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  • Bishop Johnathan Hester avatar

    How To Overcome The Drama In Your Life

    Contributed by Bishop Johnathan Hester on Aug 4, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 16,908 views

    There are some things and some habits that need to be lay aside if we are going to be able overcome the drama that come into our lives such as a bad attitudes, lying lips, malicious gossiping, disobedience, witchcraft, drugs, adultery, fornicatio

    How to Overcome the Drama in your Life John 16:33 Topic: How to overcome the “drama in your life” There is a hip-hop singer whose name is Mary J. Blige. Mary J. Blige has a hit record that is entitled, “No More Drama.” In this song, “No More Drama”, Mary J. Blige talks about how tired she ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

  • Don Hawks avatar

    Overcoming Obstacles--Principles Of The Jabez Territory Series

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Mar 5, 2002
    based on 72 ratings
     | 25,944 views

    If Jabez was to be blessed indeed, he had to be kept from evil. Some important principles to overcoming the obstacles to expanding the borders of God’s blessings he has prepared for us are also discussed.

    (Based on comments by Bruce Wilkinson at Walk thru Life Conference PPT slides and outline available) Today I continue with part 3 of the challenges of the prayer of Jabez. A man had a problem finding a parking space. He finally parked in a no parking zone and left a note on his windshield that ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Victor Yap avatar

    Every Saint Has A Past And Every Sinner A Future Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jul 29, 2003
    based on 130 ratings
     | 36,656 views

    Jesus: Freind of Sinners, Part 1 of 7

    4. FRIENDS IN LOWLY PLACES (LUKE 5:27-32) On his trip to Hawaii, a hungry Tony Campolo unwittingly made his way at 3:30 in the morning to a seedy part of town for a snack, to be surrounded by eight or nine prostitutes who had just taken the night off. He overheard a prostitute saying to her ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Izak Shipman avatar

    Don't Let The Past Determine Your Future

    Contributed by Izak Shipman on Oct 5, 2002
    based on 164 ratings
     | 22,558 views

    A sermon about the mess of failure, or a life and how God can create something out of nothing. For people who want to start over again.

    Gen 1:26-28. Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27. So God created man in His own ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Past Is Nailed To Calvary. The Future Is Tied To The Risen Christ.

    Contributed by Michael Trigg on Nov 28, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,929 views

    Our hope in the future lies in the greatest advocate in eternity who will not only speak for us but will also claim us as His own

    The past is nailed to Calvary. The future is tied to the risen Christ. Isaiah 2:3 “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD.” Introduction Last time, we visited Isaiah’s first recorded vision, when he uttered God’s condemnation of a rebellious nation. A people who had rejected their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Historian Distorts Past In Pursuit Of Anti-Christian Animus

    Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Oct 19, 2010
     | 2,368 views

    Historian Distorts Past In Pursuit Of Anti-Christian Animus

    In the 4/19/10 edition of USA Today, religious antiquarian Phillip Jenkins, by comparing extremist Islam with assorted atrocities committed in the name of Christianity over the centuries, details from an historical perspective how any religion can be co-opted in the name of violence. Though his ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Victor Yap avatar

    Every Saint Has A Past And Every Sinner A Future Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 26, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,968 views

    Friend of Sinners, Pt. 1

    EVERY SAINT HAS A PAST AND EVERY SINNER A FUTURE (LUKE 5:27-32) On his trip to Hawaii, a hungry Tony Campolo unwittingly made his way at 3:30 in the morning to a seedy part of town for a snack, to be surrounded by eight or nine prostitutes who had just taken the night off. He overheard a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Getting Past Defeats: My Soul Looks Back Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 16, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,121 views

    Montgomery Hills Baptist Church: To live large means dealing with the pain inflicted on us. Some of it comes from our arrogance, some from scapegoating. But God is able to work through that pain toward the accomplishment of His purposes.

    There is at my house a photograph I treasure. In that picture I am about three years old, and my father is holding me in his arms. My father is wearing the cap of a Shell Oil service station attendant. Nothing especially remarkable about that, except for what I hear in my memory whenever I see ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chuck Brooks avatar

    A Past Forgiven, A Life Worth Living, A Future In Heaven!

    Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Nov 27, 2020
     | 3,497 views

    From this brief but powerful text we are going to discover three things the Resurrection of Jesus Christ provides:

    (1 Pet 1:3 NKJV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (1 Pet 1:4 NKJV) to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Lesson 4: The Spirit Sealed Believers In Their Personal Past Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Mar 11, 2018
     | 4,977 views

    The “gift” of the Spirit is to be distinguished from the “gifts” of the Spirit. The latter are special endowments given to men by the Spirit; but the former is the Spirit himself, given by the Father through Christ.

    Book of Ephesians By: Tom Lowe Date: 1/9/17 Lesson 4: The Spirit Sealed Believers in their Personal Past (1:13-14) Ephesians 1:13-14 (NIV) 13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ron Ferguson avatar

    Are We More Wicked Now Than In Times Of The Past? Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 10, 2022
     | 2,282 views

    How wicked is our current world when compared with the past? We will look at the advance of evil in this world to try to answer that question. To help us, we will look at some quotes from an ancient document called "The Epistle of Barnabas". We are in wicked times.

    ARE WE MORE WICKED NOW THAN IN TIMES OF THE PAST? In this address we are going to consider our current world and contemplate the question, “Are we more wicked than in the past?” We will look at a portion from the ancient “Epistle of Barnabas”. This message relates to the last days of the Church ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Chris Swanson avatar

    What Is The Significance In Remembering Past Triumphs Over Enemies?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Dec 14, 2022
     | 950 views

    Through Esther and Mordecai, God had delivered His people once again.

    The Feast of Purim: After the incident with Haman, Mordecai, and Esther, the Jews are delivered, and they triumph over their enemies. In verses 5-16: Haman had announced that on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, anybody could kill the Jews and take their property. Mordecai's ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Starting A New Year PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 30, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,370 views

    Encourages embracing the New Year with hope, courage, and perseverance, guided by God's wisdom to navigate life's seasons and overcome past challenges.

    Greetings, beloved family of God. As we gather here today, let us embrace the promise of a fresh start that the New Year brings. We stand at the threshold of a new beginning, the dawn of a new season, and the commencement of a fresh chapter in the story of our lives. The past year may have been ...read more

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    Overcoming Fear And Enjoying Divine Consolidation

    Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Jan 27, 2014
     | 8,527 views

    Fear will keep a child of God in bondage, and if not dealt with can make him to go against the will of God. Jehoshaphat overcame fear and was able to enjoy the blessings of God to the fullest. We are to learn from his life and overcome all our fears.

    OVERCOMING FEAR AND ENJOYING DIVINE CONSOLIDATION Study Text: 2 Chronicles 20: 1 – 20 INTRODUCTION: - Fear creeps upon us without us realizing, slowly taking over our lives, until eventually it steals them. - It steals our confidence, makes us feel insecure, affects our relationships and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    We Are More Than Conquers……!

    Contributed by Trevor Chuma on Jan 13, 2019
     | 5,226 views

    As the children of Israel were about to enter the promise land, the Lord appeared unto Joshua and said; “No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. Be strong and courageous….” (Joshua 1:5-7).

    In Romans 8:37, Paul coined a new terminology, saying “More than Conquers”, if you studied the 35th verse of Romans 8, you will understand why he expressed his communication with that terminology. It says, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic