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  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Storm, Sleep, And Sacrifice

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 4, 2010
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    New Year's Day 1989: Jonah, running from his responsibility, fell asleep. It might have been the sleep of a rationalized conscience; or depression. But a greater than Jonah is here, Christ, who can heal both conscience and soul.

    It's not easy to stay out of the storms, no matter what escape you plan. It's just not easy to keep from getting rained on and buffeted around when the storm is coming, no matter what means you use to take shelter. This week, on the afternoon of the sudden squall, I had gone home to attend to my ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Alvin Hathaway, Sr. avatar

    When Is Sacrifice Is Hot Series

    Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on Mar 16, 2009
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    When the sacrifice is hot it has the right form, it will have the right balance, and it will be the right amount.

    Deuteronomy 33: 18-19 When the Sacrifice is Hot When the sacrifice is hot it has the right form, it will have the right balance, and it will be right amount. If there is a challenge to the meaning of true religious faith, it is found in the weakness of people of our era to demonstrate righteous ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Black Market Sacrifices Series

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Jul 19, 2010
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    Does the way we worship impact the way others see God?

    Leviticus 10:1-11 Black Market Sacrifices Cascades Fellowship CRC July 11, 2010 After choosing the title of this sermon I began looking for an illustration that captured the sense of what I meant by a “black market sacrifice.” And to my great distress I found one – kind of. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Obedience Over Sacrifice

    Contributed by Greg Johnson on May 6, 2007
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    Why is obedience more important to God than sacrifice? Obedience is more important than sacrifice because we can sacrifice without loving God, but we obey God because we love Him. Jesus said (John 14:15 NIV) "If you love me, you will obey what I comman

    Obedience over Sacrifice By Greg Johnson May 6, 2007 http://www.LovingGodFellowship.org One of King Saul’s major flaws was that he tried to spiritualize his disobedience to God and His Word. He was neither authentic nor transparent and was constantly trying to act spiritual in the midst of his ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sacrifice Fragrant To The Lord

    Contributed by William Tan Yh on May 17, 2007
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    What is it in your hand to offer to the Lord. The sacrifice which you offered not only bring delight to the Lord but also bring the most beautiful fragrance to fill the entire room.

    Today the title of my sharing is “A Fragrant Sacrifice” This story is taken from John 12 and also found in Matt 26 and Mark 14. The setting was at the house of Simon the Leper, (where Lazarus lived) after he had been raised from the dead. The time was six days before the Passover. ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Todd Bishop avatar

    Sacrifice: Risky Vision Series

    Contributed by Todd Bishop on Mar 29, 2007
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    Our vision needs to be in the line of sight of God’s direction.

    Three weeks we started our new series … ‘SACRIFICE’ … and we learned three principles about sacrifice – 1) Sacrifice requires love, 2) Sacrifice requires trust, and 3) Sacrifice requires obedience … Sacrifice is NEVER easy, but God has asked us to sacrifice our time, our talents, and our ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Time To Sacrifice The Queen

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jan 6, 2012
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    Much fruit comes from redigging old wells.

    Genesis 26:1 KJV And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. Genesis 26:17-19 KJV And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. [18] And ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • J.D. Tutell avatar

    Worship Through Sacrifice Series

    Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Jan 9, 2012
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    Sometimes God calls us to sacrifice for Him, when He does we know that the blessing will be greater than the sacrifice.

    Today we are continuing to our series as worship. We’re taking a look at worship through the events of Christmas. I hope you’ve been enjoying the devotionals we prepared though the week. If you don’t have a copy there are a few left in the back. Also if you want to take one to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Offering The Sacrifice Of Praise

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 9, 2014
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    Seems as if evrything drains us, but God has a plan that we learn to love praise. Praise is a debt we owe the mighty God we serve.

    SHALL A ROCK CRY OUT FOR YOU? THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com LEACHES, LEACHES... EVERYBODY WANTS MORE THAN I CAN GIVE... I hear so much about ENOUGH... HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH... What can I do when nothing I do is ENOUGH... Everybody is sucking the very power of ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    From Sacrifices To Stones

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 15, 2013
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    "Some days you're the windshield. Some days you're the bug." - Unknown

    “Celebrity nowadays is so fleeting.” Aubrey O'Day Indeed, in life there are many one hit wonders in every career field. In the military, we said that one “Aww, Nuts!” wiped out ten “Atta Boys!” You can be the fair haired boy on the fast track one day and a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus Our Sacrifice Series

    Contributed by E. True Neilson on Dec 16, 2014
     | 8,297 views

    The book of Hebrews is all about Jesus!

    SIMPLY JESUS Jesus Our Sacrifice Hebrews 9:1-28 INTRODUCTION -When we look up into the evening sky we see…well, usually we see rain…but for the sake of the illustration we see all these little stars twinkling above us. -And though we see them we know that there is much more out there ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Treasuring God's Sacrifice Series

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Oct 29, 2012
     | 5,222 views

    Belief in God's sacrificial love opens the window to eternal life.

    “Treasuring God’s Sacrifice” John 3:1-21 Sometimes getting fresh air into our home or office is pretty simple. All we need to do is open the window. Nicodemus and Jesus were working on a project; it was called eternal life. As John describes their encounter he teaches us that ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Scott Kircher avatar

    Worship Through Sacrifice Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Sep 22, 2012
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    Worship is demonstrated and expressed in many different ways. One of the ways we demonstrate our worship is through sacrifice. What do our sacrifices speak and why is this worship and do the sacrifices we make and the way we make them matter to our wors

    Worship through Sacrifice Slide Good morning. Last week we began a series called A Life of Worship. Often when we think of worship, we think of music, and we are going to talk about worship through singing next week. But, we learned last week that worshiping the Lord is not just about singing, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • John Lowe avatar

    The Glory Of His Sacrifice Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Feb 23, 2018
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    At the very moment when Jewish authorities were plotting to kill Him, Gentiles began to desire His attention. The Greeks who came to Jesus were Gentiles, not Grecian Jews, who had become converts to Judaism.

    -Monday- Jerusalem The Glory of His Sacrifice (Is. 6:10) John 12:20-50 20 Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast. 21 Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip came and told ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    The Call To Sacrifice Isaac Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Aug 12, 2017
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     | 24,392 views

    The call to sacrifice Isaac in Genesis 22:1-14 shows us that God provided a sacrificial lamb so that his people may live.

    Scripture When Abraham was seventy-five years old, God called him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and promised that he would make him into a great nation. That promise was repeated and enlarged a number of times during the next twenty-four years. But in all these years, Abraham only had one son, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed