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  • Ed Warfield avatar

    Divine Breakthrough

    Contributed by Ed Warfield on Feb 29, 2008
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     | 32,561 views

    Breakthroughs are not usually obvious and when breakthrough becomes obvious, it has usually been in process quite awhile.

    Divine Breakthrough Intro.: Breakthroughs are not always obvious. It’s often difficult to recognize their point of origin. They are like the “magic eye” pictures that we often see: On the surface it’s just a mass of colored dots. However, when we concentrate and focus on looking beyond the ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    How To Get Your Prayers Answered Series

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on May 2, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,302 views

    Key Verse: John 15:7, “If you abide in me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.”

    How to Get Your Prayers Answered Key Verse: John 15:7, “If you abide in me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.” What are some reasons why we sometimes don’t get our prayers answered? 1. You do not ask, so you do not receive. 2. We sometimes fail ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Totally Focused

    Contributed by Craig Benner on May 29, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,690 views

    If we are going to amount to anything in life, we must be focused on the task before us. Christ must be central in our focus always. Used as a challenge in a graduation service.

    Mt. 14:22-32 When you entered this world, you were wrinkled. bald ?, red, toothless, could barely see, crying, and naked. You have come a long way, baby. Or have you? A graduating senior of high school has spent the following amount of time in various activities: ---breathing for 936 ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Jesus Sat Opposite The Treasury And Saw! Series

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Jun 2, 2013
     | 4,951 views

    During the first week of this month, I feel it is my duty to turn your eyes to God who has rocked you, comforted you and taken care of you thus far.

    Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw! Mark 12:44”for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood." I have seen well educated people argue with vendors over silly things; during my train travel, I watched a middle aged ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    While They Promise Them Liberty.

    Contributed by Anthony Smith on Dec 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,488 views

    There are people and organizations that claim to provide liberty from religion especially from the power of Christianity, for even the mention of Christ, the Bible, prayer, or even the showing of the cross is offensive to them, they all say it’s not polit

    Liberty; Freedom from restraint, in a general sense, and applicable to the body, or to the will or mind. The body is at liberty, when not confined; the will or mind is at liberty, when not checked or controlled. There are people and organizations that claim to provide liberty from religion ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Both Faith And Reason Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 21, 2012
     | 2,968 views

    Both our faith and our reason must inform our study and preaching of Scripture.

    Monday of the 3rd Week of Easter Verbum Domini The breaking in of the Word of God into the closed-in Jewish culture of the first century was heavily resisted by the Jews. In fact, by one estimate, only a small minority of Palestinian Jews turned to Jesus as the Messiah and became members of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Running The Race By Looking At Jesus

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,955 views

    This short talk given at a Communion service during Holy Week asks three questions: What must we reject, how must we run and where must we look?

    The New Testament scholar Raymond Brown wrote this: “Using vivid athletic imagery the author [of Hebrews] tells his readers what they must reject, how they must run and where they must look.” 1: What we must reject: “Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles” ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Relationship Of The Lord To The Righteous

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 26, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,228 views

    The outworking of the good life.

    THE LORD’S RELATIONSHIP TO THE RIGHTEOUS. Psalm 34:15-22. Jesus adopts the general principle, “the measure you give will be the measure you get” (Mark 4:24). This is because, despite all appearances to the contrary, we are still living in a moral universe. Yet God does allow bad things to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "A Day In The Life Of Daniel"

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 9, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,077 views

    "A Day in the Life of Daniel"

    Daniel 6:11-28 "A Day in the Life of Daniel" 1. The Dawn of Devotion - 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Philemon!

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Sep 25, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,049 views

    You sure got to hear this message, so as to gauge the growth of your spiritual life according to His Word!

    We got to grow! Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer! Philemon 1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer, 2 to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house..’ You sure got ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    You Need To Make A Choice

    Contributed by Dr. Phillip Paschal on Jun 30, 2015
    based on 9 ratings
     | 26,580 views

    MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE

    YOU NEED TO MAKE A CHOICE JOSH. 24:14-15 1. INTRODUCTION. LIFE DEMANDS THAT WE MAKE CHOICES. WE CAN CHOOSE TO WORK OR NOT TO WORK. WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE LAZY OR ACTIVE. WE CAN CHOOSE TO MARRY OR REMAIN SINGLE. WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE SWEET OR WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE SOUR. YES, MY BROTHERS AND SISTER, GOD ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Spiritual Numbness Series

    Contributed by Tawanda Mushariwa on Sep 8, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,717 views

    What you see as normal betrays your spiritual condition

    Sermon: Spiritual Numbness 2 Kings 6:29 2 Kings 6:29 King James Version (KJV) 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. Key words in my text: Numbness is the loss of sensation of a part or whole of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    I Love Farming

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Oct 25, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,909 views

    We have a lot of churches and TV Evangelists, Pastors, Preachers today using Gods word like dynamite. Now, Gods word is powerful and shaper than any two edged sword the Bible says but, Jesus says it is a seed. A seed is something that is planted and grows

    I love farming Luke 8:4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sodom- Worth Praying For Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 22, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,519 views

    This is the 3rd Sermon in the Series "Biblical Cities- Sodom".

    Series: Biblical Cities- Sodom [#3] SODOM- WORTH PRAYING FOR? Genesis 10:19 Introduction: We are continuing in our Series about some of the most mentioned Cities in the Bible. Tonight, we are going to continue studying the city that is 4th on the list- Sodom. Sodom is mentioned 48 times in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Second Sign" Healing Of The Nobleman's Son Series

    Contributed by Dr. Rich Denning on Apr 20, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,627 views

    This message is part of a series in the Gospel of John.

    INTRODUCTION: The book of John is structured topically. Chapters 1- 12 primarily focus on the “Seven Signs” and Chapters 13 – 20 focus on the glory of God. Interwoven is the gospel message. Jesus is God in the flesh and the hope for fallen humanity. This he declares through Seven “I AM” statements ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal