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  • Getting Out Of The Desert

    Contributed by Grant Adams on Apr 16, 2021
     | 2,603 views

    God's plan for your life and mine, is to make us useable. When things happen in our life, we need to understand God is making us usable.

    Notice how God made Moses usable: 1. First thing God must do to make us usable is to get us out of the desert. 2. Moses was on the backside of the desert. It is a long way from the Palace to the backside of the desert. 3. A great many Christians are living in the backside of the desert. Why? ...read more

  • Follow Christ Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Feb 22, 2023
     | 1,488 views

    The foremost step to elevation is to Follow Christ. Follow the footsteps of him. The first thing the disciples observed after encountering with Jesus was that he walked into Jordan, then into wilderness for fasting and prayer.

    Ash Wednesday 22.02.2023 Text: Mark 10:32-34 Steps to Elevation: Step: 1, Follow Christ Introduction: During this Lent season we would mediate under the theme steps to elevation. These are the Steps to victory, jubilation and joy. Today, we are meditating the first step to elevation, that is, ...read more

  • Why Jesus Knew That Adversity Brings Out Either The Best Or The Worst In People

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 84 ratings
     | 17,895 views

    How to look positively at adversity

    The Benefits of Adversity - Gen. 50:20 Illustration: Jesus said, In the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer for I have overcome the world. (John 16:33) 1. Jesus knew that adversity is on the outside of a person, an individual’s attitude determines whether one chooses to become ...read more

  • Hanging On To Heaven When Hell Is On Your Back

    Contributed by John Gaston on Oct 2, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,256 views

    Josiah had everything going against him: horrible parents, no Bible, a defeated and bankrupt nation. But despite his trials, he became the greatest King of Israel, spiritually, even greater than David! You too can beat your problems and rise to do great things!

    HANGING ON TO HEAVEN WHEN HELL IS ON YOUR BACK 2 Chr. 33:1-35:18 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. The King of Egypt decided to modernize his country by putting plumbing in all the buildings. The people were delighted to get indoor running water! 2. To accomplish this, Pharaoh opened a school for ...read more

  • Christ Our Anchor And Refuge

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Jan 22, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,165 views

    If we practice now walking closely with Jesus, when things are going ok, then when the rough times come, we will be grounded to the Anchor and be safe in the storm

    When was the last time you faced a real storm in your life? Think back about what you went through, and about how you got through that time of real difficulty. Today, we’ll give some serious thought to how it is we can weather the bigger trials that come our way. When we face hardship, when we’re ...read more

  • My Servant Job

    Contributed by Robert Travis on Nov 28, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 4,763 views

    How to overcome adversity

    (Job 1:6-12) Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. And ...read more

  • A Little Bit Of Hangin' Series

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Apr 25, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,210 views

    Victory through Adversity

    Proclaiming His Majesty A Little Bit of Hangin’ Series 2006 Revelation 3:14-22 Abraham Lincoln once listened to the pleas of the mother of a soldier who’d been sentenced to hang for treason. She begged the president to grand pardon. Lincoln agreed. Yet, he is reported to have left the lady ...read more

  • The Three Success Secrets Of Shamgar

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Nov 9, 2004
    based on 114 ratings
     | 70,670 views

    Aids to advancing in adversity.

    The title of this message is from the yet-to-be released book by Pat Williams (Senior Vice President of the Orlando Magic), Jay Strack (Founder of Student Leadership University), and Jim Denney. In an advance synopsis of the book the authors say that Shamgar’s brief notoriety in the Bible lends ...read more

  • Faith As Trust

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 9, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,878 views

    Faith in the midst of adversity.

    FAITH AS TRUST. Psalm 62:5-12. 1. Context David asserts in Psalm 62:1, that, “Truly” his soul waits upon God, from whom comes his salvation. The Psalmist claims, in no uncertain terms, that his trust is grounded in God (Psalm 62:2). This is a statement of faith which he has reached through the ...read more

  • The Blind Man By The Roadside

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 16, 2018
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,617 views

    Importunity in the face of adversity.

    THE BLIND MAN BY THE ROADSIDE. Mark 10:46-52. Jesus came to Jericho, with His disciples and a great multitude (Mark 10:46). Some of the multitude may have come with the apostolic party from Galilee, but probably the majority had come out of Jericho to meet Him and continued with Him on ...read more

  • "Stick-To-It-Iveness" Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 5, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,298 views

    Our response to oppression & adversity

    Psalm Steps> “Stick-to-it-iveness” Psalm 129 Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts It pays to persevere. Thomas Edison experimented with hundreds of filaments before he succeeded in making the first electric light; Jonas Salk failed over 200 times before he ...read more

  • Job: A Man Tried And True

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 7, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,638 views

    Using the life of Job as a backdrop, this message asked the question: "What would it take to make you stop serving God?"

    JOB: A MAN TRIED AND TRUE Copyright © July 2010 by Rev. Donnie L. Martin. All Rights Reserved. Text: Job 19:25-27 I. JOB’S CHARACTERISTICS A. He Was A Godly Man. B. He Was A Great Man. II. SATAN’S CONTROVERSY A. God Questions Satan. B. Satan Questions Job’s ...read more

  • Finding Joy In Trials: A Faith That Transforms James 1:2-4 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jun 4, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,769 views

    James 1:2 offers a profound insight into how we should respond to trials and challenges in our lives. It’s a call to embrace a transformative faith that finds joy even amid adversity.

    Finding Joy in Trials: A Faith that Transforms James 1:2-4 Introduction: Today, we turn our hearts and minds to the book of James, specifically James 1:2. This verse offers a profound insight into how we should respond to trials and challenges in our lives. It’s a call to embrace a transformative ...read more

  • When A Day Turns Dark

    Contributed by Ricky Maye on Dec 19, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,426 views

    The word night has interesting implications in the hebrew, defining the night depper than just a time of the day leads us into a new study of what it means to be the light of the world.

    “life is a road where sightseeing is encouraged, where shortcuts aren’t a timesaber but a lesson learned.” I want to share with you one of the most amazing things I have been able to show people. This is from the chapter entitled “A Simple understanding of your ...read more

  • A Warrior's Song

    Contributed by Larry Finley on Aug 7, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,405 views

    A warrior’s strength is dependent upon who stands with him.

    A WARRIOR’S SONG PSALM 124 1. Last Week Ps. 123 – Servant’s Song a. Our Traveler continues on to Jerusalem b. True Worship is always opposed b y satan. c. Ever noticed that when you decide to live for God – all hell breaks lose!?! 2. Regardless of historical setting – first vs. a. depicts ...read more