteousness

    Contributed by Jeff Hughes on Apr 8, 2003
    based on 71 ratings
     | 9,888 views

    The importance of rightoeusness in our lives.

    Living Out Righteousness 1st John 3:4 – 3:12 Jeff Hughes I. Introduction a. Turn with me in your Bibles to 1st John, Chapter 3, and verse 4. b. Tonight we are going to look at eight verses in the Book of First John, chapter three, that shed some light as to how we as believers are to live out ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Living In Grace Series

    Contributed by Jeffrey Dillinger on Feb 7, 2005
    based on 26 ratings
     | 6,196 views

    Living in grace is knowin the past from which you were saved and being God’s workmanship for the world to see our good works.

    Living In Grace (Eph. 2:1-8) Intro: A. Once upon a time... There was a young illiterate couple named Dave and Carol. Dave and Carol had recently confessed faith in Jesus Christ and were baptized. And wanting to be more involved in the activities of the church, they regularly attended the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ