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  • Dr. Jonathan Vorce avatar

    Presence Driven

    Contributed by Dr. Jonathan Vorce on Dec 12, 2018
     | 8,700 views

    There are four kinds of Churches today. Personality Driven, Program Driven, Purpose Driven and Presence Driven. What kind of Church are we?

    Exodus 33:14 INTRODUCTION: • Share personal stories about the manifested presence of God. • There are four kinds of churches today: 1. Personality Driven 2. Program Driven 3. Purpose Driven 4. Presence Driven • I have found that the most effective for me is to be “Presence Driven”. I’m not ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Spiritual Reboot 2.0 Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Dec 31, 2018
     | 4,255 views

    God gives second chances to people because of His love but those opportunities end when a person completely refuses God!

    We noted a while back how God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt; then God did a “spiritual reboot” in Exodus 13 by telling them of God’s unchanging love and how to respond to that love! After that “spiritual reboot” in Exodus 13, what have we observed about how the Israelites lived for ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Christmas Eve 2018

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jan 2, 2019
     | 2,477 views

    This is not really so much of a sermon as it is a first person accounting of the Incarnation narrative by the Biblical characters involved. It also includes suggested songs.

    Christmas Eve 2018 Start Christmas Instrumental Music video at 6:45 Welcome and Opening Prayer - ________________________ Lighting of the Christ Candle - ________________________ Song We Lift the Light of Hope (F) (Verse 5 only) Reader ___________________ Let’s prepare our hearts to ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    24 Reasons Why I Love To Give

    Contributed by Peter Pilt on Apr 29, 2019
     | 6,808 views

    I brainstormed the reasons why I personally love to give and then used one every Sunday during the Tithes/Offering message.

    Here are the reasons why I love giving into a local church and have done for the last 25 years. 1) To put it simply, I want to be obedient to the Word of God and in 2 Corinthians 9:7 it say that each person gives as he purposes in his heart and I want the purpose of my heart to be obedient. 2) I ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • David Welch avatar

    Prepared For Answered Prayer Series

    Contributed by David Welch on Jun 18, 2018
     | 6,665 views

    Message 4 in our exposition of Nehemiah observing Nehemiah's personal preparation for the time when God would answer his prayers.

    Chico Alliance Church "Prepared for Answered Prayer" REVIEW We have been reading the diary of a devout Jew employed in exile as cupbearer to the Persian King Artexerxes. Even though Nehemiah had probably never seen Jerusalem or knew many people in the city, they were on his heart because they ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Fingerprints Of God Series

    Contributed by Rick Thiessen on Mar 17, 2016
     | 6,352 views

    This week we explore the reasons to believe in a God like the Theistic religions believe in, all powerful, eternal, omnipresent, and personal.

    SE041114 How I Met My Savior 3. Fingerprints for God SLIDE This week, we want to make the case for God. If you talk to the resident agnostic in your life, they will tell you they think the case for God is weak. Or, to put it another way, the case against God is very strong. Open and shut. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Matthew Oliver avatar

    Harvest Thanksgiving, Even In Suffering

    Contributed by Matthew Oliver on Mar 18, 2016
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     | 13,639 views

    A reflection on the appropriateness of thanksgiving and glorifying God, even in the midst of intense personal suffering. Contrasted with the First World expectation of self-actualization.

    Genesis 2:4-25, Ps 126, Matthew 6:25-33 “But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith? 6:31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, —What shall we eat?’ or —What ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Colossians Is One Of The 4 Prison Epistle -- Series

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Mar 30, 2014
     | 5,265 views

    Through Christ all things hold together, are sustained, and united. -- Christ is the personal sustainer and preserver. -- He maintains harmony and order.

    #3~ Col.1: 19-29 ~Colossians Study~ 12-8-13 Colossians is one of the 4 prison epistle -- Ephesians -- Colossians -- Philippians -- and Philemon. -- Colosse was destroyed by an earth quake in ad 60-61, evidently just before, or possible ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    You Who Dwell In The Shelter Of The Most High Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 17, 2013
     | 4,451 views

    The triple temptation of Christ speaks to the triple temptation of every human person, and the triple call of the Church to fast, pray and give alms.

    First Sunday of Lent 2013 Lenten Focus The haunting strains of Psalm 91 fill the Word of God we sing and hear today: they are singing of Jesus Christ, the victor over Satan’s temptations, but they are also singing out in hope of you and me. We are living in a world that bombards us with ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Big Specks And Little Logs

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Mar 3, 2013
     | 5,913 views

    At the very heart of hypocrisy is the abiity to spot a speck in another person's eye while being blind to the log in one's own eye.

    This is an amazing passage of scripture… it is most often quoted by those who do not follow Christ and directed at those who do follow Christ. Hypocrisy is the number one sin Christians are accused of doing. Title: Big Specks and Little Logs (The idea is that we tend to play up the sins of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    Intimate Value Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Aug 6, 2014
     | 6,023 views

    The only thing with lasting value is a personal, intimate relationship with Jesus Christ, and the most important aspect of our lives is fostering that relationship.

    Intimate Value Text: Phil. 3:1-11 Introduction 1. Illustration: "Everything in this world has two aspects - how it looks at the moment, and how it will look in the time to come. The easy way may look inviting at the moment, and the hard way daunting. 

The only way to get our values ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Ralph Andrus avatar

    Cheer In A Cheerless World

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Aug 11, 2014
     | 4,628 views

    The world has joy and happiness directly proportional to circumstances. Real true joy is not dependent on things but rather on the person of Jesus Christ

    BAD NEWS TODAY Vilolence & death around the world Ukraine/ Russia & Crimea Warfare death of innocents MH17 Nigeria Boko Haram size towns & children W. Africa Ebola epidemic out of control Israel/Gaza - Hamas keeps rejecting cease-fire Iraq Isis murder & butchery Hurricanes & tornadoes Flooding & ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    Has God Forgotten Me?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 28, 2014
     | 7,880 views

    A look at the care that God has for us and the important difference between pep-talk self-esteem and God-spoke personal value.

    A LINGERING QUESTION: Has God forgotten me? - What if God forgot about me? Has God forgotten me? Can I be confident that God is paying attention to me? - Reasons that we think that God has forgotten us: a. It’s taking longer than expected for God to answer our prayer. b. Events in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    God Is Love.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 1, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,486 views

    We may not see God in His own Person, but where there is love, there is the evidence that someone has been born of the Spirit of God.

    GOD IS LOVE. 1 John 4:7-21. Every Sunday as I was growing up in Scotland, I would hear the minister of our church repeat these words from the beginning of 1 John 4:7 - “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God.” This is one of the tests of true Christianity. We cannot claim to have ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Lalachan Abraham avatar

    Wholesomeness Through Discipline And Self-Control Series

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on May 25, 2013
    based on 11 ratings
     | 12,123 views

    “A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.” Proverbs 25:28 (NLT)

    In a world of deteriorating morality, we must give special attention to Self-discipline and Self-Control to live a virtuous life. Everything we do in life is a choice, and I think most of us realize that. But what most people don’t seem to realize is that everything we don’t do in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational