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  • Byron Sherman avatar

    What's So Great About God?-3 Series

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 13, 2015
     | 4,465 views

    3 of 6. Peter recalled some basic justifications for the church's glorifying God. Blood-bought believers are justified in their glorifying/pointing to God. But why?...WHAT’s So GREAT About GOD? God is Great because He offers...

    WHAT’s So GREAT About GOD?-III—1Peter 1:3-12(:3-9; 10-12) Attention: What’s so great about a Washing machine?-an Automobile?-a Boat?- Hunting?- the Beach?——Ask anyone who uses &/or loves these! We can sometimes miss the power of God preferring rather to enjoy the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    My Redeemer Lives

    Contributed by Scottie Pitts on Mar 28, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 6,268 views

    Our hope for times of sorrow is in a redeemer who is alive!

    What does Easter mean to you? A Sunday School teacher asked her students this question and one little girl answered: “Easter means that we will be eating egg salad sandwiches for the next two weeks.” Well, Easter certainly means more than that. Easter for us means the birth of hope in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Audacity Of Hope (Advent) Series

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Nov 28, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 25,546 views

    This Advent Season, as we look to the birth of our King, may you look for and fill your life with opportunities to live out the audacity of Genuine Christian Hope!

    The Audacity of Hope, I Peter 1:13-23 Introduction When Honorius was emperor of Rome, about the year A.D. 400, the great Coliseum of Rome was often filled to overflowing with spectators. These had come from far and near to view the state games. Part of the sport consisted of watching as human ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    The Power Of Hope

    Contributed by David Dewitt on May 25, 2004
    based on 22 ratings
     | 5,860 views

    Where there is no hope there is no power and if there is anywhere on the face of this world that there should be hope, it is in the church.

    The Power of Hope Selected Passages The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a fantastic story of the struggle between good and evil. In the second installment, the Two Towers, open war has broken out and the forces of men have retreated to the safety of the great fortress Helm’s Deep believing that they ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    You Can Live Without Guilt

    Contributed by Richard Hall on Sep 5, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,470 views

    A sermon dealing with both the negative and positive aspects of guilt

    YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT GUILT ROMANS 8:1-4 Law of the Spirit of Lifeƒ£ƒ¤Law of Sin and Death (no condemnation) (condemnation) Intro: Romans 7 the struggle of sin in our lives (read from Message pg 320) 1) THE GUILT OF CHOOSING WRONG A) Sin brings guilt and shame a) Satan tries ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    A Living Sacrifice To God Part 6 Series

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Nov 11, 2018
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    Part 6 of this series focuses on Romans 12:12.

    A Living Sacrifice To God Part 6 Scriptures: Romans 12:12; Matthew 7:13-14; James 1:12 This is part six of my series “A Living Sacrifice to God.” This morning we will be looking at Romans 12:12 which says, “Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; constant in prayer.” If you recall from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Faith Causes Us To Live With A Purpose Series

    Contributed by Duane Wente on May 3, 2025
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    Faith does not call us to sit and wait for something big to happen — it calls us to live every day with purpose. God has gifted each of us uniquely, and true faith leads us to use those gifts in service to His mission. Living beyond belief means living out our calling.

    ### **Introduction: Purpose or Performance?** Video Ill.: Sermon Bumper 2 ### **Opening Story + Transition (Refined for Sermon 2)** Power Outage Teaches Church a Valuable Lesson Source: Clark Cothern, "Power outage or Power display?" Leadershipjournal.net ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Living In Marriage Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 15, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,603 views

    This is the 6th study in the study "Hope In The Darkness". This study describes to husbands and wives how to live in marriage in a way that will be a witness for Jesus Christ.

    LIVING IN MARRIAGE 1 Peter 3:1-7 Our study continues to stress the importance of our witness. How we live in all areas of life matter. The world is watching us. They are watching how we treat the government. They are watching to see if we follow the laws of the land. They are watching how ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kelvin McKisic avatar

    The Believer's Hope

    Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Mar 2, 2024
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    Characteristics of the believer’s hope...our hope is based on a living person, that person being Jesus Christ.

    Australian aborigines pictured heaven as a distant island beyond the western horizon. The early Finns thought heaven was a distant island in the faraway East. Mexicans, Peruvians, and Polynesians believed they went to the sun or the moon after death. Native Americans believed that in the afterlife ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The God Of Hope

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 25, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
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    Man needs to live with hope and only God can give us a sure and enduring hope in life. The Psalmist inspires hope in God as he recounts God’s past deeds and their experience of God’s deliverance.

    In “Point Man”, Steve Farrar tells about a photographer for a national magazine who was assigned to take pictures of a great forest fire. He was advised that a small plane would be waiting to fly him over the fire. The photographer arrived at the airstrip just an hour before sundown. Sure ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Daniel Austin avatar

    Assurance Of Hope Series

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Sep 9, 2010
     | 7,480 views

    As long as we remain faithful, we have the assurance of hope until we receive that inheritance reserved in heaven for us!

    Assurance of Hope Blessed Assurance part 3 11/08/09 AM Text: 1 Peter 1:3-5 INTRODUCTION In this series we began by looking at the blessed assurance we have from God the Father: 1 John 5:11 ( NASB ) And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Today we ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • David Flowers avatar

    Hope For Uncertain Times Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Aug 27, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,539 views

    Are we living in the world’s last days? Jesus and the Biblical writers said that is not for us to know, and taught that we are to live our lives fully and freely, hoping in God always. Based on 1 Peter 4:7-19.

    Hope for Uncertain Times Hope is Your Birthright, part 1 Wildwind Community Church August 27, 2006 David Flowers Life is hard, isn’t it? You hear that a lot. Life is hard. But next time you hear that statement, I want you to think, “Compared to what?” Life is hard. It takes up all of your ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Hope PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 21, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,441 views

    This sermon explores the enduring hope found in Jesus Christ, as prophesied in Isaiah, and how this hope guides and comforts us in all life's circumstances.

    Good morning, beloved family. It is yet another blessed day that the Lord has made and we are here to rejoice and be glad in it. As we gather together in this sacred space, let us take a moment to appreciate the divine grace that has brought us here. We are drawn together by the love of our Savior, ...read more

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    Hope Series

    Contributed by Gordon Pike on Jun 27, 2021
     | 4,337 views

    Christmas is a time to reflect upon the height and depth and breath of God’s love and the lengths that He will go to to show us His love. Christmas is a time to remember that God doesn’t demand that we love Him but gives us the choice to love Him.

    In the beginning was … nothing? A “formless void” (Genesis 1:1)? Yet the Bible says a wind (the breath of God) swept over the surface of the "water" (Genesis 1:2) so there something there ... maybe everything there … the particles ... all the molecules, all of the “substance” of the ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Larry Jacobs avatar

    Hope

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 16, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 22,251 views

    The disciples who followed Jesus in the day of his flesh had some wonderful advantages. However, when Jesus died on the cross every shred of hope they had was gone.

    Mark 16:9-11 9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. 10 And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist