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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
     | 125,916 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

  • Mike Hays avatar

    Uncommon Forgiveness

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Feb 14, 2005
    based on 26 ratings
     | 8,993 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

  • Ryan Davis avatar

    A Merry Heart

    Contributed by Ryan Davis on Sep 28, 2005
    based on 48 ratings
     | 21,098 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

  • Michael McCartney avatar

    Pressure Cooker

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 17, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 17,988 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

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Proverbial Wisdom

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 11, 2004
    based on 244 ratings
     | 6,214 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
     | 7,328 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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    I Understand Series

    Contributed by Gerald Kiner on Apr 5, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,492 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

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Star Of Hope For New Years Eve

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 31, 2006
    based on 117 ratings
     | 51,218 views

    The ball that drops at Times Square is called the "Star of Hope" and on its face are the "wishes" of our nation for courage, peace, fellowship etc. But if we listen to Scripture, we have a hope based on something more than "wishing upon a star."

    OPEN: Tonight at 11:59 pm, over one billion people all across the world will be watching as the “ball” drops in New York City’s Times Square. That got me to wondering about the history of the New Year’s Eve “ball” and what I discovered was intriguing: · The 1st "time-ball" was installed on top of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Friendship, Fellowship And Followship

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 17, 2004
    based on 154 ratings
     | 16,027 views

    Three things that the church needs in order to grow.

    INTRO.- ILL.- A cartoon once showed a little boy sitting beside his father and mother at church. The little boy said to his father: “Mom wants to cook the dinner, you want to play golf, I want to play football. Why are we here?” Why do people come to church? Hopefully, they come because they do ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Pastor Dempsey Daniels avatar

    A True Friend

    Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Nov 10, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,153 views

    A TRUE FRIEND

    A TRUE FRIEND PROVERBS 17:17 INTRODUCTION: WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHEN THE WORD"FRIEND" IS USED SO LOOSELY, OFTEN AS A TERM OF MERE POLITENESS. WE MUST DISENTANGLE IT FROM FRIVOLOUS ASSOCIATIONS. THE ESSENTIAL NOTE OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP IS UNCHANGING AFFECTION. THE FRIEND "LOVETH AT ALL TIMES ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Andrew Stevens avatar

    Excellence Is So Attractive - Part 2 - Excellent Physical Health Series

    Contributed by Andrew Stevens on Nov 12, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,460 views

    Motivation, Inpspiration, and encouragment... Obtaining and living with excellent health.

    Excellence is so Attractive – Part 2 Excellence Health can be Yours!!! I. Introduction A. Last week I shared, what many said was, an excellent message. 1. I don’t know if the delivery was excellent, but I believe the content of the message was. B. Today, I’m going to continue talking ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Randy Croft avatar

    Friends-- Who Needs Them

    Contributed by Randy Croft on Nov 14, 2002
    based on 114 ratings
     | 6,840 views

    Principles for true friendships

    Friends. Who needs them? by Randy Croft It’s one of the most popular TV programs on right now...has been for years. NBC--Thursday nights. Hey, you have to laundry at a laundromat, go on Thursday nights, because the place will be empty. 25 million households will be tuned into Seinfield, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    I Would Be Happy If...? Series

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 28, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 8,506 views

    To live in daily happiness and Joy, we must make the right decisions.

    I WOULD BE HAPPY IF? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I often ponder, -- I would be happy if ? -- Then I try to fill in the blank. I have asked friends, what would it take to make you happy? The answer varies greatly, but after accepting the answer, I press would you be happy ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    A Joyful Heart

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 13, 2001
    based on 378 ratings
     | 57,921 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

  • Pastor Dempsey Daniels avatar

    A True Friend

    Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Sep 4, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,895 views

    A TRUE FRIEND

    A TRUE FRIEND PROVERBS 17:17 INTRODUCTION: WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHEN THE WORD"FRIEND" IS USED SO LOOSELY, OFTEN AS A TERM OF MERE POLITENESS. WE MUST DISENTANGLE IT FROM FRIVOLOUS ASSOCIATIONS. THE ESSENTIAL NOTE OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP IS UNCHANGING AFFECTION. THE FRIEND "LOVETH AT ALL TIMES ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist