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  • Peter Loughman avatar

    True Lies Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Nov 9, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,462 views

    The people of Lystra are held captive by not only false belief, but also by the spirit of darkness that they serve.

    Common Lies that plague our lives: The check is in the mail. (Well, internet banking has made that one less popular) I’ll start my diet tomorrow. (No comment) We service what we sell. (I won’t mention any of the places you are thinking about right now) Give me your number and the doctor will ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Excuses! We Are Full Of Them!

    Contributed by Rev. Mike Willard on Dec 8, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 9,505 views

    How we live a life as a Christian but offer excueses to not atten worship or serve God.

    Excuses, We Are Full Of Them! Sunday, September 27, 2009 ACTS 22:16 Well if I get to it I will get to it. I just did not feel like getting up this morning and going out to that church full of hyprocites, I mean who do they think they are? I just got in at 2 this morning and I know they will ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Receiving The Father's Love Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jun 22, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,161 views

    Jesus was empowered to love, serve, and confront Toxic people by the power of the Spirit, and the love of the Father.

    Jesus & Toxic People 3 Father’s Day 2009 Receiving the Father’s Love Ephesians 3:14-19 Recap last two sermons Jesus is able to love and serve Judas, and able to confront toxic people because he knew the Father’s Love, and he had the power of the Spirit. John 13:1&3 Jesus knew that the hour ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    New Possibilities!

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Sep 4, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,116 views

    Who does God position to serve in the kingdom? What qualification does a person need?

    New possibilities! Acts 8:26-40 We have been talking about a vision for our church. I made some general suggestions about hot important it is to find what our earthly vision, That it should be found by looking at God’s vision as found in scripture. Last week we looked at a parable of Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Living In Lowliness

    Contributed by Rodney Kelley on Sep 11, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,431 views

    Before Jesus went to the cross, he lowered Himself to serve those around Him.

    Intro. In the 13th chapter of John’s Gospel, we find that the Lord begins to open His heart to those closest to Him. As we come to our text, it is Tuesday night, the time of the Last Supper. Jesus celebrates the Passover with His disciples. It is a day early because the Lord is crucified ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Message From The Angel

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Apr 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,936 views

    The message from the Angel to the women serves as encouragment and help to all believers for all the ages.

    The Message of the Angel Matthew 28:1-10 * (TEXT) Messages fill our days. We can get ‘messaged out!’ Between text messages, email messages, voice mail message, and phone calls to say nothing of the many messages receive in person, snail mail, & ‘body-language messages’ ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Its Not All About You

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jan 19, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,848 views

    Living as a Christian is not all about me. It is all about serving others in the name of Christ.

    Luke 4: 14 – 21 Its Not All About You Intro: Jimmy Carter told the American people during his campaign, “I’ll never lie to you, I’ll never mislead you, I’ll never dodge a controversial issue.” His mother, Miss Lillian was being interviewed by a reporter who pressed her hard asking if Jimmy had ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Kevin L. Jones avatar

    Evidence Of The Resurrection - Personal Testimonies (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Jul 12, 2013
    based on 7 ratings
     | 18,816 views

    A sermon examining how personal testimonies serve as evidence of Christ's Resurrection.

    Evidence Of The Resurrection Personal Testimonies (Part 1) I Corinthians 15:5-7 Thus far in our study of I Corinthians 15 we have been considering the evidence that Paul submits in defense of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. We’ve looked closely at Exhibit A: The Church. We saw how the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Baptism And Communion In The Wilderness

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 25, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,096 views

    The exodus is a type of our salvation, and the wilderness wanderings serve to warn us against presumptuousness.

    BAPTISM AND COMMUNION IN THE WILDERNESS. 1 Corinthians 10:1-13. 1. The continuity of Israel and the Church. The Apostle Paul, a ‘Hebrew of the Hebrews’ (Philippians 3:5), refers to the Gentile and Jewish Christians at Corinth as “brethren” (1 Corinthians 10:1) - thereby indicating the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Imparting Spiritual Gifts Series

    Contributed by Robert Simmons on Jan 1, 2014
     | 5,234 views

    SERVING IN GRACE SHARES THE GIFTS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO YOU

    Romans 1:6-15 – Imparting Spiritual Gifts I. Called of Jesus Christ a. Paul is linking the believers at Rome experience to his own -- "called" b. This is a root word that relates to the church "the called out" ones c. Paul will later talk about calling as part of the process of salvation ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Vertical And Horizontal Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 14, 2013
     | 5,739 views

    When a believer worships, serves, and prays, his heart needs to be directed two ways.

    Vertical and Horizontal (Colossians 1:3-8) 1. Last weekend, Marylu and I had car trouble. 2. The brake light was on; fluid was leaking in one of the little pipes…Thrifty. 3. Sunday morning, had a flat…. 4. When we went past gas stations to pick up car on Monday, one was 3.01 a gallon, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    Angels - Ministering Spirits

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Nov 7, 2013
     | 5,146 views

    To show that angels are sent out by the LORD JESUS to serve those who inherited salvation.

    I. EXORDIUM: Do you have GOD's angels ministering you? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that angels are sent out by the LORD JESUS to serve those who inherited salvation. IV. TEXT: Hebrews 1:14 (Amplified Bible) 1:14 Are not the angels all ministering spirits ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Christopher Benfield avatar

    Honored To Be A Hur Series

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Jun 14, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,801 views

    Many go unnoticed while serving the Lord, but prove to be a great blessing to the kingdom work.

    Series: Serving in the Shadows # 2 Honored to be a Hur Exodus 17: 8-13 Our text today reveals a critical moment in the history of Israel. Following 430 years of captivity in Egypt, Moses had led them across the Red Sea into freedom. They had begun their journey toward the Promised Land and were ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ronald Thorington avatar

    #13 The Holy Spirit Calls Us Series

    Contributed by Ronald Thorington on Mar 11, 2015
     | 7,316 views

    God is calling us first to salvation, then after salvation He calls to serve Him.

    Introduction: I played a joke with the congregation. I had someone call my cell phone while I began to preach. I would stop the call several times and say it must be tele-marketer and would stop the call. My phone rings again, this time I answer it. I pretent it is God talking to me on the phone. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Basket Journey!

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Dec 4, 2014
     | 3,260 views

    Friend, who said being a Christian and serving God are easy? The battle begins now!

    Basket journey! 2 Corinthians 11:33”…but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.” Well, when we travel in a train, we call it train journey, can I call this ‘basket journey’ because Paul travels down the window to the ground in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal