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  • Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan avatar

    Paul Sails For Rome Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Oct 8, 2021
     | 2,471 views

    This passage talks about divine assurance to the people who travelled with Paul. God planned to take Paul into Rome for preaching the Gospel as a witness to Nero. So it was not the counsel of Festus that Paul should go to Rome but God.

    Acts 27: 1-44 Paul Sails for Rome This passage talks about divine assurance to the people who travelled with Paul. God planned to take Paul into Rome for preaching the Gospel as a witness to Nero. So it was not the counsel of Festus that Paul should go to Rome but God. Paul had tried before Felix ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Tim Smith avatar

    Think Sailing Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,366 views

    In our Scripture today, Jesus is talking about being born again and the necessity of the Holy Spirit in your life. Paul was passing through Ephesus and he met these people who claimed to be believers. Well, the test to being a believer according to Jesus

    Breathe: Think Sailing John 3:5-8 Dr. J. Henry Jowett, an English preacher, was talking to an old salt about sailing a ship and he asked him, "Will you explain to me the phenomenon of the wind?" The seaman replied, "I don’t know what you mean, sir." Jowett persisted, "Well, how do you ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • James May avatar

    Sail On!

    Contributed by James May on May 30, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 13,763 views

    Life is compared to sailing on a sea of time as we journey toward our ultimate destination. Let’s make sure we are on the right ship.

    Disclaimer: Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and illustrations are often gleaned from many ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Ken Alford avatar

    Wind In The Sails

    Contributed by Ken Alford on Nov 29, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 10,054 views

    Just as we cannot fly a kite without the wind, our lives cannot be truly spiritual without the Holy Spirit. It makes sense therefore that we apply the following four directives to our lives.

    INTRODUCTION: 1. A sundial was given to a group of people who lived in a jungle. To them it was a fetish. They built a house over it to keep it safe and holy. This kept the sun away from it and made it useless. They beautified it but made it without purpose. It reminds us of a powerless ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Lark Lewis avatar

    The Set Of The Sail

    Contributed by Lark Lewis on Nov 8, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,389 views

    ’Tis the set of the sails And not the gales Which tells us the way to go.

    The Set of the Sail 1 Chron. 22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD. 2 ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

  • Sylvester Fergusson avatar

    The Set Of The Sail

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jan 22, 2013
     | 9,915 views

    Our decisions are born out of a core of set values. These values determine our direction in life. When Christ is at the center of our lives our values will be such as to inform our decisions in the correct manner.

    THE SET OF THE SAIL. OPENING SONG SCRIPTURE READING: 2 Corth 10: 3-6 CLOSING SONG #15 Growing up as a boy in Brandons, I loved to go to the beach and watch the sailing boats sail across the water. It has always fascinated me how smoothly the boats glided across the waters. ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

  • Darrin Fish avatar

    Setting The Sails

    Contributed by Darrin Fish on May 15, 2013
     | 4,485 views

    This is a sermon on trusting in Jesus, do we believe that what we ask for will be provided or are we just throwing our prayers up in the air hoping somingthing will stick

    Setting The Sails • When Hudson Taylor, the famous missionary, first went to China, He went by boat • At one point during the voyage, the wind stopped blowing and the boat drifted dangerously close to the shore of island that was inhabited by cannibals. • Because of the lack of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Sailing On The Galilee Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 11, 2016
    based on 8 ratings
     | 13,479 views

    This is the 3rd in my lessons on Israel. This message focused on Jesus' ministry on the Sea of Galilee and the impressions I received as I visited that exciting area.

    TITLE: Sailing On The Galilee John 21:1-11 OPENED: Video from our trip where we’re on the tour boat “Faith” on the Galilee and the group singing “It is well” (Then we showed this map of the Sea of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jeff Seaman avatar

    How To Sail @ Life Series

    Contributed by Jeff Seaman on Apr 20, 2001
    based on 94 ratings
     | 6,519 views

    What are The Keys to Live a Great Life

    SAILING @ LIFE The Secret of Greatness Part 1 Jeremiah 29:11 We’re beginning a new series today called "SAILING @ LIFE." Every single person wants to live a great life. It’s born within us. We may not believe that we’ll live it, and we may be full of feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt, but every ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • J JOHN avatar

    Sailing Through The Storms Of Life: Seabiscuit Series

    Contributed by J John on Dec 20, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,362 views

    Seabiscuit is a tale of triumph and perseverance. Set in America during the Great Depression of the 1930s, it is a true story (based on a book by Laura Hillenbrand) of one horse and three men: a jockey, a trainer and a businessman.

    --note-- 2003 Universal Pictures and Dreamworks LLC Directed by Gary Ross Book by Laura Hillenbrand Screenplay by Gary Ross Tobey Maguire .... Red Pollard Jeff Bridges .... Charles Howard - - - - - Seabiscuit is a tale of triumph and perseverance. Set in America during the Great Depression of the ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Doug Johnston avatar

    Sailing Through The Storm Series

    Contributed by Doug Johnston on Jan 2, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 4,372 views

    David was able to sail through the storm arriving in the aftermath of his sin with Bathsheba because he didn’t fight it, he went with it so it could fulfill its divine purpose.

    9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Damien Saylor avatar

    A Sailing Upward Soul

    Contributed by Damien Saylor on Feb 5, 2020
     | 2,013 views

    There are difficulties along our path, but they will not stop us!

    Sermon A Sailing Upward Soul - Last week’s message was about soaring with God. - You have been given life to live, & you choose to live it. - Now, whenever you’ve started something new, you realize I’ve got to do things a little different with this new life. - I told you last ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Teddy Walker avatar

    And On This Day We Sailed On

    Contributed by Teddy Walker on Jul 21, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,626 views

    Keep going, no matter what!

    Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Gino Cascieri avatar

    Is Your Ship Ready To Sail?

    Contributed by Gino Cascieri on Sep 26, 2002
    based on 47 ratings
     | 5,818 views

    What eternal cargo will you have on board your ship when it is your time to depart this life?

    “Is Your Ship Ready To Sail” Text: 2 Timothy 4:2-8 Intro: Notice with me what the Apostle Paul says in v. 6. Paul makes this statement at the end of his life. Just before he was to beheaded for the cause of Christ. The word “departure” makes one think of a ship ready to set sail. Paul was saying ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jim Black avatar

    The Great Adventure: "Sail Into The Unknown!" Series

    Contributed by Jim Black on Aug 3, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,102 views

    Christians are called to sail into the unknown, making disciples, like Jonah...but sometimes we try to go our own way and create all kinds of problems.

    Can anybody finish this sentence… “In 1492, Columbus sailed the _______ “? • That’s how I’ve always remembered the story of Columbus… now here’s a great adventurer! In a day when nobody believed that the Earth was round, Columbus had this crazy idea that to get to India he would sail off in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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