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  • Craig Benner avatar

    The Great Reset

    Contributed by Craig Benner on Apr 19, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,383 views

    All of us have those times when we are caught with egg on our face. We are guilty and there is no getting around it. What do we do now? Is God done with me? Would He even dare to entrust me to do something for Him again? I believe that is how Peter and the disciples felt.

    READY, RESET, GO! John 21:1-7 Thomas Edison and his team invented the first light bulb that actually functioned for a few hours (1879). It took hundreds of attempts, and each attempt took a full 24 hours to create a new bulb and put the ingredients together. On one occasion, after 24 hours of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Jesus And John, The Apostle! Series

    Contributed by Larry Vollink on Feb 6, 2021
     | 1,955 views

    Learning how Jesus loved His best friend, John, as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved."

    Who is this disciple whom Jesus loved so tenderly? Is he a real person, or a secret person that does not want to identify himself? As Jesus chose him, he was a fisherman, and called the son of Zebedee, and brother to James. He also wrote the gospel of John and the Epistles of I, II, and III, John ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Disobedience Will Not Be Tolerated

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Aug 15, 2024
     | 650 views

    No matter what you do, if there is recklessness, disorderliness and disobedience in your work and life - your life would be torn to pieces! Be warned!

    No fat Leviticus 3:17“It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.'" Disobedience births disaster and death! It is of utmost importance that I write this devotion today, not just for the Christian community but for ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Rephidim And Massah-Meribah Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Mar 20, 2023
     | 2,271 views

    The journey in the wilderness had given the Israelites to meet constant challenges. Either they went without water or food. They were in need of always the intervention of God. The Lord met them on every step of their lives. They had water, food, and meat.

    Exodus 17:1–7 Rephidim & Smitten Rock Rephidim: Now, Exodus 17:1-7 explains the problems of scarcity of water or the issue is water. The Rephidim and Smitten Rock show the ‘un-excusableness on Man’s part and the infinite mercy on God’s part’ (Dr Pink). The word Rephidim means the resting ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Call To Be The Church Series

    Contributed by Donald Mcculley on Mar 19, 2019
     | 4,576 views

    Want an overall outline? Fix your focus. Forgo your feuding. Face your foolishness. Forsake your filthiness. Figure out your freedom. Function as a family. Factor in your future. Now just be found faithful.

    THE CALL TO BE THE CHURCH I CORINTHIANS 16:1-24 INTRODUCTION: Want an overall outline? Fix your focus. Forgo your feuding. Face your foolishness. Forsake your filthiness. Figure out your freedom. Function as a family. Factor in your future. Now just be found faithful. Because Jesus is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Easter Vigil/Easter Sunday

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Mar 25, 2019
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,090 views

    "To ransom a slave you gave away your Son.” So great a Redeemer!

    Credit for this sermon largely comes from Dynamic Preaching magazine! 1). Here's a line from the Exsultet, the powerful hymn of praise and thanksgiving that we just heard (at the Easter Vigil): “This is the night, when Jesus broke the chains of death and rose triumphant from the grave.” At ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    We Witness Despite Persecution And Exile Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 8, 2018
     | 3,167 views

    Preaching and living a lifestyle conditioned by the precepts of the Gospel is not a particularly popular path, and may get you shunned, even exiled.

    Thursday of 23rd Week in Course 2018 St. John Chrysostom Today I am celebrating the sixteenth anniversary of the ordination of the diaconate class of 2002, and therefore my own ordination. As a preacher, it’s particularly happy to be ordained on the feast of St. John Chrysostom, who is the patron ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Head Of The Church Series

    Contributed by William Morris on Feb 6, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 7,792 views

    The forth in a nine part series of messages from the book of Colossians. Deals with Christ as the Head of the Church, particularly His pre-eminence

    Sermon by: Dr. Todd Morris Text: Colossians 1:18-22 Title: The Head of the Church Date: August 4, 2002 Introduction: Often the question arises in the local church, “who is the head of the church?” That question has caused conflict in many churches because often times there are those within the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Where Is The Goal Post

    Contributed by Danny Nance on Mar 21, 2008
     | 2,824 views

    Sermon is focused on finding the direction of a church and individual lives.

    WHERE IS THE GOALPOST? PHILIPPIANS 3:12-14 Have you ever been lost? Now, I’m not talking religion here. I mean honest to goodness, didn’t know where you were right now, kind of lost. Men, women accuse us of not admitting it when we’re lost. They say ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Moving Way Beyond, "Are We There, Yet?”

    Contributed by Ric Feeney on Nov 10, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,400 views

    In John Ortberg’s, Love Beyond Reason, he refers to our questioning the journey and missing out on the trip. We’d do better if we let "Jesus Take the Wheel."

    In John Ortberg’s, Love Beyond Reason, he refers to our questioning the journey and missing out on the trip. We’d do better if we let "Jesus Take the Wheel." Jesus and “Time Travel” He moved backward...so He could get to where we are. We move forward...so we can be where He is. John ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Paul Wallace avatar

    What Do You Want On Your Tombstone? Series

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 14, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,600 views

    What does it mean to walk with God?

    What do You want on your tombstone? "What do you want on your Tombstone?," an executioner asks a condemned man. "Cheese and pepperoni," the man replies in a memorable television commercial for the fastest-growing frozen pizza manufacturer in the United States. Listen to these phrases on some ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Until I See

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Apr 21, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,840 views

    Learning to trust God and take Him at His word is a difficult task for many people.

    John 20: 19 – 31 Unless I See Intro: Have you even played the game, “Truth or Dare?” --- You remember, you tell a person that you want to either tell the truth or accept their dare. If you choose “truth” the other person asks a question that you must answer truthfully. If you choose “dare” the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Raphiel Manenge avatar

    I Am Crossing Over To The Other Side 3of 7! Series

    Contributed by Raphiel Manenge on Sep 3, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,049 views

    An encouraging and assuaring sermon .In the Christian walk there are trials, temptations, tribulations, challenges and painful momements but we need to walk on.This we need to know so that we dont back off when Storm rises.

    “And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.” mark 4:37 Storms will rise! Friction is necessary for motion. Without it there way will be slippery. The Newton’s third law of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Babatunmishe Oke avatar

    Mrs Jesus

    Contributed by Babatunmishe Oke on Nov 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,928 views

    General Sermon About Accepting the Lord

    MRS JESUS Ephesians 5:22-33 How many of us are married? Who is reading this and wants to get married? Can you pause for a moment and think about what marriage is about? God created us for His praise. He also wanted to get married. Everyone who is old enough to get married and is not is a lonely ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Ralph Andrus avatar

    What Is The One Thing In Life That Can Keep Me Going?

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Nov 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,007 views

    Hope is the lever on the fulcrum of Christ that lifts the weight of the soul

    Rom 8:24 (Ill.) A number of years ago researchers performed an experiment to see the effect hope has on those undergoing hardship. Two sets of laboratory rats were placed in separate tubs of water. The researchers left one set in the water and found that within an hour they had all drowned. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist