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  • David Dunn avatar

    When All Is Not Well

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 25, 2025
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    Faith clings to God when He seems silent, unfeeling, or contradictory, trusting His unchanging purpose and ultimate provision beyond all present pain.

    Introduction – When Trouble Piles Up Fast Have you ever had one of those days when everything seems to go wrong at once—one problem triggering the next like falling dominoes? I once read a brief accident report from a bricklayer that captures it perfectly. A hurricane left loose bricks on a ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 5, 2024
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    This sermon explores Nehemiah's faith and obedience, encouraging believers to persevere in God's work, trusting in His promises, power, and faithfulness. Key

    Good morning, dear brothers and sisters in Christ. It is a joy to be here with you today, standing on the common ground of our shared faith, united in our love for God, and our desire to know Him more deeply, to serve Him more fully. Today, we are turning our hearts and minds to the book of ...read more

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    Keep Going PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Mar 5, 2024
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     | 1,198 views

    This sermon encourages perseverance in doing good, emphasizing that persistence and positivity will yield divine rewards, even if progress seems slow or insignificant.

    Good morning, beloved family of God. It's such a joy and a blessing to be standing here before you, sharing God's word and His love with each and every one of you. We are, each of us, part of a divine tapestry, woven together by the hand of God, and bound together by the threads of His love and ...read more

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    How To Turn Criticisms Into Motivations

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 12, 2001
    based on 29 ratings
     | 2,649 views

    The Lord teaches us how to use criticisms as motivations for greater godliness, holiness and maturity through the life of Paul

    How To Turn Criticisms In to Motivations (Acts 17:1-9) Illustration:How to Bury a Good Idea It will never work, We’ve never done it that way before. We’re doing fine without it. We can’t afford it. We’re not ready for it. It’s not our responsibility. Bits & Pieces, June 23, 1994, p. 10. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Responding To The Call

    Contributed by Manuel Jr. Ocampo on May 28, 2009
     | 5,272 views

    We are chosen by the Master, sent with a Message and must fulfill the Mission.

    RESPONDING TO THE CALL (The Master, The Message and The Mission) TEXT: MATTHEW 10:1-10 INTRO: We are blessed to be a blessing. This is God’s plan from the beginning. He chose Adam to bless the world but he failed. He chose Abraham to bless the nations but the Jews failed. The reason was, they ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Check List For Spiritual Maturity

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Mar 25, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,285 views

    Take a inventory of your Spiritual Life

    Philip 3:10-21 - Want to know Maturity Measure growth on a chart Keep tabs on bank account Check the garden Watch the clock - What about Sp Maturity? B Starts with Salvation!!! Nothing to do with age B education - Service Test for Sp. Maturity 1. Do I Have Growing Knowledge for the Word ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Faith Like A Mustard Seed

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Oct 2, 2016
     | 9,498 views

    How much faith does it take to do great things for God?

    Intro Jesus had described true discipleship. The Son of Man had nowhere to lay his head. Those who put family first need to put the kingdom first. Wavering or looking back makes one not fit. The cost of following him is everything. We must carry our cross and give up possessions. How could anyone ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    From Glory To The Cross

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Apr 3, 2023
     | 1,031 views

    A sermon for Palm Sunday, Year A

    April 2, 2023 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Matthew 26:14-27:66 From Glory to the Cross Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Jesus’ final week began in glory, but it ended with the cross. The week began on a triumphant ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Wedding - Blue Print For Life Together

    Contributed by Roger Haugen on Sep 12, 2002
    based on 126 ratings
     | 15,234 views

    To begin a marriage with a good set of blue prints is important.

    ____and _____, today you are at a beginning. You begin today as husband and wife. Everything is ready. Optimism abounds, you are eager build upon your relationship and everyone here is cheering you on. It is a time of excitement, a time of awe and wonder, a time of not a little apprehension. ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Church With An Open Door Series

    Contributed by William Morris on Jun 28, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,771 views

    The sixth in a series of seven messages on the seven churches of Asia Minor, specifially the church at Philadelphia

    Sermon By: Dr. Todd Morris Title: The Church of the Open Door Text: Revelation 3:7-13 Date: June 11, 2006 Intro. We are continuing to move through the letters that Jesus wrote to the seven churches in the book of Revelation. So far we have looked at five churches, and this morning we come to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Third Sunday Of Easter- Life Changing Breakfast

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Apr 18, 2022
     | 1,336 views

    Jesus is the cook

    The famous English author G. K. Chesterton’s shortest essay was the following: The London Times asked various writers for essays on the topic “What’s Wrong with the World?” Chesterton replied, Dear Sirs: I am. Sincerely yours, G. K. Chesterton Something was wrong with the disciples. They ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    A Cheerful Heart Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Oct 4, 2012
    based on 28 ratings
     | 32,857 views

    God’s Proverbs instructs us in how God wants us to live. These Proverbs teach us that God has designed us to function better when we are cheerful. Even our physical & emotional health is effected by our spiritual mood.

    A CHEERFUL HEART PROVERBS 15:13, 15; 17:22 In the Bible the heart can be the center or focus of passions; the center of the thought processes and even the spring of conscience. Heart, in fact, is associated with what is now meant by the thinking, the will, and the emotions of personal life. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why We Can Be An Optimist This 2017

    Contributed by Manny Salva Cruz on Jan 9, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,448 views

    You can look pessimistically this New Year or you can look optimistically. We must choose to be optimistic. Our outlook will determine our ultimate destiny.

    WHY I AM AN OPTIMIST THIS 2017 INTRODUCTION: Happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2017. A bright new year is ahead of us. I wonder if you have the same feeling or outlook in this year as I do. Many years ago, former President Reagan in his news conference at the start of the new year declared to ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    A Heart Wide Open Series

    Contributed by Chris Anderson on Mar 11, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,078 views

    Message 7 in an expositional series through Paul's "second" letter to the church in the ancient Greek city of Corinth where he defends his apostleship and corrects serious doctrinal errors within this young church.

    On February 24, 1948, one of the most unusual operations in medical history took place at the Ohio State University Department of Surgery Research. A 30-year-old named Harry Besharra was arrested for armed robbery and during his intake it was observed that something was wrong with him physically. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The God Of Hope

    Contributed by Jeff Taylor on Jul 21, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,300 views

    Hope is God's gift to the believer. The fact is that God Almighty put you on this earth with a specific purpose. You have a divine destiny that no one else on this planet can achieve but you.

    Hope is God's gift to the believer. David writes in Psalms 42:5, "Hope though in God". Say that with me. "Hope thou in God". Jeremiah writes, "For I know the plans I have for you," saith the Lord, "They are plans for good, plans to give you a future and a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal