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  • Let The Attitude Of Gratitude Elevate Your Altitude

    Contributed by Johann Neethling on Feb 14, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 10,561 views

    The attitude of gratitude is a conscious choice the Believer makes to the greatest event our world has known - the death and resurrection of Christ. That attitude enables us to live as overcomers irrespective of our circumstances.

    LET THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE ELEVATE YOUR ALTITUDE Philippians 4:4-13 1. The cartoon by Mike Baldwin on the cover of your bulletin this morning (cartoon shows a long line of people at the "Complaints" window and none at the "Gratitude" window)is an apt description of and sad commentary on the ...read more

  • Love In Focus (Love In Various Relationships) Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2008
     | 4,228 views

    Like my glasses, Love focuses in different ways, varying in both intensity and style.

    Love In Focus (topical) NOTE: When preached, I only got through half of this in 30 minutes, so I am doing part two (with some expansions) this week. 1. Affectionate Writing Can Reduce Cholesterol According to new research, writing down affectionate thoughts about close friends and family can ...read more

  • Why Celebrating Makes All The Difference Series

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Apr 8, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,498 views

    Final in the series which discusses how the celebrations in our lives are significant and how Easter is one continuous celebration!

    “Why Celebrating Makes All The Difference” John 20:1-20 How many of you like to attend parties, I mean really good parties? What does it take for a party to be a really good one? [some participation this morning please]. Americans don’t need too much excuse to have a party. Wedding ~ Super Bowl ~ ...read more

  • Learning To Live With God’s Family Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Oct 1, 2010
     | 5,115 views

    We need to learn to live with those who are a part of the family of God!

    INTRODUCTION • Slide #1 • Behave while living in a lost world. • Dealing with the issue of government. • Conduct at work. • Conduct within the home. • Up to this point the focus of our behavior has been focused on how to live with those outside of the church. Today, the focus is going to change to ...read more

  • Mushrooms Or Maple Trees: Sermon #6 Series

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 6, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,099 views

    Jesus’ Church is to be a place where all humankind is received and welcomed with grace.

    Mushrooms or Maple Trees: Spiritual Growth as God Intended Sermon #6 Sermon Objective: Jesus’ Church is to be a place where all humankind is received and welcomed with grace. PRE-SERVICE INTRODUCTION We are in a sermon series called Mushrooms and Maple Trees. Mushrooms sprout up overnight and ...read more

  • Home - Our Goal Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Aug 27, 2007
     | 3,318 views

    3 of 3 messages on the mission and vision of Meridian Christian Church. This message is based on the idea of being in community in the present and for eternity.

    8/19/07 Home - Our Goal Christians live a life of anticipation. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their ...read more

  • The Life Of Abraham, Part 14: Isaac Shall Be The Heir Series

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Feb 18, 2014
     | 6,450 views

    God chose that through Isaac and not Ishmael that Christ would be born.

    The Life of Abraham, Part 14: Isaac Shall Be Heir Genesis 21:8-21 Introduction The birth of Isaac was a time of great joy. But the birth of Isaac also would have important implications. I would suppose that Hagar and Ishmael rejoiced in the birth as well, at least outwardly. But is would not be ...read more

  • Trying Times - “a Time Of Peace”

    Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Aug 9, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 11,289 views

    Memories of God's soldiers tried in the fire of their hearts, while, here, on earth, who stood the test of time.

    Trying Times: A Time Of Peace by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (8/8/2013) “The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot...And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells ...read more

  • Darkness Before Dawn Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 6, 2012
     | 5,466 views

    Nature gives us insights into who God is and what he does as well as how we are to live before him. In this lesson we recognize that the darkness of night, ths shining of the stars, and the dawn of the sun parallel the darkness of evil that encompasses th

    1. Aggie and Sun Story The rivalry between UT and Texas A&M is well known. While living in Texas, a UT fan told me an “Aggie” joke. “Did you hear about the Aggie” who stayed up all night wondering what happened to the sun? Then it dawned on him!” 2. Psalm 8.2-4 3 When I look at your heavens, the ...read more

  • Really Blind Faith

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Mar 5, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,373 views

    A talk on God's sovereignty, and how He can use any situation to accomplish His will.

    Text: Heb 11:20, Gen 27:1-40, Title: Really Blind Faith, Date/Place: NRBC, 3/4/12, AM Opening illustration: Background to passage: Last Sun night we looked at Abraham’s life of faith with all its highs and lows, and the encouragement that it gives to the Christian. The next verse ...read more

  • I'm Going All In: An Issue Of The Heart Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Feb 20, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,426 views

    Going All in starts with loving God and moves to loving our neighbor. You cannot become a child of God without becoming part of His family. There is a responsibility for us to work together with the other living stones to be the temple of the Holy Spiri

    Intro: We just sang, “All to Jesus I surrender” All (some) to Jesus I surrender, All(some) to Him I freely give; I will ever love and trust Him, In His presence daily(every other daily) live. I surrender all (some), I surrender all (some). All (some) to Thee, my blessed ...read more

  • The House In A Shambles Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 23, 2017
     | 9,085 views

    Deal with sin WITH God's help. Understand the need for confession, for correction, and for change of our ways of living. All of these Cs can only come through Christ.

    Sin does not just affect the person who sin. It affects those around them. • A husband who sin affects his wife and children, the child who sin hurts his parents, a pastor who sin devastates the church, a leader who sin messes up the nation… • Sin contaminates everything around. It infects and ...read more

  • Conformed To Unity - Philippians 2:1-4 Series

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Oct 19, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 15,677 views

    With the exception of faithfulness to sound, biblical doctrine, nothing is more essential to the prosperity of the church than unity. In fact, sound doctrine without unity will profit little. When love is present, unity also will be.

    Conformed to Unity Philippians 2: 1-4 As we move into chapter two, we quickly discover these verses are a continuation of the previous passage. Phil.1:27 – Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of ...read more

  • Danger The Explosive Emotion Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Sep 10, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,567 views

    True Biblical knowledge married to a living spiritual relationship with Jesus leads to new creation behavior. Anger is an emotion given by God to respond to injustice and unrighteousness. Learn in this sermon to use anger biblically.

    Intro: If you remember last week one of the most important things we can do is saturate our minds with God’s word. We do this so that the Holy Spirit can plant it deeply within our minds and give us something of the Spirit to think about. We don’t learn more of the Bible which ...read more

  • Making The Bible Relevant

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 14, 2015
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,437 views

    The Bible is already relevant. Maybe we need to get out of the way and let its power be seen.

    1. There is a lot of talk today about making the bible "relevant." a. The word Relevant means "Logically connected with and important to the matter in hand; appropriate, germane, pertinent." b. There seems to be a precedent in verses like: 15 Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but ...read more