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Leaving The Past Behind

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Jul 28, 2003

based on 31 ratings

| 15,449 views

Getting over it!

29, June 2003 Dakota Community Church Leaving the Past Behind Introduction: Philippians 4:13-14 13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:13-14

Denomination: Mennonite

Zacchaeus: A Sinner In A Sycamore

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Oct 19, 2004

based on 115 ratings

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The biblical account of Zacchaeus is far more than an exciting tale to be told to children in Sunday School. This wonderful story is packed with theological truth concerning sinners, the Savior, and salvation.

ZACCHAEUS—A SINNER IN A SYCAMORE Text: Luke 19:1-10 Intro: I could ask almost any child present today to tell me the story of Zacchaeus and receive a pretty detailed account. Perhaps this story is so popular with children because it involves one of their favorite activities—climbing trees. Or ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Yesterday Ended Last Night

Contributed by Warren Curry on Sep 21, 2004

based on 38 ratings

| 8,874 views

We have to learn to leave the past in the past. Stop trying to make right, the wrong made years ago. We must keep our eyes forward, looking at what lies ahead.

Yesterday Ended Last Night Philippians 3:12ff Introduction: Illustration: Thomas Edison Biographers have written that Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made over nine hundred light bulbs that didn’t work before he finally made one that did. Nine hundred times he went to all the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Palms In The Garden [palm Sunday]

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 4, 2006

based on 357 ratings

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The only palms that really mattered eternally during passion week were Jesus’ palms. A study of all His hands touched and accomplished, and what they were about to do! Link included to formatted text and PowerPoint Template.

Palms in the Garden Matthew 26:36-56 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/PalmsInGarden.html See all our Easter sermons, PowerPoints, and much more at: http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/Special.html ----- Just outside Jerusalem was a little garden…the garden of Gethsemane. Jerusalem has always been a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:36-56

Denomination: Baptist

God's Principles Of Stewardship..

Contributed by Tim Parsons on Jul 7, 2006

based on 7 ratings

| 5,825 views

This sermon Gives insight to God Principles to stewerdship and the Importance of giving to God.

GOD’S PRINCIPLES OF STEWARDSHIP.. Gods Principles of stewardship.. Our Text Luke 6:38 Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:38

Denomination: Church Of God

Sanctity And Service

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 29, 2002

based on 68 ratings

| 4,338 views

Worship ... involves the body, the mind and the will.

SANCTITY AND SERVICE Text: Romans 12:1-2 "When the Titanic went down, a worthy woman took into the lifeboat, not her diamonds, but a bag of oranges. It will be very important, where we are going that we value the right things. Worship often makes us examine our luggage." (Leslie D. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-8

Denomination: United Methodist

Responding By Faith

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 30, 2002

based on 20 ratings

| 4,348 views

This is a farewell sermon that I preahced to my previous congregation.

RESPONDING BY FAITH Text: Genesis 12:1-9 It is truly interesting that the last Sunday before moving day in the South Carolina Methodist Conference corresponds to this text of Genesis 12:1-9 that is a suggested text of the lectionary. It was thirteen years ago that I first entered the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-9

Denomination: United Methodist

Grace Beyond Measure

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Sep 24, 2002

based on 74 ratings

| 7,861 views

When Jesus tells us this parable, He is not talking about "work ethics", He is talking about the grace of God and the Kingdom of God.

GRACE BEYOND MEASURE Text: Matthew 20:1-16 One of the things that shapes our views and values is how things work as far as standards go. One of the standards that we adhere to is what we call the "work ethic". A "work ethic" is anything that promotes quality, effectiveness, character, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Denomination: United Methodist

From An Awful To A God-Full Life

Contributed by David Yarbrough on May 7, 2001

based on 114 ratings

| 3,698 views

Don’t settle just to be in the Lord’s presence reach out for His power.

May 6, 2001 Sand Flat Baptist Church David Yarbrough “From an Awful to a God-full Life” Mark 5:21-34 A lady who had a small house on the seashore of Ireland at the turn of the century was quite wealthy but also quite frugal. The people were surprised, then, when she decided to be among the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:21-34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Willful Sin, Or Service

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Apr 14, 2002

based on 11 ratings

| 3,976 views

This sermon addresses how we cannot sow to the nature of the flesh and expect to reap from the Spirit.

WILLFUL SIN OR SERVICE Text: Romans 6:3-14, 20-23 When I used to be a sales clerk at Spencers (now closed) at Outlet Marketplace adjacent to Carowinds in Fort Mill, S.C. I used to get into disagreements with my fellow employees. Most of them had what I like to call an "inoculation theology" ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:20-23, Romans 6:3-14

Denomination: United Methodist

The Power Of Ambition Series

Contributed by Stephen Schwambach on Jun 18, 2007

based on 4 ratings

| 4,187 views

Ambition is bad, right?...not necessarily.

The Power of Ambition “Uncharted” Week 2 September 19, 2004 Drama: “Make it Happen” You could sum up every over-the-top success seminar you’ve ever attended in a single word: • “AMBITION” We’re not exactly lacking for social icons who EMBODY that word, are we? IMAG 01 – Donald ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

He Wants Your Heart, Not Your Hair

Contributed by Bobby Bulger on Sep 23, 2007

based on 3 ratings

| 3,545 views

A message of devotion to Christ and the opposition of the Devil!

Judges 16:16-21 (16) And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; (17) That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: ...read more

Scripture: Judges 16:16-21

Denomination: Baptist

Are We True Diciples Of Jesus, True Followers? #2

Contributed by William D. Brown on Aug 2, 2008

based on 4 ratings

| 5,508 views

There is a difference between a believer and a follower.

ARE WE TRUE DICIPLES OF JESUS, TRUE FOLLOWERS? MATTHEW 4:18-25 18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus' Midrash: Materialism And God's Provision

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 26, 2009

based on 5 ratings

| 6,425 views

From God’s provision during Israel’s 40 year wilderness wandering experience, the Jews in Moses’ time could learn some valuable lessons, the Jews in Jesus’ time could learn some valuable lessons, and so can Christians of all times.

Jesus’ Midrash: Materialism and God’s Provision (Deuteronomy 8:3-18, Matthew 6:24-34) 1. "In contradistinction to literal interpretation, subsequently called "peshaṭ" (comp. Geiger’s "Wiss. Zeit. Jüd. Theol." v. 244), the term "midrash" designates an exegesis which, going more deeply than ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:3-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Goal Worth Of Effort!

Contributed by Joanna Rose on Jan 2, 2010

based on 4 ratings

| 4,426 views

This sermon speaks to a goal worth our time and effort, a goal we see modeled by the appostle Paul himself. That God would have all there is of... (fill in your name).

Although I don’t always make New Year’s resolutions I do love moments in our lives when pause and evaluate who we are and who we would like to become. It is very easy in the busyness to keep on trekking along without ever stopping to examine where it is that we are headed. There are times when I ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-14

Denomination: Holiness

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