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  • Mike Mizell avatar

    Mother's Awake!

    Contributed by Mike Mizell on May 11, 2003
    based on 77 ratings
     | 17,715 views

    Mother’s Day message to challenge moms to make a differecne right where they are.

    Mother’s Awake! Judges 4:4-9 Today we salute all our mothers and tell you thanks for doing an awesome job. The world would be a horrible place without the influence of mothers. Think of all the wisdom dished out by our mothers. Everything that we’ve needed to know somewhere a long the line mom ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    How The Church Can Go Wrong

    Contributed by Ben Peak on Jan 3, 2008
     | 3,462 views

    We want to make an impact on our community and on our world. But so many times the church has failed to really do something for God. Why is that?

    A man had been commissioned by the king of Denmark to lead a band of soldiers against the pirates who were wreaking havoc upon ships along a certain coastal area. So he set up his headquarters on a lonely, rocky, desolate island just off the coast, and after a few years was able to clear the ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Terry Moore avatar

    When Life Hands You A Lemon

    Contributed by Terry Moore on Jul 20, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,621 views

    Make Lemonade?

    WHEN LIFE HANDS YOU A LEMON, MAKE LEMONADE ROM.8:28-31 28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Jesus Is Victorious. Revelation 1:4-8 Part #1

    Contributed by David Cramer on Nov 21, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 115 views

    A positive message about Revelation in a different way of looking at it.

    Jesus Is Victorious” Revelation 1:4–8 Revelation is one of the most misunderstood books in the Bible. Many people approach it with fear—thinking of judgment, destruction, and end-time events. But the very first message Revelation gives us is not fear… it’s encouragement. Before John sees ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Choose What Is Best Over Simply What Is Good

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 19, 2001
    based on 56 ratings
     | 6,121 views

    Guidance in helping us make distinctions between decisions that are good, better or best. Failure to make these distinctions in our decision-making leads to mediocrity, apathy and complacency.

    How To Discern Between Decisions that are Good, Better or Best (Acts 11:27-30) Quote: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own insight. In ALL your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths. (Prov. 3:5,6) Quote: This I pray that you would be filled with the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What About All These Laws?

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jul 27, 2020
     | 2,368 views

    The difference between Laws and Love. One earthly and one heavenly.

    FACTS: The Jews say there are 611 laws given to them directly from God. By the time you get to the New Testament times of Jesus you will find it depends on how they determine the number. Some believe there are 611 in Hebrew Scriptures and 1,050 laws in the Greek Scriptures. But some have said ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Ethos #1 Holiness Series

    Contributed by Robert Butler on Oct 16, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,491 views

    The church is meant to be different from the world. It is meant to exist for others.

    We begin a new message series today that we’ve entitled, Ethos, or if you’re from the American South, “Ethas”. This series is about how we become more like Christ and less like the world in which we live. It’s a calling to an alternative lifestyle. Yes. You heard me say alternative lifestyle. Being ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    I Am Making Use Of God's Gps If I Am Walking Upward Series

    Contributed by Dr. Dave Hartson on Jun 21, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,533 views

    Around here, I really don’t use my GPS a lot. It is hard to get lost going from Magnolia to McComb or Magnolia to Hammond. But when Anne and I went to Nashville about a month ago, we didn’t turn off our GPS.

    INTRODUCTION: Around here, I really don’t use my GPS a lot. It is hard to get lost going from Magnolia to McComb or Magnolia to Hammond. But when Anne and I went to Nashville about a month ago, we didn’t turn off our GPS. We needed it to go from one place to another because that town is one of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    You're Welcome At This Table

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Apr 23, 2005
    based on 68 ratings
     | 52,912 views

    God’s conditions of acceptance are different from man’s.

    You’re Welcome At This Table Luke 15:1-2 Woodlawn Baptist Church March 27, 2005 Introduction Turn with me to Luke 15:1-2. It is good to be in the Lord’s house with you all on this Easter morning. I want to welcome our guests again and thank you for being with us today. I hope and pray that your ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How God Speaks To Us Series

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Feb 10, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,100 views

    Looking at the different ways that God still speaks to us today

    HEARING GOD – HOW GOD SPEAKS TO US I was a student at Ontario Theological Seminary (now Tyndale) from 1997 to 1999. When I graduated that spring I had decided that I was going to go into missions. I had applied to SIM and had been accepted. I was going to be going to Liberia in West Africa. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Joseph Rodgers avatar

    A View From The Cross Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Mar 20, 2006
    based on 25 ratings
     | 11,661 views

    A three weeks series looking at the cross cross different perspectives.

    A View from the Cross Intro: What did Jesus see as He hung there between heaven and earth? There amidst the throng of people, I think He saw His accusers and His abusers – He saw the faithful and the fearful – He saw the hopeful and the hopeless – He saw you and me. Trans: Jesus saw many faces, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Studies In Ephesians: The Old And New Life Series

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Oct 18, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,630 views

    This is a study in Ephesians about the difference between the old and new life.

    Note: This is a study through the book of Ephesians as done in 1995. One of the main sources I used at the time was Beacon Bible Commentary vol. 9. Title: The Old and New Life Text: Eph 4:17-32 Last Sunday Night we talked of Unity in the Spirit. How that God wants his church to be unified. ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Jonathan McLeod avatar

    The Gifts Of The Spirit Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Jun 8, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,852 views

    The Holy Spirit has gifted believers to serve in different ways.

    [To receive free weekly sermons by email, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com] 1. Spiritual gifts are God-given ABILITIES. Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant (1 Corinthians 12:1). a. Spiritual gifts are different from NATURAL or ACQUIRED abilities. “Gifts” ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Is It Really Legalism?

    Contributed by Scott Coltrain on Apr 8, 2016
     | 3,144 views

    A study which identifies the difference between true and false legalism.

    During my decades of Christian ministry, the terms “legalism” and “legalist” have progressively been bandied-about within modern churches and their preachers/pastors. These terms have, primarily, been used to describe and condemn those Christians and churches that believe ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    It's The Economy Stupid Series

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jul 29, 2013
     | 5,491 views

    The economy of God is different than that of humankind. The Third Sunday in Lent

    It’s the Economy, Stupid Rev. Mark A. Barber John 2:13-25 Last week, we saw the debut of Jesus ministry in a tiny Galilean village where he saved an unknown groom and his family from shame by turning the water into wine. In today’s passage, we see Jesus performing another sign in the very heart of ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible