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  • Dan Cormie avatar

    Following Through

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Mar 1, 2005
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    You have recieved the vision, you’ve started the work, but things are moving very slowly. Can you do it? Will you? What if you quit?

    February 2005 Dakota Community Church Following Through Introduction: Tonight I want to take a look at three questions that we must all answer concerning the call of God, the purposes and promises we have heard and received from Him, and our ability and desire to see it all through to full ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Wayne Lawson avatar

    A Blessing In Disguise

    Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Feb 19, 2024
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    I wonder if a person truly understands what it means when they respond, “I’m blessed.” There are two types of blessings: worldly blessings and spiritual blessings.

    TITLE: A BLESSING IN DISGUISE SCRIPTURE: II CHRONICLES 20:24-30 Oftentimes when we greet one another and ask - ‘how are you’ the response we receive is ‘I’m Blessed.’ Very often we think having a blessed week means that things went well with us, no one got sick in the family - bills were paid ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    It Is Not Yet Over Series

    Contributed by Godday Osoba on Aug 4, 2023
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    Elijah thought it is over for him but never know “it was not yet over”. And the Angel of the Lord said to Elijah move on, jezebel doesn’t have the final say over your life, the future is big. While someone threatening Elijah, the threat

    Hallelujah. For the first time in the history of the Gospel and things of God, one Man challenge 850 prophet of baal and told them, you call the name of your god and I will call upon the name of my God. The competition started. And as Elijah prayed fire fell down from Heaven and killed all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Jeremy Poling avatar

    I Started This Journey In My Right Mind And I Will Finish This Journey

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Mar 21, 2011
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    Don't Quit.

    Rth 1:14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. Rth 1:15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. Rth 1:16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Forgetting What Lies Behind PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 2, 2023
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    Encourage us to let go of our past, strive for a future in Christ, and live in the hope and righteousness that comes from faith in Him.

    Good morning, family! As we gather this fine Sunday morning, we're going to dig into a challenging yet uplifting passage from the book of Philippians. I'm reminded of a quote from Oswald Chambers, "Leave the broken, irreversible past in God’s hands, and step out into the invincible future with ...read more

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  • Joseph Smith avatar

    An End To Childish Ways Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 4, 2003
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    (For Senior Adult Sunday) Children ask for things for themselves, think in limited terms, and believe they can escape responsbility. Mature people think in terms of love.

    “If I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.” And if I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Setting A Good Example (Part Two) Series

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Oct 1, 2018
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    Paul was a good example. Paul said in 1st Cor. 11:1, "Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ." How did Paul set a good example?

    SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE (part two) In life there are good examples and there are bad examples. We need to set a good example for the lost to see and be drawn to and for the church to see and want to follow suit. Recap: Jesus was a good example of humility and service. When he washed the disciples' ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Be Encouraged To Be A Finisher...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 18, 2021
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    It is easier to start something than it is to finish. God desires us to encourage other people to finish the race that set before us. We must invest our time, talent and energy into the ministry of finishing what God has called us to do,

    BE ENCOURAGED TO BE A FINISHER By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Text: Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: My friend I will never doubt that my God that helps us start ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Fatigued? Due Season? Predicament?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 5, 2017
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    Life is not always measured by failures and successes? Often we measure life by how many times we try? Get up and try again.

    FATIGUED---DUE SEASON: PREDICAMENT... DILEMMA... PERSISTENT Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I HAVE A METAL COAT HANGER. I keep bending and bending it. It will break after many times. Robert Wise tells on an experience that he had. Seems a friend called him every Monday ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Crashing Through

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jan 6, 2012
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    A Sabbath day's journey will get us to the upper room.

    Acts 1:12-14 KJV Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. [13] And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Crashing Through

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Aug 4, 2010
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     | 5,159 views

    The importance of going the extra mile.

    Acts 1:12-14 KJV Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. [13] And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    I Did Not Know?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 9, 2018
     | 3,776 views

    I did not know what I was doing, or what I was not doing really matters? Does my presence really matter? Would my absence matter?

    I DID NOT KNOW? WHEN SAW WE? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com LET US START WITH PONDERING THIS PREMISE: CAN YOUR PRESENCE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE? IS THE INVERSE OF THAT TRUE, CAN YOUR ABSENCE MAKE A DIFFERENCE? TEXT: Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    No Mas! No Mas! No More!

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 8, 2018
     | 3,026 views

    Popeye says: ME'S HAD ALL ME'S CAN STAND, ME'S CAN'T STAND NO MORE... 1980 Roberto Duran cries out in his fight: NO MAS! NO MAS!.

    NO MAS, NO MAS… By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Life is not fair… things are never on an even, balanced field. Seems every member would contribute equally. Have you ever heard of the PARETO PRINCIPLE… IT IS CALL THE 80/20 RULE… In Italy 80% of the land is owned by 20% of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Chris Swanson avatar

    When It Seems That God Is Not Doing Anything, What Are We To Do?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jan 28, 2023
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    When we find ourselves in a dry deserted place and time in our walk with the Lord, and things do not seem as if they are getting better, do we just give up?

    When It Seems That God Is Not Doing Anything, What Are We to Do? 1 Kings 19:1-18 This is a story about one of two men that did not die. Enoch walked with God and was taken so that he did not see death and Elijah was taken up to heaven in a whirlwind. In the preceding chapter, Elijah has a contest ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Luther Sexton avatar

    Section (3) Practical Lesson From Pictures Of Pain Series

    Contributed by Luther Sexton on Feb 19, 2019
     | 2,656 views

    Sometimes God is teaching us through suffering.

    VIII. PRACTICAL LESSON FROM PICTURES OF PAIN A. Not Comfortable -- Conformable B. The Battles of Life Are Not Easy. C. We Need Patience D. Times of Travail Can Be Times of Birth E. The Storms are Frightening F. Yield to the Pruning. IX. THE GOD WHO CARES Judges 6:13 -- Gideon -- ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal