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  • Vinnie Cappetta avatar

    Living Wide Open

    Contributed by Vinnie Cappetta on Mar 4, 2006
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    What would it look like if you took yourself off of cruise control and began to live life pedal to the metal serving with all your heart? It would be living Wide Open.

    Living Wide Open Acts 13:36 Recently sharing our church story with two church leaders from another local church. They asked "how did you raise all that money?" I never really thought of it that way. I didn’t know we had a choice of whether or not to raise the money we needed to do what God told ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Living Wide Open

    Contributed by Vinnie Cappetta on Mar 4, 2006
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    What if God multiplied your efforts by 100?

    Living Wide Open (Part Two) Matthew 19:16-30 Acts 13:36 And David served the purposes of God in his generation. Participant vs. spectator Read Philippians 2:5-11 “He made himself nothing; he took the humble position of a slave and appeared in human form.” Object Lesson: serving towel 1 ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Open Hearted Worship Series

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Dec 6, 2006
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    True Worship Starts in an Open Heart to God. Open to His Purification and Love

    Sermon: Open Hearted Worship True Worship Originates From An Open Heart Big Idea: True Worship Starts in an Open Heart to God Big Aim: motivate people to seek to worship God with heart wide open to Him Dylan makes it plain when he likes something: I like-a Tom’s Truck, Daddy! I like-a Daddy’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Open Hands Of God Series

    Contributed by Andy Almendarez on Dec 11, 2006
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    Human beings cling tightly on what belongs to us, and yet God showed us, through His Son, that there is a better way to walk through life – not with clenched fists, but with open hands of love.

    Open Hands of God II Corinthians 8:9; Philippians 2:5-11 Human beings cling tightly on what belongs to us, and yet God showed us, through His Son, that there is a better way to walk through life – not with clenched fists, but with open hands of love. I. The Generosity of God God gives and gives ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Opening The Ears Of God

    Contributed by Dale Sanger on Aug 28, 2005
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    Sometimes we feel that God is not listening. How can we be sure He hears us?

    Opening The Ears of God 14. "if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 15. "Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Eye-Opening Faith

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Aug 3, 2010
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    Fear is destructive, so faith should be constructive. When faith is at work, it opens our eyes and enables us to do something about the need we see all around us.

    Passage: Matthew 14:13-21 Intro: I remember when I got glasses in 4th grade. 1. we had a vision test every year at school, and apparently I failed. 2. so off we went to the eye doctor, and I got fitted with glasses. Wow! 3. individual bricks, leaves on trees, pins at the end of the bowling ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Open Your Eyes

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Sep 7, 2010
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    There will come a day when all eyes will be opened, when faith will become sight

    Open Your Eyes Reading: Matthew 20:29-34 Text: Luke 16:19-31 Introduction Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes! Quotation of Leonardo Da Vinci When the Rich Man opened his eyes . . . 1. He saw more than torment. 2. He saw regrets, and lost opportunities With eyes ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Open Heart Intimacy Series

    Contributed by Connail Johnson on Nov 10, 2010
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    The Song, in other words, makes a connection between marital love and sex – a very important and very biblical connection to make. There are some who would eliminate sex when they speak of love, supposing that they are making it more holy. Others, when th

    THE WOMED MAN “OPEN HEART INTIMACY” “HER MANIA” Text: Songs of Solomon 5:1-8 Introduction: “FAITH~vs~SEX” This is a piece of the scriptures that we usually ignore. I believe that most tend to ignore it because it is so hard to figure out what it is doing in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Open Your Eyes

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Apr 2, 2011
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    It’s so easy for us to grovel in our ingratitude, gripe and grumble. It’s so easy to be negative about people and life. When it comes to ingratitude, we all must plead guilty. There is so much good, beauty and kindness all around us, and we see only th

    Mayor Gerardo Balmori The Salvation Army INTRODUCTION: Syria was to the North of Israel and made many military thrusts into Israel. Much like modern Israelis and Palestinians. Israel’s king was able to anticipate these military moves and avoid the battle. Look at what the young man saw. He saw ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Opening The Photo Album Series

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Dec 7, 2011
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    I. JESUS IS REVEALED AS GOD 1:1 II. JESUS IS RECOGNIZED AS GOD 1:7 III. JESUS IS RECEIVED AS GOD 1:12

    Opening the Photo Album Jn 1:1-18 - Photo Albums have changed over the years - Fist it was quick draw artist on the scene Then it was B/W pictures taped too sheets of pictures - Then Binders equipped to take photos between plastic - Today computes do blogs In many ways, technology is making it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Samuel Stone avatar

    Witnessing Of The Opened Mind

    Contributed by Samuel Stone on Nov 15, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,493 views

    An Ascension Sunday sermon

    Luke 24:44-53 44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 46 and he said to them, “Thus ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Christian Cheong avatar

    The Church Of The Open Door Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 23, 2008
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    The church may be limited in strength, but they were obedient and faithful, and the Lord open the door of ministry for them. We need to seize the opportunity and walk through.

    The Lord is the one who opens the door of ministry for the church. • Rev 3:7 “What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.” • When He does that, no power in hell or earth can shut it. • When He closes a door, there is no power that can open it again. • He is the sovereign ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • John McCurry avatar

    Open Our Eyes

    Contributed by John Mccurry on Nov 2, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 14,023 views

    The importance of seeing what God wants us to see

    OPEN MY EYES THAT I MIGHT SEE Eph 1: 15 – 23 Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, Ac 26:18 To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Anne Benefield avatar

    Open Our Eyes

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 3, 2008
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     | 3,557 views

    Jesus never walks by us, and when He stops our faith will grow if we retell the stories of His touch.

    Introduction: Jesus has traveled to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Booths, which was one of the three festivals when faithful Jews would travel to Jerusalem. The other two are Passover and Shavuot (Pentecost). During the Feast of Booths which is seven days between late October and late November, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Just Open Ears

    Contributed by John Mccormack on Sep 15, 2011
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     | 3,008 views

    FOCAL POINT: GOD SPEAKS TO OPEN EARS!

    JUST OPEN EARS 1 SAMUEL 3: 1-10 KEY VERSE: 1 SAMUEL 3: 10 FOCAL POINT: GOD SPEAKS TO OPEN EARS! INTRODUCTION: SAMUEL WAS THE SON OF ELKANAH AND HANNAH WHO WERE BARREN FOR YEARS. GOD TOUCHED HANNAH A SAMUEL WAS BORN. HANNAH DEDICATED HIM TO THE LORD AS A CHILD AND BROUGHT HIM TO ELI A TEMPLE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist