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  • Matt Skiles avatar

    What Makes A Great Mother

    Contributed by Matt Skiles on Jun 12, 2023
     | 1,499 views

    Giving birth does not make a woman a mother. It takes a special woman to be a mother. A mother is a person who is willing to take the responsibility of investing her life into another human being who is totally de-pendent upon her to do so:

    Proverbs 31:29-30-“Many daughters have done well, But you excel them all.” 30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised. Luke 2:1-7-“And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Practice Makes Perfect (2018)

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Apr 30, 2021
     | 1,776 views

    Are we children of God? Or do we just claim the name with charades and dismiss the character? Isn’t that what today’s text is all about? On a daily basis, we are called to live up to the name because the way we live is supposed to illustrate who Jesus is!

    PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT Text: I John 3:1- 7 The story is told of Alexander the Great confronting a coward: "Alexander the Great had a soldier in his army who also bore the name Alexander. But this man was a coward. Alexander the Great called him before him and said to him, "You ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Dr. Odell Belger avatar

    The Idols That Make Us Idle

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jul 7, 2022
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     | 11,536 views

    I want to ask each Christian today two questions:

    (1) Can the children of God sin? Yes! (2) Can the children of God sin and get away with it? No! Did you know the children of God are just as capable of sinning as they were before they were saved? We have an excellent example of that in the life of King David. WHO WAS KING DAVID? If all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Richard Stevens avatar

    What Makes Us Uncomfortable

    Contributed by Richard Stevens on Oct 18, 2023
     | 1,820 views

    There are people and situations that make us uncomfortable. Rather than avoiding those people or situations, what should be our response to them? How should we handle them? Fortunately, we have an example in the Gospel of Luke to guide us.

    INTRODUCTION In my opinion, I think we can boil those that make us uncomfortable down to, basically two kinds of people - CRAZY people and NAKED people. In Luke 8:26-39, we see that Jesus met a man who was both. CRAZY and NAKED. “ And they arrived at the country of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Wilson Oshorakpor avatar

    God Will Make A Way For You.

    Contributed by Wilson Oshorakpor on Apr 16, 2021
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     | 11,909 views

    Jesus is the way. When all other ways fail, He makes a way for his children. He will make a way for you.

    TEXT: ISAIAH 43:16,18-19 "I am the lord, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea. “But forget all that— it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Did God Make Sin? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 18, 2021
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     | 7,141 views

    The YouTube teacher named Joe Scott (Answers With Joe) once shared questions about Christianity that troubled him. And one of those questions was "Did God Make Sin?"

    OPEN: A woman had volunteered to teach a Sunday School class for toddlers. She was teaching them about Creation, and she started the class by asking questions like “Who made the trees?” and “Who made the sun?” The children responded, “God did” and the woman She was pleased the children were quickly ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Making Distinctions; Doers Of The Word Series

    Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Sep 4, 2021
     | 1,811 views

    James points out the economic distinctions that we are all too likely to make in our hospitality ministry. But it wouldn’t be too big a leap to talk about racial and immigrant and gender and orientation distinctions at the same time.

    Making Distinctions Doers of the Word FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST, YEAR B September 5 2021 James points out the economic distinctions that we are all too likely to make in our hospitality ministry. But it wouldn’t be too big a leap to talk about racial and immigrant and gender and orientation ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    A Faith That Makes Us Willing Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Oct 18, 2022
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     | 2,396 views

    Here we encounter another example of faith. This example illustrates that faith manifests itself in actions. Abraham’s faith is illustrated not simply by what he believed but by what he did.

    HEBREWS 11:17-19 [Leaving a Legacy Series] A FAITH THAT MAKES US WILLING [James 2:17-24 / Genesis 22:1-10] Here we encounter another example of faith. This example illustrates that faith manifests itself in actions (CIM). Abraham’s faith is illustrated not by what he believed but by what he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    The Making Of Christian Camaraderie-1

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Nov 17, 2020
     | 2,460 views

    1 of ? Luke records the shared & positive response of receiving Jesus as Savior & Lord. The Bond of Christian experience is shared. But what Camaraderie is shared among Christians? Christian Camaraderie is built upon a shared...

    The MAKING Of CHRISTIAN CAMARADERIE—Acts 2:36-47 Attention: Veterans Day There are experiences that only soldiers have in common. And there are experiences that soldiers of particular conflicts have in common. Stateside(& elsewhere), soldiers have available to them, at least two groups that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Making Of Christian Camaraderie-2

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 13, 2021
     | 1,550 views

    2 of ? Luke records the shared & positive response of receiving Jesus as Savior & Lord. The Bond of Christian experience is shared. But what Camaraderie is shared among Christians? Christian Camaraderie is built upon a shared...

    The MAKING Of CHRISTIAN CAMARADERIE-II—Acts 2:36-47 Attention: We began this short series as a salute to those who were & are veterans in one or more of our United States military conflicts. As we celebrated Veterans Day, we found that there are experiences that only soldiers have in common. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Eugene Pansler Jr avatar

    What Makes A Pentecostal Church? Series

    Contributed by Eugene Pansler Jr on May 22, 2021
     | 4,508 views

    what are the basic three things that make a Pentecostal Church?

    What makes a Pentecostal church, is it the music, is it moving lights on the "stage", or is it a message on prosperity that everyone is going tp get rich? What makes a Pentecostal church, (first, second, third): 1. It's The Mission. What is the mission the Pentecostal ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Scott Maze avatar

    Making Your Life Matter Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021
     | 2,669 views

    Christians are to display a willingness to be offended, disadvantaged, even abused without making a return, without requiring vengeance, without demanding an accounting – whether an apology, or punishment, or a repayment of some kind.

    This is one of the most encouraging messages you’ll hear. Today’s Big Idea: God Works Diligently on Our Behalf. Over the next few minutes, I want to tell you God serves His children. “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christmas Makes For Pure Christians Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 15, 2021
     | 1,875 views

    The reality of Christmas is that God’s grace does not produce Christians who are cavalier about sin. My message in three words is simple: Don’t drift downstream.

    It just seems the holidays are meant for laziness. The week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day is meant for sleeping in and for resting. Yet, I want to challenge your message during this “week of rest” - The reality of Christmas is that God’s grace does not produce Christians who are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    Making The Jail House Rock

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on May 25, 2022
     | 2,900 views

    God needs to shake things up in the church and free us from our self-imprisonment.

    Making the Jail House Rock Acts 16:16-34 The text we read this morning has been a popular one for Vacation Bible Schools for many years. The cardboard props of the wall of the jail house and the barred windows has “imprisoned” many a child or saint in the skit. someone pulls the string, and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Derrick White Sr avatar

    Making Something Out Of Nothing

    Contributed by Derrick White Sr on Jun 1, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 15,801 views

    WE ARE INTRODUCED TO A WOMAN WHO FINDS HERSELF BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE

    2 Kings 4:1-7 (KJV) Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. [2] And Elisha said unto her, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist