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  • Bryan Fink avatar

    Forging The Future Series

    Contributed by Bryan Fink on Feb 18, 2012
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     | 5,673 views

    To introduce the series of where God wants to take the church this year.

    [S] I want to tell you a story that occurred around Christmas around 1980 give or take a year. It was Christmas break in Fort Lupton, Colorado and me and two of my friends had gone duck hunting on the Holton farm which included the North Platte River. A fresh coat of powder snow had fallen ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    God's Expiry Date Series

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Feb 24, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 23,502 views

    This is Part 1 of a series of 3 titled "God's Expiry date"

    I found a bag of garlic hiding in the refrigerator the other day, but I couldn't recall how long they'd been there. And I couldn't find an expiration date. Now, I know garlic can last a long time but not forever! We get used to thinking everything has an expiration or "best by" date, and we have ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dream On Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 26, 2012
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    Dreams happen when we let our imagination run wild, when we choose to think outside the box, when we throw off all of the constraints of the way things are and imagine the way things could be. So what is a dream? A dream is God’s picture, vision or bluepr

    Dream On... Genesis 37:1-11 In our Scripture today, Joseph, one of 12 sons of Jacob had a dream where he would rise up in authority over his brothers and they would bow down to him. He told his brothers about this dream and from that point on, his life and his family’s life was never the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    A Picture Perfect Church

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Feb 29, 2012
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    Christians should love others, and the way we show it is through relationships. We cannot keep God’s love hemmed by the church’s four walls but must let it flow freely to all people.

    Picture Perfect was a 1995 movie about two teenagers from neighboring families who joined their families in hopes of winning a soda company’s grand prize for the perfect family. What they didn’t know was the company CEO had to live with the family for a week before making a decision. The two teens ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Life Without Limits

    Contributed by Brian Gordon on Nov 7, 2011
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    What would our lives look like if we didn't put limitations on what God could do?

    I. Context A. Near the end of the Babylonian Captivity. a. Both Israel and Judah fell into sin. b. God allows them to be overrun by, initially, the Babylonians. c. Jerusalem destroyed, the Temple burned to the ground, most of the Israelites scattered or carried off into captivity. d. God decreed ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Failure Is Not An Option

    Contributed by Camesha Handy on Nov 29, 2011
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     | 17,813 views

    I delivered this message at a graduation service for an anti-gang group known as the Youth Reclamation Committee.

    Failure is Not an Option • Give Acknowledgements • Explain the Theme • Explain the history of the quote • Explain speech • “People fail because they don’t know what they’re supposed to be doing. What their purpose is, why they even exist. “My ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Gathering To Grow Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Nov 30, 2011
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    We must turn around (‘repent’) from the depth of our self-will… and give ourselves…immerse ourselves (‘be baptized’) in the life of Jesus…now risen and ruling and revealing God’s will.

    Gathering to Grow Series: ROOTS Brad Bailey – October 16, 2011 Intro – I want to begin by asking a question: Why are you here? Why are we here together? It’s always good to stop and consider WHY we are doing something… what the purpose is. Because when we loose clarity on ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Spiritual Gifts Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 1, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 26,594 views

    In today's lesson we learn that God has given a variety of spiritual gifts for the purpose of building up the body of Christ.

    Scripture We continue our study in The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians in a series I am calling Challenges Christians Face. One of the challenges that Christians face is the issue of spiritual gifts. Let’s learn about more about that in a message I am calling, “Spiritual ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Is This For Here Or To Go?

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 30, 2012
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    Sermon for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, Year B

    James 1: 17 – 27 / Is This For Here Or To Go? Intro: Have you ever come home from the grocery store and realized that you left something behind? What did you do about what you had left behind? As a kid, did you ever leave your finished homework on the kitchen table and not remember it ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Meaning Of Life

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Aug 15, 2011
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    Exposition of 1 Corinthians 10 regarding we are exhorted to live for the purpose that we were created for. How do you bring glory to an all-sufficient, perfect, infinitely beautiful, infinitely wise, infinitely powerful, overflowing God?

    Text: 1 Cor 10:31, Title: The Meaning of Life, Date/Place: NRBC, 8/14/11, AM A. Opening illustration: Up until 450 years ago, everybody believed that the universe, and the sun, and the planets revolved around the earth. THEN, in 1543, Copernicus told them that the earth wasn’t the center of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Entering The Race Pt.1

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Sep 4, 2011
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     | 3,816 views

    Paul uses the analogy of a runner to describe the Christians spiritual growth. No living-breathing believer has reached their goal of Christlikeness, but like the runner in a race, you must continue to pursue it. To pursue means to begin to dream, to p

    Entering the Race Philippians 3: 12-14 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • James May avatar

    God, Where Are You Taking Me?

    Contributed by James May on Nov 6, 2011
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     | 18,526 views

    Often following the perfect will of God means that we are out of step with the world and even with what's happening in the church. We must learn to follow the voice of the Great Shepherd.

    God, Where Are You Taking Me? By Rev. James May As Jesus walked the shores of the Sea of Galilee, at the beginning of his earthly ministry, his first objective was to find men who would become his disciples. And while it is clear that Jesus already knew exactly which men he would choose; it is ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Desperately Seeking

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Jun 18, 2011
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     | 3,981 views

    We're all looking for something, we just don't always know what we are looking for.

    Desperately Seeking Matthew 13:44-45; Luke 15: 1-7 Community Service in the Park May 29th, 2005 Summer Outreach Have you ever noticed that we are tireless searchers? Jesus points this out to us in our first passage this morning, Matthew 13:44-45. We seem to spend our lives searching for one ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Silence In Our Worship Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 30, 2011
     | 2,669 views

    Both verbal and nonverbal communication between lovers is crucial; in the same way, the Bride and Bridegroom communicate in worship.

    Monday of 18th Week in Course St. Alphonsus Spirit of the Liturgy The miracle of Jesus walking on water is found in all the Gospels except Luke’s. Only Matthew gives the incident in all its fullness, including Peter’s hesitant walk. There is something of a liturgical dialogue in that ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Steve Smith avatar

    Can These Bones Live Series

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Jan 19, 2010
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     | 6,559 views

    There’s encouragement for the church today; breath for those call on God and His Plan for His Church. Many have become a Hospice Center but it doesn’t mean they have to remain in the valley!

    INTRODUCTION - Ezekiel -- a Priest @ 30 who became a Prophet – A man who was “In Touch with God” - He was living in bondage with the Israelites in the land of Babylon. - All throughout Ezekiel, God communicated with him through “Visions.” - Here the Spirit of God came ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist