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  • Brian La Croix avatar

    Proving Your Love For God

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Sep 21, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 18,933 views

    Message based on loving God, but using a couple other passages to support the idea that obeying God is how we show our love.

    Proving Your Love for God Matthew 22:34-40 & other Scriptures September 21, 2008 Introduction Have you ever said something in school, maybe on the playground, and someone said, “Oh yeah? Prove it!” And so you’ve gotta step and show them that you’re really not afraid to stick your tongue on a ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    "The Refiner's Fire"

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Aug 26, 2007
    based on 49 ratings
     | 46,910 views

    God’s Purpose,God’s Plan,God’s Provision, and Man’s response to purifying us and making us more like Christ.

    “The Refiner’s Fire” August 26, 2007 “He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness…” Malachi 3:3-4 I read recently about a group of women who were ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Drink (And Eat) Responsibly

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 6, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,975 views

    We examine the freedom of our country and the freedomt that we have in Christ. Paul is indicating that freedom also means responsibility. We’ll see how that impacts us.

    Independence Day Drink (and Eat) Responsibly 1 Corinthians 10:14-33 July 5, 2009 As we celebrate Independence Day, I want to talk a little more about freedom. On Memorial weekend, we looked at a passage in 1 Corinthian 10 where Paul recounts the deliverance of Israel from slavery to freedom and ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Living In God's Presence Following God's Guidance

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Mar 8, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,055 views

    There is a promised provided in this proverb. If we take God at HIs word and live in HIs presence, we can take advantage of His promises, and take serious HIs direction.

    Intro: What is the greatest promise in the entire Bible? The greatest promise in all the Bible is the one that we take the most for granted. It is the promise God’s presence. Many read the Bible but not to hear God’s voice. Many pray but not to bathe in God’s presence. Many ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Following The Heart Series

    Contributed by Thomas Donelan on Jun 22, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,823 views

    Ruth goes out into the fields to glean, and winds up in the middle of God’s will by her humility and obedience. We can learn from Ruth’s example.

    Introduction I want to pick up with the though we ended with last time: Lastly, a prayer (paraphrased from Tommy Tenny in the “God Chasers” : Lord, break out of the box we try to put you in and destroy everything in our lives that is not of You. Mess up our schedules, plans, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jason Jones avatar

    Need Hope?

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jul 11, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,116 views

    Exposition of 1 Corinthians 10 regarding hope and strength for trials and temptations.

    Text: 1 Cor 10:13, Title: Need Hope? Date/Place: NRBC, 7/10/11, AM A. Opening illustration: Bill Hybels tells about an interesting experience after a baptism service in their church. He writes: “I bumped into a woman in the stairwell who was crying. I thought this was a little odd, since the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Answers We Need

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Sep 13, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,999 views

    A Message from Psalms 42 speaking to the trials and troubles which we encounter.

    The Answers We Need Psalms 42:1-11 * Two days after the 9/11 attacks on our nation, Anne Graham Lotz was being interviewed by Jane Clayson on the CBS early show and was asked, "I’ve heard people say, those who are religious, those who are not, if God is good, how could God let this happen? To that, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Audacity And Humility (Or Pride And The Perfect Man)

    Contributed by Judith Hand on Oct 15, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 9,263 views

    Comparing the audacity of Job questioning God and James and John’s request to sit on the right and left of the throne to the humility of Christ.

    Scriptures: Job 38: 1-7, 38-41 Hebrews 5:1-10 Mark 10:35-45 Audacity and Humility …. (Or Pride and Perfection) Recently I received an email with the subject line:”Photo of a perfect man.” When I opened it, it said “Image not available.” Well, now that is funny at least to the females in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Philip Cooper avatar

    Samson, God's Stumbling Hero

    Contributed by Philip Cooper on Apr 17, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,182 views

    Samson’s life story reminds us of the consequences of poor choices.

    SAMSON, GOD’S STUMBLING HERO Judges 14:1-20 Introduction: Have you ever felt like a spiritual failure? If so, let me introduce to you others who have shared the same experiences in their lives: Samson, Jacob, Jonah, Martha, Peter, Thomas. Each of these people pictured for us in the Scripture ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus And Funerals

    Contributed by Vincent Oliver on Apr 17, 2007
    based on 54 ratings
     | 46,526 views

    This message is a challenge to reclaim those areas of our lives that we may have given up for dead. Idea taken from a message by Pastor Jessie Bottoms.

    “Jesus and Funerals” Pastor V. P. Oliver Luke 7:14, 15 (11 – 17) “And He came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And He said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And He that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And He delivered him to his mother.” Luke, the writer of our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ray Ellis avatar

    What It Means To Be A Committed Leader

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Sep 10, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,992 views

    There are no insignificant ministries in the church. Every person serving in the church make up a network of volunteers for Jesus.

    What It Means to be a Committed Leader I Corinthians 3:5-6 This past week I received the following “Christian One Liners” in an e-mail. Don’t let your worries get the best of you; remember, Moses started out as a basket case. Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited until you try to sit ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Do You Reject Evil?

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Sep 16, 2006
     | 4,007 views

    Is there really evil in the world? Are we ready to resist evil?

    Some questions are hard to answer. And they should be hard. As a minister I stand before a bride and groom and ask, “Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forth, as long as you both shall live?” Then I ask the groom a similar question. There ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Dave Kinney avatar

    The Invasion Of Islam, Pt. 1

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 15, 2007
    based on 29 ratings
     | 3,408 views

    This study is not an attack on the Muslim people, but we in America have every right to openly and honestly examine any religious teaching, especially one that is growing so fast in America and the world! As of 2006 there are 1.5 billion believers in Isla

    This study is not an attack on the Muslim people, but we in America have every right to openly and honestly examine any religious teaching, especially one that is growing so fast in America and the world! As of 2006 there are 1.5 billion believers in Islam which makes it the 2nd largest next to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Harold Laubach Jr avatar

    You Can't Take It With You Series

    Contributed by Harold Laubach Jr on May 4, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,181 views

    Sermon on the Rich Farmer. Living for God, not for the world's definition of success. Luke 12:16-21

    The Famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy writes in one of his novels about a young man who owns a small farm in Russia. The farm is now his, because his father just died. With his father fresh in the ground at his feet, the young man begins to dream about expanding the farm, growing more crops and ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Maurice McCarthy avatar

    Shake It Up!

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Feb 9, 2015
    based on 6 ratings
     | 35,913 views

    A message about getting out of ruts, of being decanted like wine (emptied from vessel to vessel) The dangers of stagnation, and the upward call of God in Christ.

    Shake it Up De 1:6 "The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain. De 1:7 'Turn and set your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negev and by ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal