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  • Glen Lawhun avatar

    Why Should Ibecome A Christian

    Contributed by Glen Lawhun on Sep 26, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,078 views

    It would be a terrible thing to live a good life, be a good person and then end up in a terrible place for the rest of eternity. It is not God purpose that any person should be lost.

    Why should I become a Christian? Or, why should I remain a Christian? Rev. 3:21-22 I read an article this morning written by a preacher who really wanted people to become Christians. He came to this conclusion. There are three things that are hard to do. 1. Climb a fence leaning toward you. 2. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Lord Has Truly Risen, Alleluia Series

    Contributed by William Baeta on Apr 10, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
     | 8,212 views

    “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him” Mark 16:6.

    Theme: The Lord has truly risen, Alleluia Text: Isaiah 25:6-9; 1 Cor. 15:1-11; Mk. 16:1-8 Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! The world has heard many important messages, learned many great truths and experienced many dramatic and life-changing events. But none of them can come close to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Prayer Of Jabez

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 8, 2001
    based on 838 ratings
     | 194,299 views

    Jabez prayed a model prayer that God would bless him, increase his territory, place his hand upon him and keep him from evil.

    “Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, ‘Because I bore him in pain.’ And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, ‘Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    How To Find Life In A Dying World (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by Marcus Naugler on Nov 21, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,144 views

    Sometimes it is in the most peculiar places that God chooses to reveal His plan for our lives to us. It is through His calling that we find life in a dying world.

    How To Find Life in a Dying World (Part 1, The Call) Text: Exodus 3:1-10 We find life when… 1. God reveals Himself to us It often takes the most peculiar things for God to draw our attention away from the daily grind. Have you ever been told something three of four times before you understood ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Bird Feeder Series

    Contributed by Robert Tennant on Oct 30, 2000
    based on 88 ratings
     | 7,675 views

    In this response to the prophetic call of Haggai 1:3-8, the church is called to leave places of comfort and risk loving those in the world who desperately need to be reached.

    The Birdfeeder (Haggai 1:3-8) Robert J. Tennant Greenbrier Baptist Church, October 15, 2000 There once was a man named Jeff. Did you catch that? I said, “There once was a man …”. What does it mean when someone says, “there once was a man”? It means I am telling, ah yes, a parable. This is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Walk With Your Substitue Series

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Apr 13, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 4,203 views

    Like Barabbas we are worhty of God’s death sentence; but we, the rebels, are released, and Jesus is suffers our hell on the cross in our place as our Substitute.

    Walk with our Substitute Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God through which the Holy Spirit touches our hearts is record in Mark 15: Now, at every festival Pilate used to free a prisoner whom the people asked for. There was a man by the name of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Woman Caught In Adultery: And Us, Her Friends Series

    Contributed by Cameron Horsburgh on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 22,088 views

    We all know the woman caught in adultery, or someone like her. That’s fine, until we realise that we too stand in her place.

    Introduction [Start to read the story, stop after the scene is set and the woman has been brought before Jesus.] [I put a picture of a woman on the overhead projector, and I refer to it extensively throughout.] Let’s have a look at this woman [OHP]. What do we know about her? Very little! There ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Wish Vs Hope Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 26, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,681 views

    In your life do you make wishes or do you place your hope in someone else? One leads to fairytales the other leads to Jesus Christ.

    Wish verse Hope! Series: 4 letter words Opening Video Illustration: Bluefishtv.com - “Making a wish for an orphanage.” The girl in the story shares how he she came down with cancer twice and the second time she got cancer “Make a Wish Foundation” asked her what she wanted ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    There Is A New Man In Town

    Contributed by Derrick Thompson, Sr. on Feb 16, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 14,447 views

    Quite often we like things just the way they are, but Christ comes in a change should take place, because we are now new creatures in Christ.

    First Church of God in Harvey Sunday Morning - January 25th, 2009 Let us pray Welcome...... Today, this day, is the day which the Lord hath made we will rejoice and be glad in it. Today should be a day of rejoicing, because the Lord has done great things for us, and I truly believe we all ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    04 The Valley Of Weeping Series

    Contributed by Darren Rogers on Mar 3, 2009
    based on 30 ratings
     | 25,448 views

    How many times in your life are you brought to a place of tears? What do you do when you are there? Use it as a time for growth in the Lord.

    The Valley Of Weeping – 1st March 2009 am Psalm 84 The word Baca means weeping. Life is full of heartaches and disappointments. Life is full of tears. Life begins with crying (A baby is born crying). Life ends with crying (We mourn for those who die). Psalm 84 details the importance of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Desert Survival Series

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,252 views

    Will look at this teaching from Jesus to show how acceptance of the death of Jesus in place of our own is the bread of life that all men ought to crave for, not reject.

    I was a Jr. High student from CO. We were visiting Artesia Christian College, near Carlsbad, NM. They told our group that we were going to take a desert hike – that it would be fun. So, we piled into vehicles and drove south to the Chihuahuan Desert. You know, from an air conditioned car, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Hearing The Heartbeat Of God

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jan 13, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 40,882 views

    What moves the heart of God. If we like John could place our heads on His chest what would God’s heartbeat sound like?

    Intro: Have you ever laid you head down on someone’s chest and heard their heartbeat. If you were to do that you had to be pretty close to the individual whose heart you heard. You don’t just go up to someone on the street and say “May I listen to your heart?” I can only begin to imagine the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Flowers avatar

    Darkness Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Jan 27, 2008
     | 7,703 views

    Part 1 of 3-week series The Journey Toward Christ, this looks at Darkness – the place where we all find ourselves before coming to know God.

    THE JOURNEY TOWARD CHRIST Sermon One: Darkness Wildwind Community Church David K. Flowers December 2, 2007 Have you ever been completely in the dark? Can you take just a second to remember what that felt like? What are some words you’d use to describe that experience? They’re not usually good ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Missing God's Opportunities

    Contributed by Matthew Morine on Sep 25, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 20,356 views

    Ever wonder "what if?" In God’s timing, he has placed opportunities before us. It is up to us to seize the blessing, before it is too late.

    MISSING GOD’S OPPORTUNITIES TEXT: NUMBERS 14:6-11 THEME: SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE YOU. His name was David and he was the first Christian I ever really met. We became friends because his talk about God and Jesus fascinated me. We talked almost every day because we both had a break ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ken Harris avatar

    "How To Win Your Husband (For Christ) Without Saying Anything"

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Oct 7, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,516 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to encourage Christian Wives (through love and the ministry of submission) to willingly place themselves under their husband leadership in order to win them for Jesus Christ.

    7 October 2007 by U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Ord Military Chapel Seaside, CA BIG IDEA: Christian wives should share the LOVE of Christ with their husbands through their Ministry of Submissiveness. REFERENCES: 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 NLT (Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal