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  • Stephen Sheane avatar

    New Year - New You

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Dec 23, 2010
    based on 10 ratings
     | 13,654 views

    As we enter a New Year lets pause and think about some keys to successful living; Evaluation, Elimination, Concentration and Determination.

    NEW YEAR – NEW YOU An elderly man moved into a retirement community. It wasn’t long until he had made a number of friends among the other residents. There was one lady he was especially attracted to and she was attracted to him, also. They spent a lot of time together. Finally one ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Descriptive Greeting Continued - The Prayer Series

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Oct 12, 2010
     | 3,908 views

    Paul prays for mercy, peace, and love.

    Intro: 1. MacDonald, "The greeting is peculiarly suited to those who were facing the onslaught of those whose aim was to subvert their faith. Mercy means God's compassionate comfort and care for His beleaguered saints in times of conflict and stress. Peace is the serenity and confidence that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    An Owner's Mentality

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Oct 24, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,031 views

    Focuses on the differences between having an owner's mentality versus a renter's mentality.

    An Owner Mentality Scripture: John 10:11-13; Revelations 3:20; Matthew 9:37-38 Introduction: Today we celebrate the first step in our transition from this place to the place where God has chosen to plan us. We will leave this place and not return. We have been renters since the inception of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Praying For The Right Things

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 10, 2010
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     | 26,227 views

    We tend to pray in a panic, when we could have prayed in preparation. Our prayer must also be responsible, accepting our own measure of responsibility.

    Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC, September 21, 1986 One young friend of mine, taking the Scripture quite seriously and quite literally, where it says, "Ask anything in my name, and I will do it" – taking that verse to the nth degree, reports that he is still waiting for the Lord ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    The Spiritual Warrior’s Divine Armor - Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Nov 21, 2010
    based on 24 ratings
     | 18,810 views

    Christ has forged an armor that renders its wearer perfectly safe against all spiritual warfare hurled against us. Christ used it when He was led out into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. It was thoroughly tested on Christ so that all who put it

    EPHESIANS 6: 16-18 THE SPIRITUAL WARRIOR’S DIVINE ARMOR - Part II [Isaiah 59:15b-17 / 2 Samuel 22:31-43] A young football coach was hired as a scout for his college. Before his first assignment, he said, “Coach, what kind of player are you looking for? The coach said, “Well, there is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Grace On Trial.

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,129 views

    Grace on trial.. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Dealing with tradition Reading: Acts chapter 15 verse 1-35 Ill: A very poor holy man lived in a remote part of China. • Every day before his time of meditation in order to show his devotion, • He put a dish of butter up on the window sill as an offering to God, • One day his cat came in ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    How To Give To God Part 3

    Contributed by David Scudder on Nov 23, 2010
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     | 3,453 views

    If we have really given our bodies to Christ then giving our wallets will be easy. The reason we struggle to give our wallets to Christ is because we don=t trust the Lord with what we already have, i.e. our bodies.

    Purpose: To encourage biblical giving. Aim: I want the listener to learn how to worship God with their giving. INTRODUCTION: Why did Paul say: “Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    A Godly, Honorable Work

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Sep 30, 2009
     | 4,997 views

    Work is something God made us for

    A Godly, Honorable Work Proverbs 14:23 All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. 12:14 From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things as surely as the work of his hands rewards him. I’m going to use a four letter word that some of you might not like: WORK! ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Ready For Service

    Contributed by Gerald Steffy on Oct 4, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,337 views

    After a person makes a full commitment to the preeminence of Christ, that person needs to be ready to share the Gospel with all people in our world.

    READY FOR SERVICE--Colossians 1:23-29 Proposition: After a person makes a full commitment to the preeminence of Christ, that person needs to be ready to share the Gospel with all people in our world. Objective: My purpose is to challenge God’s people to be ready to serve our Lord Jesus Christ ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Clean Heart Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Oct 9, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 13,006 views

    If we want to find life and joy in our relationship with Christ, we must focus on Scripture not tradition, and focus on a clean heart not clean hands.

    Clean Hearts (Mark 7:1-23) Alan Kraft, in his book, Good News for Those Trying Harder, shares a story about a time when his wife borrowed his car and heard a CD he had loaded in the sound system. The song touched her. When she asked him about it, he was able to recite the lyrics, but was unable ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    True Repentance

    Contributed by Denise Raterta on Oct 14, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,109 views

    Backsliding itself is of course horrendous. But it gets doubly shameful and we’ll end up dishonoring God even more when we repent without fully knowing exactly how we have offended God.

    Seeing and hearing the reactions of different people in the midst of the recent calamities in the world, I find myself grieving because most of us, even the supposedly veteran believers, do not fully understand and recognize God’s clear message behind the events. We just hear and do what we like to ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    God = Grace; Jonah = Anger Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Oct 15, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,237 views

    Part 5 of 5. God’s grace in the face of Jonah’s anger.

    Jonah - part 5 August 16, 2009 As we look at the final chapter of the story of Jonah, we need to remember this is a story about a man who was reluctant to follow God’s plan for him. One thing we tend to forget is that God wasn’t calling a non-believer to do something difficult, but God was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    How To Dwell In Jesus’ Love Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Nov 2, 2009
    based on 94 ratings
     | 27,284 views

    To be connected to the Vine means that the life of Jesus is flowing in us & through us, & this leads to fruitfulness. Fruitfulness will be the inevitable outcome of an inner spiritual life with Jesus.

    JOHN 15: 7-11 HOW TO ABIDE [DWELL] IN JESUS’ LOVE [John 8: 31-35] We have learned that fruit-bearing is a byproduct of abiding in Christ for as Jesus said, “Apart from Me you can do nothing” (15:5b). Having an inner relationship with Jesus (as a branch is nourished and strengthened by a vine), ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Give Time Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 2, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,519 views

    Ephesians 5:16 shows us the 1) Gift of Time and the 2) Grappling with Time

    You may not realize it, but your appreciation of time this morning goes well beyond the challenges of adjusting to daylight-savings time. There was a time when time was a relatively simple thing. People were born, grew up, grew old and died. Days, seasons and years past. Then along came Newton and ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    "The Gospel Not Of Man"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 5, 2009
     | 2,848 views

    What aspect of the Gospel differentiates it from every philosophy or doctrinal statement of mankind? It is that it comes directly from God. It is otherworldly. It is entirely divine in origin.

    “For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.” Vs 11 Preacher and Bible commentator, John Stott, said this in his exposition of Paul’s letter to the Galatians: “To tamper with the gospel is to trouble the church… Indeed the church’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox