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  • Rick Boyne avatar

    A Life Of Integrity

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Dec 3, 2014
     | 4,847 views

    We should not act one way when we are around people, then act another way when we are alone.

    A Life of Integrity November 30, 2014 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We should not act one way when we are around people, then act another way when we are alone. Focus Passage: 2 Kings 18:1-6 Supplemental Passage: Whatever you do, do your work ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Plans For The Penitent"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 6, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,254 views

    Long before the sin, long before the discipline, God has already made plans for the restoration of the repentant. A future and a hope.

    “For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.” This is the first sermon I have ever co-authored. The process was a pleasure as it turns out, because my partner in it was Jacquelynn Tanner. Her favorite ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    Getting Over Fear Series

    Contributed by David Henderson on Feb 14, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 10,521 views

    This message will help the listener to discover four truths from 1st John that will help us overcome fear. It is written to help the listener understand the realationship between love and fear.

    "Getting Over Fear" 1st John 4:11-18 A young five-year-old was in the kitchen as his mother was making supper. She asked him to go into the pantry and get her a can of tomato soup, but he didn’t want to go in alone. He said, it’s dark in there and I’m scared. So she asked him again but he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You A Little Drummer Boy? Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Dec 6, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,678 views

    THIS PASSAGE BEFORE US TODAY LOOKS AT THE RESULT OF AN UNEXPECTED GIFT GIVEN TO SOMEONE WHO WAS, QUITE FRANKLY, LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE! We often miss opportunities God has for us, because we are looking for something else other than what God wants

    ARE YOU A “LITTLE DRUMMER BOY”? ACTS 3:1-10 ONE DAY PETER AND JOHN WERE GOING UP TO THE TEMPLE AT THE TIME OF PRAYER--AT THREE IN THE AFTERNOON. 2 NOW A MAN CRIPPLED FROM BIRTH WAS BEING CARRIED TO THE TEMPLE GATE CALLED BEAUTIFUL, WHERE HE WAS PUT EVERY DAY TO BEG FROM THOSE GOING INTO THE TEMPLE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    While We Wait

    Contributed by Larry Grant on Apr 22, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,870 views

    Jesus is preparing to ascend back into Heaven to sit down at the right hand of God. But before He leaves, He commands and commissions His men to reach the world with the Gospel, the Good News that Jesus saves. He tells them to wait for the Promise of the Father, which is the Holy Ghost!

    Acts 1:1-8 While We Wait April 24, 2022 Luke inscribes in his gospel account and also in his historical account of the Acts of the Apostles to the dignitary Theophilus our Lord’s last meeting with His disciples while He was here on earth. He is preparing to ascend back into Heaven ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When Christ Condemns Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 14, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,322 views

    God speaks through his Son to all who are willing to listen and obey.

    Scripture Introduction John 3.16 may be the best known verse in the Bible, but the next one is near in significance: “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” Jesus came to save. That’s good news. But what about ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Knowing God’s Plan

    Contributed by Norman Bernad on Oct 1, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,370 views

    Look at this building. This is a beautiful place. Somewhere before every stone and wire and window and wall, there was a plan. Everything here reflects the plans that someone thoughtfully worked through and laid out.

    Knowing God’s Plan 1. Acts: 9: 1-6 2. Isaiah 55:8 Plans are important! Look at this building. This is a beautiful place. Somewhere before every stone and wire and window and wall, there was a plan. Everything here reflects the plans that someone thoughtfully worked through and laid out. Others ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Opportunity Series

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jul 24, 2020
     | 7,687 views

    Boldly act on the opportunity to share and serve Christ.

    The first door lock, as we imagine door locks, was invented by an Egyptian 3,000 years ago. There was little improvement on locks until the Romans invented a kind of notched key. The next major improvement on locks was not until the 1700’s. A man by the name of Yale invented the tumbler lock. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Setting The Stage For The Spirit Of God-4 Series

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Apr 16, 2010
     | 2,867 views

    Luke recorded for Theophilus an account of those acts which preceded the coming of the Holy Spirit in Jesus' physical absence. How is the stage set for the acts of the Holy Spirit? Setting the stage for the Spirit of God are acts of...

    B-SETTING the STAGE for the SPIRIT-IV—Acts 1:4-8 Luke recorded for Theophilus an account of those acts which preceded the coming of the Holy Spirit in Jesus' physical absence. How is the stage set for the acts of the Holy Spirit? 11 acts setting the stage for the Spirit of God are... 1. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Word Of Knowledge

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Jan 5, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,835 views

    The word of knowledge is supernatural revelation, by the Holy Spirit, of certain facts in the mind of God.

    1 Corinthians 12:7-12 "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom, through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another the gift of faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Faith A Step Into The Water

    Contributed by Glenn Branham on May 11, 2005
    based on 27 ratings
     | 15,181 views

    Faith must be acted on in order to be effective.

    "Faith: Step Into the Water" Josh. 3:13-16 13 And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the LORD--the Lord of all the earth--set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap." 14 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Luke 16:1-13 Can God Trust Us As His Stewards?

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Apr 8, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 24,867 views

    Jesus has been in the home of one of the chief Pharisees since chapter 14:1, He has given several parables, many of the Pharisees were guilty of many of theses truths that are revealed, this paralbe is about a rich mans manager,"steward" he

    LUKE 16:1-13 CAN GOD TRUST US AS HIS STEWARDS? 4-9-11 Let me say 1st of all what a Stewart is, a steward is a person who has charge of another man’s goods. Abraham had a steward who had charge of all his possessions. It was Abraham’s steward, possible ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Greatest Commandment Of All

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Apr 27, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,599 views

    We are to love God with all our lives, including our work. Doing so restricts our activity to the straight and narrow path that God has created for us to walk on. It is the basis of our obedience to God.

    A few years ago, Billy Graham answered a letter in his daily newspaper column from someone who was upset that churches and charities don’t pay a cent in taxes. The writer was upset that he had to “pay until it hurts”. In his reply, Dr. Graham said that if all the food banks, ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Too Busy For God

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 16, 2019
     | 9,525 views

    Hard work is a Christian ethic. But sometimes we need to just sit and listen, especially when the one doing the talking is Jesus. Let’s read the story of Mary and Martha in Luke 10:38-42.

    Hard work is a Christian ethic. But sometimes we need to just sit and listen, especially when the one doing the talking is Jesus. Let’s read the story of Mary and Martha in Luke 10:38-42. Luke 10:38 As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Refocusing Our Commitment To Jesus

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 8, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,403 views

    The Guest is more important than the hospitality.

    REFOCUSING OUR COMMITMENT TO JESUS. Luke 10:38-42. Luke has arranged his material thematically (Luke 1:3), and it is interesting here to notice that this little but highly significant domestic incident immediately follows the parable of ‘the neighbourly kindness of the hated Samaritan’ (as I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational