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  • Steve Malone avatar

    His Church, A Place Of New Beginnings (A New Years Message) Series

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jan 6, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,562 views

    ‘A New Beginning’ is about changing our story by resetting both our course and our focus, on living the life that we were created to live.

    His Church, A Place Of New Beginnings New Years 2022 Dismiss GROVE KIDZ Welcome, to church! Welcome, to the year 2022! Yes a brand new year is off and running. 34 hours down… and 8,726 still to go. OKAY – here’s the deal… TODAY - day 2 of the year 2022… God is handing every single person in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Jesus In A Bottle

    Contributed by Eric Snyder on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 4,003 views

    Jesus changes our lives we do not rub the lamp and ask him to grant our wishes

    Jesus in a bottle, Luke 19:1-10 Eric A. Snyder, Minister, Farwell Church of Christ June 9, 2002 A man is walking down the beach and comes across an old bottle. He picks it up, pulls out the cork and out pops a genie. The genie says "Thank you for freeing me from the bottle. In return I will grant ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Young And Restless Or Home Alone

    Contributed by Randy Croft on Nov 15, 2002
    based on 79 ratings
     | 6,415 views

    Overcoming misconceptions about Single Adults

    Young and Restless or Home Alone? by Randy Croft What is the fastest growing minority segment of the American population? (Minority not meaning quality, but percentage of population). Not Hispanics, not African-Americans, not Asians, nor Europeans. It’s Singles. *Almost 40% of American ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    When You Are In The Dumps... Series

    Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Jul 13, 2004
    based on 40 ratings
     | 5,806 views

    Sometimes we feel like Elijah - in the pit of despair. The Lord raises us out of depression by 1. Reprimanding Us, and 2. Revitalizing Us.

    Pentecost 12 I Kings 19:9-18 Have you ever prayed an “I have had enough, Lord” prayer? An “I have had enough” prayer usually comes not long after one or more “what next, Lord?” prayers. We’ve all had times like those in our lives: one thing piling on after another, stress after stress, crisis after ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Spiritual Ultra-Runners

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Feb 17, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 7,031 views

    Have you ever wondered - "What’s the secret of sticking with it spiritually?" An examination of Paul’s secrets of spiritual endurance, discovering how we can have the endurance of an "ultrarunner."

    SCRIPTURE READING: "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at things which are seen, but at ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Temptations And Growth Series

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Mar 1, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,495 views

    Temptations have a very positive side to them, that we often overlook.

    Temptations and Growth Purpose Driven Life #26 Cornwall/Montreal February 14, 2004 "My temptations have been my masters in divinity." So said one theologian, who recognized the important place of temptations in the process of Christian growth. Most of us are not too keen on being tempted and would ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Time In God's Presence

    Contributed by Ken Gehrels on Nov 14, 2001
    based on 45 ratings
     | 11,350 views

    The importance of worship in helping us stand firm against many of life’s challenges and temptations.

    Let Us Worship And Bow Down (II) - Time In God’s Presence Bible Reading: PSALM 27 PREPARED BY KEN GEHRELS PASTOR CALVIN CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH NEPEAN, ONTARIO Time In God’s Presence p.1 Max Lucado tells a traumatic tale - a chapter in the life of a parakeet named Chippie. It began when ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Gatekeeper, Gateopener

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 19, 2000
    based on 77 ratings
     | 12,344 views

    The pastor has two roles that must not be reduced -- a gatekeeper to guard against useless ideas and hateful attitudes, and a gateopener to let in God's surprises.

    Do you think the Lord has a sense of humor? I do. I see a delicious little coincidence that God’s word drops in our laps today. Some of us remember a 70’s TV program, the Mary Tyler Moore show. If you remember that program, you will recall that sweet, nice, loveable Mary lived in an apartment ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Change Happens Series

    Contributed by Rick Duncan on Sep 2, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,503 views

    You can try to change God’s way or you can change the world’s way. You can change with the help of God or you can try to change with the help of self. You can try an inside-out kind of change or an outside-in kind of change.

    I grew up in the church. My dad was a pastor. I can remember people in those churches he pastored who attended services every Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night, who knew their Bible, who taught classes, who gave money, who led committees, but who were also mean as snakes. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pardon Me

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 27, 2007
    based on 71 ratings
     | 16,560 views

    Consider the simple and powerful truths of God’s PENALTY, God’s PAYMENT, God’s PLEA, God’s PROMISE, and God’s PARDON. But the pardon must be accepted or it is void. Link included to formatted text, audio, and PowerPoint Presentation.

    Pardon Me http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/PardonMe.html Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. A man on death row, sweating it out, hoping, praying and waiting for a word of pardon from the governor’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dan Campbell avatar

    Why Do I Have To Be A Disciple?

    Contributed by Dan Campbell on Nov 7, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,710 views

    Two weeks ago I asked the question, why are we here? The answer was Jesus’ call for us to be, first, disciples, and second, to disciple others. Last week I asked you, who have you been hanging out with?

    WHY DO I HAVE TO BE A DISCIPLE? Matthew 28:18-20 Two weeks ago I asked the question, why are we here? The answer was Jesus’ call for us to be, first, disciples, and second, to disciple others. Last week I asked you, who have you been hanging out with? So I went home thinking over what I had ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Do What They Did Series

    Contributed by Dan Borchert on Nov 17, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,849 views

    This passage gives us 3 good examples to follow, we just have to follow them

    Acts 9:32-42 Do What They Did Introduction A. If you have ever seen my son smile, you know that his smile is by far the cutest thing you have ever seen B. There is nothing that will make a bad day much better, then to see Isaiah smile C. I was watching him smile once, and I noticed something ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Steve Greene avatar

    Time For A Spiritual Tune-Up

    Contributed by Steve Greene on Dec 27, 2008
    based on 29 ratings
     | 18,746 views

    This message is a great tool for personal spiritual evaluation.

    Time for a Spiritual Tune-Up Once, when the people of God had become careless in their relationship with Him, the Lord rebuked them through the prophet Haggai. Haggai 1:5 (NIV) 5 Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways.” The temple was the focal point of ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Jason Jones avatar

    Dealing With Opposition In Life Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Sep 26, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,513 views

    Exposition of Neh 4 about the external opposition he faced as he and the jews rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem

    Text: Nehemiah 4:1-23, Title: Battling Opposition in Life, Date/Place: NRBC, 9/30/07, AM A. Opening illustration: see bottom of page, Someone said that you can only tell what a leader is made of when he faces opposition, B. Background to passage: After the rebuilding of the walls commences in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Touching The Lame, Lepers And Legalists Series

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 2, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,036 views

    Jesus changed the Lame, Lepers and Legalists. Well, almost. Here we find the Pharisees burden and the Lord’s blessings regarding the Sabbath.

    Now it happened that He went through the grain fields on the Sabbath; and as they went His disciples began to pluck the heads of grain. And the Pharisees said to Him, "Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" But He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist