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  • Brian Bill avatar

    Losing To Win Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Jan 22, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 28,753 views

    Salvation is free but discipleship will cost you your life.

    Losing to Win Mark 8:34-38 Rev. Brian Bill January 21-22, 2016 Video: “Me Church” In contrast to the common thinking that life is all about you and me, listen to the words of Christ found in Mark 8:34-38: “And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, ‘If anyone would come ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Losing To Gain Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Mar 11, 2025
     | 2,568 views

    A relationship with Christ, not a religious resume, is what makes us righteous.

    Losing to Gain Philippians 3:1-11 Rev. Brian Bill March 8-9, 2025 Sometimes people put things on their resume to make them sound better than they really are, like the grocery store “bag boy” who referred to his job as “Customer Service Representative.” I came across some other funny resumes and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    Losing The Shame Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 5, 2025
     | 376 views

    The way back begins when you remember God’s love for you, renounce your unfaithfulness to God, and receive God’s discipline. Then you can anticipate God’s restoration.

    Phillip Griffin tells a story about a man who walks into a restaurant and orders a Coke. As soon as he receives it, he throws it in the waiter's face. The waiter is ready to fight, but the man says, “Oh, I'm so sorry. I have a horrible compulsion. I can't help it. Whenever someone hands ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Howard Flynn avatar

    The Ass With 20/20 Vision

    Contributed by Howard Flynn on May 17, 2001
    based on 176 ratings
     | 9,011 views

    To lose your vision is a tragedy, but to restore it is a blessing.

    Come with me in your imagination to the battlefield of Saratoga in New York where in 1777 two battles of the Revolutionary War took place. You will notice on that battlefield an obelisk or pillar standing as a monument to what happened there. At the base are four deep niches for the bronze figures ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Use It Or Lose It

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 9, 2000
    based on 100 ratings
     | 9,555 views

    If we don’t use our faith we could lose it.

    USE IT OR LOSE IT II Pet. 2:20-21 INTRO.- ILL.- Neon pink shorts and pink running shoes. What would you think of a guy who runs in these? You might think he was either gay or else he just didn’t care what other people thought. GUESS WHO RAN IN THEM? I’ll give you two guesses and the first one ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mike Hamilton avatar

    Losing Christ

    Contributed by Mike Hamilton on Mar 20, 2003
    based on 88 ratings
     | 5,010 views

    Just as Jesus’ parents lost him, we too can lose Christ if but only for a short time. That which we lose is that close personal relationship.

    “Finding Christ” Luke 2:41-52 (Read Text) “Finding Christ” implies that he has been or can be lost. And I want to make clear what I mean by that. I do not mean that a person can lose the grace of God once they have received it, but what a person can lose, because of their actions, is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Pat Cook avatar

    Use It Or Lose It Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 12, 2003
    based on 70 ratings
     | 13,701 views

    The parable of the talents speaks to stewardship of treasure, talents and time. Expository.

    Matthew 25:14-30 – Use It or Lose It In the January 15, 1989 issue of the Lexington Herald-Leader, an article told this story: A family living in a home in West Palm Beach, Florida, told a film crew it was okay to use the front lawn as a set for an episode of “B. L. Stryker”, a TV show starring ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Howard Parnell avatar

    Losing Jesus

    Contributed by Howard Parnell on Sep 18, 2002
    based on 109 ratings
     | 17,847 views

    Once we come to Christ in faith, our relationship is secure in Him. However, it is possible to loose our fellowship with Him.

    LOSING JESUS Luke 2:41-52 INTRO. Many think the underprivileged child is the one who does not have the right kind of education or food or clothing...or perhaps one from a broken home or one whose father has been killed or imprisoned. But the true underprivileged child is the one raised in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kenneth Trent avatar

    Losing Jesus

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Nov 15, 2002
    based on 150 ratings
     | 12,450 views

    Sets forth how the Christian can lose fellowship with the Lord Jesus and how that fellowship can be restored.

    LOSING JESUS “So when they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking Him. Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.” Luke 2:45-46. Though Mary ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Robert Rust avatar

    Lose Something ?

    Contributed by Robert Rust on Mar 23, 2001
    based on 111 ratings
     | 7,611 views

    The Prodigal Son through the eyes of the father.

    Lose Something ? Luke 15:11-32 March 25, 2001 We’ve all experienced misplacing something at one time or another. How many of you have searched endless for your keys ? Keys seem to have a strange way of finding the most unsuspecting places to hide. I heard about a man who came out of a local ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Lose The Guilt

    Contributed by Ron Hicks on May 19, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,705 views

    Feeling guilty about your sins does absolutely no good unless it motivates you to change your heart!

    LOSE THE GUILT 2 Cor 7:1-11 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. 3 I speak not this ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Ken Sauer avatar

    Use It Or Lose It

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Nov 15, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,896 views

    A sermon about using the gifts of God for God’s Kingdom.

    Matthew 25:14-30 “Use It Or Lose It” By: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor of Grace UMC, Soddy Daisy, TN www.graceumcsd.org Author Dan Kimball is quoted as saying: “You can’t do nothing. Whatever it is that you try, at least you will be able to stand before Christ one day and say ‘We gave it our best ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Tim Adour avatar

    Surrender Is Not Losing Series

    Contributed by Tim Adour on Nov 13, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,632 views

    A close look at apparent contradictions in the bible that are really powerful truths. Powerpoint available.

    CONTRADICTIONS LESSON III SURRENDER IS NOT LOSING October 22, 2006 DEFINITION SLIDE CONTRADICTION: TO EXPRESS OR ASSERT THE OPPOSITE OF . . . WE CAN ALSO SAY A CONTRADICTION IS SOMETHING THAT JUST DOESN’T MAKE SENSE. FOR EXAMPLE. ONLY IN AMERICA DO PEOPLE ORDER DOUBLE CHEESEBURGERS, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Shane Brooks avatar

    Lose The Blues

    Contributed by Shane Brooks on Jan 9, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,285 views

    For God’s sake, find a new song to sing.

    1 John 1:1-4 I want to talk about Cheering UP Everything we do, We should do out of THANKSGIVING The church seems to have forgotten---- JESUS HAS PAID IT ALL You owe God nothing--- But you should give him everything—He paid it all Not only has Jesus, Paid your debt, set you free, Given You ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Alan Peary avatar

    Use It Or Lose It Series

    Contributed by Alan Peary on Jan 25, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 12,123 views

    This is the final in a series of 8 messages centered around the importance of changing the climate in which we live, work or play.

    Changing the Climate Part 8 of 8 USE IT OR LOSE IT The last 7 sermons I have preached have been based around a scripture from ACTS 1:8 “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal