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  • Christopher Raiford avatar

    You Can Walk On Water

    Contributed by Christopher Raiford on Aug 6, 2002
    based on 81 ratings
     | 10,391 views

    The Power of Faith

    Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ Jesus, I read quite recently that someone has purchased the right to allow tourists to walk on the Sea of Galilee. No, they have not also purchased the rights to the law of gravity. Instead, what they intend to do is build a plexiglass walkway hundreds of feet out ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Charles Lindquist, Jr. avatar

    The Storms Of Life

    Contributed by Charles Lindquist, Jr. on Aug 10, 2002
    based on 128 ratings
     | 17,842 views

    Even though we accept Christ and have faith, we still encounter storms.

    A little background might be helpful in understanding our Gospel lesson this morning. Everywhere Jesus went multitudes of people have been following Him. Now remember, Jesus just suffered the loss of John the Baptist, His disciples had just returned from the mission trip He had sent them on. And ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • David DeWitt avatar

    Finding Your Focus

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Aug 13, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 5,267 views

    This is a leadership team devotional that I wrote reminding us to keep our focus on Christ

    Finding Your Focus Matthew 14:22-36 March 5, 2002 Leadership Team Devotional Introduction I. Magnifying Glass II. The need for focus Focus can be our best friend or worst enemy, when we keep our focus on positive things it is a true friend, when we focus on the negative it becomes our worst ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    "All By Myself"

    Contributed by Bruce Hindenburg on Aug 13, 2002
    based on 120 ratings
     | 14,193 views

    The story of Elijah, his success and his fear. His false assumption that he is all alone. How God spoke to him and to us in a gentle whisper. Today we hear the gentle whisper of the Gospel.

    Text: 1 Kings 19:9-18; and Matthew 14:22-33 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Way, way back in early 1970’s there was a singing group known as the Raspberries. One of the members of that group was a fellow by the name of Eric Carmen. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Tim Zingale avatar

    The All Too Human Peter

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Aug 24, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,428 views

    A sermon for the 12 Sunday after Pentecost Proper 14 The story of Jesus and Peter walking on water

    Grace and Peace to you from our Lord and Saviour, Jesus the Christ amen Many of you have heard the phrase, "I am only human" as a person is trying to explain why he/she has made some mistake, or did something wrong. Said in that kind of way, the phrase says something very negative about the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Stephen Fournier avatar

    Lessons From Peter Ii Series

    Contributed by Stephen Fournier on Aug 28, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 6,831 views

    Sermon on Life of Peter

    PETER’S LESSONS LESSON #2 MATTHEW 14:22-33 Charles Swindoll, in his book "Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back," tells the story of a farmer who wanted to impress his hunting buddies. So, he bought the smartest, most expensive hunting dog he could find and he trained this dog to do things no ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    In The Storm? Sound Out!

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 30, 2002
    based on 45 ratings
     | 7,894 views

    there will be storms and trials that pass into our daily walk. No one is exempt from the storms. STORMS WILL PASS!

    --- IN THE STORM --- SOUND OUT! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Remember this: IT IS EASY TO SWIM, FAST IF SHARKS ARE BEHIND YOU! TEXT: Matthew 7: 24 --- 27 24: Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Sinking Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Sep 14, 2002
    based on 96 ratings
     | 13,634 views

    This is the 2nd sermon in the series "Walking With Jesus". This sermon identifies 5 things that Jesus did for Peter and does for us.

    Sunday Evening September 15, 2002 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: “Walking With Jesus” [#2] SLIDE 1 SINKING Matthew 14:22-36 Introduction: 1. As we continue in our study about Peter’s life it is important that we recall a few things from last week. Peter surrendered his possessions, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    First The Test Then The Miracle

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Sep 17, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 8,822 views

    Revision Of An Earlier Sermon which deals with faith coming through trials and testing by looking at the prophet Elisha.

    First The Test, Then The Miracle 7/04/2002 2 Kings 6:24-33 Matthew 14:22-34 There are a lot of people who want to see God do a miracle, but very few are volunteering to be in the circumstances which requires a miracle to take place. Many of us would like to walk on water, but don’t ask ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Larry Campbell avatar

    Keeping Your Head Above Water

    Contributed by Larry Campbell on Sep 22, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 5,205 views

    This sermon is to encourage and help everyone that is going through very trying times.

    v.23 - Jesus had gone alone into the mountain to pray after being with a great multitude of people (5000 men not including all of the women and children). Public prayer is good at times but the most intimate prayer is the one you have with God when you are alone. We all need to have time with God ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mack Page avatar

    Walking By Faith

    Contributed by Mack Page on Dec 3, 2001
    based on 295 ratings
     | 76,673 views

    A Look At Peter’s Walk of Faith On The Water.

    INTRODUCTION The word walk in the bible often symbolizes the way we live, the way we act, and the way we conduct ourselves in a certain way. And it has reference to the fact that life is a journey, life is a pilgrimage and that the Christian is a person who is traveling to another country. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Walking On Water

    Contributed by Johnny Carver on Dec 17, 2001
    based on 100 ratings
     | 11,344 views

    This message shows the choices we have when confronted with storms.

    Scripture: Matthew 14:22 – 34 Title: “Walking on Water” Introduction: Jesus and His disciples had spent the day with some 5,000 plus people. Jesus taught them and then he miraculously fed them all with just a bit of bread and fish. After Jesus taught all those people, He put His disciples into a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Richard White avatar

    Holding Steady In The Storm Series

    Contributed by Richard White on Jan 9, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,068 views

    When the ship is being tossed, we need to drop anchor.

    Holding Steady in the Storm Illustration: Max Lucado story of the houseboat, along with the Navy story Thesis: In the storms of Life we need to set anchors The first of these anchors is Prayer James 5:13-18, 1 John 5:14-15 The second of these anchors is Faith If we pray unbelieving we get ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Richard White avatar

    Trip Wires Series

    Contributed by Richard White on Jan 24, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,082 views

    WHen we step out in faith we can count on the enemy setting up trip wires to cause us to fall.

    Trip Wires Matt. 14:25-33 In the time of war, troops would do all they could to sabotage the enemies advance. They would use Land mines, booby traps, snipers, etc. The most efficient and sneaky were the trip wires. They would be thin strong wire camouflaged along the ground just high ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Eric Sellgren avatar

    How To Walk On Water!

    Contributed by Eric Sellgren on Feb 1, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 3,346 views

    Are you defeated? You can still break out of it

    Many years ago, when I was a young Curate I took our Youth Club to Scargill House in the Yorkshire Dales in England. We were sharing the week-end with another Youth Club from Garston in Liverpool under the leadership of another young Curate, a friend of mine called Roy Baker. On our first full ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican