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  • Ian Johnson avatar

    Stepping Out & Stepping Up!

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Aug 23, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 16,739 views

    Be willing to get out of our boats.I want to encourage you get out of the boat. Not only do I want to encourage you to get out of the boat, but also want you to remember whatever happens move toward Jesus. When you have problems in your home, and problems

    Matthew 7:7-11 7 “Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks. 9 You parents—if your children ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Clark Tanner avatar

    "The Father Gives What Is Good" Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 11, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,062 views

    Sermon 17 in a study in the Sermon on the Mount

    “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 “For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 “Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? 10 “Or if ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Jon MacKinney avatar

    Why We Pray

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Jul 29, 2009
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    It is just the asking, but what it is we are asking for that is important. And who we are asking is important too.

    Passage: Matthew 7:7-12 Intro: So Jerry is standing in the 7-11, waiting to buy lottery tickets. And he is praying; hard! 1. he remembers a verse from his SS days about asking, seeking, knocking, and that God promised to give him whatever he asked for. He needs the $! 2. but that night, his ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    Here Comes The Judge! Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Aug 7, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,046 views

    Let’s look at one of the best known passages in the Bible!

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Can you tell me the one verse in the bible everyone seems to have memorized? • How many times have we just taken a look at another person and made a judgment about them. We take one look at them and we think that we know everything about them? • Have you ever felt the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    A Messiah Of Fairness Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Aug 13, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,406 views

    In dealing with others is treating them the same way we would want to be treated.

    A Messiah of Fairness Text: Matt. 7:1-6 Introduction 1. Illustration: “To accept people is to be for them. It is to recognize that it is a very good thing that these people are alive, and to long for the best for them. It does not, of course mean to approve of everything they do. It means to ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    Just Ask! Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Aug 14, 2009
    based on 29 ratings
     | 14,697 views

    Jesus wants to see you live a blessed life. Jesus gives us the key to being blessed.

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • How many times have we wondered why God has not blessed us in a certain way? You asked God for something from your heart only to feel that God kicked dirt in your face or that He did not hear you? • How do you feel when you hear someone speaking about how God has blessed ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jason Pettibone avatar

    What Does A Spiritual Person Look Like? Series

    Contributed by Jason Pettibone on Aug 28, 2009
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     | 6,987 views

    What does a Spiritual Person look like? For you, who models what a spiritual person is: Mother Theresa? Billy Graham? Your grandma? Joel Osteen? Bono? This pastor? All kidding aside, each of these people - including yours truly - illustrates a type of

    This week I read a story about a profoundly disabled little girl named Danielle and Bernie and Diane, the middle-aged couple who adopted her. Dani spent the first 7 years of her life in miserable squalor, surrounded by roaches and maggots. She has no mental or physical disabilities but she is very ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    A Messiah Of Expectation Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Aug 28, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,663 views

    Since God loves us so much, we can expect that He will answer our prayers.

    A Messiah of Expectation Text: Matt. 7:7-11 Introduction 1. Illustration: When I was a little boy, my Mom worked as a nurse at St. Thomas hospital in Akron. She was the head nurse in the nursery on second shift for 25 years. Of course because she worked second shift she wasn’t able to be there ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Golden Living

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Aug 31, 2009
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    Christians are called to treat others as we want to be treated

    Have you ever wondered how we are supposed to treat one another? Every day we see people behaving in ways that is nothing short of deplorable. You know exactly the kind of person that I am talking about. They seem to go out of their way to cause problems. They like to pour out insults and stick you ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Self-Correction Series

    Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Dec 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,954 views

    Jesus presents a clear description of what it is followers are to be like internally and how they are to live outwardly in the Sermon on the Mount

    There was a small town that had been “dry.” A local businessman decided to build a tavern. A group of Christians from a local church were concerned and planned an all-night prayer meeting to ask God to intervene. It was not long afterwards that lightning struck the bar and it burned to the ground. ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Preacher Fo Real avatar

    The Splash Felt Around The World - An Allegorical Fish Story

    Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on Dec 15, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,908 views

    A story with a spiritual meaning.

    Chapter 1: Trip to Ascertain Bend Jackie and his brother, Stephen, had grown up fishing in the various creeks, ponds, and lakes that populates the Bibb and Perry county area. While growing up in Marion, they fished at Shady Grove Lake in Bibb County with their father and grandfather. Now grown, ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Jerry McKee avatar

    How To Get What You Want

    Contributed by Jerry Mckee on Dec 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,439 views

    Here’s a very basic Sunday School lesson on Materialism.

    How to get what you want [7] Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:[8] For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. [9] Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Thomas Miller avatar

    Faith Vs Sovereighnty

    Contributed by Thomas Miller on Jan 11, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,079 views

    Does this mountain moving faith have to go through Gods sovereign will to be released? This Charismatic thinks so. There are Scriptures to support the power of faith, the power of prayer and the fact that God always has the last say.

    Faith vs. Sovereignty Does this mountain moving faith have to go through Gods sovereign will to be released? This Charismatic thinks so. There are Scriptures to support the power of faith, the power of prayer and the fact that God always has the last say. There are ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Mark Opperman avatar

    Improving Our Vision

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 12, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,910 views

    When we lay aside a critical spirit, our vision becomes clearer helping us see God’s plan for us and those around us.

    Improving our Vision Matthew 7:1-5 "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A Dog's Life No More!

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 12, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,736 views

    God’s kingdom will come, but it can only be received by willing hearts. How can we make God’s kingdom more accessible to those around us?

    A Dog’s Life No More! Matthew 7:6-12 Intro: In the Peanuts comic strip, we find Snoopy thinking to himself: "Yesterday I was a dog. Today I’m a dog. Tomorrow I’ll probably still be a dog. Ohh…there’s so little hope for advancement." Well, there is hope for those who have a dog’s life, but the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God