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  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Seeing His Holiness Series

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Sep 14, 2009
    based on 18 ratings
     | 9,791 views

    Seeing the Holiness of God and being aware of His Presence should produce a fearful wonder and reverence of God, a terrifying vision of our own sinfulness, and a sanctified yieldedness to the Holy Sovereign One.

    CONDITIONS OF REVIVAL: SEEING HIS HOLINESS ISAIAH 6:1-8 HOLY – HOLY – HOLY! The God of all creation is infinitely holy. But what does that mean? We have been told that the word holy means to sanctify or to be set apart. R.C. Sproul in his book The Holiness of God (Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Give Us Today Our Daily Bread

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,896 views

    A sermon on this petition of the Model or Lord’s Prayer (Outline taken from MacLaren’s Expositions of Holy Scripture)

    Wednesday night prayer meeting 8/19/2009 Give us this day our daily bread- Matthew 6:11 Introduction: A. This petition seems so earthy. It seems so tied to human needs that it seems out of place. Is anything too small and earthy for God? After all, Jesus Christ lived here. B. Even a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Apostasy? Series

    Contributed by C Vincent on Sep 22, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,800 views

    Revealing some clues to apostates and the condition of the church in the end times

    Why Apostasy? 20.09.09 am 2 Thessalonians 2 Key verse 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions, which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. Today we will look at apostasy and how it will increase in the last days First of all, what is apostasy? Falling away, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    While You Are Waiting

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Sep 29, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,270 views

    Things we should do while we are waiting for the Lord’s Return.

    While You Are Waiting… I Thessalonians 4:13-18 This past week I read about a first-grade teacher who was having a difficult day. It had rained that entire day and the children couldn’t go out for recess, so they got more and more restless and hyperactive as the day wore on. The teacher couldn’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Undoubtable Faith

    Contributed by Darrin Fish on Oct 2, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,747 views

    Lets start out by asking Do you believe that when you ask for things When you pray • Do you believe that God will help Or are you just throwing prayers up in the air hoping something will happen

    Setting The Sails • When Hudson Taylor, the famous missionary, first went to China, He went by boat • At one point during the voyage, the wind stopped blowing and the boat drifted dangerously close to the shore of island that was inhabited by cannibals. • Because of the lack of wind it kept ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Ready, Set, Go!

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on May 8, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,329 views

    Palm Sunday, what did the people come out to see?

    Ready, Set, Go! Luke 19:28-40 Today we are at the beginning of Holy Week, we have been following Luke’s history of the church in acts and now we are looping back to the week before the crucifixion of Jesus. I am not trying to surprise you with this change of direction I am just jumping to ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    In The Presence Of A Holy God

    Contributed by Roger Roark on May 24, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,423 views

    Once we have an encounter with God, we will never be the same.

    In the presence of a Holy God Exodus 3:1-5 and Acts 9:4-8 In 1961 A.W. Tozer was given the opportunity to speak to a group of ministers on a subject of his choice. Not surprisingly he chose to speak to them about the holiness of God. During that talk he said the following words: “I believe we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Word On Prayer Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jun 2, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,719 views

    Almost all Scripture, following a question/answer format.

    The Word on Prayer: A Season of Prayer June 3, 2007 various Scriptures (NLT) Intro: We are in a season of prayer, so this morning I want to spend our sermon time returning to Scripture for instruction on prayer. This is actually a sermon my brother, who preaches for fun as a lay person in his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Gaining From Your Loss Series

    Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Jun 3, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,245 views

    We gain from our loss when we recognize what sin does to our lives, when we respond with repentance and when we receive God’s forgiveness.

    Good AM. Ludwig Van Beethoven noticed that he was losing his sense of hearing. As a composer, he worried that he could no longer create music if he becomes deaf. He tried every cure available to him but to no avail. One day, his greatest fear came true. He became totally deaf. According to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Spiritual Authority

    Contributed by Robert Cox on Oct 28, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,538 views

    What is Spiritual authority and who can have it?

    I think we all agree that ours is a spiritual battle...EPH 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Where are these "spiritual hosts ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Changing The Course Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Nov 3, 2008
     | 6,502 views

    A call to the believing citizens to see and respond to God’s work in the land.

    Changing the Course Habakkuk 1:5-11 * With the importance of this week looming large, I went to my bookshelf and reviewed some of the books found there. The titles which I found there (I.E. Heal our Land, Seducing America, Reclaiming Morality in America, Preserve us a Nation, A Nation with a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Three Processions To Remember

    Contributed by Michael B. Perrott on Nov 5, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,597 views

    A sermon written to be shared on November 9 2008, for mixed ages, in a Remembrance Sunday (Veteran’s Day) Service. While written for a UK audience it is easily adapted for use in any place wanting to offer thanks for those who lost their lives in conflic

    Luke 19:36-44 ‘Three Processions to Remember’ The words we hear from Luke’s Gospel this morning describe the atmosphere of a great procession, people lining the way from the Mount of Olives all the way to Jerusalem. Perhaps we can imagine the scene as the people wave palm-branches and, if they ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    There Is No Stopping The People, The Presence, Or The Power Of God!

    Contributed by Christine Forehand on Nov 24, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,137 views

    No matter how hard the enemy tries to stop God, he will never succeed. God is all-powerful and His word lives on through the lives of His people.

    I. Read Matthew 24:35 and Hebrews 1:11 Matthew 24:35--Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words will never pass away. a. Greek word for “pass away” is parerchomai (par-er-khom-ahee) which means to perish, neglect, avert, pass away without fulfillment, or to be in vain (it is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Complaints To The Pastor?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 28, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,153 views

    A pastor wrote:HOW DO I HANDLE COMPLAINTS ADDRESS TO ME... I respond.

    I WAS ASKED: I’ve heard it said that there’s no such thing as a stupid question. I hope this will not be considered as a stupid question, but it’s really meant as a sincere question: If a leader in your church came to you saying they want longer services and longer and more altar calls, what would ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Get To Work!

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Dec 1, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,792 views

    Get to Work! 1) Anticipating Jesus’ return 2) Focusing on your God-given tasks

    How do you stir a sleeping giant? I suppose it depends on who or what that giant is. If the giant is a grizzly bear, the answer is: you don’t. It’s best to let such sleeping giants lie. But what if the giant is the Christian church? The author of a religious article recently commented that the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran