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  • Prayer Keys - Earnestness Series

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Aug 29, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,497 views

    When we pray fervently, all our heart, soul, mind, and strength is focused on praying as the Spirit leads. We may fool ourselves with the other prayer keys, but not this one.

    Prayer Keys - Earnestness “Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.” James 5:17-18 George Washington and Thomas ...read more

  • Why Update?: Making The Old New Again Series

    Contributed by Michael Fletcher on Aug 31, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,274 views

    Introduction: (Laura) We loved our house even before we moved into it.

    Introduction: (Laura) We loved our house even before we moved into it. The people who owned it before us were friends and they loved and cared for that house – they had great memories and lots of personal history associated with that house. We could see that just by walking in. After we ...read more

  • The King On A Donkey.

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,837 views

    Prophecy concerning Jesus. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Zechariah chapter 9 verses 1-17. Background: (1). The writer. • Zechariah is a very common name in the Bible, • At least twenty-seven Bible characters had it. We know little of the prophet’s biography, apart from a few scant references: • Chapter 1 verse 1 ...read more

  • The Materialism Of Judas

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,706 views

    The Materialism of Judas (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: John chapter 12 verses 1-11. Ill: • Each year since 1970 at Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London; • Thousands of international visitors are asked a question. • They are asked to name which person, past or present, real or fictional • That they hated or ...read more

  • Glory At The Wedding Series

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
     | 4,525 views

    Glory at the Wedding (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: John chapter 2 verses 1-11. In that last verse of this account (verse 11) John tells us the point of this story: • This is Jesus’ first miracle (of the 35 miracles recorded). • Note: the number can vary from 33-40 depending on the commentator. Two things happened ...read more

  • Glory In The Triumphant Entry Series

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,418 views

    Glory in The Triumphant Entry

    Reading: John chapter 12 verses 12-17. Ill: • After going on a diet, a woman was really feeling good about herself; • Especially when she was able to fit into a pair of jeans she had outgrown long ago. • "Look, look!" she shouted while running downstairs to show her husband. ...read more

  • Confession

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Dec 3, 2010
    based on 39 ratings
     | 14,715 views

    God's first choice is to use goodness to lead us to Him, but if we insist, He will use judgment to bring us back to Him in repentance. Link inc. to formatted text, audio/video, PowerPoint.

    Confession Nehemiah 9 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/Confession.html Confession leads to Consecration, and ultimately to Celebration. If you were in Jerusalem at this time in our text you would have seen some very unusual sights, and heard some very unusual sounds. Like people in the streets ...read more

  • The Church With Unhealed Wounds – Thyatira Series

    Contributed by Graham Kettle on Dec 10, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,484 views

    No matter how excellent our ministries are, no matter how diligently we execute them, if we tolerate sin in our midst then Christ's abundent grace must inevitably move to judgment. Not because He desires it, but because His eternal word requires it. Wake

    The Church with Unhealed Wounds – Thyatira Reading Rev 2:18-29 "To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and ...read more

  • The Castle Or The Wall

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Dec 28, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,260 views

    As a church, we have certain options. We can spend our time, energy, and resources building the wall…and forfeit the church. Or we can invest our time, energy, and resources building the church and forfeit the wall. Wall or church …which will it be?

    In Robert Frost's Poem "Mending Wall," the poet says, "Something there is that doesn't love a wall." We can identify with that statement, can't we? We detest walls. Walls divide. Walls hide. Walls even kill. Remember the Berlin Wall that split families, a city, and a country? But don't we ...read more

  • A Vision Of Christ

    Contributed by Kevin Thacker on Jan 3, 2011
     | 5,673 views

    A summary of the vision of Christ that John saw in Revelation 1:9-18

    A VISION OF CHRIST by Kevin Thacker Revelation 1:9-18 Imagine for yourself being placed in a cell alone in a prison that is on an island. Well, that is exactly where John is right now. The Isle of Patmos is a small island just off the coast of Turkey in the Aegean Sea. The Romans have created a ...read more

  • When God Is Silent

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Jul 16, 2012
    based on 14 ratings
     | 42,240 views

    There are times in this Christian journey that it literally seems that God has abandoned you, turned a deaf ear to your cries, and it seems as though the heavens over head have become brass. When God is silent I will trust HIm. I rest on His unchanging GR

    When God is Silent by MELVIN MAUGHMER, JR. Psalms 77:1-77:20 When God is Silent By Pastor District Elder M.L. Maughmer, Jr. Psalm 77:1-20 OPENING:- I love this particular saying that was on a poster and it goes I believe in the sun when it does not shine. I believe in God when He is silent. I ...read more

  • God's Vineyard

    Contributed by Paul Norwood on Jul 30, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,283 views

    Broad exegesis of John 15:1-8 to encourage us to be more evanfelistic.

    “God’s Vineyard” Text: Isaiah 5:1-7 I. Welcome II. Introduction A common depiction of Israel in the Old Testament was as God’s vineyard. For example, notice Psalm 80:8 – You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it. We know how ...read more

  • My Sacrifice Before The Lord

    Contributed by Eric Smith on Aug 4, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 12,242 views

    When you come to church, it is not up to the preacher, the worship leader, the musicians and the singers to get you right with God. Leviticus tells us 4 things the worshiper must do and and 4 things the "priest" does.

    Lev 16:14-19 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. 15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring ...read more

  • The Good Shepherd Does Not Fleece His Flock Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Aug 8, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,608 views

    As Good Shepherd, Jesus seeks our good. He does not act like the predators (Thieves and Robbers) who want to profit off of their followers. He leads us where we need to go.

    1. The Camden, Maine, Herald ran 2 photos on the same page: one was a picture of Camden’s city council and city manager; the other was of a flock of sheep. Enter Murphy’s Law. As fate and humor would have it, the captions were accidentally reversed. So, under the picture of the sheep, ...read more

  • Sheherds, Sheep And The Good Shepherd"

    Contributed by Christopher Martin on Aug 20, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,409 views

    A Sermon for Proper 11, Series B preached 7/22/2012 as a guest speaker at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Estherville, Iowa. Redeemer was in the midst of a pastoral vacancy at the time I preached this sermon.

    I found it rather interesting that out of all the Sundays I could have come to visit your congregation and share a message from God’s Word with you, it had to be this one. In the readings you just heard that were appointed for today, we are given word pictures of sheep and shepherds. I just ...read more