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  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    How To Use Five Kernels Of Corn

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Dec 9, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 9,390 views

    Every believer has reasons to give thanks to God.

    "How To Use Five Kernels Of Corn" (Adapted from a message by Bruce Howell) Psalm 103:1-5 Thanksgiving Message Chester’s FBC, Chester, Illinois Mike Fogerson, Speaker INTRODUCTION: A The Pilgrim fathers who landed at Plymouth Rock over 300 years ago knew nothing of the affluent times which ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Richard Tow avatar

    Finding True Happiness

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Feb 16, 2004
    based on 29 ratings
     | 4,487 views

    True happiness is found in something deeper than thrills and pleasures. Finding fulfillment in God’s purpose for your life and drawing upon that rich resource of His grace and love brings a consistent experience of abiding peace and joy. Using a humorous

    Finding True Happiness Psalm 1[1] 2-1-04 Intro Today is Super Bowl Sunday and we’re going to have fun this evening watching the game together. One of the things I like about Super Bowl Sunday are the creative advertisements that companies spend millions of dollars to air during the game. That ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    "Learning To Be Thankful" Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 145 ratings
     | 36,422 views

    From these ten lepers we can learn some valuable lessons about being thankful.

    A Study of the Book of Luke Sermon # 46 “Learning To Be Thankful!” Luke 17:11-19 Ingratitude denotes immaturity, either physical or spiritual. Infants do not always appreciate what parents do for them. They have short memories. Their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Secret Of Contentment Series

    Contributed by Don Jaques on Jun 17, 2004
    based on 299 ratings
     | 23,747 views

    CONTENTMENT COMES WHEN YOU…1. Rely upon Christ for the power to prevail over circumstances. 2. Trust in God’s power to provide for all your needs.

    Becoming a Joy-FULL Person 7. The Secret of Contentment Philippians 4:10-23 June 12/13, 2004 INTRO: I have a confession to make. I hate the ice cream man. He takes a nice content moment and turns it into cravings for something my children don’t need and can’t afford – and turns contentment into ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Everywhere You Look – Thanksgiving

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Dec 30, 2005
    based on 76 ratings
     | 51,528 views

    Thanksgiving

    Everywhere you look – Thanksgiving Psalm 95 You know sometimes I get upset because, my children don’t seem to be thankful. They expect things….3 meals a day, to be taken places at a moments notice and they expect money to just appear when they want it. They seem to only say “thank you” when ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Learning To Be Thankful

    Contributed by David Owens on Nov 20, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,030 views

    This is a good sermon around Thanksgiving time.

    Introduction: A. I hope that everyone had a happy Thanksgiving Day! We surely did. 1. We all have so much to be thankful for, don’t we? 2. One teacher asked her students to write a composition entitled “What I’m thankful for on Thanksgiving.” One boy wrote, “I’m thankful that I’m not a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    We Give Because We Were Lost.

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Apr 28, 2001
    based on 38 ratings
     | 4,021 views

    THis is a stewardship sermon which deals with different motivations for giving to the cause of Christ.

    We Give Because We Were Lost 10/24/99 Eccle. 11:1-6 Luke 15:1-10 Let’s suppose that instead of God being the loving and gracious God that He is, suppose God was like what a lot of people think. Many think God is an old grandfatherly figure sitting on a throne ready to zap us for ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Have You Lost Your Cutting Edge?

    Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 29, 2005
    based on 35 ratings
     | 12,514 views

    This sermon may have had a greater impact on my life than any other I have ever preached. I pray earnestly that I would never lose my cutting edge.

    From the Desk of Pastor Toby Powers Truth Baptist Church Hwy 78 Bremen, GA Have You Lost Your Cutting Edge? II Kings 6:1-7 Intro: The sons of the prophets are the students of a school of young preachers under the tutelage of Elisha. This practice of teaching the young prophets was initiated by ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Fruit Of Justification

    Contributed by Ian Lyall on Oct 28, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,083 views

    The doctrine of Justification by Faith has to be understood and applied in order to enjoy the fruit of this liberation truth

    Therefore, since we have been justified through faith. This is one of the great �therefores� of Romans. Chapters 5, 8 and 12 all begin with those great �therefores�. They mark off sections of Paul�s great epistle. There are many other �therefores� as Paul argues ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Gene Gregory avatar

    Finding Joy In A Storm Tossed World Series

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Nov 8, 2004
    based on 35 ratings
     | 10,257 views

    How to find joy in the midst of difficulties

    FINDING JOY IN A STORM-TORN WORLD This past Thursday, I had the opportunity to ride with 2 deputies in the Oviedo area. That night, I rode with a deputy as he patrolled his area and one of the things we did was drive around behind many of the stores and shopping centers to make sure there were no ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ken Ritz avatar

    Sacrifice Of Praise And Thanksgiving (Psalm 50) Series

    Contributed by Ken Ritz on Dec 30, 2005
    based on 53 ratings
     | 57,085 views

    The benefits of praise and thanksgiving

    Sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving Psalm 50 Have you ever heard of Michael J Fox? Family Ties- Back to the future. He also has Parkinson’s Disease. He’s had it for about 10 years, and its getting progressively worse. He said in his book that "if you made a deal with God that he would take ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What's So Great About Gratefulness?

    Contributed by Don Jaques on Dec 1, 2005
    based on 57 ratings
     | 16,566 views

    When we choose to give thanks to God in all circumstances, we reap the benefits of God’s blessings. The hearer will understand WHY he/she should give thanks to God and be motivated to develop the discipline of grateful living.

    INTRO In “The Hiding Place”, Dutch woman Corrie ten Boom wrote of her family’s experience undergoing the trial of concentration camps under the Third Reich in World War II. Though not Jews themselves, she, her father, and her sister, Betsie, were sent to a series of prison camps for harboring Jews ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Giants Under Junipers

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 16, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,806 views

    This is the second of a series that I gleaned from Pilgrim’s Progress. It is ongoing and I have no idea of how many there will be.

    1 Kings 19:4 KJV But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. l. INTRODUCTION – PILGRIM’S PROGRESS ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Glenn Durham avatar

    A Holiday Heart Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 15 ratings
     | 8,287 views

    God’s people are to marked by thankful hearts and lives.

    Scripture Introduction I discovered “Holiday Heart Syndrome” from the electro-cardiologist who was a member of our church. Over the holidays, people often eat and drink more than usual. The sudden excess can cause an otherwise healthy heart to develop an abnormal rhythm, a fast and ineffective ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Michael Otterstatter avatar

    Celebrate God's Grace This New Year's Eve

    Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Jan 4, 2002
    based on 244 ratings
     | 82,861 views

    Isaiah invites us to look back on a year of God’s grace drawing to a close and to look ahead to another year of God’s grace that is just beginning.

    In the ancient calendar used by the Romans, from which our calendar was created, the name of each month had a meaning. For example the month of February was so named because that was the time of the year for a feast called Februa. Some of the months were named for the false gods that the Romans ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran