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  • Jose Gomez Sr. avatar

    Disciples Are Juicy(Pastor Jose Gomez Jr.)

    Contributed by Jose Gomez Sr. on Mar 6, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,655 views

    Jesus compared his disciples to juicy grapes attached to a healthy, living vine. How important is it to bear fruit? What happens when we become lazy or self-centered and stop bearing fruit? How dependent are we on being attached to Christ?

    A Tour of John 15:1-17 We Are Planted and Pruned to Produce Juicy Fruit 1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. 3 You have already been pruned for ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Lose Yourself (Pastor Jose Gomez Jr.)

    Contributed by Jose Gomez Sr. on Mar 8, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,607 views

    God wants us to move forward through the pressures of live. Phillipians is a Lesson In Surrender to God.

    Lose Yourself The Scriptures Phillipians 1 19 For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jose Gomez Sr. avatar

    A Life Of Zeal (Pastor Jose Gomez Jr)

    Contributed by Jose Gomez Sr. on Mar 8, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,207 views

    zeal is good. It gives you the boost you need to initiate something.

    119:127 Truly, I love your commands more than gold, even the finest gold. 119:128 Truly, each of your commandments is right. That is why I hate every false way. 119:129 Your decrees are wonderful. No wonder I obey them! 119:130 As your words are taught, they give light; even the simple can ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jason Jones avatar

    So You Call Yourself A Pastor 1 Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 9, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,443 views

    Exposition of Acts 20:17-24. First of a three part series on Paul’s charge to the elders of Ephesus at Miletus. This message is about Paul’s example of how ministry should be done.

    Text: Acts 20:17-24, Title: So Call Yourself a Pastor I, Date/Place: NRBC, 2/8/09, AM A. Opening illustration: Bad preachers on God Stuff—youtube.com 30 second intro, pause it B. Background to passage: Paul is on his way back to Jerusalem to deliver an offering that he has taken up for the famined ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    So You Call Yourself A Pastor 3 Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 16, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,163 views

    Exposition of Acts 20:28-31 about the last two of four charges that Paul gives the Ephesian elders about how to pastor

    D. Opening Ill: tell a story about Fred Osgood, the only person who ever questioned anything I did… B. Background to passage: the setting is Miletus where Paul has decided to stay, not going to Ephesus because there is not enough time on his way to Jerusalem to carry the offering to the church ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    So You Call Yourself A Pastor 4 Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 25, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,988 views

    Exposition of the last part of Paul’s charge to the Ephesian elders

    Text: Acts 20:32-38, Title: So You Call Yourself a Pastor 4, Date/Place: NRBC, 2/22/09, AM A. Opening illustration: Karl Marx, died in 1883 with these last words… “Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.” Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, d.1170 “I am ready to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ken Harris avatar

    "How To Tell If You Have A Good Pastor"

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Apr 13, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,213 views

    The purpose of this sermon is To motivate the hearers to affirm to others that Good Pastors are rare, because they sacrifice life activities for their parishioners by trying to lead like Jesus.

    U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris, Jr. Fort Ord Chapel Seaside, CA 13 April 2008 Big Idea: Good Pastors are rare because they sacrifice life activities for their parishioners, by trying to lead like Jesus. Scriptural References: EAI (Expository; Application; Illustration); Jeremiah 6:16 (CEV) ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Joe Hayes avatar

    Confronting Domestic Violence Pastorally Pt 6 Series

    Contributed by Joe Hayes on Dec 17, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,877 views

    This teaching is taken from my book “Beaten, Battered, Bruised & Blessed” (Christians Recognizing and Responding to Domestic Violence) more information can be found at www.c21c.org My prayer is it will help you in Pastoral ministry.

    This teaching is taken from my book “Beaten, Battered, Bruised & Blessed” (Christians Recognizing and Responding to Domestic Violence) more information can be found at www.c21c.org My prayer is it will help you in Pastoral ministry. Confronting Domestic Violence Pastorally Women who have ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Joe Harding avatar

    Let The Church Be The Church Part Ii: The Pastor

    Contributed by Joe Harding on May 7, 2003
    based on 97 ratings
     | 10,668 views

    FOR THE CHURCH TO BE THE CHURCH, THE CHURCH MUST LET THE PASTOR BE THE PASTOR

    LET THE CHURCH BE THE CHURCH PART II: THE PASTOR EPHESIANS 4: 1—16 MAY 4, 2003 INTRODUCTION: WHAT GOD CAN’T DO A Sunday School teacher was questioning her pupils after a lesson on God’s omnipotence. "Now children," she asked, "is there anything God can’t do?" The Pastors son thrust his hand into ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Together We--24th Pastor's Anniversary

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Mar 7, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 40,034 views

    This sermon emphasizes that the congregation and pastors worked together for 24 years to accomplish God's goals for the church.

    Together We GNLCC 24th Anniversary 3/4/13 Nehemiah 2:11-18 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Today we celebrate having served here as your pastors for the past 24 years. We entitled our sermon “Together We”, because our journey has not been about us as pastors, but about what God has ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    God's Order & Assignment For Pastors (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Eric Hanson on Jul 20, 2012
     | 7,417 views

    This second part of the short 2 part series, looks at the state of the Church in every town and city, and how this current situation works against genuine New Testament order and results in pastoral ministry.

    God’s Order and Assignment for Pastors (Part II) Eric J. Hanson In my previous message, I taught about the nature of the equipping gift of pastor. • First of all we learned that the word pastor means shepherd. • I brought out the important fact that in God’s plan, there ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bruce Ball avatar

    You Asked Me To Be Your New Pastor

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 15, 2011
    based on 34 ratings
     | 15,238 views

    A message from a pastor who has been hired to lead a church to a congregation, establishing the ground rules for their future relationship.

    You had heard that due to my health, I had to temporarily retire from the ministry. You also heard that I was healed and contemplating planting our third church. That is when I received a phone call from the leaders of your church, asking me if I would consider being your new pastor. You said ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Richard Schwedes avatar

    Be A Community Who Cares Biblically, Spiritually And Pastorally Series

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Sep 22, 2012
     | 4,675 views

    A sermon that encourages to have a broad view of Christian care.

    As we think about what it means to be a caring community, it is important to think about how we reflect God in our caring. This means that foundational to all our caring is God. When God is foundational to our caring, we see how much God loves us and cares for us. And second to God being ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Daniel Cruz avatar

    10 People Most Pastors Will Encounter In Ministry

    Contributed by Daniel Cruz on Apr 11, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,118 views

    Leadership will always experience highs and lows knowing your inner circle can make the difference between success and setback

    10 People most Pastors will encounter in thier Ministry Leadership (This is intended to be useful as an outline) If a Pastor is in ministry long enough he will inevitably encounter these relationships in his life: JOHN - this person always listens to your heartbeat and thus knows your heart. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Joel Pankow avatar

    Paul's Final Proclamation To Pastors

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Apr 23, 2021
     | 2,306 views

    Paul gives a farewell sermon to the pastors at Ephesus. We consider the relationship of sheep with shepherd on a Good Shepherd Sunday.

    4.25.21 Acts 20:28 28 “Always keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood. This is part of Paul’s farewell speech to the pastors in Ephesus. He was on his way ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran