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  • Don Schultz avatar

    Hope And Strength In The Midst Of Trouble And Adversity

    Contributed by Don Schultz on Jan 20, 2012
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    Where can I find hope and strength when my life is terrible? God has answers.

    Acts 16:25-34: HOPE AND STRENGTH IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE AND ADVERSITY One of the most common questions asked, when it comes to God and Christianity, is "Why does God allow evil to take place?" Some people call this the number one objection to Christianity - if God is so powerful, and if God is ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Many Faithful Partners Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Apr 6, 2022
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    Philemon- The letter is to this dear brother that Paul considered a partner in the ministry. He said, I hear about your love for all believers in Christ. (Philemon 1:4) Partnership in faith with Paul. Paul always remembered this Colossae leader in his prayers

    Preaching Boldly without Hindrance. When Paul writes this personal letter to his dear friend Philemon, we find him in jail in Rome. Paul was doing a four-and-a-half-year imprisonment “mission journey”. The first two years came in the Caesarea prison after he was arrested in Jerusalem (Acts ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Still I Will Rejoice

    Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Mar 28, 2020
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    We are instructed to rejoice! But is it really possible especially with what's happening in the world today?

    STILL I WILL REJOICE "Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls— 18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Taylor avatar

    Paul’s Perspective On Adversity Series

    Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 6, 2014
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    Philippians - Manual of Joy Paul’s Perspective on Adversity

    Philippians - Manual of Joy Paul’s Perspective on Adversity 1:12-18a David Taylor We are working our way through the letter to the church at Philippi. One of the main themes is that joy is central to our lives when Christ is central in our lives. Joy is not a choice, not an attitude but is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Not An Average Joe

    Contributed by Andrew Rogers on Jul 23, 2008
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    SECRETS OF FRUITFULNESS IN THE LIFE OF JOSEPH

    NOT AN AVERAGE JOE SECRETS OF FRUITFULNESS IN THE LIFE OF JOSEPH Genesis 49:22-49:24 Genesis 49:22-24 (NIV) 22 “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall. 23 With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility. 24 But his bow ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Ephesians Chapter 3 Series

    Contributed by Eric Hanson on Sep 8, 2008
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    Paul here goes into some detail about his own call and his aims with the Ephesians believers. It was clearly his fondest wish that all believers understand who we are in Christ.

    Ephesians Chapter 3 Pastor Eric July 27, 2008 (Read verses, then comments.) (1-3) Paul, building upon the closing thoughts of chapter 2, refers to himself as the prisoner of the Lord Jesus Christ for the sake of the Gentiles. Note that Paul did not refer to himself as the prisoner of the Roman ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Social Implications Of The Resurrection

    Contributed by Robert Diffin on Nov 21, 2009
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    The beginning of the reaction to the Resurrection at the moment of Lazurus being raised from the dead.

    The Social Implications of the Resurrection revised October 10, 2009 John Chapter 11 48 If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation." Jesus had just raised Lazarus from the dead! When some of the Jews who had ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Just When I Need Him Most Series

    Contributed by James Lee on Dec 9, 2016
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    I need to remind myself, from time to time, that He has a reason for everything. Adapted from a series by Pastor Jerry Shirley.

    Just When I Need Him Most Acts 23:10-11 Imagine, with me for a moment that you are sitting in your favorite chair, watching “wheel of Fortune” and suddenly you hear a loud crashing sound as the battering ram knocks your door off its hinges. In the midst of the confusion you hear voices ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Joy Of Slavery

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Mar 29, 2010
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    Real freedom is slavery - slavery to Jesus!

    Intro: Sandy Perceval lived in a 97 room manor, built in 1864. He had lived there more than 30 years, he had been going into the cellar, when needed, to get a cigar from the bunch of cigars that he had found there. He never thought much about it until in 1995 he gave one to a friend. This friend ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sleeping Saints And The Unstoppable Kingdom

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Nov 30, 2023
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    They had imagined the persecution to lessen because of Saul’s conversion, instead it got worse.

    Sleeping Saints and the Unstoppable Kingdom December 3, 2023 Acts 12:1-4 NIV “It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 3 When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Loving Through Suffering

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Apr 3, 2009
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     | 2,970 views

    A sermon that explores how Jesus loves us through suffering....and how through our suffering we may have an opportunity to love.

    Have you ever said if I was God I would…. If I was God there would be no weeds in my garden. If I was God no one bad would get good things. What would you do if you were God? What about if you were in the situation that Jesus faced in the reading from Matthew what would you have done? If you ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Dean Morgan avatar

    He's In The Middle Of It

    Contributed by Dean Morgan on May 9, 2017
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    Just like with Shammah the Lord is in the middle of every battle we face. He is there to help bring about a “great victory” even for us.

    In the text before us, Shammah is in the middle of a field filled with lentils. Lentils are peas, so he was in the midst of a pea patch. The people of God had labored for many months to plant their ground with lentils. They sowed the seed, they cultivated the little shoots when they broke ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Chaplaincy As A Ministry

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jun 13, 2025
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    Chaplaincy is a sacred calling to serve where many others cannot go.

    CHAPLAINCY AS A MINISTRY By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Matthew 25:35-40 Supporting Texts: Luke 10:30-37, Hebrews 13:3, Isaiah 61:1-3, 2 Corinthians 5:18-20, James 1:27 INTRODUCTION: Chaplaincy is a unique and powerful form of ministry that takes the Gospel beyond the four walls of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    Really Live! Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jan 27, 2016
     | 6,971 views

    Do you want real joy in the face of any adversity? Then pursue the advancement of the Gospel and the exaltation of Christ above anything else.

    Maria Brunner's husband was unemployed, so she supported their three young children by cleaning other people's houses. However, even without a job, her husband managed to run up quite a number of unpaid parking tickets. The bill totaled nearly $5,000. Mr. Brunner kept the tickets a secret from his ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    This World Needs Revival

    Contributed by Wendell Blackburn on Apr 10, 2005
    based on 31 ratings
     | 6,481 views

    This Sermon should help a congregation to Prepare for Revival!!

    THIS WORLD NEEDS REVIVAL!! ACTS 16:19-26 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market place unto the rulers, And brought them to the magistrates, Saying, these men being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city And teach ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal