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  • Lorenzo Nicholson Sr. avatar

    Looking Back To Look Ahead

    Contributed by Lorenzo Nicholson Sr. on Jan 1, 2008
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    learning and appreciating from past experiences

    Looking back to look ahead New Years Eve December 31 2006 Lorenzo Nicholson Sr. Life-Line for Jesus community Church We may think of the year 2006 as a journey that we all embarked upon at the beginning of the year. As we set out, none of us actually knew for sure that we would complete ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Looking Forward, Looking Back

    Contributed by Dale Sanger on Aug 28, 2005
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    Consequences and benefits of looking back and planning the future

    LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK Introduction: We spend years looking and wondering. Looking at our past and hoping, longing for those ‘good old days’. Looking to our future and hoping for a good tomorrow. Often times though we get caught looking at the past and forget to look at the things that are ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Look At The Cross, Then Look At Yourself

    Contributed by Don Schultz on Feb 13, 2014
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    The best place to go if you want to be "better" as a Christian - the cross...

    Look at the cross, Look at yourself Philippians 2:6-8 (Jesus), being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Looking Back And Looking Ahead

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jun 23, 2014
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    Brief message for New Year's Eve Devotion: 1. Remember our helpers in the Lord (vs. 3). 2. Rededicate ourselves to the highest love (vs. 3-4). 3. Rejoice in the hope of our life (vs. 3).

    Looking Back and Looking Ahead Romans 16:1-4 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Dec. 31, 2013 (Brief message for New Year's Eve Devotion) *I want to thank you all for being here tonight. I can't think of a better time or a better way for us to reflect on our past and our future as a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Looks That Kill And Looks That Heal

    Contributed by Craig Benner on Jun 8, 2011
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    The eyes are the window of the soul. Your sight is probably more powerful than you even realize. How well are you taking care of it?

    Looks that Kill and Looks that Save Opening Illustration: A young couple were sitting at the admiring one another. A middle aged man was walking his dog nearby. The young man looked his girlfriend in the eyes and said "you know, when I look into your eyes, it seems that all of time stands ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Looking Back Or Looking Forward

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jan 2, 2024
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    This is a New Year message concerning looking forward to what God has in store for us in the New Year.

    It is said that Hudson Taylor, a missionary to China years ago, used to hang in his home a plaque with two Hebrew Words on it: EBENEZER & JEHOVAH JIREH. The first word, EBENEZER, means ‘Hitherto hath the Lord helped us’ and the second JEHOVAH JIREH, ‘The Lord will see to it or provide.’ One ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Looking Back, Looking Ahead Series

    Contributed by Troy Walliser on Feb 23, 2023
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    Allow the truth of the WORD not the attraction of the WORLD to determine your life’s pursuit.

    Looking Back, Looking Ahead Acts 20:17-25 We arrive at Acts 20 in our ongoing series through the book of Acts this morning. My goal has been complete this series by Christmas. We have 10 Sundays, including today, until Christmas - and we have 9 chapters remaining in the book of Acts. We're ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Train Your Eyes To Look Away From Evil

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jan 17, 2025
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    The eyes are a powerful gateway to the soul, and what we allow them to focus on can either draw us closer to God or lead us into sin

    Title: TRAIN YOUR EYES TO LOOK AWAY FROM EVIL By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 2 Samuel 11:1-17 Supporting Texts: Job 31:1, Matthew 5:28-29, Psalm 101:3, Proverbs 4:25-27 INTRODUCTION: The eyes are a powerful gateway to the soul, and what we allow them to focus on can either draw us closer to ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Rick Chapman avatar

    Objects In The Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

    Contributed by Rick Chapman on Dec 22, 2022
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    There is a small inscription etched in that side mirror and I want to use that little line as the topic of this sermon this morning, It reads, objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.

    OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR As I was driving down the road one day, I began to think if life can be compared to driving. I thought on that comparison on this subject and a phrase came to me and it goes something like this. If life is like a highway, then the soul must be the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    I Will ... Have A Closer Relationship With God Series

    Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Jan 21, 2016
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    I will statements that we need to embrace in order to have a better relationship with God. Through the use of I will statements we can grow as Christians into more than we imagine

    Last week we talked about starting with a clean slate, forgetting about the shoulda, wouldas , and coudas and focusing on the I wills, I cans, and the I ams. Today I want us to look at one of the most important things that we can do in our lives and that is to have a closer relationship with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Moving Closer To The Cross - Part 2

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 24, 2007
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     | 2,927 views

    *We must move closer to the cross to find the victory and joy God wants us to have.

    Moving Closer to the Cross - Part 2 Matt 27:11-54 Sermon by: Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - April 1, 2007 *Today we will look at the darkest day in human history, the day when the holy Son of God was nailed to a cross for our sins. *Max Lucado wrote: The Cross... -It rests on the time ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Matthew Stoll avatar

    Growing Closer To God Through Experiences Series

    Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Apr 10, 2008
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    Part 2. Using Henry Blackaby’s "Experiencing God." We come to know God in a deeper way through experience as we step out in faith and follow his will.

    What if the quality of your life is directly related to the quality of your relationship with God? Your satisfaction with life, your happiness, the quality of your relationships with other people, the ability to live a “good life,” a righteous or God honoring life, as well as intangible things ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Dave McFadden avatar

    “getting Closer To God” Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 1, 2014
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     | 34,288 views

    How do we get closer to God?

    In this series, we will be looking at seven key areas of life and how God can make a difference in each one. Today we’ll consider how we might grow in spiritual health and get closer to God. Now, one might not think we need a reason to understand why getting closer to God is crucial to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Moving Closer To The Cross - Part 1

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 22, 2007
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     | 5,266 views

    “To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” It will be revealed to us, as we move closer to the Cross...

    Moving Closer to the Cross - Part 1 Isaiah 53:1-12 Sermon by: Rick Crandall - March 25, 2007 *Today we begin a new series: Moving Closer to the Cross. It will take us to Easter, when we will have a Sunrise Service, breakfast and two worship celebrations led by our Choirs. *I hope you are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Is Closer Than You Think Series

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jul 9, 2017
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    An examination of Paul's sermon on Mars Hill that teaches us 7 important truths about the one, true God.

    God Is Closer than You Think Series: Acts Chuck Sligh July 9, 2017 TEXT: Please turn in your Bibles to Acts 17 starting at verse 16. INTRODUCTION Illus. – Have you ever noticed on a side mirror of your car the little writing on it that says, “Objects may be closer than they appear”? That’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist