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  • Gerald Steffy avatar

    Prayer Is So Important For A Church

    Contributed by Gerald Steffy on Oct 6, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,146 views

    A church must remember that prayer is so important in preparing His people to live for Christ and to share His love with others as we carry out His Great Commission.

    PRAYER IS SO IMPORTANT FOR A CHURCH Colossians 4:1-18 Proposition: A church must remember that prayer is so important in preparing His people to live for Christ and to share His love with others as we carry out His Great Commission. Objective: My purpose is to challenge God’s people to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Keep Growing

    Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Mar 10, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,854 views

    Are you growing? We should examine ourselves daily to see if we're really growing.

    KEEP GROWING "And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him." Luke 2:40. The Lord Jesus is our role model. Notice the four areas in which He grew: 1. Intellectually (wisdom) 2. Physically (stature) 3. Spiritually (favour with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Continuing The Journey Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 21, 2012
     | 12,772 views

    Paul’s prayer and God’s focus is to complete the work which he has started in us. I want to give you 4 critical tools to help you pursue and live out your life purpose.

    Continuing the Journey Philippians 1:3-6 Before God created us, He had a purpose in his mind. I love what God told Jeremiah, “I knew you before you were in your mother’s womb.” Jer. 1:5 To know means to know intimately, inside and out, to know the very fiver of your being as ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Israel: The Next Generation

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Feb 1, 2025
     | 512 views

    Every generation crosses a river into a new land, taking with them lessons from their ancestors. Your ancestors may not have given you what you needed to travel the desert in safety, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late.

    Should respect and courtesy be taught in elementary, middle, and high school classes along with writing and arithmetic? At the end of the last century ten states mandated that character education be included in the school curriculum and legislation; the issue was pending in many more states. A ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Sealed Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,869 views

    The work of the Holy Spirit in sealing us for salvation

    Sealed ¡V Eph. 1:13-14 Steve Simala Grant ¡V July 29, 2001 Intro: I want to ask you a question to begin. Do you believe God speaks today? Do you believe that He still desires to communicate with us, that He still longs to talk with and to us? I do ¡V with all my heart. Today as we turn to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Spirit Empowered Life Series

    Contributed by Allan Kircher on Jun 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,441 views

    How do we look at Peter's example in Acts to have a spirit empowered life?

    The Spirit-Empowered Life Acts 9:32-43 Pastor Allan H. Kircher Introduction Someone has said that your talk talks and your walk talks, but your walk talks louder than your talk talks! We know what it’s like not to be able to listen to what someone says because their lives do not back it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dying Declarations!!!

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jan 3, 2012
     | 5,643 views

    While “aspire to inspire before you expire” is a catchy, insightful one-liner, when it comes to the lives of numerous heroes’ of faith, it is how they expired with motivational words seemingly on their dying lips, which leaves an indelible impression in u

    Dying declarations “Nemo moriturus praesumitur mentire”! Now is this Latin maxim, all “Greek and Latin” to my congregation? I can “justifiably” empathize with those not in touch with the “World of Justice” ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Women, Tongues, And Church Order Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Oct 14, 2024
     | 903 views

    Must women be silent in the church? Can a person under the unction of the Holy Spirit control himself? This message examines guidelines Paul taught in 1 Corinthians 14 concerning church order.

    Intro We are in the last half of 1 Cor. 14 for our text today. Last week, we concluded with Paul’s words in verses 18-19, “I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all; 19 yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Praise God For His Problem-Solving

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Feb 9, 2004
    based on 40 ratings
     | 6,825 views

    We can praise God for His ability to solve any problem. Problems that go unresolved often cause stress, mistakes and miscommunication. When Paul wrote to the Thessalonians he thanked God for the way He helped them solve their problems of turning away from

    Praise God for His Problem-Solving (I Thes 1:5-10) We can praise God for His ability to solve any problem. Problems that go unresolved often cause stress, mistakes and miscommunication. When Paul wrote to the Thessalonians he thanked God for the way He helped them solve their problems of turning ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Still In The Beginning!

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Feb 24, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,372 views

    For us to continue in the love God has shown us we must pass that love on to others. In Acts 6 we see love being passed on even before there were Elders in the church. In Acts 6 we see the church moving on a road map God had laid out for the new group o

    Still in the Beginning! Back in Dec. I started a series of messages about being in a new beginning, and we still are. We have fallen short of goals we set but not in the spirit of which we set them. Weather, sickness, vacations, travel and priorities have slowed us down. Yes even discouragement has ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Kenneth Anthony avatar

    Final Advice

    Contributed by Kenneth Anthony on Dec 31, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,196 views

    St. Paul offers Timothy some final advice before his earthly departure. Christian consistency, the ability to endure hardship, mission, and heavenly reward are discussed.

    Final Advice ILLUSTRATION: A man was on the practice golf course when the club pro brought another man out for a lesson. The pro watched the fellow swing several times and started making suggestions for improvement, but each time the pupil interrupted with his own version of what was wrong and ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Kerry Bauman avatar

    The Parable Of The Pharisee And The Tax Collector Series

    Contributed by Kerry Bauman on Aug 17, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 20,004 views

    The sin of self-righteousness is subtle and often undetected in our own lives, yet it often has devastating consequences.

    The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector Text: Luke 18:9-14 Introduction: A grocery store checkout clerk once wrote to advice-columnist Ann Landers to complain that she had seen people buy "luxury" food items--like birthday cakes and bags of shrimp--with their food stamps. The writer ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    Fear Not!

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Dec 2, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,219 views

    We can live by fear or faith, the choice is ours! God wants us to live victoriously by faith!

    INTRODUCTION SLIDE #1 The Matrix Movie illustration START DVD. Time: 1:10 Start Time: 0:53:38 End Time: 0:54:48 Start Cue: Feet zooming in on building top End Cue: Man laying on pavement • Each day we have to decide if we are going to let the fear of what is before us keep us from living the way ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Paul Apple avatar

    Receptivity To Revelation

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 41 ratings
     | 8,182 views

    -- the heart of the passage -- v.

    -- the heart of the passage -- v.28 "Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and obey it" A rebuke here; Serious warning for those who are hearers only Tremendous promise for those who both receive and implement God's Word --what an opportunity for us this morning Context: 11:14-16 Christ had ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Help Resolve Conflicts With The Reactionaries

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,703 views

    Steps to Resolving Conflicts

    Resolving Conflicts is a Matter of Perspective, Attitude and Replacing evil With the Good of God’s Acceptance. Rom. 15:7 Illustration:In the spring of 1894, the Baltimore Orioles came to Boston to play a routine baseball game. But what happened that day was anything but routine. The Orioles’ John ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational