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  • Job One

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Feb 13, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,818 views

    What is the unique calling, the reason for being, the one defining purpose of the church?

    Job One For the church Ephesians 3:8-11 If the Church of Jesus Christ, the universal Christian Church, not just this church but all churches that are Christian…were to disappear today… would anyone miss it tomorrow? Is there anything about the Christian Church that makes it unique… that makes ...read more

  • Getting Back To The Basics

    Contributed by Don Jaques on Apr 27, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,628 views

    Every member of CTK Church needs to worship daily, minister in a small group, and reach out to others with the love, acceptance, and forgiveness of Jesus.

    OBJECTIVES: 1. Listeners will be inspired to center their lives on the 3 priorities of CTK church. 2. Listeners will evaluate their commitment to the priorities of CTK church. INTRO: Just Tuesday night I received a call from a telemarketer asking if I wanted to give a donation to an ...read more

  • Church Vital Signs

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Oct 19, 2001
    based on 66 ratings
     | 4,496 views

    A deductive exposition of the text that reveals the six vital ministries of the church.

    Purpose: to be the Holy Spirit’s second witness calling God’s people in my care to work for health and vitality in our local congregation. Response: individuals prompted by the Holy Spirit will pray at the altar rail and commit themselves to working for even greater vitality in our church. Visual ...read more

  • What's A Body Good For?

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 21, 2001
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,342 views

    A message concerning how the church can have an impact for Christ in an area.

    What’s a Body Good For? Various Scriptures (May 27, 2001) Introduction We’ve all heard the phrase, “good for nothing.” Some of us have been called that. It is never a compliment, is it? It hurts to be called that, especially by those we care about. Too often the church, the Body of Christ, ...read more

  • I Am Not The Same Series

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Nov 8, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,731 views

    There is an inherent need for church attendance for those who are born again that is often ignored.

    November 9, 2003 Morning Worship Text: Hebrews 10:19-25 Subject: Steadfastness Title: I Am Not the Same How many of you can clearly remember when you first gave your life to Christ? If I asked you what you felt at that moment, there would probably be as many responses as there are people here ...read more

  • The Start Of A New Church Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jul 4, 2003
    based on 60 ratings
     | 32,982 views

    Imagine a cold dark prison. You see a prisoner hunched over writing a letter. He is writing a love letter from his prison cell. This love letter is to a church that he loves dearly. You see this man in prison is the Apostle Paul. He is writing this letter

    Read: Philippians 1:1-2 Imagine a cold dark prison. You see a prisoner there chained to the guards. This prisoner is unassuming in appearance and for the moment is very quiet. He is hunched over and completely absorbed in a letter he is writing. He is writing a love letter from his prison cell. ...read more

  • Worship: How? Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 4, 2003
    based on 113 ratings
     | 28,674 views

    Worship is done in many ways. But it must always have freshness and not mere form; it must be in community and not merely individual; it must have joy and not mere instruction at the bottom line; and it must spill into the streets, not confined to the sa

    In your mind’s eye, take a tour with me. In your imagination, let’s go into some very special rooms. First, we go to a spacious room, dark, slightly musty, with nooks and crannies in which you could hide if you wanted to. And, indeed, in this room, there are a number of people who appear to be ...read more

  • The Church As A Prophet Of God

    Contributed by William Baeta on Jul 5, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,404 views

    “I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘thus says the Lord God.’ As for them, whether they hear or whether they refuse – for they are a rebellious house – yet they will know that a prophet has been among them” Ez. 2:4-5.

    Theme: The Church as a prophet of God Text: Ez. 2:1-5; 2 Cor. 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-6 We have been watching and listening to what has been going on at the National Reconciliation Committee meetings and I believe God is using this forum to speak to us as Ghanaians. As Ghanaians the allegations coming ...read more

  • Taking Ownership With God

    Contributed by Jonathan Goats on Jul 6, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 13,280 views

    We must buy into what God is doing by taking part ownership.

    Acts 9:1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 As he ...read more

  • Taking Ownership With God Part 2

    Contributed by Jonathan Goats on Jul 6, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,278 views

    getting past the things that keep us from taking ownership in what God is doing.

    Acts 6: 6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" Then the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do." 7 And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. 8 Then Saul arose from the ...read more

  • The Church As An Oasis

    Contributed by Antonio Torrence on Jul 6, 2003
    based on 26 ratings
     | 5,218 views

    This sermon is about the church being a place of refreshment, revival, and renewal for the wanderers of life.

    "The Church As An Oasis"-Rev.A.LaMar Torrence Exodus 15:26-27 I. Introduction A. Sister Maya Angelou’s poem “On the Pulse of Morning”: A Rock, A River, A Tree Hosts to species long since departed, Marked the mastodon. The dinosaur, who left dry tokens of their sojourn here on our planet floor, any ...read more

  • What Church, Sunday School, And Vbs Is All About

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jul 12, 2003
    based on 94 ratings
     | 11,755 views

    The purpose of church, Sunday School, and VBS.

    INTRO.- What is church, Sunday School and VBS all about? One thing for sure, it’s the place to learn about God and His Word. ILL.- A Sunday School teacher asked her students, “Do you believe that story about Lot’s wife looking back and turning into a pillar of salt?” One little boy said, “Sure I ...read more

  • Available For Impossible Dreams Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 19, 2003
    based on 76 ratings
     | 7,013 views

    In observance of my 17th anniversary as pastor; to worship is to become available for God’s purposes, which mean being sent to unreceptive and impossible situations. Can we dream impossible dreams about our church’s building, properties, ministries with

    If what you expect to receive and what someone wants to give you are not the same thing, you are doomed to disappointment. If you want a particular thing, but the person you are dealing with is determined that you shall have something else, it is going to be tough. The other day ...read more

  • At The Church Was Like When The Church Was Like When It Was Like It Was Sup

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jul 21, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 5,023 views

    What the Church should be like today

    THE POEM I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do. I had to hurry and get to work. For bills would soon be due. So I knelt and said a hurried prayer, And jumped up off my knees. My Christian duty was now done My soul could rest at ease. All day long I had no time To spread a word ...read more

  • Major Adjustments Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 23, 2003
    based on 120 ratings
     | 16,973 views

    Part 6 of series on Blackaby’s Experiencing God: All are called to make adjustments to be disciples, regardless of personality. We have to give up old habits, change our time use, redirect our finances, to enter this city and change it.

    The old farmer claimed that he could command his mule with nothing more than a few soft words, no whips or prods necessary. She would respond, he claimed, with nothing more than gently spoken commands. So his buddy down at the feed store asked for a demonstration. “Prove to me that your old mule ...read more

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