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  • Tom Fuller avatar

    Living Life Upside Down Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jun 2, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,014 views

    One of the hardest things we as Christians have to deal with is people who don’t like us and who do bad things to us. We think we know how to react but Paul turns life upside down as he gives us the real way to overcome our enemies.

    Here are a set of principles that many of us live by without knowing it. • Each negative action towards us should be met with an overwhelming opposite reaction so that those that oppose us will be crushed and humiliated. • Be happy when others are happy. Be absent when others are ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Charles Cockroft avatar

    Why Have You Robbed Me?" Series

    Contributed by Charles Cockroft on Jan 24, 2008
    based on 130 ratings
     | 27,503 views

    How can a man robb God and expect to be blessed

    "WHY HAVE YOU ROBBED ME?" Mal. 3: 8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Holy! Holy! Holy! Is The Lord Almighty!

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on May 28, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,473 views

    Pentecost 1 (B) Holy, holy, holy IS the Lord Almighty. Believers confess: Woe is me! I am unholy. Thankfully, our Lord makes us holy.

    “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD ALMIGHTY!” (Outline) May 18, 2008 -- PENTECOST 1 / TRINITY -- Isaiah 6:1-8 INTRO: We enter God’s house of worship with praise, honor, and glory in our hearts and on our lips. It is only be God’s grace that we come to worship the Lord God Almighty. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "It Can Be This Good"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jun 23, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,871 views

    A sermon about "being" the Church.

    Acts 2:42-47; 4:32-37 “It Can Be This Good” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN 37412 In the movie As Good as It Gets Jack Nickolson plays the part of Melvin Udall, a very lonely, cranky and most unhappy man. In one scene, Melvin angrily ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Allan Quak avatar

    Core Value 5:- Have A Supporting Community Series

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Dec 7, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,196 views

    In isolation the people of Jesus lose their fire and zeal, but in community we are strong. The church is designed by Jesus to be a place where we can be strong and stand firm.

    Message “A Supporting Community” My mother has a large property and there is a path that leads from the front to the back. It is completely surrounded by trees. At night it is a very scary place. It is absolutely dark, even when the moon is shining. When you go down that path by yourself ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kerry Haynes avatar

    Face-To-Face With Your Maker

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on May 27, 2018
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     | 11,689 views

    What will it be like to see God face-to-face? Isaiah does, and notes a pattern for us: we need to experience God's glory, sense our own unworthiness, receive God's cleansing, and respond to God's call. Then, we walk in fellowship with the God who made us.

    Isaiah 6:1-8 Face-to-Face with Your Maker Prepare to meet your maker! Have you ever wondered what it will be like to see God face-to-face? The ancient prophet Isaiah actually had occasion to do so, and he didn’t die. God gave him a vision that would forever change him. As I looked at Isaiah’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kenneth Trent avatar

    The Christian Way To Punish Your Enemies

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Feb 7, 2003
    based on 69 ratings
     | 7,477 views

    The Christian not only pleases God when "he overcomes evil with good" but the Christian way for dealing with wrong is infinitely more effective.

    THE CHRISTIAN WAY TO PUNISH YOUR ENEMIES “If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty give him water to drink. For so you will heap coals of fire on his head and the Lord will reward you.” Proverbs 25: 21-22 We often hear people talk about “getting even with their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Be For Real!

    Contributed by Jose Gomez Sr. on Sep 6, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,240 views

    In light of everything that has happened with hurricane Katrina and other events around the world we can say beyond the shadow of a doubt that we are living in the last days. Never the less God challenges us to have a heart of compassion.

    Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Terry Laughlin avatar

    Spiritual Health Checks Series

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Oct 18, 2005
    based on 58 ratings
     | 20,415 views

    There are four signs that the child of God lives a life that is nourished by the Word of God and illuminated by the Holy Spirit.

    Turn your Bibles to Acts 2:42 Title: Spiritual Health Checks Theme: Four Signs of a Healthy Christian Introduction: Rick Warren wrote, “The key for churches in the 21st Century will be church health, not growth.” When a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    I Predict: If You Tithe, God Will Bless You Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 17, 2011
    based on 76 ratings
     | 26,190 views

    When the master gave money to his servants, he expected them to invest what he’d given so that he’d have a return on his investment when he returned. Do we think of our tithe as an "investment opportunity" or simply as a chore to be fulfilled?

    OPEN: His name was Timothy Dexter and he was born in Massachusetts in 1747. At the age of 20 he took his life savings – a grand total of $9 – and moved to Newburyport, MA where he met and married a wealthy 31 year old widow. Fancying himself to be a shrewd businessman, he used his wife’s money to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ken Henson avatar

    Sacrificial Worship Series

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Oct 10, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 11,157 views

    Mary loved Jesus and was willing to pour herself out for Him. She was willing to pour the most valuable possession she had and poured it out on Jesus. Worship is pouring yourself out. It is laying down your life in honor of One who is greater than you.

    Illustration from a sermon by Jeff Strite Timothy Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1747. At the age of 20 he took his life savings -- a grand total of $9 -- and moved to Newburyport, MA where he met and married a wealthy 31 year old widow. Fancying himself to be a shrewd businessman, he used ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Life Intercepted By God-2(2024)

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Dec 18, 2024
     | 217 views

    2 of 3. The apostle Matthew recorded some key elements/aspects surrounding the conception & birth of Jesus, from Joseph’s perspective. ?What can be learned from Joseph’s perspective about Jesus’ beginnings? Lessons learned from a life intercepted by God. Life Intercepted By God...

    LIFE INTERCEPTED By GOD-II—Matthew 1:20-25(:18-25) Attention: ‘Chopper Cops’ TV show. The show highlights excerpts from the operations of the Marion County, FL(Ocala) Sheriff’s Dept. Helicopter Team. The team is key to catching criminals, &/or aiding civilians. As a crime scene is made ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James May avatar

    Living With The Sifter

    Contributed by James May on Apr 12, 2001
    based on 144 ratings
     | 19,914 views

    Satan’s attempts to destroy God’s People are just as they were in the days when Peter was being sifted, but Jesus limits Satan’s sifting power.

    Living with the Sifter By Pastor Jim May Luke 22:31-36 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. 33 And he said unto ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Larry Sarver avatar

    When God Seems Unfair Remember These 2 Things Series

    Contributed by Larry Sarver on Aug 15, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 9,261 views

    A teaching message on Romans 9:18-29.

    Romans Series # 43 June 19, 2002 Title: When God Seems Unfair Remember These 2 Things Website: www.newlifeinchrist.info Email: pastorsarver@yahoo.com Introduction: Welcome to New Life in Christ. We are currently in Chapter 9 of Romans as we continue with message #43 of our ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • John Gullick avatar

    What If - (A Fresh Start)

    Contributed by John Gullick on Dec 31, 2017
     | 10,976 views

    A sermon on the potter and the clay that I preached for New year 2018 - (Some unknown sources)

    …Romans chapter 9 20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use? 22What if God, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed