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  • Scott Spencer avatar

    Inadequacy Encountering Sufficiency Series

    Contributed by Scott Spencer on Jan 31, 2016
     | 4,641 views

    There is an idea in our culture that recognizing our inability or insufficiency is somehow contrary to the principles of success. Self-confidence and high-powered, aggressive personalities seem to be what takes the day.

    A Tour Through Acts ~ part 2 Inadequacy Encountering Sufficiency Acts 2:1-4, 14 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Power Evangelism

    Contributed by Arnold Anoya on Aug 10, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,213 views

    Healing manifestations and miracles will only accompany those who will "GO." God will surely bless our GOING because it is a step of obedience and faith.

    As we search the scriptures for principles relating to effective church planting, we cannot ignore the important part that power evangelism played in the birth and growth of the early church. Throughout the Book of Acts, we see multiple examples of the effectiveness of power encounters and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Encountering The Resurrected Christ Series

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Apr 12, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 9,322 views

    What if... Jesus really did rise from the dead? And what if... we can know Him in the power of His resurrection? When we encounter the resurrected Christ, everything changes.

    ENCOUNTERING THE RESURRECTED CHRIST OPENING TEXT: “Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence… When You did awesome things for which we did not look, You came down, The mountains shook at Your presence. For since the beginning of ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Encounter With God For Change PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 3, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,125 views

    To explore the transformational power of a personal encounter with God, as exemplified by Jacob's wrestling with God in Genesis 32:1-24-32, and to encourage us to wrestle with our faith in order to seek God's blessings and guidance.

    Good morning, church family. As we gather here today, let’s settle our hearts and minds, preparing ourselves to dive into the richness of God's word. Our sermon today will focus on an incredible story from Genesis 32:1-31, where Jacob wrestles with God. We'll explore the desperation of Jacob, his ...read more

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    Encountering God's Purpose Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Sep 20, 2010
    based on 37 ratings
     | 22,410 views

    These verses summarize the Book's strategy, subject, & purpose. The strategy was to use selected works or "signs" of His subject, Jesus, which illustrate Jesus' character, demonstrate His power, & relate Him as the answer to man's great needs.

    JOHN 20: 30-31 ENCOUNTERING GOD'S PURPOSE For many scholars these last two verses of chapter 20 constitute the conclusion of John's Gospel with chapter 21 being John's personal appendix. These verses summarize the Book's strategy, subject, and purpose. The strategy was to use selected works ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Nebuchadnezzar's Testimony Meeting

    Contributed by David Wilson on Sep 16, 2015
     | 6,689 views

    Nebuchadnezzar has a powerful encounter with God and responds with praise! One of the reasons our testimony meetings in churches are so blah is because our people are not encountering God as they should be!

    Nebuchadnezzar’s Testimony Daniel 4 GOD IS IN CHARGE AND HOLDS AUTHORITY OVER ALL! When we speak of the sovereignty of God we should be humbled—remembering that He is in charge and we are not. Speaking of the sovereignty of God can bring great confusion, for if God is really in charge ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Supernatural Encounters

    Contributed by Dillon Burroughs on Mar 9, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 18,225 views

    A biblical discussion of culture’s fascination with the supernatural based on Ephesians 6:12. Original audience was for a medium-sized church congregation.

    Supernatural Encounters Dillon Burroughs Ephesians 6:12 2.5.06 Have you noticed America’s new focus on the supernatural? America’s entertainment choices include… movies such as Underworld, The Sixth Sense, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, television programs like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ghost ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Encountering Jesus

    Contributed by Brian Williams on Dec 18, 2022
     | 1,043 views

    John 1:1-5 sets the stage for the rest of gospel - we get to see the Son of God, the Messiah in every story, every place, every circumstance and with every person. This is what John wants the reader to experience in their own lives, to encounter Jesus, the Son of God, the Messiah.

    John Stott said, “Nothing hinders evangelism more than the widespread loss of confidence in the truth, relevance, and power of the Gospel.” There has been an erosion of convictions in Christian circles concerning: 1. the inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible, 2. the exclusive truth claims of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Encounter With Jesus Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 28, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 7,649 views

    Every encounter with Jesus is potentially a life-changing one, therefore let us (1)seize every opportunity we have to COME to Jesus; and (2) develop a faith that would never be discouraged by the difficult.

    These 2 stories put side-by-side reveals one thing – Jesus cares. He cares enough to do something. One of the most beautiful hymns in our hymnbook is "No One Ever Cared for Me like Jesus." The first stanza goes: I would love to tell you what I think of Jesus Since I found in Him a friend so ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Sacred Encounter

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Dec 23, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,213 views

    In Christ the sacred has taken flesh and broken into the dark reality of this life. The sacred has encountered us.

    “The Sacred Encounter” John 1:1-18 Introduction Ever since returning from a recent pilgrimage to Jerusalem I have been keenly interested in the Crusades. That is, the 500 year period during the middle ages when European Christians took it upon themselves to liberate the Holy Land from Arab ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Faith Encounters Series

    Contributed by Robert Higgins on Dec 11, 2007
     | 4,415 views

    Sometimes our encounters with God aren’t fireworks and burning bushes, but the hearing with faith the story of His love and nature. Joseph’s life was not filled with explosive encounters with God, but instead was marked with the evidence of a sustained e

    Encountering God #16 – Faith Encounters The following is a letter that was sent home by a daughter who was away at college: Dear Mom and Dad: I’m sorry to be so long in writing again, but all my writing paper was lost the night the dormitory was burned down by demonstrators. I’m out of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Savior To Encounter Series

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Dec 24, 2000
    based on 60 ratings
     | 3,490 views

    When a life encounters the savior it can never be the same

    A Savior to Encounter Luke 2:8-20 Introduction I. Different stories of encounters A. Literature 1. Scrooge: Ebaneezer Scrooge had a Christmas Eve encounter with three spirits of Christmas and he was never the same again 2. It’s A Wonderful Life: George Bailey had an encounter with an angel named ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Encounter The Possibilities

    Contributed by Shane Hart on Jan 13, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,233 views

    Life will be phenomenal if we dare to encounter the possibilities of what God has planned next.

    Title: “Encounter the Possibilities” Text: Eccl. 9:4-10 Theme: Going all out Key thought: With God, this could be a phenomonal year if we will dare to encounter the possibilities. Turn with me to Ecclesiastes chapter 9. With God, this year could be phenomenal if we will dare to encounter the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    An Encounter With The King Series

    Contributed by Sterling Franklin on Jun 22, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,481 views

    Isaiah encounters the King of Kings, Jesus, and in this Christophany, we see some amazing things from his commissioning. May we be obedient when He calls!

    New Hope Christian Fellowship Wednesday Night Service Given on February 13, 2008 "An Encounter with the King" Isaiah 6:1-13 Sterling C. Franklin Handout: When God commissions us, these things often follow: (1) An encounter with God (1-4 -> 5) a. We see our own inadequacy (cf. John 15:5) b. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Encounter Jesus

    Contributed by David Nolte on Mar 19, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,763 views

    Deals with what happened to Saul when he encountered Jesus. The same can happen to anyone.

    “Encounter Jesus” 1 Timothy 1:12-17 David P. Nolte The song by The Newsboys rightly said, “My God’s not dead He’s surely alive! He’s living on the inside Roaring like a lion.” But, back in 1884, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, declared that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ