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  • Roy Probus avatar

    Finding Your Sweet Spot Series

    Contributed by Roy Probus on Dec 27, 2007
     | 6,986 views

    Our lives without God are common, find a cure for that.

    If you are a sports junkie like I am, then you know what I am holding in my hand. Yes, it is a baseball bat, or softball bat rather. I have played baseball since I was a little boy, probably like most of you we started out playing stick ball or some variation. But as we grew up, our game became ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Religion For Today

    Contributed by James Powell on Dec 25, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,161 views

    Religion for Today

    A Religion for Today’s Living James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: James 1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Help! I'm Not Ready For Christmas

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Dec 3, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,850 views

    Preparing for Christmas; using FACT as an acrostic

    “HELP – I’m Not Prepared for Christmas!” December 3, 2006 “About this time Caesar Augustus, the Roman emperor, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the nation. (This census was taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.) Everyone was required to return to his ancestral home for this ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Are You Searching For Milk And Honey And Finding Nothing But Grass?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 8, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,775 views

    While we search for a land of milk and honey, we often find nothing but green grass. With patience and love and effort green grass can turn into milk. OBSTACLES ARE WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOSE SIGHT OF GOD AND THE GOAL. DRY WELLS WILL PRODUCE EMPTY BUCKETS

    THIS LAND OF MILK AND HONEY LOOKS LIKE GRASS TO ME? THIS IS NOT AN OBSTACLE --- THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com This is a two part lesson. Let us ponder a few points before we start. Is not this a land of milk and honey? NO, TO MY EYES IT LOOKS JUST LIKE A ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    How Shall We Give To The Lord?

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Sep 9, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 17,131 views

    In 1 Chronicles 29:1 David says, the temple will not be for man, but for the Lord God. David then provides an example of how we should give our time, talent and treasure to the Lord.

    HOW SHALL WE GIVE TO THE LORD? 1 CHRONICLES 29:1-20 INTRODUCTION: David’s heart desire was to build a house for the Lord. But because David was a warrior who had shed blood God would not allow him to build the temple. Instead David’s son, Solomon would have that privilege. Although David would not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Be Still And Know That I Am God

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 31, 2003
    based on 149 ratings
     | 56,469 views

    Even though war and destruction are all around us as seen daily on TV the Lord will ultimately be victorious. God is telling us that despite the seeming instabiity of the times all we have to do is be stand quietly and watch how the Almighty displays His

    Be Still and Know That I Am God (Psa 46:8-11) Today, Tom Ridge issued another warning to elevate the terror alert to high alert to put the nation in a state of readiness for another attack by terrorists. We live at time of high alert when anxiety seems to be running at a fever pitch and yet God ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Grounded In Peace Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Aug 10, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 5,032 views

    This idea of peace is not found just once, but several times in Scripture. Peace comes through thanksgiving. Peace comes through knowing our identity in Christ. And peace comes through following our God-given purpose.

    GROUNDED IN PEACE 2 CORINTHIANS 2:12-17 INTRODUCTION... How do I get peace in my life? 1) http://www.innerself.com/Spirituality/inner_peace.htm Prema Baba Swamji says, to find peace by doing several things. Third on the list is to breathe the pain and ’upset of the moment’ symbolically out of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Getting Over; Getting Other; Getting On

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 16, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 2,438 views

    Sharing our faith is our reason for existing as a church. Knowing that and doing it are sometimes far strangers.

    THE WINDOW Bible Teaching Ministry of CEDAR LODGE BAPTIST CHURCH Thomasville, NC a fellowship of faith, family and friendships --------------------------------------------- August 8, 2004 1The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2Until the day ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    The Noble Woman Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 95 ratings
     | 28,724 views

    Final sermon in Proverbs & Parables series. The qualities of the Noble Woman found in Proverbs 31 are applied to the Church as the bride of Christ. The church should have Integrety, Industriousness, be Inclusive and Influential, and be confident in her I

    The Noble Woman Proverbs 31 SCRIPTURE READING: Proverbs 31:10- INTRODUCTION: Today we’re ending our study of Proverbs. In sermons and in our Pueblo Groups we’ve covered topics from finances to child-raising . We’ve seen God’s wisdom for working right, for talking right and for living right. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Let God's Word Work Its Medicine In Your Emotions

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 23, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,113 views

    "All your anxiety, all your care.Bring to the mercy seat, leave it there;Never a burden He cannot bear,Never a friend like Jesus." No matter what happens, you can find joy in the Lord and His word.

    Let God’s Word Work Its Medicine in Your Emotions (Proverbs 4:22,23) Today, so many people are hurting with emotional pain, put-downs, feelings of fear and anger. People who are hurt tend to want to hurt others. What a joy to know that He heals the broken-hearted and sets the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dan Campbell avatar

    Why Do I Have To Be A Disciple?

    Contributed by Dan Campbell on Nov 7, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,762 views

    Two weeks ago I asked the question, why are we here? The answer was Jesus’ call for us to be, first, disciples, and second, to disciple others. Last week I asked you, who have you been hanging out with?

    WHY DO I HAVE TO BE A DISCIPLE? Matthew 28:18-20 Two weeks ago I asked the question, why are we here? The answer was Jesus’ call for us to be, first, disciples, and second, to disciple others. Last week I asked you, who have you been hanging out with? So I went home thinking over what I had ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Path Of Blessing

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 3, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,536 views

    Homecoming Sunday message that looks at the lessons Abraham learned about the blessing of God

    Charles Schultz, in a peanuts comic strip showed a conversation between Lucy and Charlie Brown. Lucy said that life is like a deck chair. Some place it so they can see where they are going; some place it so they can see where they have been; and some place it so they can see where they are at ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Guy Caley avatar

    Deep & Wide

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Jun 26, 2006
    based on 25 ratings
     | 11,924 views

    God’s love for us is so great that it will transform our lives if we can begin to grasp it.

    In the frontier days snake oil salesmen would sell potions guaranteed to cure whatever ailed you, from gout to gangrene and warts to weariness. Unfortunately their claims were a tad overblown, but in the passage we looked at today we get a glimpse of a genuine miracle cure. Paul writing from ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • David Wilson avatar

    Surrender, Submission And Sharing

    Contributed by David Wilson on Aug 20, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,860 views

    It is a reminder that we cannot allow our Christianity to become stagnate, rather, we must always be growing in Christian maturity.

    Surrender, Submission and Sharing 8-19-07 Do you remember the “Rubik’s Cube” that crazy cube made up of rows and rows of colored squares that would rotate in every direction? The idea was to line up the little squares in such a way that all six sides contained only one color. Do you ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Pat Cook avatar

    Can You Spare Some Change? Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Dec 5, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,772 views

    #1 in series. Do we try to change, or do we let Him change us?

    Colossians 1:1-8 – Can You Spare Some Change? Today, we are starting a series on a book of the Bible that often gets neglected. It’s a 4-chapter book in the New Testament called Colossians. The author, Paul, is writing to a group of believers at a town called Colosse, and his words to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist