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  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Strategy For Defeating Satan’s Attacks

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 4, 2015
    based on 6 ratings
     | 14,451 views

    When your faith is the strongest, you come up under the greatest attack, because the enemy is trying to destroy your destiny. Let us be in a state of readiness; in a stance of resistance toward the devil and ready to give our statement of resolution.

    Opening illustration: The ancient sport of falconry used trained hawks or falcons in the pursuit of wild game. When the "educated predator" was allowed to fly, however, it often rose too high for human eyes to see it. So a hunter often carried a small caged bird called a shrike. By watching the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Your Anchor In Fear.

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Jun 3, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 17,073 views

    How do we overcome fear? How does a believer live in a fearful generation? Types of Fear. Consequence of fear. Causes of fear. Dealing with fear.

    Follow us on: Website: https://cityharvestag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestA... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cityharvestag/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityHarvestAGChurch/featured Introduction: All through the day we have the choice to believe that either God ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Donnie De loney avatar

    What Do I Do About Habitual Sins?

    Contributed by Donnie De Loney on Mar 28, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,189 views

    Habitual Sins that continue to come up in our lives. How do I overcome those things? The sermon points us in the right direction.

    What Do I do about Habitual Sins? Romans 8:1-17 Introduction Subject: What I’m talking about is The Fight with the Flesh. Compliment: How Can We Overcome Sin Tendencies in our life? In Romans 7:14-25 98% of the text describes Paul the Apostles struggle with sin. Instead of depressing us this ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Surrendering When You Don't Have To

    Contributed by John Perry on Oct 2, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 13,633 views

    Too many times we give in & surrender when we ought to keep fighting only to find out as soon as we have given up that we surrendered when we didn't have to.

    Bunbury Sun am 26/09/10 “Surrendering when you don’t have to” Intro: *** British surrender to the Japanese in Singapore. Had a numerically superior force of men & they were better equipped but the Japanese force managed to convince them that there was no hope so they surrendered ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Perry Greene avatar

    From Cheek To Cheek

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jul 9, 2013
     | 3,567 views

    "Turning the other cheek" is a challenge to anyone who follows Jesus. What is it? What is it not?

    1. Love Walks In the early 1990s, gang violence erupted in Boyle Heights, a section of East Los Angeles. 8 gangs were in conflict in the parish around the Dolores Mission Catholic Church. Killings and injuries happened daily. A group of women who met for prayer read together the story of Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    Anyone Who Is Willing

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Aug 24, 2012
     | 2,946 views

    I. EXORDIUM: Have you imagined getting unlimited rewards here on earth? I doubt you'll receive it. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To enumerate the rewards of those who are willing to hear, we must listen to the Spirit, an

    I. EXORDIUM: Have you imagined getting unlimited rewards here on earth? I doubt you'll receive it. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To enumerate the rewards of those who are willing to hear, we must listen to the Spirit, and understand what GOD is saying to us. IV. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Living Above Our Storms: Part 2 - Disaster Readiness: Are We Prepared? Series

    Contributed by Sidney Sumida on Sep 15, 2009
    based on 44 ratings
     | 12,377 views

    Learning key spiritual principles that will protect us against and preserve us in the storms of life.

    LIVING ABOVE OUR STORMS Part 2: Disaster Readiness - Are We Prepared? Introduction/Review Seven Observations About Storms: 1. Storms are happening everywhere all over the earth. All of us experience storms in life. Someone somewhere is experiencing a storm of some sort even ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • S S avatar

    We Are Family

    Contributed by S S on May 16, 2009
     | 4,825 views

    Sermon on Romans 12:9-21 - We are Family

    Romans 12:9-21 We are family Introduction Context: Rom 12:1-2 our lives as living sacrifices (worship), transformed by renewing our minds Key verse = v.9 Sincere love, hate evil, cling to good before this, refer to divine love (5:5; 8:39) here, Christian to fellow-men 1 Cor 13 ILL: No wax The ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • DAN SANTIAGO avatar

    Vigilance Not Overconfidence

    Contributed by Dan Santiago on Oct 17, 2013
     | 8,119 views

    This sermon says that today's believers should learn from past experiences of God's people when resisting with temptation.

    VIGILANCE NOT OVERCONFIDENCE 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 (NIV) This passage says that today's believers should learn from past experiences of God's people and be warned. One of the past experiences of God's people that we need to learn from is in the area of resisting temptation. Paul reminded the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Bulwark Never Failing Series

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Aug 24, 2014
     | 4,798 views

    Today we will examine the petition for our protection against the flesh, the world and the devil.

    The model prayer is broken into two parts; that which is God-ward, and that which is Us-ward. - The God-ward portion is focused on God’s holiness, His kingdom, and His will. - The Us-ward portion can be further subdivided: Daily Bread - Forgiveness - Deliverance We have noted that these deal ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Victor Ramlall avatar

    Provoking And Revoking The Curse Of Sin!

    Contributed by Victor Ramlall on Feb 25, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,483 views

    Sin, whether secret or public endangers not only the individual but those around as well. A person, a family, a community, a nation can fall under the curse of sin with grievous consequences. Abstain from all appearances of evil!

    But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel. Joshua 7:1 Israel hath sinned, and they ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    Keys To Abundant Living Series

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Jan 17, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,901 views

    Their are some keys to living the way God intended. We can learn from God’s Word how we are to have Abundant living while we are serving the Lord here on this earth.

    Keys to abundant living 2 Timothy 1:7 1John 4:4 Introduction- Last week we looked at the Lord’s Prayer We looked at the importance of prayer. We also saw the benefit of prayer and having a relationship with the Lord so intimate that you would be comfortable talking to Him about anything. I asked ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    What Are You Calling Me A Dog?

    Contributed by Joe De Leon on Dec 30, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,112 views

    Many people today are in a place in their lives or doing something that they thought they would never do. This goes to show the aggressive nature behind sin. Shirley the words of Jesus are true when he said thief, comes but to kill steal and destroy.

    What? Am I A Dog? 2 Kings 8:1-13 Shortly after this Hazael found himself alone with King Benadad. He took a towel, dipped it into water, and proceeded to smother the king. Hazael became the king and God’s Word was fulfilled. But I would like for us to consider the response of Hazael ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Lessons In Love

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jul 21, 2012
     | 3,971 views

    Jesus gave us a new command. Are we walking in obedience to it?

    Lessons from Vacation, 2012 July 22, 2012 Job 14:1-5 “Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. Do you fix your eye on such a one? Will you bring him before you for judgment? Who can ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Craig Condon avatar

    Peace, The Church And Society

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Apr 3, 2015
     | 2,905 views

    God will deal with the evil people of this world who do not repent and turn from their evil ways. We as members of the church are not to judge but are to be shepherds of the sheep, seekers of the lost, friends of sinners, the poor and broken-hearted.

    “You have heard it said of old, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, but I say unto you; do not resist the evil person. If he strikes you on the left, turn to him on the right”. Jesus tells us in Matthew 5 verses 38-39 not to contribute to further violence by retribution, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican