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  • Kevin Shelton avatar

    Why Praise Or Give Thanks?

    Contributed by Kevin Shelton on Sep 1, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,128 views

    Why should I praise him?

    This is the day that the Lord hath made, I hope you’re rejoicing and being glad in it. Today is a beautiful day for fishing, golfing, tennis, and don’t forget praising the Lord for his greatness. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.(Psalm 19:1). ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Practicing Patience Series

    Contributed by Donald Mcculley on Aug 7, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,957 views

    Waiting can be frustrating. We just hate to wait. A poet once said, “Patience is a virtue, possess it if you can, seldom in a woman, never in a man.” Let’s take up this issue of patience.

    Practicing Patience Galatians 5:22 Introduction: Waiting can be frustrating. We just hate to wait. A poet once said, “Patience is a virtue, possess it if you can, seldom in a woman, never in a man.” Let’s take up this issue of patience. I. Patience Must Be Defined A. Consider some secular ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Who’s Got Your Back? Series

    Contributed by Richard Mc Quinn on Mar 15, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,765 views

    Who picks you up when the going gets rough. When you have been through hell and you do not know where to find your strength. The dealth of a loved one, divorse, bankruptsy, drugs, booze, sex halls----Who comes to help you stand back up. Failure is NOT

    Who’s Got Your Back? 3-13-11 New Liberty Christian Church, Veedersburg, IN Rich McQuinn, Minister TEXT: MATTHEW 28:16-20 INTRODUCTION: A little boy was waiting for his mother to come out of the grocery store. As he waited, he was approached by a man who asked, "Son, Can you tell me where ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    How We Can Defeat The Darkness Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 22, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 14,812 views

    How can we defeat the darkness? 1. Put a priority on prayer (vs. 1-5). 2. Rely on our Redeemer (vs. 6-16). 3. Strive to stick together (vs. 12-16). 4. Live in loyalty to the Lord (vs. 17).

    How We Can Defeat the Darkness Acts 12:1-17 (Reading vs. 1-5) Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church April 6, 2014 (Revised Sept. 18, 2016) *Anybody paying any attention at all knows we are living in a time of growing darkness. A five-minute glance at the headlines is enough to prove that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Handle Anger Constructively Series

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 12, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,940 views

    Eph 4:26 “In your anger do not sin” : Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, Eph 4:27 and do not give the devil a foothold."

    Compiled by: Herman Abrahams (Pastor), Cornerstone Faith Ministries, P.O. Box 740, Westridge 7802, Rep. of South Africa. E-Mail: Mentorship2003@yahoo.co.uk Note to the reader: If you have been blessed with this sermon compilation, I would be honoured to receive an e-mail from you ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Holiness Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Robert Higgins on Aug 8, 2006
     | 2,745 views

    What Holiness is NOT.

    Peter the Great was once quoted as saying, “I have conquered an empire, but I have not been able to conquer myself.” 1. Review of Last Week: a. What holiness is not: i. Last week, I introduced the subject of Holiness, and we discovered that we tend to have a misconception about what holiness is. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Providing Comfort During Trials

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on May 13, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,056 views

    How do we respond to those who are enduring hardships? Do we dish out criticism and judgment, or do we show genuine compassion? The experience from our own trials can help us better minister to those in trouble and anguish.

    Samuel Chadwick said, “Compassion costs. It is easy enough to argue, criticize and condemn; but redemption is costly, and comfort draws from the deep. Brains can argue, but it takes heart to comfort.”(1) How do we respond to those who are enduring hardship? Do we dish out criticism and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Would You Do?

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Feb 13, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,517 views

    A homeless man walks into a bar. What would you do? (Sermon based on TV show What Would You Do? , the episode centering on the treatment of the homeless.)

    Show video from You Tube “WWYD? - No shoes, no shirt, no pants, no service!” I cannot watch this video without being overcome by emotions. I am forced to ask myself “What would I do?” Would I have been one of the many to sit and watch as this person is cast out of the bar? Would I have turned my ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Transformers Optimus Prime God Wants You To Be A Transformer

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 19, 2017
     | 13,512 views

    This message is part of our Super Heroes Series. The sermon shows how the story of the Transformers is taken out of the Bible. Although Optimus Prime is a great leader, he is not on the same level as Jesus Christ.

    Super Heroes—Optimus Prime —God Calls You To Be A Transformer 7/16/2017 Isaiah 42:1-9 Ephesians 4:17-32 We are in our series Super Heroes. So far we have looked at a Superman and found his story in the story of Moses. We looked at Wonder Woman and found her story was in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Great Commission

    Contributed by Robert Travis on Aug 10, 2001
    based on 110 ratings
     | 8,458 views

    Committment comes before commission.

    THE GREAT COMMISSION And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Short Challenge: Keeping Our Eyes On Christ Series

    Contributed by Nate Herbst on Jan 14, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,991 views

    A short encouragement on how to practically keep our eyes on Christ.

    Short Challenge: Keeping your eye’s on Christ! Can’t stay stagnant in life – you’re always going up or down. Jer.30:21 – “…who is he who will devote himself to be close to me?” Heb.12:1-2 – “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Miracles Still Happen

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 31, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,408 views

    Miracles are sudden inbursts of God’s love into His world and our lives, and attract attention to the truth of the Gospel.

    February 3, 2009 St. Blaise “since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Mark Mitchell avatar

    Ministry Of Carrying The Bones

    Contributed by Mark Mitchell on Mar 23, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,123 views

    Service to God should not be done to be seen

    I. Promises are more important than priorities -Priority: An order of preference based on urgency, importance, or merit. -Promise: A declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect its performance. II. Purposes are more important than personalities -Psalm 139:14 I praise ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    No Regrets

    Contributed by Mike Mizell on Dec 6, 2002
    based on 75 ratings
     | 22,618 views

    Learn to live a life without regrets.

    No Regrets 2 Timothy 4:5-8 Read Story In 3 weeks we will rejoice at surviving this year and celebrate the beginning of a new year. Let me ask you, “How has 2002 been for you? Did you make resolutions this year and if you did, how did you fare with them?” If you are like the vast majority of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Servants Of God: Pattern For Living

    Contributed by Andrew Clark on Aug 23, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 8,083 views

    Learning biblical living from the servant songs of Isaiah.

    Matthew 12:1-28/Isaiah 42:1-4 The Servant of God: a pattern for living. By Lieutenant Andrew Clark, The Salvation Army. The wonderful book of Isaiah was written some 600 or more years before the time of Jesus, yet in chapters 40-55, we have what are called the servant songs: songs about the ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness