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  • JEREMIAH MENYONGAI avatar

    You Must Protect Your Axe Head!

    Contributed by Jeremiah Menyongai on Mar 10, 2020
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     | 22,379 views

    The Story Of The Lost Axe-Head Is One Of A Miracle Of Recovery & Restoration. The axe-head speaks of the power, the anointing, the enablement of the Holy Ghost, without which Christian service is ineffective. Protect your axe head.

    YOU MUST PROTECT YOUR AXE HEAD! 1. 2 KINGS 6:1 The company of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us. 2 Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to meet.” And he said, “Go.” 3 Then one of them ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    What The Lord's Love Can Do For You Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Mar 11, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,176 views

    Think about what the Lord's love can do for you. 1. It can give us a relationship with God (vs. 9). 2. It can lead us to rejoice (vs. 9-11). 3. It can lead us to resemble our Savior (vs. 12). 4. It can rescue us from our sin (vs. 13).

    What the Lord's Love Can Do for You The Gospel of John John 15:9-13 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - September 6, 2017 (Revised March 11, 2020) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to John 15. Most of you know that for many weeks we have been studying one night in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Justifying Job – How Not To Respond To Trials And Tribulations

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Mar 19, 2020
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     | 11,226 views

    With the sudden onslaught of the Worldwide pandemic, it seems appropriate to revisit the trials of Job.

    Throughout the centuries, the story of Job has been used to help people in times of sorrow and sickness. Many have interpreted that God was responsible for “allowing" satan to afflict Job, and therefore He “allows” sorrows, suffering, poverty, and sickness to come upon His children. However, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    After The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Decrees- What Do You Have Left?

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Mar 20, 2020
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    The Coronavirus decrees can never take away from us, that which is most important, which is our relationship to God through Jesus Christ.

    After The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Decrees- What do You Have Left? 3/22/2020 1 Samuel 27:1-7 Romans 8:28--39 Sometimes life throws us some real punches. There’s not a soul here today that hasn’t received its share of blows from the orders, edicts, closing and suggestions being given out by ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Jesus Has This!

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 21, 2020
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    This is my first response message to COVID-19. Jesus calming the storm

    Everything was fine, and then it wasn’t. That is the reality in our world today. Everything was fine, and then it wasn’t. Do you remember when you heard about the Coronavirus? Maybe it was the result of a funny meme on Facebook, or an obscure news story about a city in china that you had never ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • K. Heath McDougal-Deans avatar

    Opening Eyes!

    Contributed by K. Heath Mcdougal-Deans on Mar 29, 2020
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     | 12,278 views

    Open your eyes, your 2020 vision is not over! It should be growing. The current pandemic is an opportunity to open our eyes to a new vision, to opportunity, to come together as a world and heal divisiveness. After all, 'We are the world, We are 'Thee' children".

    Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons conducted an experiment at Harvard University more than a decade ago that became infamous in psychology circles. Their book The Invisible Gorilla popularized it. And you may be one of the millions of viewers who made their Selective Attention Test one of ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Hope: The Anchor Of God's Promises Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Apr 6, 2020
     | 12,446 views

    This is the first sermon in a series on hope, which is our anchor in times of trouble. God's promises are the anchor that helps us in the storms of life. God is a promise making and promise keeping God.

    A. The story is told of a time when a storm was raging on the open sea, and a sea captain realized his ship was sinking fast. 1. He called out to his crew, “Does anyone here know how to pray?” 2. One crewman stepped forward, saying, “Aye, Captain, I know how to pray.” 3. “Good,” said the captain, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Fifth And Sixth Commandments

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on Apr 13, 2020
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,660 views

    This is from a series I preached on the 10 Commandments

    Title: The 10 Commandments – 5&6 Scripture: Exodus 20:12-13 Type: Expository Date: 10-20-19 Intro: Comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who died October 5, 2004, at age 82, made a living making fun of himself and the difficulty of getting what we all desire: a little respect, please. Some of his ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Marriage On The Edge Of Eternity Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Apr 14, 2020
     | 3,118 views

    Marriage on the Edge of Eternity Series: Encountering Jesus (through the Gospel of Luke) February 9, 2020 – Brad Bailey

    Marriage on the Edge of Eternity Series: Encountering Jesus (through the Gospel of Luke) February 9, 2020 – Brad Bailey Series #57 / Luke 20:27-40 Intro: When you know the end it puts the present in perspective. I was thinking about this in relationship to the Super Bowl last Sunday. Football is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Breaking The Chains Of Spiritual Captivity

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Jul 12, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 55,759 views

    Throughout history people have longed for freedom from captivity and oppression, people today long to be free from captivity, spiritual bondage, and oppression

    Breaking the chains of Spiritual Captivity By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING: - The greatest illusion mankind faces all the time is that they are free from the oppression of the devil when in actuality Satan has captured their soul, body and spirit. This is a dangerous situation. It is ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    A Hill To Die On Series

    Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Jul 16, 2020
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,321 views

    The Apostle Paul had decided that contending for the true Gospel was the hill he was willing to die on. It consumed him and it fueled his outrage at false teachers that would lead his spiritual children astray.

    Dance Lessons: A Hill to Die On Galatians 2:1-10 Chenoa Baptist Church Pastor Jefferson M. Williams 02-16-2020 Here I Stand In 1521, Martin Luther was summoned to appear before the Diet of Worms. This was a general assembly of the estates of the Holy Roman Empire. Martin’s 95 theses, and his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Christopher Arch avatar

    Choose To Trust God

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on Jul 25, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,093 views

    This is an exposition of Psalm 56:3-4

    Title: “Choose to Trust in God.” Scripture: Psalm 56:3-4 Type: Expository Where: GNBC 7-26-20 Intro: The last several months have given cause to increase the anxiety levels of everyone. Church attacks, in America and around the world are increasing exponentially. The Covid pandemic has seen a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Fr Mund Cargill Thompson avatar

    A Flea Can Bite The Bottom Of The Pope In Rome

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jul 25, 2020
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,331 views

    The Adventure of Christianity and the Call of Little People

    .................................................. The sermon begins with a clip from the film The Hobbit where Gandalf meets Bilbo { for the sake of the sermon text, here is the relevant passage from the book the Hobbit: “Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    A Passion For Purity Series

    Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Jul 30, 2020
     | 3,140 views

    Is it possible that we have concentrated on the outside of people (behavior modification) and we have really missed the point of Jesus’ words, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God?”

    The Jesus Manifesto – A Passion for Purity Matthew 5:8; Psalm 24 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 8-26-18 Your Tree Exploded When we decided to move to Pontiac nearly twenty years ago, Maxine came up with her mother to look for houses. She called and told me that she had found ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Healthy Independence-4

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Aug 19, 2020
     | 2,000 views

    4 of ? The prophet Jeremiah contrasted two major aspects of Independence—Independence from God versus independence from the world. Dependence upon YHWH brings independence from worldly influence. How can I be independent of worldly influence? A Healthy Independence Engages...

    HEALTHY INDEPENDENCE-IV—Jeremiah 17:1-14 Attention: Jn. 15:18-19—Jesus told His disciples:—“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist