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  • Pat Damiani avatar

    We'll Leave The Light On For You Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Mar 9, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 11,402 views

    45th in a series from Ephesians. How to live as light in the midst of darkness.

    Most of us are probably familiar with the advertising for Motel 6 that ends with the advertising tagline, “We’ll leave the light on for you.” The image that those ads are trying to create is that Motel 6 is a place of hospitality, refreshment and rest for weary travelers. As we continue in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dasol Kang avatar

    Their Story, Our Warning

    Contributed by Dasol Kang on Jul 10, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 273 views

    God holds up the mirror of the past to keep us from stumbling in the present.

    “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” These were the words of the philosopher George Santayana about nations, politics, and the rise and fall of empires. But much earlier than George Santayana, the Apostle Paul, 18 centuries earlier, made the same point about our ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Ephesians 2 Remember What You Were

    Contributed by Jonathan Newlon on May 15, 2020
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    Sometimes it's hard to remember where we came from. Sometimes our own pride gets in our way. Let's take a look at a few great men from the Bible, where they came from, and what God turned them into.

    Jonathan Newlon Uniontown Church of Christ 1 May 2020 Ephesians 2:11-22 Remember What You Were Introduction Memory can be a funny thing. I can’t tell you how many times I try to recall an event to someone only to be seemingly corrected by someone else who was there. They remember the event much ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • James White avatar

    A Letter To Me

    Contributed by James White on Mar 31, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,688 views

    HOW you were born the 1st time makes no difference… OH but WHAT a difference being Born Again makes. It doesn’t change your past, but it releases you from it. It will change your present and make you brand spanking NEW.

    Brad Paisley wrote and sings a song which I am borrowing the title from today. “Letter to me” speaks of a desire to send a message to his own past self. It’s a note of encouragement…words to the wise and hope for the future. From the moment of our birth, we begin a lifelong ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Juan P Barrientez Jr. avatar

    When People Can’t Get Passed Your Past

    Contributed by Juan P Barrientez Jr. on May 23, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,134 views

    This is a message about moving past your past even when other can not.

    Mark 6:1-6 6 Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him. 2 And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, “Where did this Man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Robert Massey avatar

    Starting Out: Overcoming Your Past Series

    Contributed by Robert Massey on Jul 15, 2002
    based on 124 ratings
     | 30,344 views

    Your past, no manner how bad, doesn’t have to stop you from being in the plan of God. You can, with God’s grace and forgiveness, overcome your past.

    I heard the story recently of two friends who were talking to each other. One remarked to his friend and said, “Man, you look so depressed. Whatever could you be thinking about to depress you so?” His friend quickly replied, “My future”. “Your future?” his friend said. “Whatever in the world ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    What Kind Of A Legacy Will You Leave?

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 29, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
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    Peter and Paul Sunday is one in which we celebrate the legacies of these apostles, but they would remind us that we only that we celebrate Christ’s legacy in our lives.

    In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Three In One who has reserved for us the crown of righteousness. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This year, over 600 students at Florida State are going to be the first people in their families to go to college. ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    What Will You Leave Us This Time Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Aug 9, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 4,915 views

    How many children know how their parents became Christians? It is time to pass on the torch of faith by telling the story of our own conversion and comparing it with God’s Word!

    What Will You Leave Us This Time 2 Peter 1:12-21 12For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth. 13Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you, 14knowing that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Lorraine Greeff avatar

    Impact, What Mark Are You Leaving

    Contributed by Lorraine Greeff on Jul 9, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,343 views

    how you impact others, what you do to bring others to Christ, how to be an impact

    Impact What mark are you leaving I believe that God expects you and me to be more than ordinary. In fact, to live a life of impact. We are to be light in the darkness, salt to the world, and ambassadors of Jesus Christ so that we can impact the people around us. If Jesus is, the Lord and love of ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Awol --- Absent Without Leave, Suppose

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 4, 2022
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    David ask: HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN! Awol means absent without leave. How soon can we leave the battle and not be where God has called us.

    ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE… AWOL… SUPPOSE BY Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Two part HAVE WE EVER HEARD: A LINE DRAWN IN THE SAND? ARE YOU FOR US OR AGAINST US? Matthew 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 2 Timothy 2:4 ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Leaving The Comfort Zone (Vision 2012)

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 29, 2011
    based on 15 ratings
     | 32,306 views

    All of us are surrounded by comfort zones; those invisible barriers that make us feel cozy and secure. Comfort zones develop after we have done things a particular way for a period of time. Unfortunately, they can make us feel so comfortable, that we neve

    Opening illustration: A spy was captured and sentenced to death by a general in the Persian Army. Before carrying out the sentence the general gave the spy a strange choice. He told him he could have his choice of a firing squad or a big black door. After much deliberation the spy chose the firing ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dr. Ronald Shultz avatar

    Some Days There Are No Second Chances

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 14, 2006
    based on 28 ratings
     | 9,182 views

    If you are "Left Behind" you will be lost. Don’t believe the lie.

    Some Days There’s No Second Chance With the popularity of the “Left Behind” series, there is a prevalent doctrine that after the Rapture folks who were nominal believers or heard the Gospel but either rejected it or just put off being saved will get another chance. This is a very desirable ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr.W.Samuel Legon avatar

    Let Me Be Up Front Lord

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Nov 25, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
     | 10,799 views

    Why not the top not the bottom.

    LORD LET ME BE THE TOP NOT THE BOTTOM Deuteronomy 28 1And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Perry Greene avatar

    Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Aug 21, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,994 views

    A simple lesson describing the Bible and offering some support of its claims.

    1. B.I.B.L.E. – Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth 2. Today we are going to look at some basic information about the Bible 3. The Bible’s Content I. Start with a Definition A. The Word, “Bible,” Means “Book” The Bible was written over a period of 1600 years in over a dozen countries on three ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Gregory Thomas avatar

    Locked Up In Your Memory

    Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Apr 17, 2009
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,523 views

    A message that will show how we lock up the memories of our past and allow them to prohibit us from moving foreward.

    Locked Up In Your Memory Genesis 16: 1-3 They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational