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  • James May avatar

    Digging Wells In The Valley Of Baca

    Contributed by James May on Aug 13, 2001
    based on 146 ratings
     | 75,376 views

    Life is a journey through the Valley of Baca (Valley of Tears) on our journey to the safety of the "City of Refuge". If we will learn to dig a well in every adversity, God’s refreshing will come.

    Disclaimer: Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and illustrations are often gleaned from many ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Pit Knows Everything

    Contributed by James Westmoreland on Aug 27, 2005
    based on 46 ratings
     | 9,322 views

    One of the great challenges in life is to deal with opposition and the knowledge that not everyone likes us. There are other experiences that are very hard for us to deal with and one of them is when we experience a sense of abandonment. It is then that t

    Have you ever had the feeling that things were not going your way? That it was going to be a "bad hair" day and not much else was going to go well either? Robert Orben(1) was quoted as saying, "Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that’s not true. Some of ...read more

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    Denomination: Disciples Of Christ

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    How To Have Hope For The Future Series

    Contributed by Jay Robison on Jan 25, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,830 views

    From the Faith Heroes of Heb 11: What Got into Abraham, What Did Abraham go through, and what happened as a result of his faith? Outline at end

    With appreciation, I acknowledge using sermon central as one of many resources for this message. PORTRAITS OF FAITH: ABRAHAM HOW TO HAVE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE November 26, 2006 Jay Robison HEBREWS 11:8-10, 13, 16 This Thursday Thanksgiving is A Celebration of Pilgrims . . At Harvest in 1621 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Marriage & Family

    Contributed by Gary Moore on Jan 25, 2008
     | 9,818 views

    Biblical view of marriage and family.

    An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. The instability of marriage as an institution and the continual increase of dysfunctional ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Patience Series

    Contributed by Charles Cockroft on Jul 30, 2007
    based on 166 ratings
     | 54,332 views

    The reason of failures in Storms is lack of Patience. What does Bible patience mean?

    Standing In the Storm #6 PATIENCE There is a parable in Matt.7 about two houses. One is built on a rock and another was built on sand. This is a great lesson about the way ALL PEOPLE face storms in life. One house stood while the other fell. This is the way people do when faced with all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Prayer And Formal Requests

    Contributed by Steven Boyns on Feb 4, 2006
     | 2,331 views

    For the last few weeks we’ve been sharing with you a series of messages on one of the most crucial practices of every Christian – that of prayer. And we said from the beginning, that the action of prayer ought not be viewed as an option for the Christian

    For the last few weeks we’ve been sharing with you a series of messages on one of the most crucial practices of every Christian – that of prayer. And we said from the beginning, that the action of prayer ought not be viewed as an option for the Christian, but as an obligation. And prayer, as it ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Joy Of Believing

    Contributed by Christopher Young on Mar 29, 2010
     | 4,730 views

    I believe that there are three different type of people in this world, those who see the glass as ½ empty, those that see it as ½ full, and those who wonder why we're not using bottled water. It always amazes me to think about how we all complain about al

    The Joy In Believing Philippians 3 1) Intro: i) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., was a member of the U.S. Supreme Court for 30 years. At one point in his life, Justice Holmes explained his choice of a career by saying: "I might have entered the ministry if certain clergymen I knew had not looked and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The C Word: It's The Road To Success Series

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Dec 5, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,347 views

    Learn four ways to communicate better in your home in this word-by-word study of Ephesians 4:15.

    "The C Word: It’s the Road to Success" Ephesians 4:15 In Operation Desert Storm, our military had one objective on the first night of operations: attack all communications installations and destroy them! Here’s why – if you can dismantle and disable someone’s communication network, you can defeat ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You A Salty Christian

    Contributed by John Macdonald on Nov 30, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,788 views

    A reminder for all of us as to how salty we need to be in the world to be effective witnesses for Jesus Christ.

    Are You a Salty Christian? - Mark 8:38-50 I love salt!! For as long as I can remember, salt has gone on all sorts of food, morning, noon and night. However, a colleague of mine reminded me just the other day that as Christians, we are supposed to be living as temples of the Holy Spirit. With a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Problem With Power Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Aug 21, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,560 views

    When we draw close to Jesus sometimes the aura of His power makes us feel powerful on our own. Luke 9 teaches us lessons on the real source of power and the real cost of discipleship.

    What’s the famous line from American Express? Not Karl Malden saying "Don’t leave home without it" but this: "membership has its privileges." It was supposed to suggest that special things await you and only you if you get this card. The slogan is successful because it appeals to something in us ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Why Not You Since You Are Chosen By God Series

    Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on Jul 20, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,092 views

    As the men and women chosen by God, we stay the tests of turbulent times because we understand Roman 8:31 simply guarantees that when it is our time to return to the fight, Our God Has Us Completely Covered.

    The content of the mentioned Scripture often send us wondering about the permissive will of God. This chapter of the bible reveals that Job was suffering from his illness and apparently as with some issues of life today, his suffering not only damaged his physical body, it changed the way people ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Keeping And Being Kept Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Jul 11, 2012
     | 3,797 views

    How does a pastor confront growing sin in his church?

    Introduction How does a pastor confront growing sin in his church? How does he arrest the sin’s spread and kill the virus? Jude presents a case study of one pastor’s effort. He has revealed the sin – perverting grace into sensuality and denying Christ’s lordship. He has ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    When The Going Is Tough Series

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 21, 2015
     | 6,207 views

    A first-person sermon of Joseph his life story and learnings with his brothers.

    “Getting Into Shape: When the Going Gets Tough” Gen. 45:1-8 & 50:15-26 Oh my dear brothers. As much as I have trusted God throughout these years, I admit I never envisioned such a glorious reunion, let alone being together to bury our father. It’s been so long since we’ve ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Light Of Men Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 30, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,252 views

    Christmas message describing Jesus as the light of the world

    The Light of Men John 1:1-9 December 5, 2010 Introduction Last week we looked the “wonder” of Christmas as we looked at the different responses that Zechariah and Mary had to the messages from God through the angel Gabriel about the babies that were about to come their way. My plan ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    False Teachers

    Contributed by Unknown Bennett T Cortez on Nov 3, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,170 views

    The Scriptures cannot be interpreted correctly without the power of the Holy Spirits.

    Introduction False prophets appeared in Israel during the day of the writing of the prophets spoken of. They were present in the first century church. Peter switched from writing about false prophets of the past to false teachers in the present actually their teaching was the same heresy. 2 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist