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  • D. Dewaine Phillips avatar

    Will He Really Come? Series

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Oct 15, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,299 views

    Is revival the result of the outward things we do such as elaborate programs and new flashy buildings? Or is it the result of the inward man and what is happening inside us spiritually? What must happen before God’s presence will come?

    If you have ever seen the Universal Studios movie “Field of Dreams” then you will more than likely recall that unforgettable scene where Ray Kinsella (played by Kevin Costner) is standing in the middle of a cornfield when he hears a voice say to him, “If you build it, he will come.” Ray then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Being A Light In The World Today

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Jun 19, 2023
     | 2,113 views

    This world has a hard time talking to each other. conversations escalate and being the light in a dark world is tough but possible with the Lord's help

    Being a light in the world today Luke 11:33-36 Good Morning Everyone - it is really Good to see you and we are glad that you are! Prayer- (being a light) The Psalmist tells us; The word of God is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path… the light of God keeps us in a right relationship ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • John Kapteyn avatar

    Is Your Peace A Cover-Up?

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,760 views

    Many people think they have peace but peace can be a coverup of the truth. True peace comes from God.

    Introductory Considerations 1. The situation was not a good one for the people of Israel. Many of them, including the prophet Ezekiel had already been carried off to exile in Babylon. The Babylonians had surrounded the city of Jerusalem and laid seige to it. The people were prisoners in their own ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How Jesus Approached The Proud And The Humble

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 86 ratings
     | 7,512 views

    It is pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began. - C. S. Lewis God pickles the proud and preserves the foolish.

    How Jesus Approached the Proud and the Humble (Luke 7:36-50) The Lord Jesus was the Master of approaching people at the point of their need and their level of receptivity. He knew how to move from a person’s felt need to their perceived need to their human need as a gateway to their spiritual ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sermon On The Mount Lesson 7

    Contributed by Bill Prater on Jan 1, 2001
    based on 111 ratings
     | 8,328 views

    Lesson 7

    "Very solemn and searching is this sixth Beatitude, for it equally condemns most of that which now passes current for genuine religion in Christendom. How many today rest satisfied with a head religion, supposing that all is well if their creed be sound; and how many more have nothing better than ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Cling To Christ's Love

    Contributed by Jason Zahn on Sep 24, 2001
    based on 37 ratings
     | 6,402 views

    There is nothing in all creation that can separate us from God’s love for us in Christ Jesus.

    In medieval times there was a monk who announced to his listeners that he would be preaching the following Sunday evening on the “Love of God.” The following Sunday, as the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Free From The Prison Of Want

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Feb 28, 2002
    based on 84 ratings
     | 8,922 views

    How to be free

    SET FREE FROM THE PRISON OF WANT Psalm 28 "be their shepherd and carry them forever." & 100 "Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Max lacado wrote:" What is it that keeps you from real joy? How would you fill in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Fairweather Fred - "The Denier" Series

    Contributed by Carl Willis on Mar 19, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,442 views

    A look at those closest to Jesus and His love for them in spite of their flaws.

    Today we will be wrapping up our series on friends who fail. We will be taking a second look at Peter and what would probably be described as his greatest failure. While Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, a servant girl came up to him and said, ‘You were with Jesus from Galilee.’ But in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Conversion Of Saul

    Contributed by Al Lowe on Feb 26, 2003
    based on 26 ratings
     | 11,170 views

    The Lord is one of long suffering patience

    Acts 9:1 PROPOSITION: The Lord is one of long suffering patience. OBJECTIVE: To experience the patience of God. The story of the conversion of Saul has been told through the centuries of the Christian church. Luke found this so important, he gives an entire chapter to it. This conversion makes ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lost Identity

    Contributed by Jason Horrocks on May 18, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 27,724 views

    Lost Identity is a sermon expressing the need to allow Christ to control our lives. When we come to Christ our identity is lost forever. We take on the identity of "Christ liveth in me." "For to me to live is Christ." Our desire is to please God and n

    Lost Identity Galatians 2:20, "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me." I cannot tell you the many people that have came to me about losing their identity. Most of us keep our identity in our wallets. Identification is something that we use ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Who Touched Me? 5 Levels To Touch

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 27, 2005
    based on 31 ratings
     | 8,178 views

    We consider five areas we need to submit to the Master’s touch: Spiritual, behavorial, relational, emotional, and physical.

    WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WHO TOUCHED ME? FIVE LEVELS TO BRING TO GOD FOR WHOLENESS! BE MADE WHOLE By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I. LET US LOOK AT THE TRIUNE PART OF LIFE. A. We serve a triune God, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. B. ASK THE QUESTION: WE ARE A ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Steve Smith avatar

    Judge Not? Series

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Oct 8, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,264 views

    How do we as Christians make judgments without being judgmental? Jesus continues to teach his disciples the way of the heart.

    INTRODUCTION 1. ILLUSTRATION: A few years ago, a church in Oklahoma expelled a woman for immorality. When she filed a lawsuit against the church, the story made all the national news media. One of the shows to give the lawsuit coverage was Phil Donahue and on that show, I think the attitude of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry DePoy avatar

    "Eleven Excuse That Will Not Fly!"

    Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Feb 13, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,652 views

    In our witnessing for the Lord, you will hear at least eleven different excuses for not getting saved by those who are still lost in their sin. In the first couple of chapters of the Book of Romans, the apostle Paul refutes every excuse.

    (Rom 2:1 KJV) Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. Title: “Eleven Excuses that will not fly” Introduction: Every child of God has been called upon to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Timm Meyer avatar

    Jesus Calls The Sinner

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Jul 13, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,192 views

    Pentecost 3(A) - Jesus calls the sinner unto eternal life and into kingdom work.

    JESUS CALLS THE SINNER (Outline) June 17, 2007 PENTECOST 3 Matthew 9:9-13 * * * * * * * * * INTRO: Jesus was always, always busy about his father’s business. That is to say – his heavenly Father. Not matter where Jesus would always seek out and save ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Forgiveness

    Contributed by Dean Rhine on Jan 11, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,765 views

    The need of confession

    We all have them, don’t we. Some days are worse than others, and some days are better than others. You know, it’s a lot like that in our spiritual lives as well. Some days we live victorious over sin, and other days, it seems that we yield time after time to temptation. We gather great ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational