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  • Travis Markes avatar

    Stephen: The Princely Prayer Series

    Contributed by Travis Markes on Feb 18, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,313 views

    Series on men and women’s prayers in the Bible made a difference and how prayer truly is a difference maker in our lives. I borrowed the outlines from SermonCentral Pro Contributor Tim Byrd.

    Stephen: The Princely Prayer Acts 7:54-7:60 Over these past few months I have taken scriptures and prayers in the Bible and used them as sermon topics. I have called them prayers that made a difference. Tonight we will look at a man that modeled the Lord he so loved and served. He even modeled ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Paul: The Perplexity Of Prayer Series

    Contributed by Travis Markes on Feb 18, 2008
     | 5,559 views

    Series on men and women’s prayers in the Bible made a difference and how prayer truly is a difference maker in our lives. I borrowed the outlines from SermonCentral Pro Contributor Tim Byrd.

    Paul: The perplexity of prayer 2 Corinthians 12:7-12:10 Many years ago Garth Brooks sang a song called “Unanswered Prayers” and in this song he goes to a home town football game with his wife and they run in to one of his old girlfriends and his past comes back to him and he states in the song ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    5 Principles On Prayer

    Contributed by Larry Bussard on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
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    Principles on prayer from the Lord’s prayer in Matthew

    "I don’t think we’re going to get out of this thing. I’m going to have to go out on faith." It was the voice of Todd Beamer, the passenger -- and Wheaton College graduate -- who said "Let’s roll" as he led the charge against the terrorists who had hijacked United Flight 93, the one, you will ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Conditions To Answered Prayer Series

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 20, 2008
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     | 2,813 views

    Can we have whatever we ask for in prayer? In the gospel of John and in his first letter, 6 times we are told we can have whatever we ask for. Let us look at 6 conditions or 6 factors necessary for our petitions to be granted.

    Introduction: Can we have whatever we ask for in prayer? In the gospel of John and in his first letter, 6 times we are told we can have whatever we ask for. Let us look at 6 conditions or 6 factors necessary for our petitions to be granted: 1. The Glory Factor (John 14:12-13) i. Jesus was going ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Steps To Answered Prayers Series

    Contributed by Vera Hughes on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,749 views

    This sermon will define steps to receive answered prayers from God.

    James 1:22 1. You need to make a decision what you want from God in prayer. You shouldn’t be praying aimlessly. 2. Read scriptures that relate to the the answer you want (Joshua 1:8). You should have a scritpure for what the answer should be. Many are praying amiss because they don’t know God’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Real Lord's Prayer

    Contributed by Michael Karpf on Feb 24, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,831 views

    We see Jesus intimacy and how He prayed for Himself, the disciples and for us before He went to the cross.

    A couple of weeks ago Jim called and asked if I would give the message tonight so he could go on the men’s retreat. I said I would and I need to begin by telling you about a dream I had shortly after. I dreamed I was supposed to be giving the message tonight and I had not done anything at all ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Elijah: Prayer For Priority Series

    Contributed by Travis Markes on Dec 26, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,855 views

    Series on men and women’s prayers in the Bible that made a difference and how prayer truly is the difference maker in our lives. I borrowed the outlines from SermonCentral Pro Contributor Tim Byrd.

    Elijah: Prayer for Priority 1 Kings 18:17-18:39 “We have a skunk in the basement,” shrieked the caller to the police dispatcher. “How can we get it out?” The Police Dispatcher told her to “Take some bread crumbs, and put down a trail from the basement out to the back yard. Then leave the cellar ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hezekiah: Prayer For Protection Series

    Contributed by Travis Markes on Jan 3, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 21,106 views

    Series on men and women’s prayers in the Bible that made a difference and how prayer truly is the difference maker in our lives. I borrowed the outlines from SermonCentral Pro Contributor Tim Byrd.

    Hezekiah: Prayer for Protection 2 Kings 20:1-7 As I have said each week, these are very obscure prayers. Sometimes hidden in the midst of a story or an unusual event in the Bible we find these people of God crying out to Him in prayer and we see through these prayers the mighty power of God. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lighthouses Of Prayer 2008 Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 7, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 9,675 views

    An explanation of lighthouses of prayer and a call to be one.

    Luke 10:1-9 January 6, 2008 The Sending Out of The Seventy-Two: Lighthouses of Prayer I grew up in the evangelical church, and through those years I heard and practiced many different methods of evangelism, or ways to draw the people around you to God through Jesus. Most of those methods ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Prayer: An Attitude Of Gratitude

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,968 views

    The third in a series of four sermons entitled, ‘Prayer as a Second Language’

    This past week, our elementary, middle, and high school students joined with thousands of other Indiana students in taking the ISTEP test. I have not heard a great deal of thankfulness from my two for the test but I sense there has been a great deal of thankfulness for the conclusion of the test. ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Life-Shaking Prayer Series

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 10, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 23,574 views

    God will shake our lives in a good way, when we ask Him for courage and power to do His will.

    Life-Shaking Prayer Acts 4:23-31 Intro: Peter, John, and the other believers gathered together and prayed a prayer that shook the Church. I’ve never experienced a church-quake in response to my prayers. Why do you suppose God did this for the early church? Perhaps it was God’s way of saying, “I ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    How To Ask In Prayer

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 16, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,344 views

    One of the most important activities in which a Christian should engage in is that of prayer.

    How to ASK in Prayer Matthew 7:7 There was a pastor who had a parrot. All the parrot would say was, “Let’s pray, let’s pray.” The pastor tried to teach him to say other things but to no avail. He learned that one of his deacons had a parrot. That parrot would only say, “Let’s kiss. Let’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Virtuous Kingdom: Prayer Series

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,823 views

    Sermon Objective: To encourage and explain the virtue of personal prayer.

    The Virtuous Kingdom: Evidence of the Reign of God in the Human Heart The Virtue of Prayer Mark 11:15-17 Sermon Objective: To encourage and explain the virtue of personal prayer. Series Intro: We are looking at Mark chapter 11 for the next few weeks. We have chosen to look at it from specific ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Jonathan Russell avatar

    The Prayer Before The Cross

    Contributed by Jonathan Russell on Sep 14, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,298 views

    Examining Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane

    The prayer Jesus prayed in the Garden, shortly before his death, reveal to us three characteristics of his life. 1. We notice his SORROW (v. 36-38) A. He was "sorrowful" (v. 37b-38): grived to the point of distress B. He was "very heavy" (v. 37c): full of heaviness C. He was "sore amazed" (Mk. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Becoming A Church Of Prayer

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 21, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,601 views

    The Jerusalem Church in Acts 2 "devoted thesmelves to ptayer." This messages presents to our local congregation how God is calling us to follow in their steps today.

    Becoming a Church of Prayer --Acts 2:42-47 Sam Walter Foss was a New England poet in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His wife was a minister’s daughter, and their Church was College Avenue Methodist Church in Somerville, Massachusetts [SOURCE: ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist