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  • Jamie Wright avatar

    How To Beat The Blues

    Contributed by Jamie Wright on Jul 22, 2006
    based on 39 ratings
     | 5,821 views

    Everyone gets discouraged from time to time. here is a good formula to beat those BLUE times in your life

    How to Beat the B-L-U-E-S Pastor Jamie Wright * May 4, 2005 Psalm 42:5 “Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God and once again I will praise Him! B- Believe the positive Story of Mikey Dalton Your outlook determines your outcome Your attitude determines your ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    How Can I Be Happy?

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 27, 2006
    based on 28 ratings
     | 6,173 views

    Happiness blockers: 1. A demanding spirit that insists life should be good and easy. 2. A lack of play. 3. Basing your happiness on circumstances rather than trust.

    Singer and diva, Madonna, is one of the wealthiest people in show business and has openly flaunted her self-indulgent lifestyle. A couple of years ago she was asked in an interview if she was happy. Her response was: “I don’t even know anybody who is happy!” Not only was she not happy, but she ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Stephen Funderburk avatar

    Spiritual Drainers

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Apr 5, 2006
    based on 18 ratings
     | 15,037 views

    things that kill spiritual life

    Intro: years ago in Tallassee Alabama I went with the men of the church to the train tracks to unload a box car of lumber for the new church building. When I got home I was physically drained, I fell into bed that night. We all have known times of physical exhaustion. In the spiritual realm there ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Intimate Worship Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Mar 22, 2002
    based on 89 ratings
     | 15,340 views

    God wants an intimate relationship with us in worship

    Intimate Worship March 17, 2002 Psalm 42:1-2,4 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? 4 These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Michael Stacey avatar

    Are You Enduring? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stacey on Nov 10, 2005
    based on 40 ratings
     | 9,860 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

  • Ian Johnson avatar

    Seeking A Love Affair With Jesus

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Nov 16, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,007 views

    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

  • Bramwell Hayes avatar

    Thirsty For God

    Contributed by Bramwell Hayes on Feb 3, 2006
    based on 35 ratings
     | 16,640 views

    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

  • Rick Stacy avatar

    There's No Reason To Dance Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Aug 22, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,549 views

    Message 5 of 6 on emotions. Depression.

    There’s No Reason to Dance Psalms 10:1 LORD, why are you so far away? Why do you hide when there is trouble? We all understand what depression is and how it affects us. Some of us are more given to depression than others but we’ve all felt its power in our lives – irrespective as to whether or ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • George Barton avatar

    The Persistency Of True Faith Joy And Praise

    Contributed by George Barton on May 2, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,413 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

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    Put Your Hope In God Series

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jun 11, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 14,083 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

  • Revd. Martin Dale avatar

    Psalm 42

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Sep 3, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
     | 23,028 views

    A psalm of despair with an antidote

    Psalm 42 This morning’s psalm is Psalm 42, which has been called a psalm of despair. But it is more than that. It does also contains the antidote. There is a lot in the psalm, but I would like to look at three aspects of it today: These aspects are: 1. Despair is disabling 2. Despair can lead ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Tim Bond avatar

    Beating The Spiritual Blahs

    Contributed by Tim Bond on Jul 13, 2002
    based on 80 ratings
     | 6,193 views

    Everyone faces times of spiritual difficulty and disillusionment. When we do, we need to realize that God is always faithful and will stay with us through even the toughest times.

    A couple of weeks ago my wife Pam and I had the chance to travel with the Jr. High/High School bands to NKU for a band festival. After the morning festival, the entire group went to Kings Island to spend the rest of the day. Now band festivals are okay, but for us, the big draw of the trip was the ...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
     | 34,984 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
    based on 24 ratings
     | 18,625 views

    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

  • Howard McGlamery avatar

    The Presence Of God Or I'd Rather Have Jesus

    Contributed by Howard Mcglamery on Feb 2, 2003
    based on 119 ratings
     | 14,641 views

    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