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  • Stephen Sheane avatar

    New Year - New You

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Dec 23, 2010
    based on 10 ratings
     | 14,006 views

    As we enter a New Year lets pause and think about some keys to successful living; Evaluation, Elimination, Concentration and Determination.

    NEW YEAR – NEW YOU An elderly man moved into a retirement community. It wasn’t long until he had made a number of friends among the other residents. There was one lady he was especially attracted to and she was attracted to him, also. They spent a lot of time together. Finally one ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Emergency Planning

    Contributed by Richard Down on Jan 7, 2011
     | 5,316 views

    Emergency planning means getting ready for when things go wrong. This sermon considers how well we are prepared for things to go wrong in our Christian lives and how God can lift us back up when we fall.

    Many years ago when I was rather younger and fitter than I am now I was a member of a local Rescue Team. Our remit was partly Mountain Rescue but since the mountains in our area were rather made up of hills and moors this was not the dramatic role you might expect. We tended to get calls to assist ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    "The Ministry Of Just Showing Up" Series

    Contributed by Rich Anderson on Jan 10, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,781 views

    God can use each of us in powerful ways, but sometimes all God wants us to do is just show up. He will do the rest.

    Just Show Up The prophet Jeremiah, in chapter 29, verses 11-14 writes, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Keeping The Peace Series

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Dec 15, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,483 views

    Our words and actions have a direct impact on the unity of the church.

    Keeping the Peace Acts 21:16-26 Intro: Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers.” Paul refers to God as the “God of all peace.” If the only peace people get from you is a piece of your mind, then maybe this message is for you. Regardless, we all need peace w/ God, others, and ourselves. In our ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Happy People In An Unhappy World Series

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Dec 15, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,659 views

    True joy is found in giving and receiving the unconditional love of Jesus. [Happiness is not found in our circumstances, but in the unchanging love of God.]

    Happy People in an Unhappy World Acts 24:1 - 27 Intro: What is the secret to true happiness? According to a USA Today article a few years back, psychologists now know what makes people happy. Marilyn Elias writes, “The happiest people surround themselves with family and friends, don’t care about ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Ross Cochrane avatar

    Matthew 5 - Part 5 - Are You Hungry Enough To Do Something About It! Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 23, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,675 views

    Now we have a real problem here. We are told to hunger for Righteousness but this seems to contradict other scriptures that says that this kind of lifestyle is impossible for us to live.

    24/12/09 Pastorross | public entry | tags: Righteousness, Hunger and thirst for God, Matthew 5 | report Matthew 5 - Part 5 - Are you hungry enough to do something about it! I have tried fasting a few times in my life and always found it helpful. Once, after a fast for a week or so, I was so ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Carried In Walk Out

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Dec 27, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,632 views

    God can pick you up if you will let him.

    CARRIED IN WALK OUT Mark 2 1And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    First Round Draft Pick Series

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Jan 11, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,708 views

    A teaching on chapter 1 verses 1 through 28

    Ezekiel 1: 1 – 28 ‘First Round Draft Pick’ 1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. 2 On the fifth day of the month, which was in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    The Challenge Of Faith

    Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Jan 13, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,882 views

    AS CHRISTIANS WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGE TO OUR FAITH IN OUR WORLD TODAY. WE MUST MAKE A STAND FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN. THE CHALLENGE IS WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL.

    THE CHALLENGE OF FAITH 1 KINGS 18:16-46 INTRODUCTION: THEY SAY IT’S GOOD FROM TIME TO TIME TO START A MESSAGE WITH A JOKE OR A FUNNY STORY. KNOWING MY SENSE OF HUMOR, THAT IS ALWAYS A SCARY UNDERTAKING, BUT I DID COME ACROSS A STORY THAT I FOUND FUNNY AND I HOPE YOU DO AS WELL IT APPEARS ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Joseph Remembered What God Had Spoken

    Contributed by Joe Rowland on Jun 8, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,648 views

    When we are in the pit do we remember what the Lord has spoken? God had spoken to Joseph and then he was thrown into a pit. Joseph stayed faithful to God through it all.

    Joseph Remembered What God Had Spoken Genesis 42:6-20 6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Walking The Walk

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,587 views

    We must learn to live following the way of Christ Jesus in all that we continue to do on a daily basis.

    2 Corinthians 5: 6 – 18 Walking The Walk Intro: There was a man who we will call George who had just completed a 2-story apartment complex. Problem was how to get the unused bricks to the ground w/o breaking them. There was a 55 gal. barrel on the ground so he tied a rope around the barrel, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Tim White avatar

    Trouble, Troube, Trouble Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Jun 19, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,242 views

    Sometimes we don’t understand much of our instructions. If we take the small step towards God we know, God will light the rest of the way.

    Introduction: Jesus meets a man with a need. * Read text. I. The Purpose * The man was blind from birth. Never experienced sight. * The disciples knew who had an answer to the riddle of the day. * Did this man sin before he was born (in the womb) or was it because of a sin of his parents that he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rodney Burton avatar

    Heaven Is Counting On You

    Contributed by Rodney Burton on Jan 26, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,226 views

    We have a responsibility to run the race God has called us to. All of Heaven is counting on us and rooting us on.

    n We are being rooted on by the hosts of heaven that have gone on before us. n It is our duty to continue and finish what they started. n The baton has been passed to you and me. How do we accomplish this? 1. PRACTICE (1 Corinthians 9:25) * Lay aside the weight—“weight”=mass, burden, hindrance ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Billy Ricks avatar

    Identity Understanding Gods Power In Us Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jan 30, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,281 views

    Our identity will determine our activity. We the body of Christ find who we are in Him. If we identify with Christ we live by faith that matures into love.

    Intro: Last week as we began studying Paul’s letter labeled Ephesians we began to learn about our identity. Remember that I said that our identity is important because it determines our activity. What we will see this morning is God’s power in us. Paul got extremely excited in the first 14 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Walk By The Spirit

    Contributed by Allan Kircher on Feb 15, 2009
    based on 11 ratings
     | 13,076 views

    Do you bear the fruit of the spirit today? Do you have a deep love in your heart today? Do you have an earnest joy for all things today?

    Let Us Walk by the Spirit Galatians 5:25 Human nature, with which all of us are born, will not enter into the kingdom of God unless it is changed. This change is called being born again. And what this means is that the Spirit of God creates something new; he takes out of us the heart of stone that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist