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  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Strong Foundation

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 24, 2024
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    How are you doing individually? Are you exhibiting unity with the Christians you know? Do you have a genuine love for the brethren -- including the brothers and sisters we have around the world, in different cultures and countries?

    Opening illustration: A young African refugee who goes by the name of Steven is a man without a country. He thinks he may have been born in Mozambique or Zimbabwe. But he never knew his father and lost his mother. She fled civil war, traveling country to country as a street vendor. Without ID and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Neglected Command

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 10, 2008
     | 3,152 views

    How odd that Christians should be commanded to be thankful. However, upon reflection, we discover that we truly need such commands if we will honour God.

    A NEGLECTED COMMAND COLOSSIANS 3:15b “And be thankful.” Only three words comprise our English text; but the text is assuredly appropriate on this Sunday before our national day of Thanksgiving. It serves to remind us of one of the essential characteristics marking the person who knows the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Strength To Stand-2 Series

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jun 6, 2017
     | 4,721 views

    2 of 11. Paul closes his direction to the Ephesian church by encouraging them to find their strength in the Lord. But where or how can God's people find the strength to stand victorious? God’s people acquire strength to stand victorious thru a distinct...

    STRENGTH To STAND-II—Ephesians 6:10-20 Attention: A Palm It has strength to withstand hurricane force winds(145mph) & remain standing when all around it blows away. How?... 1)It has a flexible trunk—it can bend 50° without snapping—It is composed of interlocking bundles of wood fibers ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What God Wants Isn’t What You Think

    Contributed by David Dunn on Dec 4, 2025
     | 107 views

    Faith is not belief alone but a heart returning to and reaching for Jesus—seeking relationship, surrender, and wholeness in His presence.

    There are moments in Scripture so brief, so quiet, so easily passed over, that we almost miss the entire weight of Heaven behind them. Luke 17 records one of those moments—an encounter tucked into a journey, a miracle overshadowed by a greater truth, a healing overshadowed by a deeper kind of ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    The Parable Of The Fig Tree PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 13, 2025
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     | 104 views

    God’s mercy invites us to repent, bear fruit through grace, and live ready for Christ’s return, trusting the Gardener’s patient, transforming work in us.

    Some mornings feel like a fresh page. The coffee is warm, the sky is kind, and the world seems willing to be gentle with you. Other mornings arrive like headlines—hard, heavy, and hurried—reminding us how fragile life can be. Jesus once stood with people who had fresh headlines on their hearts: a ...read more

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    Fishers Of Men

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 15, 2002
    based on 134 ratings
     | 21,693 views

    What are the implications to us today of the expression that Jesus used when he said "I will make you fishers of men"

    Briningham/Gunthorpe 20-01-02 Briningham 20-01-02 Fishers of Men - Mt. 4:12-22 This morning I would like to focus on three words from our Gospel reading. I want to look at the phrase "fishers of men" Story: There’s often more to life than appears on the surface. Take ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Here Is Your Mother

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 264 ratings
     | 24,648 views

    Introductory Comments 1.

    Introductory Comments 1. Today we again go back to Calvary. Again we see Jesus on the cross. And as we come near to Him, we see two groups of our four standing before the cross. 2. On the one hand we see four soldiers. The ones who had escorted Jesus to this place of crucifixion. One of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    To Do In 2002 What God Wants To Do

    Contributed by Frank Houston on Jan 8, 2002
    based on 100 ratings
     | 10,599 views

    To live according to God’s plan for us instead of ours.

    Jer. 29:8-14 “To Do in 2002 What God Wants To Do” Jan. 6, 02 AM Introduction: At the beginning of a new year, a high school principal decided to post his teachers’ new year’s resolutions on the bulletin board. As the teachers gathered around the bulletin board, a great commotion started. One ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Reading The Christmas Story From Cover To Cover

    Contributed by Edwin Amundson on Dec 21, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 4,702 views

    Takes hearers from birth through death and ressurection in a very short and easy to understand manner which applies practical application to everyday life.

    ?READING THE CHRISTMAS STORY FROM COVER TO COVER?, LUKE 2:1-7; John 19:40-41 JOKE--- Finding a lamp on a beach, Bob began cleaning it, so he rubs it, bam! Out comes a genie. For setting me free, I will now grant u 3 wishes. ?Cool? says Bob. ?OK Genie dude, I want a billion dollars.? Poof! As the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Stop, Drop, And Go!

    Contributed by Jeremy Barnard on Aug 24, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 10,341 views

    We are not willing to give the Lord everything in our lives. We try and follow in the footsteps of the Lord while dragging all of our baggage behind us. As Christians, we will never be effective to our full potential until we decide to drop everything a

    Today if you have your Bible go ahead and turn it to the gospel of Luke chapter 5. We are going to be look at the first 11 verses of this chapter which gives the account of Jesus calling his first disciples. (Read Text) As Luke’s account of this event begins, we can see Jesus standing on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hope In The Midst Of Battle

    Contributed by Danny Anderson on Oct 28, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 18,297 views

    This psalm draws a picture of a raging battle. From David’s own words, we see that he is undergoing a tremendous battle. His life is wreaked with chaos and difficulty. Yet, as we read through it, we begin to see that even in the midst of the raging battle

    Hope In The Midst of Battle Text: Psalm 27:1-6 Introduction: Are you struggling today? Do you feel your whole life is being wrecked by ongoing spiritual battles? Do you wish Satan would go pick on somebody else for a while? Do you need some inner peace and comfort? Do you wish you could just ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Avilable Power Of God

    Contributed by Dan Grubbs on Oct 18, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,541 views

    The same power God demonstrated in the accounts of the Old Testament is available for each and every Christian today.

    I often think that because the historical accounts of God’s power in the Old Testament were so amazing, that we think things like that can’t happen today. Can you imagine watching the Red Sea part, or blowing trumpets causing a stone city to fall down or even witnessing time moving backwards? I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Honoring God's Name Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Oct 24, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 12,308 views

    This is the introductory sermon in a series on the names of God.

    Hello I Love Let Me Tell You My Name Psalm 145 Intro: Do you remember the struggle to name your children? Meg and I spent hours praying and considering the names we wanted for our children. We looked through name books, websites, and family trees. Did we want to use family names, Biblical ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jason Sheffstall avatar

    Who's In The House? Series

    Contributed by Jason Sheffstall on Apr 21, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 8,071 views

    Bringing Your Friends To Jesus!

    Jason Sheffstall StoneBridge Baptist Church Morgantown, West Virginia April 22, 2007 Series: BE A FRIEND MONTH Subject: WHO’S IN THE HOUSE? Text: Mark 2:1-12, “1 And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. 2 Immediately many gathered together, so ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ready Or Not Here I Come

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Nov 27, 2006
    based on 58 ratings
     | 18,809 views

    A sermn for the 1st Sunday in Advent

    1st Sunday in Advent Luke 21: 25-36 Sermon "Ready or Not -- Here I Come" Luke 21 25* “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, 26* men fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran