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  • Kevin Ruffcorn avatar

    A Pleasing Heart To The Lord

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Oct 28, 2013
     | 6,212 views

    God does not look on outward appearance but on the heart; create in me a clean heart.”

    1 Samuel 16:1-13 “A Pleasing Heart to the Lord” INTRODUCTION The Lord, God of creation, is a God of transformation. In the beginning, God transformed chaos into order by taking a formless void and creating sea, land, sky, sun, moon, and stars. God sent his son, Jesus the Christ ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Please . . . Pass The Salt

    Contributed by Troy Horne on Sep 29, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,594 views

    Salt is more than just a flavor for a meal. It is also the sign of our relationship with God.

    17th Sunday After Pentecost Mark 9:38-50 “Please . . . Pass the Salt” [Read text] 1. Ushers, can you help me out this morning. I want you pass something out to the congregation as we begin this morning. [Ushers pass out individual salt packets]. I think there should be enough for every ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Abomination To The Lord!

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Oct 22, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,411 views

    We see the spiritual lives of Christians today in a state of confusion, decay and disarray; reason? Lack of Biblical teachings and knowledge of God and His holiness!

    ABOMINATION TO THE LORD! Jeremiah 4:1 "If you return, O Israel,declares the LORD, to me you should return. If you will put away your abominations out of My sight. THEN you shall not be moved." Not every sermon I’ve preached or written were a home run and a blockbuster hit; many have ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The God Of The Living

    Contributed by William Mouser on May 16, 2005
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,248 views

    In Jesus’ confrontation with the Sadducees concerning the resurrection, Jesus shows from the Sadducees own Biblical authorities that God has always been the God of the Living, not the dead.

    Matt. 22:23-33, Lk 20:27-40, Mk 12:18-27 The event in today’s gospel lesson actually occurred within three days of Jesus crucifixion. Therefore, you would think this lesson appropriate for some Sunday during near the end of Lent, or during passion week. But, its subject matter makes it entirely ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Dear God, Please Kick Me...

    Contributed by Rick Young on Aug 4, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,893 views

    Why do we sometimes wait for God to "punish" us if we mess up as Christians? We are not under the law any longer, but under grace. And sometimes it’s hard to remember that.

    “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Andrew Dixon avatar

    Sermon # 35 - Prayers That Please God Series

    Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Jul 11, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 78 views

    Are our prayers pleasing to God? What are the things that we ask God for when we go to Him in prayer? May our prayers be faith-filled and our petitions in accordance with God’s will so that our prayers are pleasing and acceptable to God.

    Our meditation for today is based on Ephesians 5:10, “Try to learn what pleases the Lord.” (ERV) The above mentioned verse exhorts us to find out what are those things that are pleasing to God, and to lead such kind of lives that God would delight in. It is an unchanging fact that God loves us, ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    “but God Was Not Pleased”

    Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Aug 3, 2015
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    This is a sermon about the powerful Treat the Poor and what it means to be working poor in a country with so much every thing. The Sermon is based on the interactions between David and Nathan around his killing of Uriah

    Text “and sent Nathan to David. Nathan said to him, “There were two men in the same city—one rich, the other poor. The rich man had huge flocks of sheep, herds of cattle. The poor man had nothing but one little female lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up with him and ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Timothy Bokka avatar

    Whom Are We Pleasing - Is It God Or Men? Series

    Contributed by Timothy Bokka on Dec 3, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,032 views

    Two kinds of people always fail — those who listen to nobody and those who listen to everybody.

    Galatians 1:10 Two kinds of people always fail — those who listen to nobody and those who listen to everybody. The Apostle Paul in his letter to the Galatians warns them against being people pleasers. Again, while writing to the Church in Colossia (Colossians 1:10), he encourages them to please ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Manny Salva Cruz avatar

    Moses, The Man Who Pleased God Series

    Contributed by Manny Salva Cruz on Aug 9, 2015
     | 22,243 views

    We cannot please everyone but we need only to please God, our Creator. In this message, we will learn three desires that Moses had that win the approval of God. Our goal is that we will also gain God's approval for everything we do.

    MOSES, THE MAN THAT PLEASED GOD SCRIPTURE READING: Exodus 33:14-20 14 The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” 15 Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. 16 How will anyone know that you are ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Dave McFadden avatar

    "The Kind Of Praying That Pleases God” Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Aug 12, 2019
     | 5,352 views

    What should I focus on as I pray?

    In our passage for today, Paul seeks to encourage the Colossians about their prayer life. In so doing, he shares with them the characteristics of the prayer life a Christian should devote himself to. This is the kind of praying that is sure to please God. 1. Perceptive praying - v. 2a “being ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Do We Please God?

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 14, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,458 views

    We please God when we work together as part of His team – the church!

    Three weeks ago, I quoted Rick Warren who said, “You were made for a mission. God is at work in the world and he wants you to join him. This assignment is called your mission…” “Your life mission,” he goes on to say, “is both shared and specific. One part of it is a responsibility you share with ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Emile Wolfaardt avatar

    God Pleasers - Part 3

    Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on May 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,090 views

    (PowerPoint Slides freely available by emailing Emile@wWolfaardt.com) Learning to live each day to please God.

    God-Pleasers – Part 3 Colossians 1:10 We are wrapping up a three part mini-series entitled God-Pleasers. I have come to understand that what God expects from you and me is to live as God-Pleasers. Jesus did, and the Father said of Him, “This is my Son in whom I am well pleased.” Jesus Himself made ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • John Rollyson avatar

    How Can We Please God?

    Contributed by John Rollyson on Dec 28, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,123 views

    As Christians, God desires our obedience.

    How Can We Please God? 1 Peter 2:4-10 Intro: God desires our obedience..... Thomas Platter had such a great zeal for studying the ancient tongues that he supported himself through manual labor by day and at night studied with sand in his mouth, that the gritting against his teeth might keep him ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    Only Faith Can Please God Series

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Aug 21, 2014
     | 5,189 views

    To show that it takes faith to believe in GOD that exists and that GOD rewards. Go beyond the level of faith of the enemy.

    I. EXORDIUM: Do you believe in GOD and that He is the Rewarder? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that it takes faith to believe in GOD that exists and that GOD rewards. Go beyond the level of faith of the enemy. IV. TEXT: Hebrews 11:6 (Amplified Bible) 11:6 But ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Kevin Keeling avatar

    Does My Heart Please God?

    Contributed by Kevin Keeling on Mar 19, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 6,842 views

    DOES MY HEART PLEASE GOD?

    DOES MY HEART PLEASE GOD? Psalms 78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. A HEART THAT PLEASES GOD MUST! I. Be Saved Romans ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist