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  • Open Our Eyes

    Contributed by Douglas Bryan on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 50 ratings
     | 5,302 views

    This sermon encourages hearers to allow Jesus, the Great Physician, to heal the blindness of their hearts.

    OPEN OUR EYES Mark 10:46-52 INTRODUCTION: ILL> Hymns & Haws Dentists Hymn - Crown Him with Many Crowns Contractors Hymn - The Church is One Foundation Weather Forecasters Hymn - There Shall be Showers of Blessing Optometrist - Open My Eyes Tailors - Holy, Holy, Holy Bakers - I Need Thee ...read more

  • Open Heart Intimacy Series

    Contributed by Connail Johnson on Nov 10, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,712 views

    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

  • Love Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by John Bright on May 22, 2021
     | 3,235 views

    Working through the Gospel of Luke using consecutive expository preaching.

    “Love Your Enemies” Luke 6:27-36 A sermon for 5/16/21 Pastor John Bright Luke 6 “27 “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. 29 To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other ...read more

  • The Cross Has Enemies Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Dec 27, 2022
     | 1,302 views

    Sergio’s enemy of the priest that turned him away became his inspiration to help others. Even the ones we see as representing Jesus can (at times) be an enemy. And today, our lesson is that The Cross Has Enemies.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT Sergio Gutierrez Benitez was a kid growing up in a tough neighborhood of Mexico City in the 1950s. By age ten he’d already joined a gang, committed petty crimes, and started using drugs—marijuana at first, then harder drugs. Finally, after years ...read more

  • A God That Will Afflict The Enemy

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on May 14, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 16,317 views

    A message focusing in on the lost Ark in the temple of Dagon.

    1 Samuel 5:1-5 KJV And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. [2] When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. [3] And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon ...read more

  • Persecution: The Opening Salvoes

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 25, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,936 views

    Religious opposition to the Gospel!

    PERSECUTION: THE OPENING SALVOES. Acts 4:1-31; Acts 5:12-42. Soon after the early success of Pentecost, the fledgling New Testament church found herself facing persecution. This is not surprising, and quite in keeping with the pattern of the earlier ministry of Jesus. For example, Herod the ...read more

  • Welcomed With Open Arms PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 25, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,346 views

    We are to follow after Christ’s example of love and welcome and receive the blessings that come from doing so.

    Good morning, brothers and sisters! We're here today to delve into a beautiful message from the book of Matthew. We're going to be talking about Jesus' example of love and welcome, our calling to extend that same warm welcome to others, and the blessings that come from doing so. As the great ...read more

  • How To Deal With The Enemy Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 21, 2010
    based on 68 ratings
     | 24,032 views

    Jesus says I have to love my enemies. But there’s a reason they’re my enemies - I don’t like them! So why should I do this?

    OPEN: The military apparently understands the need to make their instructions memorable and so they occasionally resort to humor to explain the basics. For example: Instructions printed on Rocket Launcher tells soldiers to "Aim towards the Enemy." U.S. Marine Corps tells its recruits that when it ...read more

  • Our Terrible Enemy

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jan 10, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,565 views

    Ephesians 6:11-12 teaches us that we battle against a formidable foe.

    Scripture Last week we began a sermon series in Ephesians 6:10-24 that I am calling, “The Whole Armor of God.” Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is usually divided into two major divisions: Ephesians 1-3, which deals primarily with doctrine, and Ephesians 4-6, which deals primarily with duty. But, ...read more

  • The Church Of The Open Door Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 22, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,236 views

    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

  • Destroying Your Enemy

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Nov 8, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,907 views

    Obeying Jesus’ command to love our enemies doesn’t come naturally, however. Often our first response is to retaliate. The best way - the Christ-like way - to destroy an enemy is to make him your friend! To melt an enemy, try the warmth of love.

    Opening illustration: There is a story told of two shopkeepers. Their stores were across the street from each other, and the two had a bitter rivalry. One day an angel came to one of the shopkeepers and said, “The Lord has sent me to tell you that you may have one wish. Whatever you ask for, ...read more

  • Now For The Real Enemy... Series

    Contributed by Simon Bartlett on Nov 30, 2022
     | 1,783 views

    In Revelation 12 the wraps are taken off our greatest enemy the great red dragon, Satan. He is defeated. Not dead yet, but he is definitely defeated. Christ won the victory on the cross. Michael and the angels in heaven fought. And we, God's people, also play a part.

    We’ve come to the last of our talks in our present series on Revelation. Today we’re looking at a passage in Revelation 12. Revelation has 22 chapters, so we’re only half way through the book. Many commentators think that Revelation 12 is one of the key chapters in Revelation. In this chapter, ...read more

  • An Enemy Has Done This

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 25, 2005
    based on 55 ratings
     | 18,728 views

    The parable tells four basic truths: 1. There seems to be injustice in the way the world works. 2. The evil in the world is the work of the evil one. 3. There is a reason God tolerates evil. 4. There is a day of reckoning coming.

    Our country has been devastated in recent days by storms and floods. First it was Hurricane Katrina, and now Hurricane Rita. But they are not the only things we have faced as far as natural disasters in the world. Wildfires started by lightning, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, disease and plague, ...read more

  • Open Hearted Worship Series

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Dec 6, 2006
     | 4,239 views

    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

  • Open Our Eyes

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 3, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,717 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