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  • Scott Mathews avatar

    I Am Not Leaving You Series

    Contributed by Scott Mathews on Mar 22, 2004
    based on 36 ratings
     | 4,609 views

    Second in the Series "Before Christ" (B.C) A look at Malachi, and what was going on in the heart of God before Immanuel.

    Adventure Christian Church of North Natomas Malachi 2 - 3:1 (p. 665) Series: Before Christ (B.C.) Title: “I Am Not Leaving You” “The memory of any stretch of years eventually resolves to a list of names, and one of the useful ways of recalling the past two millenniums is by listing the people ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Eunice - Leaving A Lasting Legacy

    Contributed by Jonathan Kruschel on Aug 29, 2018
     | 11,922 views

    What legacy will you leave for your children? Eunice left a truly lasting legacy for her son Timothy that fully prepared him for all that he would face in this life, but most importantly what he would face at the end of life. Are we creating that same lasting legacy?

    It’s that time of year again – the beginning of another school year. College campuses will soon be flooded with wide-eyed freshman and teary-eyed parents. High schools will be filled with the sounds of locker doors slamming, three-ring binders clicking, and the quiet hum of Google Chromebooks. ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    These Three Things Part One Series

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jan 24, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,940 views

    In these sermon we will unpack a very familiar passage in Philippians 3 and discover 2 things that if we embrace and keep striving to live out, this year can be different... forgetting what is behind and pressing on to what is ahead.

    These Three Things #ThisYearCouldBeDifferent 700 years before Jesus put on flesh and invaded our planet, GOD breathed the following words through the prophet Isaiah… to a people who… • Had seen better days • Experienced great suffering • Lost hope • In many ways had no one to blame for their ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Leave It All In Jesus' Hands

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Aug 3, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 18,215 views

    Pentecost 10(B) - JULY 28, 2002 - Believers are encouraged to leave it all in Jesus’ hands BECAUSE Jesus knows all our needs AND Jesus provides His solution.

    LEAVE IT ALL IN JESUS HANDS JOHN 6: 1-15 JULY 28, 2002 JOHN 6:1-15 1Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick. 3Then ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Bruce Landry avatar

    Courage To Leave, Forgive And Love Series

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Jan 12, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 13,079 views

    What do we do when it is time to leave a place we have grown comfortable in? Leaving any place that we have had relationships, children, or grown to love is very difficult.

    Courage to Leave, Forgive and Love Genesis 31:1-55 A. The Separation B. The Reunion and Reconcilliation Have you ever had to leave a place of comfort and immense joy for you? A place where maybe you have had your children, lost loved ones, met your spouse? A place that you have worked, sweated, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • I. Grant Spong avatar

    Be Ready

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Nov 21, 2022
     | 2,099 views

    Is our job to predict when Jesus will return or to be ready? Let’s discuss this in Matthew 24:36-44.

    Is our job to predict when Jesus will return or to be ready? Let’s discuss this in Matthew 24:36-44. End of an Era But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. (Matthew 24:36) If Jesus is God the Son and coequal with the Father, how does He not know ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You Leaving Me Too? Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jun 30, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,198 views

    Not everyone who started following Jesus kept following Jesus and not everyone who come to our church will stay in our church. Some thougths

    Are you leaving me too? On December 7th 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the people of the United States and referred to the previous day as “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”. Most of you know what he was referring to, on December 6th Japan had attacked Pearl Harbour. ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Rick Duncan avatar

    Leaving Home... And Letting Go Series

    Contributed by Rick Duncan on May 26, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 13,482 views

    It’s one of life’s toughest challenges: Songwriters and authors have called it giving your kids roots and then giving them wings.

    One minute, you are helping kids learn how to cross the street safely. Turn around and you’re dropping them off at college. It’s one of life’s toughest challenges: Songwriters and authors have called it giving your kids roots and then giving them wings. This past week, I’ve been talking with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Burning Your Bridges Behind You

    Contributed by Johnny Carver on Aug 4, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 21,006 views

    I came across a story many years ago concerning General George Washington during the time of the birthing of this country. It was customary to burn the bridges as they crossed over them to prevent the enemy from slipping up on them from behind

    Scripture: Exodus 14:22 – 31 Title: “Burning Your Bridges Behind You” Introduction: I came across a story many years ago concerning General George Washington during the time of the birthing of this country. General Washington was approaching one of the fiercest battles of his campaign. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Burning Your Bridges Behind You

    Contributed by Johnny Carver on Aug 4, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,815 views

    I came across a story many years ago concerning General George Washington during the time of the birthing of this country. It was customary to burn the bridges as they crossed over them to prevent the enemy from slipping up on them from behind

    Scripture: Exodus 14:22 – 31 Title: “Burning Your Bridges Behind You” Introduction: I came across a story many years ago concerning General George Washington during the time of the birthing of this country. General Washington was approaching one of the fiercest battles of his campaign. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Fr Mund Cargill Thompson avatar

    Ohana Means Family And Family Means Nobody Gets Left Behind Series

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Apr 10, 2015
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,988 views

    Jesus didn't just come back for "doubting Thomas" - first he came back for the other "doubting ten" when they did not believe Mary Magadalene. Jesus, the non anxious presence, doesn't leave anyone behind.

    “The doors were locked for fear of the Jews” Bolt it. Double lock it. Put the chain on. Fasten the padlock. “The doors were locked for fear of the Jews” Let me share with you two stories that happened within two years of each other in the second decade of the Twentieth ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • John Lowe avatar

    Lesson #23 - But He Gave It All Up That He Might Know Christ Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Jul 30, 2019
     | 5,147 views

    The mature believer, Paul says, will not rest on past obedience but will labor to maintain purity and blamelessness until the Day of Christ.

    Date: 2/12/19 Lesson #23 Title: But He Gave It All Up That He Might Know Christ (Phil. 3:12-14) • NIV Bible is used throughout unless noted otherwise. Scripture: Philippians 3:12-14 (NIV) 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Randy Bataanon avatar

    The Undeniable Messages Behind The Shaking Of The World

    Contributed by Randy Bataanon on Feb 15, 2011
    based on 371 ratings
     | 38,258 views

    The present world as we watch it is undergoing shakings. Aside from earthquakes and Tsunamis, governments who are previously unmovable were trembling. it is the time to check the signs of time..

    THE THREE UNDENIABLE MESSAGES BEHIND THE SHAKING OF THE WORLD The present world as we watch it is undergoing shakings. Governments who are previously unmovable were trembling. Kings and Rulers who are untouchable in the past are being removed from their glorious palaces. Aside from unrest from ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Moving Forward--Letting Go Of The Past

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jun 10, 2013
    based on 7 ratings
     | 68,400 views

    This sermon deals with our need to let go of past things in our lives in order to move forward in God. Lot suffered because he would not let go.

    Moving Forward--Letting Go Of The Past. Calvary 6/9/2013 Genesis 19:1-26 Luke 9:57-62 Is there anybody here who has held on to something that had a special meaning to you and nobody else quite understood why you just would not throw it away? I had a blue and gold football jerseys, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Ryan Ferwerda avatar

    Do Not Dwell On The Past; Look To The Future

    Contributed by Ryan Ferwerda on Apr 25, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 25,927 views

    When we focus too much on what happened in the past it becomes hard for us to see what God is doing in the present and is leading us in the future.

    When I was in the parish, preaching every Sunday, there was usually one of my parishioners that would always come up to me after service and express how that day’s particular sermon seemed like I was speaking directly to them; that the sermon on that given day was addressing something specific ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran