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  • Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney avatar

    What's It Worth To You?

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Mar 29, 2025
     | 6,061 views

    We live every day in the balance between risk and reward. Don't think living for God comes free. Jesus said count the cost. There is a world waiting for us to decide what it's worth to us.

    Judges 6: 2 - 5 And the hand of the Midianites prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites Israel made them Den's in the mountains, and caves, and strongholds. It was, when Israel had sown that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the East, even they came ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Serving Until The Master Comes PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 25, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 170 views

    God entrusts each of us with unique gifts, calling us to faithfully use them for His purposes, resulting in joy and shared blessing.

    Hello, friends. If you’ve ever held a newborn, signed a mortgage, received a promotion, or sat beside a hospital bed, you know the hush that falls when life reminds you: what we hold is holy. It may show up as a paycheck or a paintbrush, a diploma or a diaper bag, a toolbox or a tender testimony. ...read more

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    Anchored In Hope When The World Feels Uncertain PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 13, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 160 views

    Prayer is our refuge in anxiety, inviting God’s peace and strength to guard our hearts and renew us amid life’s worries and uncertainties.

    Some of us walked in today with a knot in the stomach and a weight on the chest. Worry whispers at 3 a.m., bills pile on the counter, diagnoses arrive in sterile envelopes, and the what-ifs line up like storm clouds on the horizon. Our hearts try to outrun our thoughts, and our thoughts try to ...read more

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    Build On The Rock PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 21, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 196 views

    True faith is shown through obedient action to Jesus’ words, building a life that stands firm through life’s storms by relying on Him as our foundation.

    Welcome, friends. Some of us walked in today with the week still clinging to us like rain-soaked coats—news that unsettled, bills that piled up, a diagnosis that won’t leave the mind alone, a loneliness that lingers even in a crowded room. Life has a way of sending squalls without notice. The phone ...read more

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    Are You Elijah? PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 22, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 90 views

    God promises healing, hope, and restoration to those who fear Him, calling us to renewed faith, obedience, and wholehearted devotion amid life’s challenges.

    Friends, some mornings feel like the sky forgot to wake up. The headlines are heavy, our homes can be hurried, and our hearts carry more than they let on. Yet right in the pages of Scripture, God promises a sunrise. Not just any sunrise, but the “Sun of righteousness” with healing in His wings. Can ...read more

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  • Byron Sherman avatar

    By His Stripes-6

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jun 4, 2019
     | 1,427 views

    6 of ? The prophet Isaiah declared a future time when God’s Servant would provide the remedy for sin. Jesus is God’s remedy for sin. By His stripes I receive the Servant's...

    BY HIS STRIPES-VI—Isaiah 52:13—53:1-12 OR: God’s Remedy For Sin Attention: Spider webs: Spider webs have been studied by scientists for years. “A single spider can produce up to seven different types of silk for different uses.”—‘Spider Silk’ @ en.wikipedia.org “Spider silk stands out for its ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    #4- Partnering With God In Spiritual Warfare Series

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Oct 1, 2015
     | 6,299 views

    How do I pray? What is spiritual warfare? How do I partner with God?

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> THIS SERMON AVAILABLE WITH POWERPOINT IN RESOURCE DOWNLOAD! This sermon (and several hundred others) are available for download. > Microsoft Word > Most with handouts More info: www.sermonsubscribe.com or darrellstetler2@gmail.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Prayer ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Michael Stark avatar

    Common Tools; Uncommon Tasks

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jul 12, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,430 views

    God calls His people to serve now. He delights to use us with what we have, and not after some long, extended preparation in the distant future.

    “Moses answered [the LORD], ‘But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, “The LORD did not appear to you.”’ The LORD said to him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ He said, ‘A staff.’ And he said, ‘Throw it on the ground.’ So he threw it on the ground, and it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Building On The Rock

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Apr 13, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,220 views

    Jesus spoke about building our homes on rock but what about our churches?

    Two men, the number is both important and irrelevant. It is important because there had to be two, one would not have been enough. It’s irrelevant because those two men represent every human being who has ever lived. Two men, the number is both important and irrelevant. The story is a familiar ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Driving Force Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 6, 2004
    based on 37 ratings
     | 9,026 views

    1. Without the resurrection, the story of Christ would be just a beautiful story with a bad ending. 2. Without the resurrection, it would have meant that Evil had won. 3. The resurrection is the prelude to the second coming.

    Former NFL player Pat Tillman’s name has been in the news a lot lately. He played football for Arizona State University and then the Arizona Cardinals. But he had voluntarily enlisted with the Army Rangers following the terrorist attacks on September 11; turning down a $3.6 million contract with ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Accept No Substitutes Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 13, 2004
    based on 89 ratings
     | 30,284 views

    Why would the Israelites accept stale stagnant water rather than the living water God offered them? Did they just wake up one morning and say "I don’t want to follow God"? Consider these intriguing thoughts.

    OPEN: How many of you have ever bought “generic” products? Many of us do. We’ll go to the pharmacy and we’ll ask for the “generic” version of the medicine the Doctor has prescribed. Or, we’ll go the grocery store and purchase the store version of whatever product Kellogg’s or Seyfert’s or Land ‘o ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How To Experience God Series

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jul 20, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 14,735 views

    The "Hand of God" was with Ezra because: 1. He Studied God’s Word 2. He observed God’s Word 3. He Taught God’s Word

    www.pastorlarry.net Title: How to Experience God Text: Ezra 7 (esp. vv. 6-10) Author: Larry C. Brincefield 1. Since the dawn of history… • Mankind has sought a relationship with God… • Adam and Eve longed to walk thru the Garden of Eden with their Creator in the cool of the day… • And ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Making The Most Of Your Benefits Series

    Contributed by Chris Gowen on Jul 25, 2005
    based on 30 ratings
     | 13,646 views

    We may lose benefits while employed in some job. In Christ we have benefits for this life and for all eternity. We are encouraged to make the most of God’s benefits by doing four things.

    Making the Most of Your Benefits Psalm 103 How can you make the most of the benefits God has given you? 1.Bless the Lord. (v.1) We can receive more of God’s blessings if we would learn to “Bless the Lord”. Blessing the Lord means we bow the knee and give Him respect, the deepest of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    His Name

    Contributed by Ronald Crandall on Dec 21, 2002
    based on 109 ratings
     | 16,598 views

    A message on the Name of Jesus and it’s importance.

    His Name By:Charlse Kyle Matthew: 1:21 And she shall bring forth! a son and His Name shall be called Jesus; for he shall save his’ people from their sins. Luke 2:21, his Name was called JESUS, I want to say at the beginning of this morning that there is a great importance attached to a Name. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Purposed Donation To Life, Or Running With No Purpose

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 31, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 5,151 views

    What donation are you making to the Kingdom? Many have not purposefully planned on giving, you should, you can!

    A PURPOSED DONATION TO LIFE OR RUNNING WITH NO PURPOSE By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com This is a two part series, or can be done as one part if you move points very quickly! I take a bow and a quiver of arrows, and hold them in my hands as a point of visual contact. TEXT: 1 Cor. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God