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  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    Love In Bloom Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 25, 2008
     | 2,705 views

    Love varies with the persons we love and our relationship to them.

    Love in Bloom (topical) 1. Family love is unique but challenging. From Reader’s Digest, we read, It’s every airplane passenger’s nightmare -- getting stuck near a crying baby. I was manning the ticket counter at a busy airport when the sound of a sobbing infant filled the air. As the next ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Paul's Response To False Accusations

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001
    based on 28 ratings
     | 12,237 views

    How to avoid over reacting to false accusations

    Paul’s Response to False Accusations (Acts 21:27-40) Illustration:Statistics and Stuff What really makes people satisfied with their lives? Amazingly, the secret may lie in a person’s ability to handle life’s blows without blame or bitterness. These are the conclusions of a study of 173 men who ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Put On Each Piece With Prayer Series

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on May 16, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,848 views

    Prayer is the final component to the Armor of God. It is the source of power that is necessary to enable us not only to stand but to engage the enemy to ultimate victory in Christ. Prayer directs, equips, and empowers us.

    Put On Each Piece With Prayer Ephesians 6:10-13, 18 “Stand up, stand up for Jesus, Stand in His strength alone; The arm of flesh will fail you, You dare not trust your own. Put on the gospel armor, Each piece put on with prayer; Where duty calls or danger, Be never wanting there.” Prayer is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When Anger Knocks

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jun 10, 2025
     | 332 views

    You can be angry, but don’t let it turn into sin.

    When Anger Knocks June 8, 2025 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: You can be angry, but don’t let it turn into sin. Focus Passage: Ephesians 4:26-27 Supplemental Passage: Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, For anger resides in the bosom of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Paul Handled A Crises

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 5,552 views

    What to do when you are facing a multitude of crisis? Are you becoming better or bitter?

    How Paul Handled Crisis Acts 27:21-25 Crisis - A decisive moment, a difficult time that becomes momentous. "Crisis can make us either better or bitter." Illustration:Rules for crisis management: 1) Hope for the best, bur prepare for the worst. 2) Look first, then act. 3) When you do act, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Godly Surface Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 21, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,903 views

    The underlying problems of God’s people are related to attitude, not behavior. The two are definitely correlated; our behavior reveals our attitudes.

    The Godly Surface (Malachi 3: 7-15) 1. When we do not pay attention, we create problems. 2. A police officer in a small town stopped a motorist who was speeding down Main Street. "Officer," the man began, "I can explain." "No explanation needed!" snapped the Officer. "I’m going to let you cool ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Who's Right?

    Contributed by Cooper Abrams Iii on Sep 24, 2001
    based on 27 ratings
     | 4,730 views

    With so many churches teaching contrary doctrines and practices how can a believer determine who is right?

    Who’s Right? John 8:42-47, 14:3-6 11-1-98 INTRO: I have been corresponding with young man by E-mail who sent me a question about the trusting the Bible. He was writing a paper for school and wanted my perspective on the matter. I wrote him giving him the evidence that the Bible is the Word ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Servant

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Nov 19, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,502 views

    In the opening verses of this letter Paul introduces himself to the believers in Rome. When he wrote this letter he had never been to Rome, so naturally he gave a brief description of himself and his special status in the church.

    THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: John Kenneth Galbraith, in his autobiography, A Life in Our Times, illustrates the devotion of Emily Gloria Wilson, his family’s housekeeper: “It had been a wearying day, and I asked Emily to hold all telephone calls while I had a nap. Shortly thereafter the phone rang. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lies In Disguise—battling Temptation

    Contributed by Mark Roper on Nov 20, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,965 views

    Temptations may be bold, or subtle. Temptations may be good things to stand in the way of Devotion Temptations are for one purpose to destroy us

    Lies In Disguise—Battling Temptation Matthew 4:1-4:8 I think that we all understand what temptation is. There is a story told about a little boy in a grocery store that I think illustrates the nature of temptation. The boy was standing near an open box of peanut butter cookies. “Now then, ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Judgment Will Be No Joke

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 5, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,716 views

    God is a God of justice. One day Jesus Christ will dispense that justice with unswerving and unquestionable accuracy on those who have rejected salvation through faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross of Calvary.

    JUDGMENT WILL BE NO JOKE Text: Rev.20: 11-15; Acts 17: 31 Intro: The Great White Throne Judgment is an event that is still at least 1,007 years in the future; but it is as certain as death. It will be God’s final act of justice upon sin and the sinner. This judgment will be unlike many ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Accused People Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 11, 2008
     | 4,560 views

    Like a prosecuting attorney, God levels accusations against the nation of Israel.

    The Accused People (Malachi 2:1-17) 1. It gives us great satisfaction when someone gets caught cheating. Bonnie Jones shares this story: "I was in the express lane at the store quietly fuming. Completely ignoring the sign, the woman ahead of me had slipped into the checkout line pushing a cart ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Simplicity

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 21, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,776 views

    From all indications Paul was a brilliant scholar and could have overwhelmed his listeners with intellectual arguments, but he shared the simple message of Jesus Christ by allowing the Holy Spirit to guide his words.

    THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: One man who was on the path of true simplicity was, according to the Talmud, a certain Rabbi Zusya. He once said, “In the coming world, they will not ask me: “Why were you not Moses?” They will ask me, “Why were you not Zusya?” (Reader’s Digest, March, 1980). In this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christ At The Center Of Your Life Series

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Jul 19, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,291 views

    I pray this captures our hearts as we consider that there is no part of our life that escapes the presence of Christ - and that’s a comfort for us all.

    CHRIST AT THE CENTER OF YOUR LIFE Colossians 3:12-17 Introduction Christ is in the Center of everything! -The center of our Faith and Prayers -He is our only Hope - Christ in You, the hope of glory! -He is at the Center because of who He is -He gives us the power to see it through by making ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Sign Of Wine Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 27, 2017
    based on 9 ratings
     | 30,709 views

    What was the purpose of "signs" in Jesus ministry? And what did this particular sign have to say to us?

    OPEN: The Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn had a problem - motorists weren't coming to a complete stop at stop signs. So in 2007 the Mayor came up with a creative solution. He added a second, smaller octagonal sign the town's 50 or so stop signs that read: “STOP And smell the roses” "STOP No really, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Suffering

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Apr 12, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,713 views

    . This section is one of three sections in II Corinthians devoted to a listing of Paul’s sufferings. Paul was not afraid of suffering because he knew that God controls trials, and God uses trials for His own glory.

    THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: Driving through Texas, a New Yorker collided with a truck carrying a horse. A few months later he tried to collect damages for his injuries. “How can you now claim to have all these injuries?” asked the insurance company’s lawyer. “According to the police report, at the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist