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  • Ken Alford avatar

    Will The Real Mothers Please Stand Up?!

    Contributed by Ken Alford on Nov 29, 2002
    based on 186 ratings
     | 32,397 views

    (3) In one of the defining moments of the reign of Solomon, the wise king had to identify the real mother in a very tricky dispute over a living child. He got the real mother to identify herself by forcing her to take a stand. When she stood up for her

    INTRODUCTION: (1) Today, all over the world, people are celebrating Mother’s Day. If it is not today, almost everywhere, there is a day like it somewhere in the calendar. A youth pastors list on the internet surveyed its international readers about Mother’s Day to discover if it existed and when ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Will The Real Mom Please Stand Up?

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on May 5, 2001
    based on 1,357 ratings
     | 202,897 views

    The infamous illustration of Solomon’s wisdom depicts the MORALS OF MOTHERHOOD.

    Now this is not your usual Mother’s Day text so please pay close attention: 1 Kings 3:16-28 (NIV) Now two prostitutes came to the king (Solomon) and stood before him. One of them said, "My lord, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was there with me. The third day ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Will The Real Mom Please Stand Up?

    Contributed by John Gaston on May 10, 2019
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     | 14,690 views

    Solomon relied on a mother's maternal instinct in order to discern which of two women were the baby's real mother. Mothers are creatures with a touch of the divine; they love sacrificially as only God can.

    WILL THE REAL MOM PLEASE STAND UP? 1 Kgs. 3:16-28 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. We all know what today is! It’s the Special day to Celebrate all our Mothers! That’s why Mother’s Day is the 3rd most celebrated holiday, just after Christmas and Easter. 2. If we’re not mothers, we still all have had ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Ladies Please Help Us With Modesty

    Contributed by Jack Martin on Dec 5, 2023
     | 725 views

    Men by design are stimulated by sight but left outside of God's purpose they lust.

    TITLE: “MODESTY LADIES WE NEED YOUR HELP!” In a few moments, I am going to show a video that I think will serve us best if we understand the heart of what it’s saying, and also what I will be attempting to convey to all of us this morning.. First off, it is important to know we were designed by ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Sermon # 5 - No Fear In Obedience Series

    Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Sep 4, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 912 views

    Jonah chose to disobey God and ended up in a tumultuous storm. Are we walking in obedience to God and His word or are we trying to compromise and please people? Here’s a word of caution from the life of Jonah that if God is against us, there is no one who can save us.

    We read in Jonah 1:5, “Then the mariners were afraid,” (ESV) The mariners were filled with dread when they saw that the sea was so tumultuous and beyond their control. They therefore, feared that the ship would be wrecked, their goods destroyed and they would lose their lives in the process. I am ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    How To Please God With Your Giving

    Contributed by Gregory Griffin on Jun 1, 2002
    based on 223 ratings
     | 23,828 views

    Sermon on Giving. Basic principles on pleasing God with your giving.

    How to give and please God Luke 21:1-4 DBC 6/02/02 Gregg Griffin <(((((>< Congregational Scripture Reading: II Corinthians 9: 6-8 Now that you have all the moans and groans out of your system, having heard the sermon title. Lets take and honest look at what it takes to give and please God. My ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Short Challenge: Lives That Please God Series

    Contributed by Nate Herbst on Jan 15, 2009
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,861 views

    This is a short challenge on how to practically live life in a way that pleases God.

    Short Challenge: Lives that please God. 1 Jn.4:19 - we love God because He first loved us. How do we respond. 1 Thes.4:1 - “Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Grace Is Not A License To Do As You Please

    Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Jul 12, 2008
     | 3,402 views

    A sermon for the 9th Sunday fater Pentecost, Proper 10, Series A

    9th Sunday after Pentecost [Pr. 10] July 13, 2008 “Series A” Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, you sent your Son, Jesus the Christ, to reveal your will for our lives and to redeem us from sin and death. ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Kevin Keeling avatar

    Does My Heart Please God?

    Contributed by Kevin Keeling on Mar 19, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 6,992 views

    DOES MY HEART PLEASE GOD?

    DOES MY HEART PLEASE GOD? Psalms 78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. A HEART THAT PLEASES GOD MUST! I. Be Saved Romans ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Determining To Please Him In Every Way PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 13, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 661 views

    Encourages believers to live in faith, understand obedience, and strive to please God in all circumstances, guided by His word and the Holy Spirit.

    Good morning, brothers and sisters. It's a joy to be here with you today. We stand on the edge of a new day, ready to step into the light of God's word. We are here, not by chance, but by the grace and love of our Lord. Our passage today comes from 2 Corinthians 5:9. It says, "So we make it our ...read more

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  • Andrew Dixon avatar

    Choose Right - Choose Life

    Contributed by Andrew Dixon on May 2, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,611 views

    It is God’s gift to us that we have the ability to make choices. However, the choices we make also have consequences and let us learn how we can choose right and choose life.

    We read in Deuteronomy 30:19, I am now giving you the choice between life and death, between God's blessing and God's curse, and I call heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Choose life. (GNB) These were the words of Moses to the people of Israel as he admonished them to choose ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    What Do You Look For In People? Series

    Contributed by Rob Hall on Dec 1, 2014
     | 4,461 views

    challenge our perspective of people

    What do we look for and what do we see in people? Text: Mt. 11:1-9 Intro: 1. Consider some of the statistics about attractive people 2. Jesus asks a good question in Mt. 11:7 What did you go out to see? I. JESUS AND JOHN Mt. 11 A. John the Baptizer was in prison and sent disciples to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The People Of The Covenant Lord: The Church Is The People, Not The Steeple Series

    Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Jul 8, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,156 views

    This sermon as part of the series on the covenant relationship of God and His people, explains the form and function of the church as the people, not the steeple.

    INTRODUCTION: C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters, writing, of course, as an elder devil to a younger devil, "One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see her spread out through all time and space and rooted in eternity, terrible as ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    God’s People Are A Persecuted People

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 9, 2015
     | 5,150 views

    God’s People Are A PERSECUTED People

    Daniel 3:8-30 1: God’s People Are A PERSECUTED People from discrimination in the workplace ……….to government mandates against our beliefs….. to imprisonment, physical torture and even execution. 1. The Reason For It. (a) They were persecuted for their STANDARDS. 12 ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Prayer Of Jabez - Hurting People Hurt People Series

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Nov 22, 2022
     | 2,331 views

    Message of how people who are hurt hurt others.

    Title: Hurting People Hurt People Theme: To show how Jesus helps us overcome our pain. Text: John 4, Acts 9, Luke 8, Each morning she would get up with one task on her mind, “How to avoid people?” You see she had been hurt. Deeply she had been scared. Whether it was abuse by the 5 husbands ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God