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  • Ken Pell avatar

    A Table In The Presence Of My Enemies (Communion)

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Feb 3, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 17,055 views

    This is a communion meditation.

    A Table Before My Enemies** Psalm 23 Sermon Objective: Communion Meditation Supporting Scripture: Matthew 10:16; Luke 22:19-21; John 10:11; Romans 8:31-39 Psalm 23: 1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Sacraficial Love

    Contributed by Rev Paul Kerans on Apr 24, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,838 views

    Anzac day sermon. looks at the sacrafice that Christ has made for us and how we are to love others

    Introduction. ANZAC Day Illus Many Aussies died Serving their country Saving their mates Simpson & His donkey Another story from WWII Boarding the SS Dorchester on a dreary winter day in 1943 were 903 troops and four chaplains, including Moody alumnus Lt. George Fox. World War II was in ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Shake Your World Series

    Contributed by Paddy Venner on Apr 28, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 9,165 views

    Part of the strategic positioning by God of your life is the shaking away of the junk that should not have been there in the first place

    • Today I wrap up my theme of looking at issues of the heart – we have spoken about aligning our heart, having hearts filled with a wild faith, having a heart for the house, creating room in our hearts for God, we have looked at how doing what is in our hands unlocks the door to what is in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Grace - How We Respond By Faith

    Contributed by Willem Nel on Feb 7, 2010
     | 3,815 views

    The purpose of this message is to show that God has already done and paid for what we will need for in this life. Faith is our response to this grace. The best way to respond is by aligning our words and action with His Word.

    Week 3 By Grace through Faith – How this work together? Eph 2:8 (NKJV) For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?— 7 Therefore know that only those ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Take Up Your Cross

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Sep 9, 2010
     | 4,215 views

    To seek after God, to follow His ways, means we must believe that His is – ever present, all knowing, all powerful.

    Take Up Your Cross ACT up part 3 12/27/09 AM Text: Luke 9:34-35 INTRODUCTION We began this month considering “our year in review”, the need to examine ourselves to ensure we are in the faith of Jesus (2 Corinthians 13:5.) We have learned there is great value in examining ourselves and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Bright Light

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Apr 7, 2010
     | 2,653 views

    When Jesus walked oln the earth, even though His glory was hidden, He was still an amazing light. And light can hurt.

    Passage: Matthew 9:9-13 Intro: Light is an amazing phenomenon. 1. it can be at one time painful, illuminating, helpful, and revealing of things we would rather stayed hidden. 2. if you walk into a dark room and turn on the lights, some inhabitants will scurry away and others will welcome the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Here Comes The Sun: It's Alright

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Mar 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,081 views

    Noah sets the stage for the coming of God’s son and mercy which is unearned

    It is more than 80 years old. An American Elm Tree in downtown Oklahoma City, survived one of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil as 168 people died in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995. The 101-year old tree was almost destroyed by the blast, with ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    It's Not Just Faith, But Faith In Christ Jesus

    Contributed by Christopher Raiford on Sep 2, 2004
    based on 40 ratings
     | 6,983 views

    Funeral Sermon for one who has died in the Lord

    John 3:16 16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. "It’s Not Just Faith, but Faith in Christ Jesus" He was born. He lived for a while. Then he died. Those three sort sentences sum up a common experience ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Keeping Focused For A Fulfilling Future

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 4, 2006
    based on 54 ratings
     | 9,036 views

    making sure our spiritual focus is dead center

    Intro: these binoculars look to be fine, they are a brand new pair. But the outside isn’t what matters with binoculars, it is the inside that counts. This pair is out of focus, so no matter how good they appear to be, until they are put back in focus they are useless. Tonight, all of our lives have ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    God's Wonderful Gift Of Creation Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Dec 3, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,050 views

    This is the first of a three part series looking at 3 gifts. the first is the gift of Creation, the second will be man’s "gift" of rejection, and then Christ’s gift of Redemption.

    GOD’S WONDERFUL GIFT OF CREATION Genesis 1:1;Psalm 19:1-6;Col 1:16 GIFTS ARE NOT MOTIVATED BY NEED BUT BY CHOICE GIFTS ARE AN EXPRESSION OF LOVE I GOD HAD US IN MIND WHEN HE CREATED WHAT HE CREATED Isaiah 45:18 For this is what the LORD says-- he who created the heavens, he is God; he who ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Wires Crossed?

    Contributed by Brian Buriff on Aug 24, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,254 views

    David got his wires crossed. When it came to taking a census, was it a holy spirit or an unholy spirit that “moved” David? Either way, David took responsibility. Four (4) ways to ‘test the spirits”.

    READ FROM - 2 Sam 24:1-10 & 1 Chronicles 21:1-8 I. BOTH TEXTS THE SAME, EXCEPT FOR WHO MOVED DAVID TO TAKE THE CENSUS A. Is It God Who Moved David? (2 Samuel 24:1 says it’s God) “Again the anger of the LORD was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, “Go, number Israel ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Four Steps Down The Mountain

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Sep 29, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,606 views

    Jesus Four-step Approach to Fear

    Ps 27 John Ortberg in his book- If You Want To Walk On Water You’ve Got To Get Out Of The Boat notes this about fear: - The single command in Scripture that occurs more often then any other-God’s most frequently repeated instruction-is formulated in two words: - Fear Not. Do not be afraid. Be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Abide In Me

    Contributed by Mark Roper on Nov 28, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 45,363 views

    Jesus calls us to abide in him to avoid spiritual vagrancy, against intermittent consecration, against a spasmodic religious life.

    Abide In Me John 15:4-7 After the Crusades, Western Europe received a number of supposed holy relics, including a tooth of Goliath, Wood from Christ Cross, and a bottle that held the breath of Christ. Of course, no one today takes such relics seriously. If we did have the breath of Christ ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Jimmy Chapman avatar

    Divine Order

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Dec 4, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 29,762 views

    What evidence should be found in our lives to give indication that we are walking in divine order?

    DIVINE ORDER I Corinthians 14:33 Anyone who truly knows me well is aware that I am not the most mechanically gifted person on this earth. I have learned the hard way that it is best not even pretend that I am. It often takes me hours to fix something that most people could fix in only ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Which Shepherd

    Contributed by Keith Bowman on Nov 29, 2006
     | 2,380 views

    Society desires to have as many shepherd as possible in order to please everybody, but Jesus tells us that there is only one shepherd and that he is the Good Shepherd

    Whom to follow? B5 clip season 1 episode on dominant religions earth cermony– choices, choice, choices There is a religion for every taste, desire, and even lack of taste. It is a veritable all you can eat buffet when it comes to finding a religion, There is literally something for everyone. If ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran