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  • Brian Matherlee avatar

    Gaining Altitude Series

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,978 views

    Part 3 in a series from Isaiah 40

    FLYING LIKE EAGLES Part 3-Gaining Altitude Sunday, September 23, 2007 Pastor Brian Matherlee Isaiah 40:31(New American Standard Bible) “Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    P.o.w.e.r.

    Contributed by Rodney Burton on Jan 26, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 10,405 views

    An acronym of the word POWER that looks at the work of Holy Spirit in the life of the believer.

    WE’VE GOT THE POWER But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Acts 1:8 PRAY effectively and with authority  There are many times that situations will present ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Be Joyful In Suffering Series

    Contributed by Gary Stebbins on May 10, 2011
     | 5,619 views

    During this series we will be looking at Paul

    Philippians Pt2- Be Joyful in Suffering (some thoughts taken from a sermon by Craig Groeschel on Joy) Introduction/Review Continue with our 2nd part- in series on Philippians. Paul- founded- church- 10 years prior to this letter. Philippi-Roman colony-Macedonia, NE corner- Greece. Philippians- ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    A New Day

    Contributed by Sherman Gordon on May 23, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,970 views

    MIDNIGHT IS THE DARKEST MOMENT OF THE NIGHT, YET IT IS ONLY A MOMENT. IF YOU CAN TRUST GOD TO SEE YOU THROUGH, HE WILL BRING YOU INTO A NEW DAY AND SEASON.

    A NEW DAY ACTS 16:25-35 PAUL AND SILAS IN PRISON 16ONCE WHEN WE WERE GOING TO THE PLACE OF PRAYER, WE WERE MET BY A SLAVE GIRL WHO HAD A DEMONIC SPIRIT SATAN DOESN’T CARE WHERE YOU ARE GOING; HIS SOLE PURPOSE IS TO DERAIL YOU FROM YOUR DESTINATION, BECAUSE IF HE CAN GET TO YOU, BEFORE ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Beware Of The Easy Way

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,018 views

    We live in a convenience-crazy society. Getting what people want FASTER, CHEAPER and EASIER is the name of the game. We do the same things that people have always done in the past, but everything is much easier now. It is no surprise then that people woul

    Intro: We live in a convenience-crazy society. Getting what people want FASTER, CHEAPER and EASIER is the name of the game. We do the same things that people have always done in the past, but everything is much easier now. Through modern science and technology, tedious chores are getting easier all ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Getting Some Much Needed Rest

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Mar 25, 2012
     | 4,991 views

    Are you losing sleep?

    Acts 12:1-11-Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Bethlehem 2011 Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 12, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,924 views

    It is Providential that the Old Testament history of Bethlehem foreshadows the birth, person, and work of the Messiah.

    Bethlehem 2011 (topical) 1. According to a British Paper (Romsey Advertiser): “Christmas shoppers looking for a bargain should be wary of counterfeit goods which flood the market in the run-up to the festive season, the UK Border Agency has warned. “Fake Ugg Boots, GHD hair straighteners, iPhones ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    A New Year For A New You

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jan 2, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,146 views

    This will be a four part series at the first of the year. Paul uses the analogy of a runner to describe the Christian’s spiritual growth. The believer has not reached his goal of Christlikeness, but like the runner in a race, he must continue to pursue it

    A New Year For A New You Philippians 3:12-14 Ill. Can you imagine what it would be like to be at a track meet waiting for the start of the 100 meter race? Gathered together are the top runners from across the world. Fractions of a second separate these runners. While the marathon is a test ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Fortune Tellers Are Useless

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jul 14, 2012
     | 5,032 views

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you still reading zodiac signs? How about your daily horoscopes? All of these are useless II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To prove how useless zodiac signs and horoscopes reading are. IV. TEXT: Isaia

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you still reading zodiac signs? How about your daily horoscopes? All of these are useless II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To prove how useless zodiac signs and horoscopes reading are. IV. TEXT: Isaiah 47:14 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) But they ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Don't Let Your Dream Die In The Pit

    Contributed by Larry M. Treat on Jun 19, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,501 views

    When we feel alone and abandoned we must remember that God has not forgotten us. He is an ever present help in our time of need and he is always up to something in our lives.

    Don’t Let Your Dream Die In The Pit Gen. 37 • As Humans we like or tend to focus on the NEGATIVE • We like to look at the negative as if it tells the whole story o Each one of us tonight sit in this place as an incomplete ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Handwriting On The Wall

    Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 9, 2015
     | 8,122 views

    warning

    Daniel 5:1-31 The Handwriting on the Wall 1. Belshazzar's Depravity – 1-6. a. His Arrogance 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Gerald Roberts avatar

    The Wedding Banquet

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Oct 12, 2014
     | 7,420 views

    The sermon shares the supper and marriage of our Lord to His church the bride.

    Matthew 22:1-14 “The Wedding Banquet” 1. The Lord is going to have a wedding Banquet for His Son • It is the Marriage Supper of the Lamb it is a happy time Revelation 19:9 Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!'" And he added, "These are ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    "Take The Mark"

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Feb 25, 2015
     | 8,886 views

    The Bible teaches us in Ezekiel we need a mark that identifies us as his. So God desires us to be marked this ash Wednesday as one of His.

    “Take The Mark” Ezekiel 9:1-11 (Ezekiel 9:4-6) "And the LORD said to him [one of the four cherubim], 'Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark [literally, "a tav"] upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Let Down Your Nets

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Feb 5, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,887 views

    Do we experience Jesus while we’re working? Are we ready for church growth? Do we see daily miracles? Let’s find out in Luke 5:1-11.

    Do we experience Jesus while we’re working? Are we ready for church growth? Do we see daily miracles? Let’s find out in Luke 5:1-11. Luke 5:1-2 “Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; and He saw two ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus And The Mourning Widow Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 9, 2016
     | 5,940 views

    We can learn a lot about feeling compassion and acting on it from the actions of Jesus at Nain.

    Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost 2016 Extraordinary Form In the letter to the Ephesians, St. Paul famously tells his Catholic listeners that the task assigned to us by our baptismal consecration is to “watch carefully how [we] live, not as fools but as wise persons, redeeming the times ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic