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  • Mark Aarssen avatar

    Hope Amid Lifes Struggles Series

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Sep 7, 2016
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     | 14,295 views

    The life of a Christian just like the life of a non-Christian. The difference is that those who put their faith and hope in God have a Savior to lean upon, to guide them and comfort them as they walk through such events.

    Hope amid life’s struggles Psalm 42 As we have watched this summer pass we have seen many difficult events break out across the world. Some were natural disasters while others were of cruel injustice and war perpetrated by our fellow human beings. Against all this we had the backdrop of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Followers Of Jesus Are Wise

    Contributed by Daren Mitchell on Dec 10, 2013
     | 4,981 views

    Jesus teaches that wisdom is about more than just making good decisions. Wisdom is a gift from God. I hope and pray that you will listen and obey these words of Jesus and make any change in your life you need to make in order to Seek Him first.

    "The fear of God is the foundation of Wisdom and the knowledge of God stuff." Proverbs 9:10 Jesus teaches us more about the wisdom of God than anyone else. In John 7 we find a story that helps us understand why His followers must be wise about God stuff. The people are celebrating a festival ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Pentecost

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 30, 2020
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    Why did Jesus tell the apostles to wait until the Holy Spirit fell upon them before carrying out the Great Commission

    Tilney Vicarage 31-05-2020 Introduction The last sixty days before Pentecost must have been incredibly strange to the 12 apostles. In that period one of them Judas ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Come Thirsty

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 31, 2022
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    Have you ever ate food that did not satisfy your hunger or drank a drink that did not satisfy your thirst (John 6:35)? Just as that can happen in our physical bodies it can also happen in our spiritual hunger.

    COME THIRSTY Text: John 7:37 -39 It has been said that there are four kinds of thirst. “… Physiologists . . . use Greek-based words to describe stages of human thirst. For example, the Sahara Desert is dipsogenic, meaning thirst provoking … eudipsia, "ordinary ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Heart Of Worship PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 29, 2024
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     | 813 views

    This sermon challenges us to evaluate the authenticity of our worship and to ensure our faith is reflected in our daily actions.

    What a joy it is to gather together, as the family of God, to ponder the precious truths of His Word. Our hearts are like parched soil, craving the life-giving rain of Scripture. Today, we turn to the book of Amos, a book that may not be as familiar as Psalms or as comforting as the Gospel of John, ...read more

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    Fulfilling Life Against The Ghost Of Weariness

    Contributed by Paul Kallan on Nov 4, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 3,005 views

    Fulfillment of life comes not from the horizon outside, rather it grows within us through our life in partnership with God...

    Matthew 25.1-13 is a parable that compares the christian life to a virgin who waits for the coming of the bridegroom with her lamp lit as well as with plenty of reserve of oil in order to add festivity to the wedding feast. The imageries of the wedding feast, the bridegroom, the reserve of oil or ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Why Do We Give Thanks? Series

    Contributed by Jim Erwin on Dec 12, 2007
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     | 14,276 views

    I thank God to acknowledge His goodness to me.

    Why Do We Give Thanks? Psalm 30:1-12 What is the purpose of thanksgiving? Why do we give thanks? This is the question I want to answer for you today. I want to answer this question and then apply it to our lives spiritually. Here is a definition of thanksgiving. We give thanks to acknowledge ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christians In Costume

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Dec 2, 2008
     | 2,949 views

    Soon you will have an army of children descend on your home dressed in costume and saying Trick or Treat as they try their best to load their bags up with candy. This was not what Halloween was intended to be.

    Christians in Costume Soon you will have an army of children descend on your home dressed in costume and saying Trick or Treat as they try their best to load their bags up with candy. This was not what Halloween was intended to be. But today our society has turned it into a night of fun and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Miles From Home

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 29, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,402 views

    Some times we are miles from home…miles from where God wants us to be, maybe even miles from Jesus.

    Miles From Home Luke 2:41-52 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival. When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual. After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn’t miss ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Blind Man Who Could See

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
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    This was the last time Jesus would come through the city of Jericho before his death on the cross. One day Jesus will pass by where you are for the last time. What you do with Jesus will determine your destiny.

    Intro: This was the last time Jesus would come through the city of Jericho before his death on the cross. One day Jesus will pass by where you are for the last time. What you do with Jesus will determine your destiny. In this story we see the blind man: (1) At the right place; (2) With the right ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Breath Of God Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on May 14, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,208 views

    The parable of the ballon illustrates what life in the Spirit is like, and remindes us why the Church was given the Holy Spirit

    John 20:19-23 “The Breath of God” INTRODUCTION Today is a once in a life time experience. Never before has Pentecost fallen on the same Sunday as Mother’s Day. The possibility of it happening again will not occur for well over one hundred years. The gift of the Holy Spirit came during the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Beatitudes: A Program Of Life Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 30, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,757 views

    Our worship must be an authentic and total gift of self in the spirit of the Beatitudes

    All Saints Day Nov 1 2010 The Spirit of the Liturgy Today is part of what we might call a great cosmic convergence, at least for our nation. Yesterday was both Hallowe’en, and, for Protestants, what they call Reformation Sunday, the anniversary of the great religious revolution that split ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    "What Is Pentecost ?"

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on May 16, 2016
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     | 7,474 views

    Sermon describes Pentecost is a Time to Offer to God, Pentecost is Unity. Pentecost is sounds from Heaven, Pentecost is being Filled, and Pentecost is Hearing.

    What is Pentecost? Acts 2:1-11 • Traditionally been understood as the birth of the Christian church. • The Anointed One promised in the scriptures of the Jews This day would come “I will not leave you comfortless, but I will send the Holy Spirit” • Pentecost, meaning ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Rivers Of Living Water

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 29, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,383 views

    Let’s understand how Christians live like rivers of flowing water.

    Intro How should we live in the world? Are we to live stagnant, isolated lives? Purpose Let’s understand how Christians live like rivers of flowing water. Plan We will examine John 7:37-39 and Jesus’ instructions on being rivers of living waters. John 7:37 If Anyone Thirsts In John 7:37 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Not Without Blood

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 15, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,284 views

    The ratification of the old covenant did not take place without blood. But it took the blood of Christ to bear away our sins, once and forever!

    NOT WITHOUT BLOOD. Hebrews 9:15-28. In continuing to compare and contrast the old covenant and the new, we have seen how the high priest would enter the ‘Holiest of All’ (Hebrews 9:3), alone, once a year (on the Day of Atonement) ‘not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational