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  • Chua Lena avatar

    Are You Taking God's Grace For Granted? Series

    Contributed by Chua Lena on Oct 9, 2001
    based on 38 ratings
     | 17,221 views

    To challenge the audience to re-examine themselves, whether they are taking God’s grace for granted?’

    SERMON TOPIC: “The Wedding Banquet” SERMON TITLE: “Are You Taking God’s Grace For Granted?” SCRIPTURAL TEXT: Matthew 22:1-10 OPENING WORDS Indeed, it is a great privilege to be able to share God’s Word with all of you this morning. Let us pray. OPENING PRAY Dear Lord, thank You for this morning ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    Mother's Day - A Mother's Love

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Apr 22, 2001
    based on 4,067 ratings
     | 686,020 views

    I know that many mothers pray. Sometimes they pray out of necessity. Sometimes they pray because motherhood is not easy, but extremely difficult.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGECHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2018) TEXT: Matthew 20:20?23 ILL. Someone wrote, "Mother's Day is traditionally the day when children give something back to their mothers for all the spit they produce to wash dirty faces, all the old gum they held in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Mother's Dream

    Contributed by James May on May 11, 2001
    based on 81 ratings
     | 20,349 views

    Mother’s Day Sermon

    Pastor James May A Mother’s Dream! May 13, 2001 – Mother’s Day Sermon Today we celebrate the institution of God called Motherhood. There are no words which can justly honor our mothers but I will endeavor to express a little of my gratitude for my mother as well as those of the church and to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    A Lesson In Motives

    Contributed by Keith Linkous on Sep 7, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
     | 9,080 views

    There is a danger in doing the right thing for the wrong reason. We must make sure we are doing the right things for the right reason.

    Text: Matthew 20:20-24 To bring this text before you today in the manner in which I am commissioned will not be an easy task. In fact, the subject matter in this message will perhaps be different from most messages on this text. A few of the message titles I came across for this text were "A ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Lorenzo Nicholson Sr. avatar

    Humility, The Way To Greatness Series

    Contributed by Lorenzo Nicholson Sr. on Nov 12, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,234 views

    God requires believers to be humble in terms of our service.

    Life-Line For Jesus Community Church Lorenzo Nicholson Sr. 8:am 9/9/01 Matt 20:20-21 Humility, The way To Greatness Matt 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Drinking From The Cups Of Christ

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
     | 8,652 views

    Following Jesus to places we don’t always want to go.

    27, October 2002 Dakota Community Church Drinking from the Cups of Christ Introduction: Tonight I want to talk about the challenges of following Jesus even to places we may not want to go. Drinking from Jesus’ cups in our quest to follow Him. 1. Gethsemane’s Cup. Matthew 26: 36-39 36Then Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    The Prayer Of An Ambitious Mother

    Contributed by Spencer Miller on Apr 25, 2003
    based on 84 ratings
     | 10,254 views

    Mothers of today should be ambitious for their children to enter into fellowship with Jesus Christ.

    Many have tended to join with the other ten apostles in an attitude of hostility toward Salome, the mother of James and John, because of her prayer for preferential consideration for her sons. It is significant to note that while Christ corrected her He did not berate, criticize or condemn her. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Becoming A Servant Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Mar 26, 2003
    based on 385 ratings
     | 98,002 views

    In contrast to our self-seeking ways, Jesus is the personification of servanthood. Just as He came to serve and not to be served, we’re expected to do the same. Becoming a servant means that we swim against the cultural current and follow the model of t

    Becoming a Servant Q. What do you call a chicken crossing the road? A. Poultry in motion. Q. What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t work? A. A stick. Q. What do you call four bullfighters in quicksand? A. Quatro sinko. Q. Where do you find a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Purpose #4: You Were Shaped For Serving Series

    Contributed by Dan Borchert on Dec 9, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,163 views

    This sermon deals with the #4 purpose

    Mathew 20:20-28 Purpose #4: You Were Shaped For Serving God Introduction A. Who here will have the highest ranking in heaven? B. Maybe it will be me. The pastor. A Pastor is close to God right? C. Maybe it will be one of the Elders; after all they are the head of the church? D. Maybe it will be ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    A Mother Who Wanted The Best For Her Children

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on May 9, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 8,280 views

    This outline takes a look at how the mother of James and John exemplified godly motherhood.

    A MOTHER WHO WANTED THE BEST FOR HER CHILDREN “Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him. And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She said to Him, "Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and the other ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeremy Houck avatar

    Not So With You Series

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Mar 20, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,980 views

    Greatness can only be achieved by doing things with compassion and mercy.

    The first O.J. trial made DNA a household word. For hours and days on end we all sat in front of out TV’s and took a crash course on what DNA was and how forensic evidence would prove without a doubt who the real killer was. But in the end all that it illustrated was that even if the forensic ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "With Her Sons..."

    Contributed by Winson Butler on May 2, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 1,901 views

    The key to being a successful Mother in todays world is influence, not authority. No where else is this best seen than in the encounter Jesus had with the mother of Zebedee’s boys. Let’s examine it together!

    DrButler2@Bellsouthnet Dinsmore Baptist Church "A Message For Mother’s Day" Outlined & Aliterated Introduction Look back with me for a moment, what do you think the Mother’s of Yester-year would have said to their children if they were living today? e.g. *Columbus’ Mother: "I don’t care what you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "No Competition"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jan 20, 2005
    based on 20 ratings
     | 11,466 views

    In Christ, we are free to be the people we were created to be.

    Matthew 20:20-28 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 “No Competition” Who are the truly great? Probably not those whose names quickly come to our minds… …because the truly great don’t tend to make the headlines, the tabloids or the evening news. In our Gospel Lesson for this morning we see that two of ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Don Schultz avatar

    Greatness In God's Upside Down Kingdom

    Contributed by Don Schultz on Mar 3, 2005
    based on 31 ratings
     | 5,520 views

    What is greatness? The opposite of what we think. We’re so thankful that God is "great" in this way.

    Matthew 20:17-28: GREATNESS IN GOD’S UPSIDE-DOWN KINGDOM Once there was the president of a large corporation. He was a powerful man – when he said “jump” people would ask, “How high?” Everyone was below him, and everyone had to answer to him. And this job came with nice benefits – a fancy ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Bottoms Up!

    Contributed by Eric Vertein on Mar 9, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,148 views

    When it comes to seeking greatness and dealing with suffering for the sake of our Lord, Jesus advises us: "Bottoms up!"

    Matthew 20:17-28 4th Sunday in Lent – A March 6, 2005 #092 Matthew 20:17-28 Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, 18 "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran