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  • Brian La Croix avatar

    A Merry Heart Does A Body Good...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,510 views

    A message meant to encourage Christians to have a more positive outlook on life rather than live in the negative all the time.

    A Merry Heart Does a Body Good… Various Scriptures July 22, 2007 I’d like to think that I’m overall, a pretty positive guy. I like to joke around, I like to laugh, and I try not to take myself too seriously. But every now and again I have to stop and wonder if I really am that positive of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Frederick Baker II avatar

    Giving Praise To Our Deliver

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Sep 3, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,795 views

    Encourage message on giving Praise where it is needed.

    Type of Sermon: Textual/Topical Purpose: Encouragement to Both Saints and Sinners Theme: Giving Praise to Our Deliver Scripture Reading: Psalm 40:1-3 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Happy Man

    Contributed by Gerald Van Horn on Sep 3, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,704 views

    David knew the secret of happiness and he shares it with us..

    The Happy Man by Gerald Van Horn Psalms 34:8 and 22 David wrote this Psalm many years ago. He was in very difficult circumstances and yet found a source of happiness. There is a lot of Christians who feel that to be a child of God means unhappiness. That is not true. God wants His people to ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Ken Pell avatar

    A Lesson From The Potato Series

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 27, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,859 views

    A basic approach to life for the Christian should be celebration of the presence of Christ.

    A LESSON FROM THE POTATO Matthew 9:14-17 Sermon Objective: A basic approach to life for the Christian should be celebration of the presence of Christ and that, like him – we should too, be everywhere spreading his love. Supporting Scripture: Isaiah 51:11-12; Luke 19:35-40; 2 Corinthians 5:16-18; ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Chris Layton avatar

    It's Fun Being A Christian

    Contributed by Chris Layton on Oct 1, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 14,192 views

    This is an idea I received while listening to a cassette of Bro. Bob Harrington "The Chaplain of Bourbon Street" He is a dynamic speaker and a great man of God.

    There are some who do not completely understand the joy we have in being Christians. A lot of people are like a little boy who went to see his grandfather…. My friends, God did not save us to let us sit and sour. He expects us too be an example to a lost and dying world of His love. Too many times, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Showing Our Thanks

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 6, 2007
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     | 5,457 views

    We can give thanks in 1)Praise of God’s Eternatlity 2) The Perception of our Frailty and 3) The Plea for God’s Steadfast Love

    Thanksgiving is a time when we can formally recognize and give thanks for the obvious and more abstract things that shape our lives here in Canada. The first recognized Canadian thanksgiving was held in 1578, at least forty years earlier than that of our friends to the south. In a misguided ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Jonathan McLeod avatar

    The Best Reason To Give Thanks

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Oct 11, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
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    Give thanks because God’s love for us is eternal. It didn’t have a beginning and it will not have an end.

    Two attitudes toward thanksgiving: • Blessings are seen as coming from US, not GOD. Bart Simpson’s Thanksgiving prayer: “Dear God, we paid for this stuff ourselves, so thanks for nothing.” Prayer by the character Charlie Anderson (Jimmy Stewart) in the movie Shenandoah: “Lord, we cleared this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Stephen Becker avatar

    "A-Life" In Christ

    Contributed by Stephen Becker on Oct 13, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,483 views

    Through our salvation in Christ, we are made alive in Him. Through His death, we find our life. Not only are we made alive through Christ’s death, but we begin a new life in Him, thus making us "A-life" in Christ. The sermon explores what it means to

    “A-Life” in Christ Colossians 2:6-15 Stephen H. Becker, M.Div. St. Peter’s Lutheran Church July 29, 2007 9th Sunday After Pentecost Friends, you and I are alive and have “a-life” in Christ! In our reading today from Colossians, the Apostle Paul is writing to the Christians in the young Church ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    A Holiday Heart Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 15 ratings
     | 8,370 views

    God’s people are to marked by thankful hearts and lives.

    Scripture Introduction I discovered “Holiday Heart Syndrome” from the electro-cardiologist who was a member of our church. Over the holidays, people often eat and drink more than usual. The sudden excess can cause an otherwise healthy heart to develop an abnormal rhythm, a fast and ineffective ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Howard Strickland avatar

    Rejoicing In Christ Alone

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Apr 9, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,549 views

    Philippians 3:1-12 verse upon verse weekly study. Good solid Bible teaching.

    Rejoicing in Christ Alone Philippians 3:1-12 1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. For me to write the same things to you is not tedious, but for you it is safe.2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation! 3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • John White avatar

    Singing The Lord's Song

    Contributed by John White on Dec 20, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 23,904 views

    An appeal to God’s people to live a life of real praise, bringing glory to God and a witness to the world around them.

    SINGING THE LORD’S SONG Psalm 137:1-4 "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us [required of us] ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Juan Garcia avatar

    La Actitud De Un Adorador

    Contributed by Juan Garcia on May 2, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 22,208 views

    Dios nos creo con el proposito de adorarle. Nuestra vida debe ser una expresion de adoracion. A veces no tenemos la actitud correcta.

    Introducción: Quisiera hablar hoy acerca de nuestras actitudes. Las palabras ‘actitud’ y ‘altitud’ son muy parecidas. Esto es por lo similares que son. Nuestra actitud medirá nuestra altitud. Mientras más gozosos seamos, mas niveles en el Señor experimentaremos. Nuestros éxitos en la vida ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Joshua Bowers avatar

    Stress

    Contributed by Joshua Bowers on May 7, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 11,124 views

    The answer to the question of "How do I deal with Stress?"

    I am sure that I am the only one here who ever slips up and allows stress to get to me. I know I am probably the only one who ever works hard to cover it all up and show one person on the outside while inside there is something completely different going on. To describe what I mean let’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Mark Perryman avatar

    Learning To Be Thankful

    Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 11, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,540 views

    Having a thankful attitude is so important in our Christian walk, it helps us mature into what God wants us to become.

    INTRO: Two men were walking through a field one day when they spotted an enraged bull. Instantly they darted toward the nearest fence. The storming bull followed in hot pursuit, and it was soon apparent they wouldn’t make it. Terrified, the one shouted to the other, "Put up a prayer, John. We’re in ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Jon Daniels avatar

    Don't Lose Your Joy

    Contributed by Jon Daniels on May 22, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,475 views

    Answers question, "What causes us to lose our joy?" Uses hymn "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus."

    “DON’T LOSE YOUR JOY” Gal. 4:8-20 INTRO – Don’t you hate it when you lose something important? Folks are always losing things – keys, money, homework, glasses, their Bible, umbrella, or the most annoying, yet most important thing we lose…the TV remote control! Then there are other less ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist