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  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    For His Name’s Sake

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Aug 28, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 23,093 views

    There are people around you who are not only watching you but keenly observing your every action and reaction. Their only open Bible and to see Christ is you. During the past years and till to date many believers have continually put the name of Christ at

    Opening illustration: In a New York Times interview, a widely recognized man voiced his displeasure with a fast-food chain in whose TV commercials he had appeared. He felt that the quality of some of the items he advertised had been diminishing. Since people associated his name with the product, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sanctified Series

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on May 26, 2021
     | 4,751 views

    As His children, we too are to be holy and set apart from the world around us. To be holy is to be sanctified, and the Christian life is a life growing in sanctification.

    Some of you may have read the children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. In the story, the caterpillar had a hunger that could never be satisfied. He was always hungry and always eating. But one day everything changed. He no longer crawled on the ground nor did he feel that intense ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Taming The Beast Of Uncontrollable Self”

    Contributed by Bubot Parago on Nov 3, 2018
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,299 views

    Now.... Start Aiming that Chair. It's not that the lion is afraid of the chair -- it's that the lion is confused by the chair

    INTRODUCTION: Of all the things we have to govern in this life, self is often our greatest challenge! Self-control is listed last as the capstone in the nine fruits of the HolySpirit, since it takes a lot of self-control to exercise the other eight virtues! It takes a lot of self-control just to ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Guests At The Devil's Table

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 5, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,544 views

    Participants at the Lord’s Table cannot participate at the table of demonic powers.

    1 CORINTHIANS 10:18-22 GUESTS AT THE DEVIL’S TABLE “Consider the people of Israel: are not those who eat the sacrifices participants in the altar? What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fleeing Sin The Right Way

    Contributed by Jason Smith on Sep 10, 2013
     | 10,524 views

    The world is obsessed with cleanness. Everywhere you look you see people with different hand cleaners and antibacterial soaps and lotions. We must have an even greater desire for purity of heart. In 2 Timothy 2, we see some great keys to equip us.

    The world is obsessed with cleanness. Everywhere you look you see people with different hand cleaners and antibacterial soaps and lotions. People want cleanness outwardly, but purity in heart? That is not the case. Everything that we see in this world is saturated with all kinds of impurity; TV, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Woe To Us!

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Aug 30, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,677 views

    God does judge nations, cities, churches, families. If we refuse to pursue His glory, there is nothing left for God but to hold us accountable.

    The news is particularly dark today—disrespect among the youth of the nation; increasing sexual assault in which even infants and toddlers are violated; violent crime increasing; external threats to national economic security; rising social unrest centring around linguistic and racial issues. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Children Of The Day Series

    Contributed by David Welch on May 17, 2018
     | 7,188 views

    Message 43 in our exposition of Romans. This message focuses on living as light in a dark world.

    Chico Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “Children of the Day” Romans 13:11-14 Review In the first 11 chapters of Romans, Paul powerfully proclaims the truths concerning God’s wonderful salvation plan. Beginning in chapter 12, Paul specifies some areas of our thinking needing our attention ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Youth With Promise And Purpose PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Mar 8, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,948 views

    This sermon explores God's promise to pour His Spirit upon His people, emphasizing the potential of youth, the power of prophecy, and pursuing divine anointing.

    Beloved, we gather here today in this space, a sanctuary of grace, a haven of hope, a refuge of redemption, to engage with the Word of God. We are not here by accident, but by divine appointment. The Almighty has drawn us together, in this place, at this time, for a purpose that is as profound as ...read more

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    Our Infinitely Pure God Series

    Contributed by David Welch on May 11, 2015
     | 3,985 views

    Sixth in a series on the attributes of God focusing on God's purity and holiness.

    Knowing God Series #6 “Our infinitely Pure God” Introduction After a brief study of the “Fear of the Lord” which has to do with a proper knowledge of God I felt led to follow up with a series on knowing God better. Proverbs teaches the fear of the Lord is the beginning of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Past, Presence And Future Series

    Contributed by Wm Darius Myers on Apr 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,177 views

    An exegetical paper on John 14, encouraging a balanced view of experience and evidence in evaluating one’s walk with Christ, especially as it regards the work of the Holy Spirit.

    “Past Presence and Future: Jesus’ Assurances in the Face of His Disciples’ Anxieties in John 14” Introduction In this passage the two most familiar verses (14:6 and 14:12) have often obscured the context, the flow and the purpose of Jesus’ address to His disciples’ concerns. The theological ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Anyone Can Serve... Can't They? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 22, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 12,431 views

    Nadab and Abihu were born to great privilege as servants of the Living God, they reached for more, leading to death. Though He is patient, God does not play games with rebels. Let the people of God hear the Word of the Living God and take heed.

    “Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. Then Moses said to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    In Hot Pursuit - What Are You Running After?

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Apr 6, 2021
     | 6,030 views

    You can tell a lot about a person by what they are running after and what they are running from. Christians have a godly assignment even in a pandemic. .

    Paul, who is the writer of our text, provides instructions for the Philippian Church as they move forward to become the best that they could be for Christ. Rather than be complacent with where they were, they needed to set their sights higher. The Apostle Paul gives this church his personal ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 6, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 923 views

    This sermon encourages believers to stand firm in faith, pursue righteousness, and embody humility, reflecting Christ's image in their lives as active participants in God's kingdom.

    Welcome, dear friends. We gather here today, not as strangers or as mere attendees, but as a family united under the banner of Christ's love. We come together, standing shoulder to shoulder, hearts ablaze with the light of God's grace, ready to drink from the fountain of His divine wisdom. In this ...read more

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    Hapy Are The Humble Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Aug 23, 2019
     | 4,921 views

    Do you want to be truly happy and blessed? Then be humble in your attitude towards yourself, your sin, others, and God.

    Tim Keller, in his book The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness, talks about his high school days when his mother kept telling him, “You know, honey, you ought to join the chess club.” He would say, “Mom, I hate chess.” “Yes, I know,” she would say, “but it will look so good on your college ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    The Spirit God Gave Us Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 28, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,493 views

    A study of the Holy Spirit, noting His relationship within the Holy Trinity.

    “God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” [1] “God gave us a spirit…” It is a truly divine mystery—the Spirit of God hallows the body of each believer. This tabernacle, this body of frail flesh that is even now decaying and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist