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  • Noah Martinez avatar

    Stinking Thinking 1

    Contributed by Noah Martinez on Apr 17, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,756 views

    Becoming aware of debilitating attitudes and finding power through Jesus to correct them.

    Stinking Thinking 1 John 1:10-13 ‘He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Fire From Heaven

    Contributed by Peter Balogun on Nov 16, 2007
    based on 16 ratings
     | 10,027 views

    God is a consuming fire. When His fire falls, He doesnt only destroy. Find out why God sends fire from heaven.

    FIRE FROM HEAVEN Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 1 Kings 18:38 Does God still send fire from heaven? This is the question many people ask. Some wonder whether, fire like ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Why Does Ice Cream Melt

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Jan 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,778 views

    Moving away from Gos is bad

    Why does ice cream melt The law of entropy Acts 2:24 says it. “But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.” I love that language. We tend to think of dying and coming back to life as being impossible. Peter ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Carrying The Aroma Of Christ In The New Year

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 18, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,118 views

    Describes the way we are to impact our community. Expanded outline.

    CARRYING THE AROMA OF CHRIST IN THE NEW YEAR - 2 Corinthians 2:12-17 In verses 12 & 13 of this passage, we find Paul a little down. He’s a little tired. His spirit has been troubled because of having to miss friends and people he cares about. But notice the change in his tone when he gets to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    No Rest For The Wicked

    Contributed by Ed Wood on May 24, 2007
    based on 20 ratings
     | 7,202 views

    How many of you think that Jesus is coming back to earth this week?

    NO REST FOR THE WICKED 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 INTRO: HOW MANY OF YOU THINK THAT JESUS IS COMING BACK TO EARTH THIS WEEK? The Christians in Thessalonica were grateful to God for Paul’s letter, but it did not immediately solve all their problems. In fact, the persecution grew worse and some ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Keep Your Faith Intact

    Contributed by Steven Cannon on May 28, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,378 views

    Keep your faith intact and actually increase, not decrease.

    HOW TO KEEP YOUR FAITH INTACT Every day our faith is attacked. The evil one knows the power of faith and he is constantly attacking us so that we do not experience more power in our lives. Every day we have problems. We experience financial problems, problems at work, in relationships, with our ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Maximum Participation Series

    Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on May 21, 2011
     | 7,620 views

    Ministry that Matters must have maximum participation by the people of faith. Maximum participation that is intentional, interdependent, intergenerational, and inspirational.

    Sunday, September 28, 2008 Head Start Sunday 40th Anniversary of Head Start Program Maximum Participation Nehemiah 3: 1 – 5 God has blessed us to witness a faith community’s commitment to early childhood education. For 40 years Union Baptist Church with dutiful and diligent ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Stephen

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 26, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
     | 10,279 views

    Stephen had rights - he could have walked away from the confrontation with the Jews - but as a Christian he had responsibilities. The challenge is how to balance these

    Acts 7:51-60: Stephen Story: 26 Christians were executed at Nizhizaka Hill in Nagasaki, Japan on 15 February 1597. Amongst them was a young seventeen year old boy, Thomas Kosaki, who was to die for his Christian witness along with his father. He wrote a letter to his mother the evening before ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Thanksgiving Or Complaining - Which Will It Be

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 16, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 12,028 views

    Are you pleasing or displeasing to the Lord? The presence or the absence of thankfulness will manifest it.

    Thanksgiving or complaining - which will it be The person who gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the person that complains can find comfort in nothing. See Numbers 11:1. May I suggest to you that whatever displeases God is sin, and yet how prone we are to grumble, complain, and mummer. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Took Sarah

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Mar 8, 2019
     | 3,792 views

    Life is tough, somehow it never turns out the way the movie pictures it, be wise and smart. The agenda of the enemy is to stop growth, multiplication and progress.

    Took Sarah…… Genesis 20:2”…..Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.” “The enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy” (John 10:10). Life is tough, somehow it never turns out the way the movie pictures it, be wise and smart. The agenda of the enemy is to stop growth, multiplication and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Conservative Christian Environmental Statement

    Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Jun 9, 2013
     | 3,306 views

    A Conservative Christian Environmental Statement

    Over the course of the past several decades, an entire industry has arisen establishing an ideological and philosophical framework addressing the environmental issues facing modern society. Much of this thought stems from the worldview of contemporary liberalism, which often exhibits a mindset ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Understanding Women

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Mar 24, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,367 views

    Can you understand the women in your life?

    My son has always been a pretty sharp lad. At five, we were trading friendly barbs at each other like “Your feet stink” and such. I shot what I thought was a pretty cool one at him and he comes back with “The only thing holding you together is the Lord.” I thought that pretty well grasped the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Life-Changing Lessons: Rejection At Nazareth

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jan 7, 2019
     | 8,971 views

    “When God closes a door, he opens a window, but it's up to you to find it. In the meantime, you can praise Him in the hallway.”

    If you never get a no, then you aren’t taking enough chances. But the same areas of the brain become activated when we experience rejection as when we experience physical pain. This is why rejection hurts so much (neurologically speaking). Patience under disappointment is one of the great ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Perry Greene avatar

    Mutual Prayer

    Contributed by Perry Greene on May 1, 2018
     | 5,507 views

    Praying for one another is a powerful weapon in our arsenal because it brings us into the very presence of the most powerful Being in the universe and HE is able.

    1. Are you ready for his return? A young woman was expecting a date. She was dressed up and waiting patiently. However, by the time he was an hour late she figured she’d been stood up. So, she took off her makeup, put on her pajamas, gathered all the junk food in the house and sat down to watch TV ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    From Bitter And Better I Series

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Apr 21, 2012
     | 6,324 views

    Trouble will make you better if you do not allow it to make you bitter.

    From Bitter And Better Exodus 1:11-14 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal