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  • Jeremy Houck avatar

    Expecting More Than People Can Give

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on May 7, 2005
    based on 31 ratings
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    We were given a hunger for God by God.

    Expecting More Than People Can Give Psalm 42:1-2 Have you ever wished that you could start all over? The Associated Press this week reported out of Georgetown, Texas that Molly Daniels pleaded guilty to charges of digging up a woman’s corpse, and staging a fiery car accident to fake her ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Desperate Enough For God That We Are Chasing After Him?

    Contributed by Ed Pruitt on Jun 17, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
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    I your hunger for God stronger than it is for the world?

    Desperate Enough For God That We Are Chasing After Him? Sunday April 28, 2002 Psalms 42:1-11 1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. 2 I thirst for God, the living God. When can I come and stand before him? 3 Day and night, I have only tears for food, while my ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Keith Davis avatar

    A Sense Of Presence

    Contributed by Keith Davis on May 5, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
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    understanding the desire we should have for the presnese of God

    Title: A Sense of Absence Introduction: How did it feel to wake up this morning knowing that you lost a million dollars yesterday? How did you feel when your favorite hockey team lost last night? --Someone tell of their childhood and the things you had for a moment. --The Alabama song “Song ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Longing For The Lord Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Mar 20, 2003
    based on 129 ratings
     | 33,846 views

    I want us to take a look at Psalm 42 in order to better understand the kind of depression that can hit us in the spiritual solar plexus.

    Longing for the Lord Last week we focused our attention on Psalm 32, and established the fact that our unconfessed sins can cause us physical problems. When we don’t confess we can experience distress. What we’ll learn this morning is that pain is not always a direct result of sin. Last Monday ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jim Twamley avatar

    Depression

    Contributed by Jim Twamley on Mar 25, 2003
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    Depression is one of the most common psychological problems, affecting nearly everyone through either personal experience or through depression in a family member. Each year over 17 million American adults experience a period of clinical depression.

    (Slide #1) Job 30:16-17 16 "And now my heart is broken. Depression haunts my days. 17 My weary nights are filled with pain as though something were relentlessly gnawing at my bones. NLT (Slide #2) Job 30:25-28 26 So I looked for good, but evil came instead. I waited for the light, but darkness ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Swallowed Up Or Spewed Out Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 6, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
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    God disciplines us when we turn aside from His will: either we get swallowed up in addictive behavior, churchianity, busy-ness, and controversy; or God spews us out as ill-equipped, unreceptive, divisive. Confess our distress, admit our limitations, and

    What parent does not dread this awful experience? In your care is a small child. You turn your back for just an instant –to answer the phone, to get a drink of water – and when you come back to that child, she is coughing and choking, clutching at her throat. Those curious eyes saw something ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Howard McGlamery avatar

    The Presence Of God Or I'd Rather Have Jesus

    Contributed by Howard Mcglamery on Feb 2, 2003
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    Why do we Pray? Why do we read our Bibles daily? Why do we Give? Why are we at the Church when the doors are open? Do we think that by doing these things that we are earning "points" with God? Are we trying to obligate God to bless us? Duty or Desire?

    The Presence Of God Illustration In 1943, a lady by the name of Rhea B. Miller wrote one of the greatest hymns ever written: I’D RATHER HAVE JESUS! This wonderful hymn so influenced one young man that it determined the direction of his entire life. This young man had grown up with devoted ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Norris Harris I avatar

    The Antodote For A Troubled Life

    Contributed by Norris Harris I on Feb 13, 2003
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     | 10,058 views

    I must use this period of ministry in addressing those very special saint who are experiencing UNUSUAL TROUBLE and are TROUBLED thereby. I need to address you because You and Your Experience has been Overlooked and given Too Little Attention by the minist

    “Trouble in my way, I have to cry sometimes. So much trouble, I have to cry sometimes. I lay awake at night, but that’s alright; Because I know Jesus will fix it after awhile.” Here we are again. I want to use this ‘Preaching Moment’ to deal with what’s going on underneath our skin. So, WE NEED TO ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thirsty For God

    Contributed by Bramwell Hayes on Feb 3, 2006
    based on 35 ratings
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    Our desire should primarily be for the Holy Spirit Himself, not his gifts.

    Are you thirsty? Are you looking forward to your cup of tea after the meeting? When we are physically thirsty, our bodies need one thing – water. All our drinks, our tea, our coffee, our coca-cola, our orange juice, are basically just coloured and flavoured water. It is the water that our bodies ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Ian Johnson avatar

    Seeking A Love Affair With Jesus

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Nov 16, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
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    When people drink wine they become influenced by it in a bad way. We need the wine of God! Which is not wine in the natural but indeed the spirit of God.

    Deep Hunger for God is difficult to put into words, Even when we come to a place where we can express our heart before God, the words can take us by surprise. The Psalmist used beautiful words to reflect a heart response to God PSALM 42:1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so I long ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Timothy Darling avatar

    Put Your Hope In God Series

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jun 11, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 13,536 views

    We may find ourselves asking God where He is, but we must remind ourselves that God loves us and God is with us all day long.

    Put Your Hope in God Psalm 42 The writer of this psalm is a Korahite That means a few different things. He was a highly respected Levite who was part of a rich family tradition of music and worship. He was a man of status, deeply embedded in the tradition of Temple worship. It means that his ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Michael Stacey avatar

    Are You Enduring? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stacey on Nov 10, 2005
    based on 40 ratings
     | 9,426 views

    #5 in the series from Tony Evan’s book, Dry Bones Dancing.

    ARE YOU ENDURING? PSALM 42 & Isaiah 40:27-31 You’ve heard the words and have probably even said them yourself: “God will never give us more than we can bear.” But have you ever sensed that this statement just wasn’t true? -Now, it is true in a certain way. I Corinthians ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • George Barton avatar

    The Persistency Of True Faith Joy And Praise

    Contributed by George Barton on May 2, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,156 views

    Using Habakkuk 1 and 3 and Psalm 42 as texts, the sermon demonstrates that true faith persists in spite of unnumbered problems and apparently unanswered prayers.

    THE PERSISTENCY OF TRUE FAITH, JOY AND PRAISE REVISED 05-02-2006 This morning I want to talk about the persistency and growth of true faith, joy and praise. My sermon has two points: First, true faith, joy and praise persist and grow even when trials and troubles seem ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Thomas Gaskill avatar

    Do You Thirst For God? Series

    Contributed by Thomas Gaskill on May 23, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
     | 14,217 views

    Spiritual Transformation series based on the book by Donald Whitney: 10 Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health

    How's Your Spiritual Health? Sermon One: Do You Thirst For God? Sermon series based on the book by Donald Whitney: Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health Also referenced in this sermon is chapter two of Thirsting After God by Keith Price Prepared by Thomas A. Gaskill for Sunday May 22, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Warner Pidgeon avatar

    My Soul Thirsts For God - All Saints Day Memorial Service

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Nov 5, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,918 views

    A short talk given at our annual Memorial Service where we invite family members to come and give thanks for the life of a loved one who has died recently.

    Throughout my life I have been encouraged by the faith and by the actions of some very unlikely people. During the summer I spent some time talking to people with a variety of disabilities and impairments and I have to say I found myself both inspired and uplifted. Watching the Paralympics was ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican