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  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Overcoming

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 11, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
     | 21,457 views

    The apostle Paul gives us more ways to overcome life’s difficulties.

    OVERCOMING II Thess. 3:1-5 INTRO.- ILL.- A university student was seen with a large "K" printed on his T- shirt. When someone asked him what the "K" stood for, he aid, "Confused." "But," the questioner replied, "you don’t spell "confused" with a "K." The student answered, "You don’t know how ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Overcome!

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Oct 10, 2014
    based on 8 ratings
     | 28,848 views

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    Overcome! John 16:29-33 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/Overcome.html "I have overcome the world." = Attaining Victory! Who said it? Jesus. Who won the victory? Jesus. Who then possesses the victory? Jesus. Is He willing to share? Yes! [not the glory, but the victory!] The world is tough. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rodney Rapp avatar

    Overcomers

    Contributed by Rodney Rapp on Aug 23, 2022
     | 2,558 views

    It is Gods desire that all of His children become Overcomers! To live a Victorious Christian Life, but just because we are Christians does not guarantee the absence of problems but does guarantee Victory in Christ!

    Overcomers I John 5:1-5 How to become an overcomer 1) Overcomer is one that believes that Jesus Christ is the son of God. Throughout time there have been many that do not believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God. There was a you tube video the other day where a woman was casting out a demon in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Arthur Potter avatar

    Overcoming

    Contributed by Arthur Potter on Dec 30, 2000
    based on 54 ratings
     | 8,492 views

    Our dependence is on the life of the Son of God, moment by moment, his life is in us then, "this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith."

    1 John 5 John has brought before us, o First, the theme of fellowship of Christ, maintaining fellowship; then o Maintaining truth, o Maintaining righteousness, o Maintaining love, and, now, he concludes with the theme of o Maintaining assurance, or confidence. The relationship between ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Grant Adams avatar

    Overcomers

    Contributed by Grant Adams on Sep 11, 2021
     | 4,288 views

    This world has a lot of obstacles in place to defeat us as Christians. Three thoughts one how to be an overcomer.

    Followers of Jesus have been given different names over the centuries. 1. First, they were described as followers of the way. 2. At Antioch, they were called Christians which means Christ ones. Acts 14:26 3. Perhaps the most common word for those committed to Jesus, is disciple. Disciple means ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Brown avatar

    Looking Forward

    Contributed by Michael Brown on Jun 11, 2024
     | 1,527 views

    I wrote this to be a devotional I share at a local assisted living home where our church goes to do ministry

    Warn them that this devotional has a sad part but the sadness will illustrate the joy of God. We will start this time of study with what should be a simple question. Which one of you has lived your life without experiencing challenging times when you didn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel? ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James May avatar

    Hard Decisions

    Contributed by James May on Sep 19, 2004
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,034 views

    Is it a Hard Decision to kill the idols that separate us from Jesus? It shouldn’t be.

    Hard Decisions by Pastor James May In the book of I Kings we find one of the most familiar incidents of the Bible concerning Ahab, the worst king that Israel ever had, and the Elijah, the prophet of God. Ahab had led Israel into absolute idolatry and the worship of Baal. But God had called ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    This Is A Hard Saying

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 20, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,986 views

    The Word of God can be understood when we let the Holy Spirit speak to us through faith.

    Text: “Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, ‘This is a hard saying; who can understand it?’” (John 6:60). Has anyone ever told you something that was really hard to believe? When we were very young, we usually believed whatever people told us because we didn’t think they ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Hard Waiting

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Nov 1, 2022
     | 2,009 views

    No matter where you are in your life, facing a challenge, depressed, discouraged, feeling like you’re without hope, sick, lacking, or alone, Jesus says today trust me wholeheartedly.

    HARD WAITING! Small church but Big God! God works wonders for those who wait for him! . Isaiah 64:4 “For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him! " First of the Month, early morning service was being conducted in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Alison Bucklin avatar

    Hard Of Hearing

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 9, 2023
     | 1,017 views

    How much of what God wants us to hear have we actually heard? And does it matter how much we hear if we don’t do what we’re told?

    Have any of you visited the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City? That’s what I kept thinking of as I meditated on this parable. Because just as I was leaving Presbytery last Tuesday evening, I ran into Bob Higgs, who is Executive Director of the Atlantic City Mission Council. He was carrying several ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Ronald Fair avatar

    Hard Knocks

    Contributed by Ronald Fair on Apr 20, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 6,354 views

    God has not promised skies always blue Flower strewn pathways all our lives through God has not promised sun without rain. Joy without sorrow, peace without pain But God has promised strength for the day Rest from the labor, light for the way

    Hard Knocks Introduction: Many times I have watched a boy going along the street kicking a tin can. The can would fly through the air, bounce on the pavement, scrape along the curb, and before very long it became a battered object of ill treatment. His battered can reminds me of life. I. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Don Emmitte avatar

    Thinking Is Hard Series

    Contributed by Don Emmitte on May 13, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,833 views

    When thinking of the past and the future, we often lose sight of the present. That robs us of present joy. Never let past failures or future fear rob you of present joy.

    Thinking Is Hard Philippians 3:12-16 2014 Baccalaureate Sermon by Don Emmitte, Grace Restoration Ministries I have been privileged to speak at many baccalaureates through the years. Since I have three sons, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Matthew Wright avatar

    A Hard Walk Series

    Contributed by Matthew Wright on May 27, 2003
    based on 254 ratings
     | 22,687 views

    Abraham and Isaac

    Title: A Hard Walk Text: Genesis 22 Subject: Trust Series: The Walk Series; #3 Introduction: The old man stopped walking. It had been a long day and he was tired. To look into his eyes though, you would have realized that it wasn’t his body that was tired, but his spirit. The place of ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Horace Wimpey avatar

    The Hard Stuff

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Mar 13, 2014
     | 3,790 views

    Jesus tells us that much is required if we are to be true followers.

    The Hard Stuff Luke 14: 25-27 Intro: The Bridger National Wilderness is located in the Teton National Forest in Wyoming. This 428,000 plus wilderness area has everything for hardened outdoors people. Over 600 miles of hiking trails going from lower elevations to higher where you can find glaciers. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Hard Way Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Feb 27, 2020
     | 5,111 views

    Choose love and so choose life!

    The Hard Way (Matthew 7:12-14) Lee Strobel asks us to imagine a daughter and her boyfriend going out for a Coke on a school night. The father says to her, “You must be home before eleven.” It gets to be 10:45 p.m. and the two of them are still having a great time. They don't want the evening ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free