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  • Jim Mooney avatar

    How To Make The Most Of Your New Year

    Contributed by Jim Mooney on Dec 30, 2000
    based on 396 ratings
     | 125,933 views

    Belivers will learn how to make the most of the New Year from this sermon.

    HOW TO MAKE THE MOST FROM YOUR NEW YEAR Proverbs 17:24 (GN) Proverbs 17:24 (The Good News Version) "An intelligent person aims at wise actions, but a fool starts off in many directions." Can you believe that this year is over? It seems that with each passing year time just speeds up. It seems ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Joyful Heart

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 13, 2001
    based on 378 ratings
     | 58,068 views

    Someone says, "All right, preacher, I hear you. But circumstances in my life aren’t that good. Things have been tough. Just why should my heart be filled with joy?" Let me mention 3 reasons.

    MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2013) The basic point of some of my messages in recent months has been that, for most people, their faith - what they have been taught, what they believe - makes all the difference in the way they act, in the values they hold dear, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How To Be A Great Friend

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 15, 2002
    based on 223 ratings
     | 23,337 views

    A look at how to be the kind of friend we want others to be!

    How to be a Great Friend Various Scriptures May 5, 2002 Introduction It’s been said that a dog is man’s best friend. And depending on who he hangs out with, that might be true for some men. Groucho Marx once said that outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside a dog it’s too dark ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Qualities Of A True Friend Series

    Contributed by Jason Hill on May 20, 2002
    based on 177 ratings
     | 47,477 views

    In order for life to work the way God intended it to in the area of friendships, we must choose friends wisely according to God’s qualifications.

    Qualities of a True Friend There is a heavy emphasis in our society on friendships. Television, movies, radio & our peers tell us that we need to be loyal friends and that nothing should come between our friendships with others. Just the other day I saw a commercial about a man who had just ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    A Merry Heart

    Contributed by Ryan Davis on Sep 28, 2005
    based on 49 ratings
     | 21,143 views

    The benefits of having a merry heart and how to have one in spite of your situation

    A Merry Heart Proverbs 17:22 "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine..." · I have two goals for this message. 1. That you will leave our church with a merry heart. 2. That you will maintain that merry heart through the whole week, no matter what circumstances you face. · A merry heart is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Uncommon Forgiveness

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Feb 14, 2005
    based on 26 ratings
     | 9,043 views

    Solomon gives us a choice: We can walk in wisdom and exhibit an uncommon forgiveness when we are hurt or we can live as we know how to live by harboring resentment and bitterness.

    Uncommon Forgiveness Proverbs 17:9 In Proverbs 17 there are some shady characters who exhibit shady characteristics in the way they live their life. Some of these folks, who evidently were alive and well in Solomon’s day, are still with us. We read about them in Newsweek, People, and in our local ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Pressure Cooker

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 17, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 18,052 views

    Life is filled with pressure cooker moments that could lead to an explosion. So it is imperative that we learn how to manage the pressure cooker moments in life.

    Pressure Cooker Thesis: Life is filled with pressure cooker moments that could lead to an explosion. So it is imperative that we learn how to manage the pressure cooker moments in life. Video Illustration: From Back stage Patty- She talks about how she is under tremendous ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    I Understand Series

    Contributed by Gerald Kiner on Apr 5, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,506 views

    MESSAGE 1 FROM THE UNDERSTANDING SERIES: THE OBJECTIVE TO TO DEFEAT MISUNDERSTANDING WHICH HINDERS ONE FROM A LIFE OF PEACE AND JOY.

    Proverbs 17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. I UNDERSTAND 3 THINGS A BLESSED WOMAN ALREADY UNDERSTAND #1 THEY UNDERSTAND WITH WHOM TO HANG Nehemiah 6:2-4 2That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    State Of The Church - 2005

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Dec 28, 2005
    based on 48 ratings
     | 9,015 views

    State-of-the-Church Message, showing what the church did last year, and what it should be doing this coming year. (Deals with change) Read the last paragraph - - 53 responded to invitation to covenant change in the church!

    Can you believe 2005 is over already? It doesn’t seem possible that it has been ten months since God led Diana and I from our church in Arizona to this church in Oklahoma. So many wonderful things have happened to us and to this church during this time that we are left with nothing but ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Proverbial Wisdom

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 27, 2004
    based on 196 ratings
     | 4,953 views

    1- Covering and repeating 2- Starting and Stopping

    INTRO.- More quips, quotes and notes. - God created the energy. We created the crisis. (God creates good things and we make a mess of them. Do you remember what God said after each thing He created?) - Men and money are much alike – the tighter they get, the louder they talk. - Ignorance is not ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Proverbial Wisdom

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 4, 2004
    based on 224 ratings
     | 3,636 views

    1- Acquitting and Condemning. 2- Money and Wisdom.

    INTRO.- More quips, quotes and notes. - The only loafer who makes money these days is a baker. (and I’m not so sure about that, what with the Atkins’ diet that warns against eating bread! How ridiculous!) - Many of our modern girls have plenty of polish – on their fingernails. I Pet. 3:3-4 ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Proverbial Wisdom

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 11, 2004
    based on 244 ratings
     | 6,231 views

    1- Friends and brothers 2- Medicine and bones

    INTRO.- Quips, quotes and notes - Most husbands become interested in politics. In fact, many of them are already the minority leader in their house. - The most difficult arithmetic to master is the art of counting our blessings. - It’s funny how a bad cold improves enough to let a person accept ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Proverbial Wisdom

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 18, 2004
    based on 268 ratings
     | 7,335 views

    1- Discerning and wandering 2- Knowledge and understanding

    INTRO.- Quips and quotes. - A man in Missouri was told that most accidents happen within twenty miles of home so he moved to another town fifty miles away. - The most talked about people at a family reunion are those who didn’t show up. - A friend is one who strengthens you with his prayers, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Proverbial Wisdom

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 23, 2004
    based on 146 ratings
     | 7,066 views

    Proverbial wisdom: 1- Peace and quiet 2- Silver and Gold

    INTRO.- Quips and quotes. - To have a stress-free day, take a night job. - It’s better to have loved and lost than to do ten loads of laundry a week. - The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. Abe Lincoln - Even God cannot change the past. (but I would add: He can ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Broken

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Jun 12, 2003
    based on 40 ratings
     | 37,203 views

    If your life has been broken into many pieces come to Jesus.

    “Broken” Ps. 51 : 17, 34 : 18, 69 : 20, & Prov. 17 : 22 Many times we talk about being hurt and broken, we believe the saying that time heals all wounds, we believe that a few comforting words, a little sympathy will make everything alright, and we don’t understand when people don’t seem to ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic