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  • Gary Webb avatar

    Cameos Of God's Perfect Forgiveness

    Contributed by Gary Webb on Oct 24, 2006
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    Word pictures of how God forgives. These give us a better understanding of how we too can forgive more perfectly

    Matthew 18:21-22 - Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. No doubt Peter thought his Master would be pleased with his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Corporate Prayer

    Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 13, 2006
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    Hopefully each of us are burdened for the Lord to have His way with us as individuals while having His way with us as a church (i.e., a corporate body of believers). The fact is we all are in this together.We all have a huge responsibility to see God’s pl

    CORPORATE PRAYER We continue to look closely at the importance of prayer within our church. Quite frankly, we need to hear from the Lord on several issues our church is now faced with. As well, we need to reckon ourselves to the fact that prayer is not an option for us. Rather, prayer must be ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Reproducing God's Patience Series

    Contributed by Robert Higgins on Nov 14, 2006
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    Fourth in the series - understanding the Patience of God - We can never produce true patience until we have experienced first hand, the patience of God.

    1. Overview & Review a. Over the past 3 weeks we have been talking about the Patience of God and what an incredible wonder His patience is. i. We have come to understand that God’s patience is that which restrains His wrath from consuming all that is contrary to His nature. ii. We learned that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Authority

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Feb 4, 2006
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    Christians are to live with the athority of God. However, most never use it so they loose it.

    Authority This morning we are considering the word authority. For young people it is a bad word….almost a “four letter” word.. Normally, there is an almost automatic resistance to any kind of an authority. I have heard kids say “you are not the boss of me!” Usually when a friend or someone ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • DAN SANTIAGO avatar

    Unlimited Interpersonal Forgiveness

    Contributed by Dan Santiago on Feb 10, 2006
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    Believers should understand the reasons for practicing unlimited forgiveness.

    UNLIMITED INTERPERSONAL FORGIVENESS Matthew 18:21-32 INTRODUCTION ILLUSTRATION SOURCE: Philip Yancey in What’s So Amazing About Grace Butt-prints in the Sand, One night, I had a wondrous dream; One set of footprints there was seen. The footprints of my precious Lord, But mine were not along ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Vinnie Cappetta avatar

    Correcting A Family Member

    Contributed by Vinnie Cappetta on Feb 11, 2006
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    Why can’t we all just get along? Wouldn’t it be nice if we got along with everyone in our family, at work, in our marriage, and business dealings?

    Why can’t we all just get along? Wouldn’t it be nice if we got along with everyone…family, work, marriage, business dealings? Ever since the Evil One’s fall, there has been conflict. Conflict is inevitable. At the heart of every conflict is someone’s desire to be more important than someone ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "Forgiveness" Series

    Contributed by Lin Smalec on Feb 15, 2006
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    A sermon on the challenge of forgiveness, as taught by Jesus in the parable of the debtors.

    Rev. Lin Smalec Salem Church, Waynesboro, PA Jesus’ Great Teaching Stories “Forgiveness” Matthew 18:21-35 12 February 2006 How many of you struggle with forgiveness? Some of you may not wish to admit it, but it is a very human struggle, isn’t it? When someone hurts us, when someone ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Free To Set Others Free

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Feb 23, 2006
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    Forgiveness is characteristic of God that we need in our lives to be a free person.

    FREE TO SET OTHERS FREE Matt 18:21-35 In our look through the Bible the one that we find is most like other humans is Peter. On many occasions, his desire to be spiritually tough and dependable surpassed his depth of his commitment. He often is shown as one who is weak spiritually than the other ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Tim Patrick avatar

    Learning To Forgive

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Jul 17, 2006
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    Learn to practice the grace of forgiving other people.

    Introduction: Several years ago there was an article in the Tuscaloosa News entitled “Would you forgive these men?” The article mentioned Mohamed Atta, the man who led the attacks on the world trade center; Timothy McVeigh, who bombed the Federal Building in Oklahoma City; Ted Kaczynski, the man ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Free To Forgive Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on May 10, 2006
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    The death and resurrection of Jesus not only provided the forgiveness of our sins, but also enabled us to forgive the sins of others.

    Matthew 18:21-35 “Free to Forgive” INTRODUCTION The reality of Easter is expressed in many ways in our everyday lives. Easter becomes personal for us at our baptism, or when we receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. We celebrate the reality of Easter every Sunday with songs such as ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Dean Shriver avatar

    Forgiven To Forgive

    Contributed by Dean Shriver on Jun 1, 2006
    based on 27 ratings
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    Once upon a time a great king was ruling over his kingdom. In that kingdom, there was a high ranking government official who owed the king a lot of money—10,000 talents to be exact. Today’s equivalent would be 9 million ounces of precious metal—let’s sa

    September 4, 2005 FORGIVEN TO FORGIVE Matthew 18:21-35 Once upon a time a great king was ruling over his kingdom. In that kingdom, there was a high ranking government official who owed the king a lot of money—10,000 talents to be exact. Today’s equivalent would be 9 million ounces of precious ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Delete Series

    Contributed by Alan Tison on Jun 20, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
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    In the land of cyberspace, the delete key is a wonderful tool – type anything you desire and if you do not like it – simply press delete and the text is gone. There is no record of the document anywhere.Wouldn’t it be great if all of life had a delete key

    Introduction: In the land of cyberspace, the delete key is a wonderful tool – type anything you desire and if you do not like it – simply press delete and the text is gone. There is no record of the document anywhere. Wouldn’t it be great if all of life had a delete key? • Start off with a bad day ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Need A Do-Over?

    Contributed by Don Jaques on Dec 29, 2005
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    Since God is full of grace, life do-overs are possible. Humility is the only pre-requisite.

    INTRO: There have been a few times in my life where I’ve wanted a do-over. • The time I wrote an “anonymous” love note to a girl in junior high, only to have her figure it out and tell one of my worst enemies. • The time I locked my knees in my wedding ceremony and almost fainted. • The time I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Brian Atwood avatar

    Christ's Precepts For Answered Prayer

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Dec 31, 2005
    based on 174 ratings
     | 10,156 views

    How Jesus clearly taught us to guarantee answers to our prayers.

    A clearer understanding of Christ’s instructions on prayer and a thorough follow-through in your life will result in your prayers being answered! Here’s what Jesus said. 1. Find someone to agree with you in prayer. Matthew 18:19 (Amplified Bible) "Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Jerry N. Watts avatar

    Forgiveness

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Sep 22, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
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    A devotion on Forgiveness.

    FORGIVENESS Matt 18:21-35 * As we come to the Lord ’s Table tonight, I offer this thought; “Divine forgiveness is the central part of the gospel.” Jesus left heaven to make provision for our forgiveness • The word of God teaches that divine forgiveness is intrinsically tied to human forgiveness. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist