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  • Tom Doubt avatar

    The Christmas Card Series

    Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jan 3, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 9,119 views

    Each year God sends us the same Christmas card inscribed with His message of love; when we open it and read it we know what His one & only Son did for us.

    Dr. Tom Doubt, Senior Pastor Four Mile Creek Baptist Church Richmond, VA THE CHRISTMAS CARD BACKGROUND: A. Sending of Christmas cards is a 163 year old tradition 1. It began in England in 1840 a. The first cards showed people drinking & partying b. Christns complained, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    7 People Who Ought To Pray

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Feb 14, 2006
    based on 333 ratings
     | 14,651 views

    Of course, we all ought to...but these specific categories are full of eye-opening truths that will bring us all to our knees! Link included to formatted text, handout, and PowerPoint Template.

    7 People Who Ought To Pray I Sam. 12:23 "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."--Jer. 33:3. Moses cried out to God, and God spared Israel from judgment. Joshua’s prayer made the sun stand still. Hannah’s prayer was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christmas Is Coming Again

    Contributed by Abraham Shanklin on May 22, 2003
    based on 29 ratings
     | 6,543 views

    His first coming brought you liberation, His second coming is going to bring you transformation. His first coming brought heaven down to you; His second coming will bring you up to heaven.

    Christmas Is Coming Again Scripture Reference: Acts 1:1 – 11 Introduction There is clear evidence that we are in the throes of the holiday season. It actually started the day after Thanksgiving. Someone even said that preparations where even being made after Halloween. Have you caught the fever ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Humility Series

    Contributed by Myron Loss on Mar 8, 2004
    based on 191 ratings
     | 132,382 views

    A thorough study on the Christian Quality "Humility" from my book, The World is Up-Side-Down

    Chapter 10 Humility -The Lowest are the Highest I used to think that God’s gifts were on shelves one above another and the taller we grow, the easier we can reach them. Now, I find, that God’s gifts are on shelves one beneath another and the lower we stoop, the more we get. F. B. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Onward! Upward! May We Ever Go!

    Contributed by Victor Ramlall on Jul 27, 2011
     | 5,088 views

    It is never wise to give up and wish for times past when God is leading you, but we need to make up our minds to follow Him regardless of the apparent obstacles in our way for He knew it was there even before you started the journey!

    The chorus for 'The Song Of Guyana's Children' goes like this Onward, upward, may we ever go Day by day in strength and beauty grow, Till at length we each of us may show, What Guyana’s sons and daughters can be. There is a message in it for the Children of God's Kingdom! Do we find ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Howard Strickland avatar

    How To Have Revival.

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Sep 6, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,327 views

    In the year 2020, the definition for revival remains the same. Improvement, Advance, A spiritual clean-up that makes everything better.

    How To Have Revival. 2 Chronicles 7:14-16NKJV What is Revival? 1. Revival is not a weeks worth of meetings. 2. Revival is not started in one day. 3. Revival is not controlled by man. 4. Revival is a heart thing. 5. Revival is always brought on by repentance. 6. Revival is renewed zeal to obey ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Ishmael Idea Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 26, 2004
    based on 81 ratings
     | 12,723 views

    What happens when God’s people don’t stand up for what they know is right?

    OPEN: Henry Ward Beecher was a very famous preacher in his day. When he was a boy, it is said that the teacher in the school he attended asked a classmate a question The boy answered, but his teacher became visibly upset with his answer and cried testily: "Sit down!" This frightened the boy… ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Steve Ely avatar

    Fairy Tales Pt. 5 - 3 Little Pigs Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Aug 24, 2019
     | 8,752 views

    We learned them as children, but did we learn from them? There is truth wrapped up in these tales!

    I. Introduction We learned them as children. They are forever burned into our memory. However, just because we learned them doesn't mean we learned from them. Today in honor of our graduates I want to examine a fairytale that isn't quite as well known. Once upon a time there was an old ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Judgment Of The Saints

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Aug 27, 2014
     | 5,441 views

    What will it be like when we as followers of Jesus Christ stand before the Judgment seat of Christ? What about the books that will be opened and the Lamb's Book of Life? Will the Lord be honored by what is in the books or will we be humbled?

    A few weeks ago we took a look at the do’s and don’ts of judging others on earth whether they are Christians or not. Two weeks ago we looked at the certainty of the judgment that is awaiting those whose faith and trust was not in Jesus at the time of their death. Today we’ll be ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Jesus Christ Proclaimed Series

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Feb 8, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,609 views

    Mark jumps right into the life and ministry of Jesus, proclaiming Him as the Son of God. The Gospel opens with John the Baptist, preaching a message of repentance in preparation for the coming of Christ. He too proclaimed His deity.

    Jesus Christ Proclaimed Mark 1: 1-8 As we begin our study in Mark’s Gospel, it is interesting to note that he doesn’t offer any genealogy of Christ, the events surrounding His birth, or any details about His childhood. These would have been essential to reach a Jewish audience, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Echo: The Abilities Of Visions

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 7, 2022
     | 1,934 views

    Oh, here comes the dreamer... 13 long years before the dreams become a reality. We seem to focus on the temporal not the eternal. May we open our eyes to see what God is doing.

    ECHO… THE ABILITIES OF VISION… By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (I do this in 2 parts) I once read a lesson about this man, Simeon, he was a shepherd that lived in 390 A.D. He saw how corrupt the world had become. So he decided to LIVE ABOVE ALL THE EVIL and CORRUPTION. So ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Continuing Story Series

    Contributed by Duane Smith on Jul 18, 2005
    based on 43 ratings
     | 6,369 views

    This message is to encourage the Church to stand up and be the great miracle working body Christ meant for her to be.

    THE CONTINUING STORY Acts 1:1-5 INTRODUCTION: A. How many of you read the Left Behind series as they were being published? 1. Millions of people did. (Show books) 2. The publishers had a smash hit and almost guaranteed its continuance by leaving the story at a crossroads one book after ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Art Campbell avatar

    Different Kinds Of Gifts - One Purpose Series

    Contributed by Art Campbell on Sep 10, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 12,230 views

    There are many different types of gifts and all are important. but more important is the purpose of the gifts - building up the body.

    ILL" diversity of cameras (film, digicam, dSLR, phone cameras), all with different purposes but all having one goal - to take pictures. THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF GIFTS Just like there are many different kinds of tools we can use to do many tasks, there are many different kinds of gifts in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fairy Tales Pt. 4 - Rumpelstiltskin Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Aug 24, 2019
     | 4,033 views

    We learned them as children, but did we learn from them? There is truth wrapped up in these tales!

    I. Introduction We learned them as children. They are forever burned into our memory. However, just because we learned them doesn't mean we learned from them. Let's look at one of these fairytales we know so well and see if we can learn from it today. Today in honor of our graduates I want ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Princess And Pea Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Nov 10, 2020
     | 3,529 views

    We learned them as children, but did we learn from them? There is truth wrapped up in these tales!

    Fairytales 2 Pt. 1 - Princess and Pea I. Introduction These are the stories we learned as children. Either told to us by parents at bedtime or at school as we gathered at the feet of our teachers. These tales taught us life lessons and truths that we had to think through to grasp. However, unknown ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal