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  • Daniel Villa avatar

    How To Pray Like Jesus Series

    Contributed by Daniel Villa on Jun 29, 2008
     | 4,497 views

    This message looks the prayer life of Jesus focusing as an example to follow.

    1. Christlike in Prayer Luke 11:1-13 Objective: 1. Show people that even Jesus prayed. 2. Show why Jesus prayed 3. Challenge the people to start praying like Jesus. Let us turn to Luke 11:1-13 to hear what God, through, this Gospel written by the only Gentile writer of the NT, has to say about ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    How We Ought To Pray

    Contributed by Kevin Phillips on Dec 9, 2001
    based on 60 ratings
     | 8,487 views

    An in-depth look through the New Testament examining 34 scriptural ways to pray. While it is outlined as one sermon, it can best be preached as a series divided over several services. The outline is self-explanitory and not too in depth. It would be ve

    INTRODUCTION One of the biggest struggles many Christians face is knowing how to pray. Some Christians think they know how to pray, but really pray unscripturally. Often, even those who know scriptural principles about prayer feel like they may be missing something in their prayer experience. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Why People Decide Not To Pray?

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Jan 11, 2005
    based on 105 ratings
     | 8,403 views

    But why people decide not to pray? There are some reasons: 1. Prayer Takes Time and Effort, 2. Prayer Needs a Reason, 3. Prayer Requires Passion, and, 4. Prayer Demands Faith

    Why People Decide Not to Pray? (Luke 18:1-8) Introduction ILLUSTRATION. During the lunch our, the president of a large factory wanted to talk to his company’s manger about an urgent matter, but the manager’s secretary said, “He can not be disturbed for he is in conference—as he is everyday at ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Where’s The Beef?

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 18, 2022
     | 1,828 views

    The Wendy’s fast food restaurants became famous for a commercial they did several years ago.

    The commercial was about three elderly ladies who went to a restaurant and ordered a beef sandwich. Once the sandwich was brought to them, one of the elderly ladies open the bun to see what was inside. This little, short, elderly lady said loudly, “Where’s the Beef?” What she was getting at was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Sermon On The Mount (Part 14) Series

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Dec 9, 2019
     | 4,277 views

    Today we start chapter six. Throughout chapter five we saw the phrase, "you have heard it was said". Jesus no longer starts out that way. Jesus isn't challenging contradictory teachings but contradictory practices. Today's lesson is on why we do good deeds.

    THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (part 14) Matthew 6:1-4 Today we start chapter six. We'll notice that Jesus doesn't introduce his topics as he has up to this point. Throughout chapter five we saw the now familiar phrase, "you have heard it was said". But Jesus doesn't start out that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Praying For The Church: Gospel Gratitude Series

    Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 12, 2015
     | 3,093 views

    The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ, part 2 Gospel Fruit brings gospel gratitude. Be Thankful for Gospel Belie Be Thankful For Gospel Transformation

    The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ, part 2 Praying for the Church: Gospel Gratitude Colossians 1:3-8 David Taylor February 1, 2015 We are in our second week of a new series in the letter Paul wrote to the Colossian church, called “The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ.” Today ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jason Jones avatar

    What Are You Standing On

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Oct 24, 2011
     | 6,364 views

    Exposition of Hebrews 11 regarding three descriptions of faith.

    Text: Heb 11:1-3, Title: What Are You Standing On? Date/Place: NRBC, 10.22.11, PM A. Opening illustration: Faith is unutterable trust in God, trust which never dreams that He will not stand by us.” — Oswald Chambers, "Is this really, THE water jug of THE prophet Joel from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Motivations For Holiness (1 Peter 1:17-21) Series

    Contributed by Greg Brown on Aug 2, 2014
     | 8,010 views

    Exposition of 1 Peter 1:17-21

    Motivations for Holiness Since you call on a Father who judges each man’s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Are You Stagnant?

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Nov 2, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 55,259 views

    Stagnant means sluggish, motionless and inactive. This might be an accurate description of some people’s Christian walk. They’re not living; they’re simply existing. They’re not doing anything with the new life that God gave them. If that describes any of

    ARE YOU STAGNANT? INTRODUCTION: Stagnant means sluggish, motionless and inactive. This might be an accurate description of some people’s Christian walk. Line in a movie: “I just want to live mindlessly from day to day.” Some people are doing just that. They’re not living; ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Genuine Ministry Life

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Aug 19, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,740 views

    Through this very personal letter we are called to a life of encouragement, to honestly look at our ministry motives, and to live a life of sacrificial involvement.

    Message 3 John 1-14 “Genuine Ministry Life” Human beings are so good at making pendulum swings in their life. We might wake up one day thinking, “I need to get more exercise”. You haven’t been for a run for the last 7 years but you still get up at 5:00am and try and go for a 5km jog. You are so ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    You And Who Else?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 3, 2023
     | 1,586 views

    The Pharisees paid lip service to God, but were actually operating under their own power, for their own agendas, not God's. That is why they didn't really want to be told that Jesus was operating under God's authority.

    “Who do you think you are? What right have you to tell me what to think?” Has anyone ever said that to you? It’s not very pleasant. But it happened to me, once. Back when I was just starting seminary. I had run into an acquaintance of mine named Nora. She was pretty vulnerable and sensitive to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    What Will It Take To Sincerely Pray And Receive An Answer Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Dec 17, 2011
     | 3,057 views

    This messafge focuses on how we communicate with God.

    What Will It Take? What Will It Take For Me To Sincerely Pray To God & Receive An Answer? Scriptures: Psalm. 76:4; 51:2-4a; Colossians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 14:14; Luke 2:25-32 Introduction In my message last week I asked you “What will it take for us to give God thanks with a sincere ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    James 5 Pray Smart Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 21, 2018
     | 8,050 views

    I first titled this message “Pray right” but I changed my topic because it’s about “praying smart” – we need to be using the wisdom of God to pray the smart way which then touches the heart of God and eventually our hearts!

    Video: Prayer Series: James – Let’s do it! Thesis of Book: The message of the book is “Let’s do it – live the faith – put it into action! The half-brother of Jesus is speaking to the scattered Jewish Christians across the nations – they were scattered right after Stephen was killed. James tells ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    This Is How You Should Pray Series

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Oct 10, 2017
     | 9,243 views

    I'm starting a series on the different prayers of the bible. In looking at why they prayed, how they prayed and what they prayed, we'll gain insight into how we should conduct our prayers. We start our journey with the most popular prayer-the Our Father.

    THIS IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY Matt. 6:5-13 Series on specific prayers in the bible. We start out with the most familiar one-the Lord's prayer. The Our Father has become a standardized prayer that many of us learned from childhood. But have we ever taken the time to consider what we're actually ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Tony McCreery avatar

    Jesus Prays For (Your Church) Series

    Contributed by Tony Mccreery on Aug 22, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,874 views

    Sermon 2 in a series seeking God’s glory. Jesus prays for all of us in John 17. For us to experience the fullness of God’s Glory we must seek out unity

    Jesus Prays for Central John 17:20-26 Over the last few weeks we have been talking about the church and the fact that God wants the church to function like a body- one body many parts. The fact is that it takes every member doing their part for the church to function as one in unity. For the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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