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    Embracing Christ's Presence Amidst Life's Storms PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 26, 2023
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     | 1,388 views

    The power of Christ's presence, the importance of faith in times of darkness, and finding peace amidst life's storms.

    Good morning, brothers and sisters in Christ. Today we gather to learn about the power of Christ's presence, the courage of walking in faith, and the peace we can find in life's storms. Charles Spurgeon once wrote: "To trust God in the light is nothing, but to trust Him in the dark – that is ...read more

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    Who Are You Connected To? PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 20, 2024
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    Encourages discernment in forming relationships and choosing paths, emphasizing the importance of aligning with God's will and light, not darkness.

    Greetings, dear friends. It's a joy to gather with you today, to share in the fellowship of the Lord and to turn our hearts and minds toward His Word. We are here, united in Christ, to grow in our understanding, to deepen our faith, and to strengthen our bonds. We are here to grapple with the ...read more

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    Strategic Prayer Warfare For Spiritual Fortification Series

    Contributed by Rudolf E. Y. Mensah on Jan 11, 2025
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     | 1,782 views

    In a world filled with unseen battles and spiritual warfare, it is crucial to fortify ourselves against the forces of darkness.

    Title: Strategic Prayer Warfare for Spiritual Fortification Author: Rev. (Prophet) Rudolf E. Y. Mensah In a world filled with unseen battles and spiritual warfare, it is crucial to fortify ourselves against the forces of darkness. Demonic spells, charms, incantations, and the spirit of death ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    I Saw The Light

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 23, 2025
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    Jesus, the Light of the world, entered our darkness at the cross and proved in the resurrection that light always triumphs.

    Introduction – More Than a Song “I saw the light.” That’s more than just the title of an old gospel tune. Some of you might remember Hank Williams writing and singing it back in the 1940s. Over the years, that song has been carried on the voices of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and even church ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    No Room For Hypocrisy

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 13, 2025
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    At the Last Judgement, all of us will need to admit to our shortcomings. No whispered secrets, no dark meetings.

    Friday of the 28th Week Integral 2025 One thing we can say about the Gospel writers’ style: they were working on expensive media like parchment or papyrus, so they did not waste words. Today Luke gives us what looks like a throw-away line at first: “So many people were crowding together that they ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Our Enemy And Our Warfare

    Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Feb 4, 2024
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    As Christians, we are engaged in spiritual warfare with the Devil and the powers of darkness. We can only be victorious through the strength of God and the armour He provided.

    Our Enemy and Our Warfare Study Text: Ephesians 6:10 - 18 Introduction: - The Bible made it clear that as Christians, we are engaged in a spiritual warfare which can only be won with the strength of the Lord and the spiritual weapons He provided for us. - Two notable things about the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Temptation - In The Ring With The Devil Series

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Sep 30, 2020
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    We can ruin our lives or our witness in one careless moment. To overcome temptation we need to remember the price, resist ahead of time and run away from temptation.

    TEMPTATION – IN THE RING WITH THE DEVIL Bob Marcaurelle homeorchurchbiblestudy.com James 1:13-15 “A person is tempted when he is lured (a fishing term) away and trapped by his own evil desires. His evil desire conceives and gives birth to sin. And sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living Like An Animal? Do We Need To Change?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 5, 2025
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    It is easy to be resistant to needed change. The is a Bible lesson where Nebuchadnezzar was warned he needed to change his attitudes and he refused. Seven years living like an animal was very costly.

    LIVING LIKE AN ANIMAL. DO I NEED TO CHANGE? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) *Define change: to make a difference, to transform habits, to make different, to alter, to modify, to replace, to make new, to make better, Change? A lesson seldom ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Tip Of The Spear

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Feb 26, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,639 views

    There are people who form the tip of the spear, taking the gospel into very dark places. But what about the rest of us? What is the task for the shaft of the spear?

    Passage: 2 Timothy 1:8-18 Intro: “You’ve got to walk that lonesome valley. You’ve got to walk it by yourself. Oh, nobody else can walk it for you. You’ve got to walk it by yourself.” 1. that may be what we will experience, but it is not what is supposed to happen. 2. there is a poignancy in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    The Guiding Light Series

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Nov 18, 2013
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    Are you following THE Guiding Light or just a guiding light?

    Do you remember this intro? “And now, The Guiding Light.” It is an old one. According to Guinness Book of World Records The Guiding Light was the longest running drama of all time. It came on the air in January 25, 1937 five days after President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s second ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    The Day The Light Came Back Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Apr 8, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 18,553 views

    This is both the Good Friday and Easter Sunday Message. Friday was: The Day the Light Went Out and Sunday was: The Day the Light Returned

    Good Friday The night before the Israelites fled from Egypt the Angel of Death visited leaving the first born of the entire nation dead. It was the darkest day in the history of Egypt. Friday, October 13, 1307 the soldiers of King Philip of France arrested and executed the leaders of the Knights ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Always Darkest Before The Dawn

    Contributed by O. K. Neal on Feb 10, 2010
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,499 views

    Short message on Easter morning at the tomb

    Dark before the Dawn John 20:1-10 Have you noticed? It IS always darkest before the dawn I wonder why Have you? When at the ranch, you can go outside around 4 am and see millions of stars More than you can ever see in a city, or even a small town It is dark When growing up, I believed I ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Are You Asleep In The Light? Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 9, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 17,731 views

    When you’re spiritually asleep it means you’re unaware of what God is doing right now in the world.

    INTRODUCTION One of the first church jokes I remember hearing is about the deacon who always went to sleep when his pastor started preaching. One Sunday, the pastor decided to play a trick on him. He started preaching, and sure enough, the drowsy deacon was soon sound asleep. The pastor said ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When The Heavens Are As Brass Series

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Apr 3, 2014
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,354 views

    A sermon series revealing the secret to experiencing great intimacy with God, even when the clouds of darkness are looming overhead and God seems a million miles away.

    When The Heavens Are As Brass Throughout the years of my life as a Christian I have experienced an ever deepening holy dissatisfaction with spiritual mediocrity and have continued in desire to draw closer to God’s majesty - yearning for more of His glory. But it hasn’t exactly been a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Undeserved Credit Series

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Apr 14, 2014
     | 7,073 views

    A study of Proverbs 4 verses 1 through 19

    Proverbs 4: 1 – 19 Undeserved Credit 1 Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, and give attention to know understanding; 2 For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law. 3 When I was my father’s son, tender and the only one in the sight of my mother, 4 He also taught me, ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel