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Can You Hear Me? Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Aug 1, 2009

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We find a fruitful and productive life when we hear God’s Word, believe and understand God’s Word, and do God’s Word.

Can You Hear Me? (Mark 4:1-20) An elderly man had serious hearing problems for a number of years. His family tried again and again to convince him to get a hearing aid. Finally he relented. He went to the doctor and was fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed him to hear 100 percent. A ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Various Responses To The Generous God

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Sep 4, 2009

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God is extremely generous with His word and people respond in various ways.

How do you respond to the Bible? How do you respond to God’s Word? Our attitudes and expectations affect how we hear and receive God’s Word. They also affect how we use God’s Word for our life. For many years, I saw God’s Word as something that had to be laboured through. As something that only ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:1-20

Denomination: Lutheran

What Jesus Said About Responding To The Gospel Series

Contributed by Tim Huie on May 6, 2009

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Some will respond to the gospel with 1) Callused Indifference. 2)Empty Emotionalism. 3)Worldly preoccupation 4. Life changing Faith

WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT RESPONDING TO THE GOSPEL MARK 4: 1-20 1. Illus. of dynamiting for fish (1001 Humorous Illustrations, # 151) • Punch-line: “are you going to talk, or are you going to fish?” 2. Life is filled with important decisions. “Whom will I marry?” “What do I want to do for a living?” ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

This Thorny Thicket Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 20, 2008

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For Martin Luther King Day. The words we offer fall into the thorny thicket of anxiety, despair, and distraction. Like King with his dream, we the church can give hands and feet to help those so captured.

Our back yard is a thorny thicket. Other people have manicured lawns, with friendly plants laid out in neat rows. But our back yard is a tangled thorny thicket. Along one fence there are blackberries, growing in long canes that have to be tied up lest they wander into the next county. They ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:13-20

Denomination: Baptist

Poverty Of Mind Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Nov 3, 2008

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We are created to bear fruit. If you don’t bear fruit then it is a sign that things are not well with you. Fruitfulness should be the purpose of life. In fact, throughout Jesus’ ministry, He constantly talked about how we should bear fruit.

Confronting Our Poverty of Mind Mark 4: 3-8, 13-20 Brett Blair tells the story of the very first person to reach the status of billionaire. At the age of 23, he had become a millionaire, by the age of 50 a billionaire. Every decision, attitude, and relationship was tailored to create his personal ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:3-20

Denomination: Methodist

Is Good Soil In You?

Contributed by Seowoo Choi on Dec 11, 2006

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the word of God is spread to everyone, it is the good soil to be fruitful.

Illustration: Cup with half-filled water cup What do you see on hand? Describe this water cup! How we view the life is just like how we view this water cup. Some might say “It is half-empty.” The others might say, “It is half-filled.” The amount of water stays the same. The material or the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Are You Good Ground Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jan 11, 2007

based on 34 ratings

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We need to ask ourselves if we have the kind of heart that in which God can produce fruit.

Are You Good Ground? Text: Mark 4:13-20 Introduction 1. Illustration: In the movies "Gettysburg," there is a scene the night before the main battle. The commanding General of the Union Army, George Meade, comes to the house where their headquarters have been established. He looks at one of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:1-20

Denomination: Methodist

Good Things Come To Those Who ... Wait. Series

Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 16, 2007

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Our tendency to procrastinate, even over matters related to the soul, is challenged by Jesus’ sermon of the soils.

GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO … WAIT. Mark 4:1-20 From the Sermon Series: “Ten Cultural Myths that Drive America” We are in the throes of our sermon series, “Ten Cultural Myths that Drive America.” It is taken from the first six chapters of Mark. We are highlighting different adages or aphorisms ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:1-20

Denomination: Nazarene

Are You Listening Well? Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 23, 2005

based on 28 ratings

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We need to develop the virtue of listening to God by making time for the Word, and tilling the ground of our heart, so that we stay receptive.

In our Christian walk with God, one important virtue we need to cultivate is LISTENING. We must be serious about listening to God and what He is saying to us. HEARING PROBLEM A middle-aged man was distraught over his wife’s stubborn refusal to admit she had a hearing problem. One day he asked ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:1-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Keeping Your Commitment To Christ Pt.1

Contributed by Shane Brooks on Apr 8, 2007

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The story of Peter and Jesus.

MARK 4: 1-20 According to this parable.. Christians respond differently... According to the word Wayside,– Satan immediately steals the word Stony Ground, – Hear the word, receive it, NO ROOT, Cant withstand troubles Thorns, – Care of the world, Deceitfulness of riches, desires for other ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Cares Series

Contributed by Charles Cockroft on Jun 27, 2007

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Series start to learn about how to stand when others fall to trials of life. Cares are a tool of the Devil.

Standing In the Storm(Cares) There is a parable in Matt.7 and Luke 6 about two houses. One is built on a rock and another was built on sand. This is a great lesson about the way ALL PEOPLE face storms in life. One house stood while the other fell. This is the way people do when faced with all the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:13-19, Mark 4:13-20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Desire For Other Things Series

Contributed by Charles Cockroft on Jul 13, 2007

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Standing in the storms requires a commitment and desire for a close relationship, mant have a desire for other things

Standing In the Storm #5 Desire for "Other things" The girl knelt in the confessional and said, "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned." "What is it, child?" "Father, I have committed the sin of vanity. Twice a day I gaze at myself in the mirror and tell myself how beautiful I am." The priest ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:7-19, Mark 4:7

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Parable Of The Sower: God's Word Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jul 28, 2007

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"He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” is dicussed in depth, with practical application. What type of soil are you? Don’t be so quick to say good soil, most in American Christians are rocky or weedy soil.

A middle-aged man was distraught over his wife’s stubborn refusal to admit she had a hearing problem. One day he asked his family doctor for advice how to convince his wife that she has a hearing problem. The doctor promptly told him that when he got home he could confirm the hearing problem by ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Fruit Of The Spirit, Joy & Peace Series

Contributed by Tom Feola on Aug 18, 2012

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This is part 2 of the fruit of the Spirit, This is on Joy and Peace

Fruit of the Spirit Joy & Peace Mark 4:14-20 (NKJV) 14 The sower sows the word. 15 And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16 These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:14-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Good Soil Of Mother Emanuel

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Jun 24, 2015

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This sermon reflects on the response of Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, SC to the killings that took place June 17. It shows the power of grace and forgiveness.

The sower sows the word. 15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. 17 ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:14-20

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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