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  • Charles Wallis avatar

    How To Get Past Frustration: Experiencing The Power Of The Holy Spirit Series

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on May 7, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,600 views

    The disciples were frustrated because Jesus was leaving, but the Holy Spirit gets us past frustration.

    How to Get Past Frustration: Experiencing the Power of the Holy Spirit I. Introduction a. Have you ever lost your power? Were you frustrated? b. Personal Story: “My car wouldn’t start…I found out the battery connections were dirty…” c. Main Point/Theme: We can get past frustration when we ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    God Can Use You!

    Contributed by David Cook on Jul 3, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,455 views

    God can use you in spite of your past, to minister to others, to impact eternity!

    Illus: When I played Little league baseball, we lost 99% of the games we played in for the first year and a half. The Bad News Bears was a popular movie around that time and people considered our team, the Bad News Realtors. As the second season begin to come to a close our team was beginning to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Let The Facts Speak For Themselves

    Contributed by Don Kesner on Jan 13, 2015
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,818 views

    How will others know I am a Christian? How do I live down my past? If we are what we say we are, the facts will speak for themselves.

    Let the facts speak for themselves¨ (John Chapter 9) A) The entire chapter deals with the story of a blind man who received his sight after Jesus spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva. (It was commonly supposed that sickness was the result of sin. Either by the man, in this case, or by ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    And So Were Some Of You Series

    Contributed by Rick Burdette on Jun 11, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,042 views

    Our Past, Sanctification, The Holy Spirit, Justification

    1 Corinthians 6:1-11 May 19, 2024 Introduction: How broken does something have to be to be really broken? Can something be so broken it’s beyond restoration? Both really important answers depend on what we’re talking about. If you’re talking about the visor in your car being broken...it ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Your Destiny Is Within Reach

    Contributed by Randy Trotter on Feb 6, 2013
     | 13,504 views

    Your destiny is created in the here and now making it within your reach!

    “YOUR DESTINY IS WITHIN REACH” INTRODUCTION: Everything about your relationship with God is about “REACHING YOUR DESTINY!” God had a “DESTINY” planned out for your before you were born! God has a “DESTINY” for this church as well! “YOUR ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Communion What Does It Really Mean?

    Contributed by David Radcliff on Apr 22, 2017
     | 4,484 views

    The words of the Apostle Paul still ring true today. We are continuing to pass on the service of Communion to commemorate the death of Jesus and celebrate the new covenant that he bought for us through His blood. This morning as we prepare our hearts for

    COMMUNION WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN? I Corinthians 11:23,26 The words of the Apostle Paul still ring true today. We are continuing to pass on the service of Communion to commemorate the death of Jesus and celebrate the new covenant that he bought for us through His blood. This morning as we prepare ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Don’t Look Back!

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 18, 2010
    based on 7 ratings
     | 19,491 views

    Why should Christians remember Lot’s wife? Just like Sodom and Gomorrah, before Christ’s return, the world will be saturated with evil. Christians are warned to come out of the world and not be a part of it.

    Opening illustration: If a person sees a house on fire and does everything he can to rescue the occupants, he is heralded as a hero. And that’s the way it should be. Why is it, then, that a Christian who accepts what God says in the Bible about hell and tries to warn people is ridiculed as an ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Does Easter Mean To You?

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Mar 24, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,250 views

    What Easter should mean to all people.

    WHAT DOES EASTER MEAN TO YOU? (1) E mpty tomb Mark16: 1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    It's Time To Let Go Of The Pain

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jan 25, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 26,807 views

    When we come to salvation in Christ we are made new. Yet that doesn’t mean it’s easy to just release all the wreckage of the past. However, if we are going to be successful in moving forward then we’ll need to let go of all that useless, heavy baggage.

    IT’S TIME TO LET GO OF THE PAIN INTRODUCTION: When we come to salvation in Christ we are made new. The slate has been wiped clean; we’re starting over fresh and clean. Yet that doesn’t mean it’s easy to just release all the wreckage of the past. Being reborn doesn’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What Does It Take To Make The Rapture?

    Contributed by James May on Apr 5, 2009
    based on 18 ratings
     | 8,150 views

    What relationship is there to faith and works and the Rapture? This message attempts to answer that question for new converts.

    What Does it Take to Make the Rapture? Can a Born Again, Faithful Christian Miss the Rapture? By Pastor Jim May For some of you tonight who have been living for the Lord for a long time, you may find most of what I have to say tonight to be nothing new. I hope that is true for if it isn’t then ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What Difference Does The Resurrection Make? Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 12, 2021
     | 2,642 views

    Pagans expected nothing to happen after a person dies. Jews expected the faithful to be resurrected at the end of time. And Christians have felt that not only has Christ risen from the grave but His resurrection guarantees His follower's resurrection.

    Happy Resurrection Day to Cross Church! Maybe you grew up thinking miracles happened a long time ago, if at all. Over the course of the next few weeks, we’ll introduce you to both ancient miracles and modern ones. But if you’re looking for a miracle, you need not look any further than the empty ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Anthony Smith avatar

    Does God Really Love Me?

    Contributed by Anthony Smith on Dec 1, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,212 views

    After all weve done to this world and ourselves, why does God still love us? A look beyond John 3:16.

    Why Does God Really Love me? After all weve done to ourselves and this Earth, why does God Love us? Luke 8:21+8:39 ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Why Does Revival Terry #2

    Contributed by Dale Carter Sr. on Jul 7, 2021
     | 1,415 views

    Intro: On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence which formally proclaimed the 13 colonies as independent. The war, however, continued as Britain was not willing to give up its North American colonies.

    Why Does Revival Terry? Series #2 Dale Carter Sr Harvest Fellowship Community Church July 4, 2021 John 8:31-36 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Jeremy Poling avatar

    Why Does Ice Cream Melt

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Jan 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,714 views

    Moving away from Gos is bad

    Why does ice cream melt The law of entropy Acts 2:24 says it. “But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.” I love that language. We tend to think of dying and coming back to life as being impossible. Peter ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    What Difference Does Christmas Make?

    Contributed by Paul Shafit on Jan 26, 2002
    based on 33 ratings
     | 3,672 views

    Christmas is God’s gift to mankind.

    Have you opened your christmas presents yet? Did you get what you were hoping for? In recent years Christmas has become more and more commercial, and for many it’s become no more than a reason for a family dinner or gathering with little or no thought for the reason for the season. What difference ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational