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  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "I Want To Be Somebody"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 15, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,356 views

    A sermon about the wisdom and power of God.

    1 Corinthians 1:18-31 “I Want to Be Somebody” I just want to “be somebody” cries the burned out, workaholic father who comes home so tired and frustrated each night he has little energy for his wife and kids. I just want to “be somebody” bemoans the teenager ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    The Devil Wants You

    Contributed by Rodney Fry on Jan 18, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 18,227 views

    If you have never met the Devil, it is because you and the Devil are going in the same direction. You remember the Devil in the case of Job? He had been walking up and down, seeking whom he might devour (1 Peter 5:8). He is always on the job.

    SEMON THE DEVIL WANTS YOU LUKE 22:31-34 Introduction I. There is a Devil. A. Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 talk about the fall of Lucifer. B. Jesus said that there is a Devil. 1. He saw him in the temptations. 2. In the parable in Matthew 13, Jesus said that the enemy that sowed evil seeds was the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Wants You Series

    Contributed by Hipolito Lorenzo on Oct 28, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,315 views

    God Wants You To Be All That You Can Be.

    By: Rev. Hipolito L. Lorenzo Intro: Uncle Sam Wants You The image of Uncle Sam was shown publicly for the first time, according to some, in a picture by Flagg on the cover of the magazine Leslie's Weekly, on July 6, 1916, with the caption "What Are You Doing for Preparedness?" More than four ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What You Want

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Oct 15, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,096 views

    Discovering what the difference is between be a consumer Christian and a serving Christian.

    What You Want? Mark 10: 35 – 45 Job 38: 1 – 7, 34 – 41 Intro: “He who dies with the most toys, is still dead!” I believe the basic problem today is this: people wish to do as little as possible and to get as much as possible. / Start at the top and work their way down I. James and John – ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Wanted: Dead & Alive

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Oct 2, 2012
     | 2,877 views

    Here in Romans we are on the edge of a new frontier. Pioneers to a new & better life. Leaving the crowd to enter a vast new experience. Entering into a personal experience with the Lord.

    - John Gast's “American Progress” (1872) picture - It depicts a symbolic Liberty unrolling telegraph wire - With the book of education in the other hand - The “Star of Empire” on her head as settlers head west. - The Mississippi & cities left behind - Indians can be seen ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    I Want To Be Chief!!

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 14, 2008
    based on 34 ratings
     | 5,166 views

    Have I got a job for you!!

    In a world where everyone wants to be number one and the head Hondo or their own Boss, etc, I have decided that I want to be chief. Trying to be number one is far too exhausting and unfulfilling. I mean trying to climb that corporate ladder stepping over someone else’s blood, sweat and tears ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Nobody Wants To Be Poor

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Apr 23, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,737 views

    Cause of Spiritual Poverty & the Remedy for it

    1. Hands Across America - May 25, 1986 - 6.5 million people held hands in a human chain for fifteen minutes along a path across the continental United States. - Many participants donated ten dollars to reserve their place in line - To fight hunger and homelessness and help those in poverty - ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Not What She Wanted

    Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Jun 9, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,882 views

    Sometimes the Best Gift is the Gift you didn’t want that is when it comes from God. This sets the stage for the Christmas Event. Christmas only truly happens when we receive his gift and use it.

    A Sunday School teacher once asked her class of children: “What is Christmas a time for” Many of the kids gave the usual answers – Jesus’ birthday, a time of joy, presents…but one child responded with a unique and unusual answer, “Christmas is a time for sportsmanship.” “Sportmanship?,” asked ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    The Blessing No One Wants Series

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Mar 31, 2014
     | 4,359 views

    How am I being affected by persecution? This is one blessing we want to do without

    Matthew 5:10 (AV) 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. - One of biggest problems for the American church today is that it has never really made up its mind to follow Jesus Christ. Example Lot’s wife: Genesis ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    I Want To Be In That Number . . . Series

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Jan 30, 2018
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,429 views

    All Saints 2008

    There is a favorite hymn of mine: For All the Saints, whom from their labors rest, Who Thee by faith before the world confessed, Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed. And another one is the one we sang at Lois’ Roberts memorial service: When the saints come marching in, ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    Wanted: Dead Or Alive Series

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Sep 22, 2017
     | 5,620 views

    What makes heaven heaven? God is there. If we went to a place paved with gold and ornamented with jewels and bathed in dazzling light, and governed by satan, it would be a place of torment, pain, and sorrow.

    3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. What happens when you die? For one thing, ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Life I Want

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Apr 5, 2022
     | 1,483 views

    People don't always know that the life they want is in Jesus.

    Two sailboats slice through the waves of a vast sea. Both are seeking the shore. The crew of one vessel turns against the wind, thinking to find harbor in that direction. But, unknown to them, they are headed for a life-threatening storm, and their little craft will not survive. The crew of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Gift Nobody Wants.

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Jan 16, 2024
     | 9,539 views

    Could it be possible that the gift nobody wants, is actually the gift that is the most valuable of them all?

    Did you ever get a gift for Christmas that you didn't want? I have. When I was a Kid, at Christmas time, when other kids were getting foot balls, skate boards race tracks, etc. I was getting converse tennis shoes, pants, shirts, Etc stuff like that. I confess, I'm ashamed of myself now, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Jay McPhearson avatar

    I Need To Pray Series

    Contributed by Jay Mcphearson on Oct 15, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,815 views

    Prayer moves us towards the will of God.

    I have and will send the free power point to this sermon if you send me an email with this title in the subject line. I Need To Pray “Prayer moves us towards the will of God.” James 5:13-20 Sunday Morning Sermon Intro: (Start with Text & Title) A country preacher sold a mule to a friend, and told ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Wanted: Three Rooms, Open Windows

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 14, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,397 views

    We all need a throne room, where we can maintain a measure of control and an upper room, where we can nourish our privacy. We will also have a den, a place of escape or of anxiety. The key to managing them all is the open windows of prayer.

    Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC May 29, 1988 If anyone here should by chance be interested in a course in fiction writing, I have a suggestion to make. If you would like to learn to write fiction, real fables and tales, do not go to the community college. Do not waste your time at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist