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Simply Church

Contributed by Rob Ross on Apr 9, 2003

based on 39 ratings

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Are we participants or spectators? That is a question that each believer needs to ask themselves. The church is on mission. Believers need to make a choice.

Introduction When I was preparing this sermon I felt God ask me two questions. The first question that I felt God ask me: "What is your passion?" Music, Enviroment, Work, Politics, Technology, Cooking, Sports (Basketball, Baseball, Football, Soccer Etc.), Sports in particular provided me with a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Baptist

Fear Of God Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Dec 19, 2005

based on 14 ratings

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#4 in Christmas series on fear. What were the shepherds afraid of? God’s presence.

Luke 2:8-20 – Fear of God I found a website called Funny Historical Accounts. It tells the unfortunate story of 24-year-old Danny Simpson of Ottawa, Ontario. In 1990 Mr. Simpson was given six years of imprisonment for robbing a bank of $6000. In the robbery, he used an old Colt .45 pistol. He ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Denomination: Baptist

Light In The Darkness

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 20, 2004

based on 9 ratings

| 6,263 views

I need the light of Jesus in the dark cavern of my heart.

First Presbyterian Church Wichita Falls, Texas March 30, 2003 Fourth Lord’s Day in Lent (B) LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS Isaac Butterworth John 3:14-21 (NRSV) 14/ And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15/ that whoever believes ...read more

Scripture: John 3:14-21, Numbers 21:1-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

We Are Saved To Serve Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 5, 2004

based on 41 ratings

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Learn from the servanthood of Christ. (1) choose service over self-interest, and (2) think like a servant.

A request was made by the mother, for her sons James and John to sit with Jesus in His Kingdom. Jesus was born for a purpose – to serve a need; to serve God’s purpose · He was born a SERVANT! From the day He was born until the day He died, He was serving SOMEONE · He was tasked by Someone to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:20-28

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Moving On With God: The Next Step With Money Series

Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Jun 13, 2003

based on 9 ratings

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our attitude to money can be a real block to God’s blessing in our lives. We need to recognise 1) "The Power of money"... work towards 2) "The Pacifying of money" and see 3) "The Potential of money" for blessing in our lives and the Kingdom of God

Moving on with God: the next step with money 2 Cor 9:6-15 WBC 15/6/3pm One of the golden-sticker-laden sweepstake entry forms and magazine sales pitches that show up just about weekly in most Americans’ mailboxes has just been sent to God! American Family Publishers sent its computer generated ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15, 1 Corinthians 6:12-13

Denomination: Baptist

How To Get Along Series

Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on May 18, 2004

based on 21 ratings

| 3,792 views

This sermon shares the secrets to getting along in the family.

The Secrets for Getting Along Ephesians 5:21 Last week we looked at What Women Wished Men Knew about Women. Today we turn our attention to the Secrets for Getting Along in the family. As Debbie pointed out, “The Family is the smallest unit of society, yet it plays a vital role in shaping the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:21

Denomination: Methodist

An Invitation To Worship Series

Contributed by Todd Leupold on Jan 16, 2008

based on 7 ratings

| 6,679 views

Part 1 in series about living lives of worship. Focus of this opening message is a powerful reminder that God has invited us to live and participate in Him - it is up to us to how we may respond and what that may mean.

INVITATION TO A LIFE OF WORSHIP Part 1 in series, “LifeSongs*: Lives of Worship” Rev. Todd G. Leupold Perth Bible Church Sunday January 13, 2008 AM * Title inspired by the name of the song and album by “Casting Crowns.” Overall series inspired and, to some degree adapted, from the writings of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:11-27

Denomination: Baptist

Fasting For Spiritual Breakthrough

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jan 4, 2007

based on 77 ratings

| 19,844 views

True fasting turns our attention off ourselves and onto God.

Fasting For Spiritual Breakthrough Text: Matt. 6:16-18 Introduction 1. Illustration: Richard Foster writes in his book A Celebration of Discipline, “In a culture where the landscape is dotted with shrines to the Golden Arches and an assortment of Pizza Temples, fasting seems out of place, out ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:16-18

Denomination: Methodist

The Power Of The Word

Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Aug 4, 2010

based on 4 ratings

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The power of God’s Word to change lives goes far beyond anything we can imagine.

THE POWER OF THE WORD The story’s told of a South Sea Islander who rescued a wounded G.I. during WWII. While the G.I. was recovering, the Islander proudly displayed his Bible to the G.I. He explained how he’d received it as a present from a missionary just a few years before. The ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:12-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Christ Is The Greatest Gift Series

Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Dec 20, 2010

based on 4 ratings

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Of all the Christmas gifts/presents given and received, Christ is the Greatest Gift.

Christmas Eve/Day Yr A, 24-25/12/2010 Isa 9:2-7 Rev. Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson, Chaplain, The Good Samaritan Society’s South Ridge Village, Medicine Hat, Alberta “Christ is the Greatest Gift” (This sermon begins by showing the congregation a Christmas-decorated gift bag or box ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:2-7

Denomination: Lutheran

Worshipping With Others Series

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Nov 6, 2007

based on 4 ratings

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This is the fourth in a series of messages in conjunction with Dwayne Moore’s "Thirty Days of Praise"

Thirty Days of Praise Worshipping with Others 1 Corinthians 14:26 * I read about a family that put together jigsaw puzzles. They started with fairly simple puzzles and moved to the more complicated ones. One night, the father brought home the first thousand-piece puzzle for them to try. The family ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:26

Denomination: Baptist

Compared To David, Saul Was A Saint??

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 1, 2008

based on 11 ratings

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Why was David acceptable to God when Saul wasn’t

David is anointed King In a small country village in Sicily, there were two brothers, Luigi and Guiseppe renown members of the local Mafia. They were mean, bad and very rich. No one had a good word to say about them. Indeed, everyone seemed to have a story about how they had either been ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1-13

Denomination: Anglican

Feasting Through Fastiing

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Sep 22, 2006

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“Fasting”… topic we don’t hear much about in the church to day - Many of us may think of fasting as for the spiritually elite… those specially gifted… a gift we seek about as much as celibacy or martyrdom. - Many of our initial thoughts, or even experi

“Fasting”… topic we don’t hear much about in the church to day - Many of us may think of fasting as for the spiritually elite… those specially gifted… a gift we seek about as much as celibacy or martyrdom. - Many of our initial thoughts, or even experiences conjure up thoughts of sitting around ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Were You Expecting Something Different?

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 5, 2006

based on 4 ratings

| 4,999 views

A look at what Jesus wants to change within us.

Introduction French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests--and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:1-6

Denomination: Wesleyan

How To Spot A Transformed Christian

Contributed by Doug Fannon on Oct 27, 2016

| 6,708 views

Outward signs of the inner reality

Matthew 12:33–37 (NKJV) 33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:33-37

Denomination: Baptist

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