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  • Charles Cockroft avatar

    The Purpose Of Angels Series

    Contributed by Charles Cockroft on Feb 25, 2008
    based on 100 ratings
     | 10,134 views

    The past few years has produced many books about angels.Most of the things that we believe about angels have been told to us through hear say, fantasies, and misinformation

    Angel Ministry 1 The past few years has produced many books about angels. Not only Christian books but many secular books, trash magazines, and TV shows. 70% of Americans believe in angels. Most of the things that we believe about angels have been told to us through hear say, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    "Our Purpose”

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Mar 25, 2005
    based on 27 ratings
     | 4,948 views

    *God says to those who come near Him that He ‘must’ be regarded as holy and that He ‘must’ be glorified

    “Our Purpose” Matthew 22: 37 SERMON OBJECTIVE: To inspire a more powerful worship experience by encouraging the people to open their hearts to God and allow Him to help their worship to come to life INTRODUCTION: Tonight we are going to discuss ‘worship’ The word comes from the root word ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • D. Dewaine Phillips avatar

    Fellowship On Purpose Series

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on May 5, 2021
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     | 8,190 views

    Can we effectively worship the Lord by ourselves at home, on the golf course, or on a hiking trail in the forest? Why do we need to go to church? Is there something in it for us? Yes, there is something in it for each of us!

    We’re going to begin discussing the five purposes of the church by first looking at what the Bible says about fellowship. Dictionary.com defines fellowship as, “friendly relationship,” “companionship,” and “communion, as between members of the same church.”(1) The Lord wants us all to have close ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • D. Dewaine Phillips avatar

    Disciple On Purpose Series

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on May 5, 2021
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,979 views

    A huge part of the Great Commission is to make disciples, which is known as “discipleship.” This message answers the questions: “Where are we supposed to be doing this?” and “How are we supposed to be discipling others?”

    In the Great Commission, Jesus commanded, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19-20). I read a Southern Baptist book entitled ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Reach... With A Purpose

    Contributed by Don Schultz on Sep 5, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,358 views

    How does the Church respond to the problems piling up in our world? Jesus tells us to reach...

    Matthew 28:16-21: REACH There are lots of things going on the world today. The question I have for you this morning is – how is the Church supposed to respond? What are you as a Christian supposed to do? The anniversary of 9/11 is this week, and that anniversary reminds us that our world can ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Power For A Purpose

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 26, 2007
    based on 27 ratings
     | 13,650 views

    I preached this message building up to Pentecost Sunday.

    Power for a Purpose! 4/29/07am Acts 1:8 NLT But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Let’s start this morning with a question: Agree or Disagree? GOD ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A Forbidden Purpose

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 126 ratings
     | 29,031 views

    This is about understanding God’s will.

    A young lady attended a missionary service several years ago. As she heard the missionary share the stories of danger and success, she knew that God was calling her to be a missionary. She prayed about it, and talked to several people about this. She just knew that God was calling her to be a ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Dead Man Walking Series

    Contributed by Jim Black on Jan 24, 2003
    based on 98 ratings
     | 13,645 views

    The beauty of the gospel is displayed as Paul contrasts life before Christ to life in Christ and reveals to his readers a future to look towards and apurpose to live for.

    “Dead Man Walking” Ephesians 2:1-10 Focus: The beauty of the gospel is displayed as Paul contrasts life before Christ to life in Christ and reveals to his readers a future to look towards and a purpose to live for. Function: To lead the congregation up close to this huge passage where we ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Giving On Purpose

    Contributed by David Derry on Dec 16, 2002
    based on 54 ratings
     | 10,324 views

    Giving our time, talents and treasure on purpose. We give them to something, because we never have any left over, but do we really give on purpose?

    Giving on Purpose – December 15 We’ve spend the past couple of weeks talking about the purpose that God has for our lives. The next couple of weeks we will continue looking at some specific areas in our lives in relation to God’s purpose. Today we are talking about “giving on purpose.” When you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    It's All About The Dash.

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 31, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,276 views

    A Brief Sermon Preached to High School Seniors on the Essence of our Lives

    It's all about the Dash. Intro: Grave Markers It's all about the Dash. a punctuation mark - that is used especially to indicate a break in the thought or structure of a sentence You are the Class of 2007, Actually you're not. You are the dash between August 25th, 2003 and June 3rd, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Gene Haraldsen avatar

    The Purpose Of Prayer

    Contributed by Gene Haraldsen on Jul 22, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 10,776 views

    When we don’t understand the purpose of prayer we will be disappointed with and discouraged by the experience of prayer.

    The Purpose of Prayer Examining the Motives behind our Prayers Turn to Romans 8 There are many different types of prayer: public, private, group, family, church, national, confession, petition, intercession, fasting, short, long… Three-year-old Donna, who loved to pray before meals, would ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Suffering For A Purpose

    Contributed by William Baeta on Apr 12, 2019
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     | 14,876 views

    “I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.” (Isaiah 50:6)

    Introduction: Palm Sunday begins the final week of Jesus Christ’s life on earth. It begins with His Triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Jesus was known to travel on foot or by boat on a few occasions but this time He chose to ride on a donkey for the first time. He was welcomed with the waving of ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Prayer With A Purpose Series

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Apr 18, 2007
     | 4,333 views

    This the first sermon in a series through the Lord’s Prayer based on the question of a disciple in Luke 11:1 Lord teach us to pray. Jesus uses the word "abba" it is a word of tender, personal connection.

    In Jesus Holy Name April 15, 2007 Text: Luke 11:1-4 Easter II - Redeemer “Prayer With A Purpose” In Luke, Chapter 4 we have a short version of the Lord’s Prayer. A nameless disciple has been watching Jesus for some time. We don’t know exactly how long he has observed Jesus’ life, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Tom Fuller avatar

    The Purpose Of Suffering

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on May 2, 2011
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     | 7,860 views

    Why do we go through hard times? Is it because God is not pleased with us? Is it that we just must suffer in order to really be deserving of God's grace? Though the reasons might be many (and those two are not among them), Paul gives us one of the most im

    Having received a very stern letter from the Apostle Paul, you’d think that God’s problem church, Corinth, would have gotten their act together. The church was rife with pastor worship, division, misuse of spiritual gifts and the Lord’s supper, class distinctions, tolerance of ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Aarron Ellerman avatar

    The Purpose Of The Law Series

    Contributed by Aarron Ellerman on Jan 7, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,385 views

    If the Law was not the means to salvation, then what is it’s purpose?

    Galatians 3:23-29 “The Purpose of the Law” Vs. 23 • “Before faith came.” o Definite article in the Greek before “faith”  the faith. o Before faith means before the fulfillment of the faith, that is the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. • “shut up” o Means imprisoned, they were still ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist