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  • Do Not Lose Heart! (Part 2)

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,905 views

    This sermon offers resources for coping with discouragement and help in overcoming despair.

    Last week we began a series entitled “Do Not Lose Heart.” We established the point that many people lose heart as they travel the path of life. I mentioned Jim Ryun, who was a long distance runner. At one point in his life he lost heart with running and walked off of the track. He quit. He was ...read more

  • Glimpse The Glory Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 21, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,038 views

    If we glimpse the glory ahead for every believer, we’ll be able to carry the cross today when times are hard.

    Three store owners shared adjacent storefronts in the same building. Times were tough. In hopes of picking up sales, the owner of the shop at one end of the building put a sign over his front entrance that said, YEAR-END CLEARANCE!!! At the other end of the building, another owner responded ...read more

  • Keeping The Faith

    Contributed by Dr. Randy Croft on Dec 21, 2009
    based on 10 ratings
     | 13,911 views

    How to weather doubt, discouragement, and hardships.

    Keeping the Faith ILLUS: The story is told of a man who was walking across the road when he was hit by a car. The impact knocked him on his head which caused him to be in a coma for a couple of days before he finally regained consciousness. When he opened his eyes, his loving wife was there beside ...read more

  • Things To Remember When In The Cave Series

    Contributed by Troy Campbell on Apr 5, 2016
    based on 2 ratings
     | 17,171 views

    A cave signifies a dark place. Some of us face those dark times of life and it is vitally important to know how to behave while going through the trials of life.

    Title: How To Behave In A Cave “Things to Remember When in the Cave” Text: I Samuel 22:1 For the next few weeks I want to talk about caves. More specifically I want to talk about how we are to behave when in the caves of life. We must clear something up about caves before we ...read more

  • It's Going To Take More Than That

    Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Mar 3, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 57,729 views

    No matter how things may look God is still with us -- In the midst of TROUBLES – STORMS – TRIALS - of every sort we need to be aware that God is still with us and that He is still in control.

    TITLE: IT’S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN THAT SCRIPTURE: ACTS 27:1 / 27:9-11 / 27:14-19 / 27:27-31 / 27:37-44 / 28:1-6 It is important to understand that in all of our lives, God has an amazing assignment on us. With that assignment also comes anointing. It is an anointing that sustains ...read more

  • When Troubles Come Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Aug 29, 2013
     | 5,903 views

    So let me get this straight James... I am to 'rejoice' when troubles come my way?

    A Study of the Letter of James James 1:1-8 August 21, 2013 Last week we learned a little about the background and history of the book of James. During this past week I asked you to read the ENTIRE book of James once every day… how many did that? Tonight we are going to begin our study in ...read more

  • God’s Qualification Course For The Child Of God Is Our Valley Experiences Series

    Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on May 12, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,518 views

    Although in our walk in Life, we sometimes view our failures and shortcomings as a badge displaying our unrighteousness before God; it is not. Rather, we must come to understand that all things works only for the good of the child, man, or woman who loves

    Although in our walk in Life, we sometimes view our failures and shortcomings as a badge displaying our unrighteousness before God; it is not. Rather, we must come to understand that all things works only for the good of the child, man, or woman who loves God. How does our hurting one another ...read more

  • Perseverance Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Mar 26, 2021
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,654 views

    “The Christian must expect to be jostled by trials on the Christian way.” All kinds of experiences will come to us. There will be the test of our sorrows and disappointments that threaten to take away our faith. There will be the test of the seductions which seek to lure us from the right way.

    Title: Perseverance Text: James:1:3-4 (KJV) 3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. Introduction F. J. A. Hort, the New Testament scholar, writes: “The Christian must expect to ...read more

  • "rowing Through Life" Series

    Contributed by Joshua Neal on Nov 22, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,028 views

    Anyone who has lived understands that in life there are hinderances and obstacles. Many of us have faced hinderances and have often wondered if Jesus recognizes where we are and what we have to deal with. The disciples are rowing and are hindered by a wave as Jesus passed was passing them by.

    “ROWING THROUGH LIFE” Mark 6:45-52 intro: Famous Painting = Under the Wave off Kanagawa, about 1830–31, Katsushika Hokusai. Woodblock print (nishiki-e) in Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, Museum ...read more

  • Dealing With Failure

    Contributed by Larry Finley on Sep 15, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,673 views

    Failure never needs to be final

    DEALING WITH FAILURE 9/14/08 Exodus 2:15-25 1. REQUIRES A TIME OF EXTRICATION – Moses Fled A. Cut your Losses! 1. Moses could have stayed – would have died 2. Could have tried to start a rebellion of slaves B. Or as Kris Kristoferson says ‘know when to fold em” 1. Can’t do much except ...read more

  • The Bumps Are What You Climb On

    Contributed by John Gaston on Feb 28, 2018
     | 5,755 views

    The bumps/trials of life seem like things that hinder us and stunt us, but in reality, the bumps are spiritually the only way we can advance the inner life upward. Jacob's frequent troubles enhanced the overcoming nature latent within him.

    THE BUMPS ARE WHAT YOU CLIMB ON INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Doug Scattergood told how he was deployed with the Navy in the Red Sea for several months. Finally he got the chance to go ashore in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. 2. He went to a pay-phone on the pier, produced all the change ...read more

  • Seven Examples Of Testing (Rewritten) Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Sep 6, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 22,915 views

    This is an update version of this sermon that I had written several years ago.

    Seven Examples of Testing Do you recall the story of Job - how he went through many trials and tests? He was a wealthy man with many possessions - yet in a very short time he lost most of what he had. He lost his possessions, his health was gone, and his children died. Calamity after calamity ...read more

  • Why Do Good People Suffer?

    Contributed by John Lowe on Nov 25, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,029 views

    This is a lesson about terrorists and falling towers. Everybody still talks about that day; it was a day of tragedy and injustice. People were going about their business when they were suddenly and brutally killed.

    11-18-04 Why Do Good People Suffer? Luke 13:1-13:9 INTRODUCTION Today, I want to speak to you on “Why Do Good People Suffer?” I’ve taught on suffering before. In fact, one lady told me, “Preacher, I never knew what suffering was until I heard you preach. Now I ...read more

  • Professors Or Possesors

    Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Nov 16, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,849 views

    God has a high calling on the lives of his people. He has called us to great exploits for Him.

    Professors or Possessors Review Last week we looked at the story of Joseph as a young man- was gifted by God w/dreams, these dreams were part of his destiny, but Joseph was also proud/arrogant in the way he handled what God had given him, his brothers sold him into slavery, in Egypt, as a slave, ...read more

  • How Deep Is Your Valley? Series

    Contributed by Kevin Broyhill on Oct 2, 2024
     | 1,007 views

    Psalm 23 is not just a still-life image of peace and tranquility--our Shepherd guides us through life’s darkest valleys, too. But no matter how deep or dark the valley, we are never alone. We have an all-sufficient Shepherd who walks with us every step of the way.

    What Is in Your Valley? Psalm 23:4 Introduction: Ps. 23 = is not a still life scene; it is not a stationary picture in a storybook. It is a journey… reminder that life is not stationary…. always moving. Journey of life the Shepherd takes us into the green pastures of His peace and contentment… ...read more