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  • Rick Pendleton avatar

    Releasing The Arrows

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 22, 2008
     | 5,647 views

    After we have prepared them... we must release our children to God

    Releasing the Arrows Luke 15:11-27 Two weeks ago, in my first sermon on parenting I said that Children were intended for and given to us for a purpose. Our children were designed by their Creator to make an impact on the world. To live for a reason. To set their minds toward a goal. To ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Counsel For The Church

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 28, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,827 views

    The people of God’s church must be on guard against the ploys of Satan to discourage, divide, and defile, and thereby to hinder or halt the work of God.

    Counsel For The Church Text: 1 Cor.15: 58 Intro: In the 15th chapter of First Corinthians, Paul is seeking to prove the resurrection of the saints, using the resurrection of Christ as the foundation of proof. He points out that just as Christ arose from the grave with a glorified body, even ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Matters Most To Jesus Series

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,589 views

    a sermon about decision-making. Often times, in the “gray areas”, we simply need to decide what things in life are most important to God. We need to straighten out our priorities.

    I want clear instructions. Here are some examples of instructions that, for one reason or another, weren’t made very clearly: • “Do not sit in chair without being fully assembled” • “Please take time to look over the brochure enclosed with your family” • at a private school grounds: “No ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    God Explains Himself Series

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,261 views

    God, being too high for man to understand, has explained Himself by becoming a man and dwelling among us. An intro to a series in John.

    James Cash Penney was a teenager working in a grocery store in Hamilton, MO. He enjoyed the work and was planning on making it his profession. One day, he came home and laughingly told his dad how the owner of the store was mixing lower quality coffee with the better quality coffee and selling it ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Changed On The Road To Destruction Series

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,642 views

    I want my audience to be amazed at the way God transformed the life of Paul and to look for that in the people around them and themselves

    You won’t be hearing about it on AP reports, or the network or cable news – not even on FOX. We just don’t get many reports about what it’s like to be a Christian in the Mid-East, surrounded by people who aren’t. And while we hear about Muslim leaders and their zeal and hatred against the West, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Bearing More Than Children

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,297 views

    God intends that faith is passed on from parents to children and mothers are a vital part of that

    I haven’t exactly told me wife this, yet, but I’m ready to move. I am. I’m dissatisfied with where we’re at. On any given day, I could list for you a dozen things that are wrong with our house, wrong with Joplin, wrong with Missouri and with the United States. I’m ready to go somewhere ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Obey The Right Thirst Series

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,517 views

    People outside of Jesus are like a field ready to be harvested and Jesus and them are dependent on us taking the first steps to reach them

    Without apology, I’m standing in front of you this morning to suggest you need to change. It’s not because there’s something about you that I don’t like. It may not even be anything I know about. But I’m telling you that you need to change, and so do I. Being a Christian is all about changing, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    In This Thing Together Series

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 3, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,370 views

    God wants us to live an empowered life in unity with other believers.

    In This Thing Together Acts 2:1-13 Intro: Isn’t it nice to know that you are not alone? I’m sure there have been times when you’ve felt alone, but if you have a relationship with Jesus, you are never alone. He promised never to leave us or forsake us. His plan for the church is that no believer ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Anatomy Of A Growing Church Series

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 3, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 12,132 views

    We can learn from the early church how to grow both individually and together.

    Anatomy of a Growing Church Acts 2:41-47 Intro: After Peter had been filled with the Holy Spirit and had preached the sermon we read in Acts 2, 3000 people responded and became followers of Jesus. We see in the passage we just read that their lives took on a particular pattern. They began to ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    When God Doesn't Want To Hear It Series

    Contributed by Ken Osso on Jan 5, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,608 views

    This is the first of a two-part series on the parable of the lost son. Heading into the New Year, this first message looks closely at the story of the lost son and the good news we have of a fresh start.

    When God Doesn’t Want to Hear It Luke 15:11-32 I sat at my desk staring blankly at the screen with a bit of a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. I didn’t know exactly where to begin, and I wasn’t even sure God wanted to hear it. I had just scrolled through the pages of a Word document where ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    God Values Babies

    Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 9, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,647 views

    Children, both born and unborn, have a special place in God’s heart—and the ill treatment of these little ones will bring about God’s judgment upon society.

    Listen to the Psalmist in chapter 127:3 (NASB) “Behold, children are a gift of the Lord; The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior, so are children of one’s youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They shall not be ashamed, when they speak with ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    #1then God, Don't Be Surprised When The Answer Knocks At Your Door. Series

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,145 views

    The prayer meeting was intense, the knock on the door was clear, but the suggestion was: ARE YOU CRAZY. We have problems, THEN GOD COMES AND HELPS!

    #1 THEN GOD! The answer is knocking at the door! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com This is a two part lesson. I did this part in two parts. I. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED HOW HEAVY LIFE CAN BECOME? WE NEED A MOVE OF GOD! Luke 21:26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Why Would God Love Me Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on May 22, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,972 views

    Series on Tough Questions. This message is based on the Ethopian Eunich

    Tough Questions – Real Answers Why Would God Love Me? April 22, 2007 Acts 8:26-40 26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Splash Felt Around The World - An Allegorical Fish Story

    Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on Dec 15, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,063 views

    A story with a spiritual meaning.

    Chapter 1: Trip to Ascertain Bend Jackie and his brother, Stephen, had grown up fishing in the various creeks, ponds, and lakes that populates the Bibb and Perry county area. While growing up in Marion, they fished at Shady Grove Lake in Bibb County with their father and grandfather. Now grown, ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Will Christmas Make A Difference

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Dec 19, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,102 views

    This is a Christmas message geared to make us seek ways to change our attitudes for Christmas.

    Will Christmas Make A Difference 12/21/2008 Matt. 1:18-2:12 Isaiah 9:2-7 Text Isaiah 9:6-7 How many of you here are doing something this week you would not regularly be doing but you’re doing it because Christmas is coming? When asked will Christmas make ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed