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  • Matthew Cook avatar

    Pharaoh's Troubling Dreams Series

    Contributed by Matthew Cook on Feb 28, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,670 views

    God equips those who He has called.

    Pharaoh’s Dreams February 27, 2005 Center Point Baptist Church Introduction Tell of the Operational Readiness Exercises (ORE) required before a naval squadron can go on operational deployment. • the training involved beforehand – both aircraft readiness and operational readiness • the testing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    This Is Just A Test

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Mar 10, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 20,905 views

    Pressure (tests are part of life) how we handle our tests determine whether we are promoted to the next level or not.

    Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Faith Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Mar 15, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,233 views

    One word sums up the Christian walk: Faith. Biblically defined, faith embraces and embodies the very fabric of our relationship with God by grace.

    Few words in scripture relate to our eternal destiny like the word: faith. Love, hope, repentance, obedience, confession, all are interconnected and woven into the principle of this one expression: faith. Faith is a central word in the gospels, and in all the New Testament. In fact Jesus favorite ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Heart Of Worship Is Our Heart Series

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 15, 2004
    based on 138 ratings
     | 13,258 views

    This is about authentic worship.

    As I mentioned last week, worship is a broad term. It is often misunderstood. I want to come back to Rick Warren’s definition given in his book, The Purpose Driven Life, “Anything you do that brings pleasure to God is an act of worship.” That’s a boiled down definition of worship. What happens ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Sermon On The Amount

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 23, 2004
    based on 64 ratings
     | 5,468 views

    A pattern of extraordinary giving is recorded in I Chronicles 29 when King David led the Israelites to give to the construction of the Temple

    The Sermon On the Amount 1 Chr 29:1-16 IT WAS PENTECOST SUNDAY. As the congregation filed into church, the ushers handed each person a bright red carnation to symbolize the festive spirit of the day. The people listened attentively to the reading of the Pentecost story from the Book of Acts ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Leadership's Most Effective Tool Series

    Contributed by Terry Kreuger on Jan 18, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,177 views

    The importance of strong leaders? ...Strong leaders produce strong followers

    Leadership’s most effective tool Leadership by example 1. The importance of strong leaders a) Strong leaders produce strong followers Like begets like You produce fruit after your own kind You can never produce something in others that you have not produced in yourself … ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Hear, Forgive, Heal Series

    Contributed by Raymond Perkins on Jan 24, 2003
    based on 30 ratings
     | 8,527 views

    Fifth installment of Revival Series influenced by Rick Atchley. This lesson describes what one receives when Revival comes.

    HEAR, FORGIVE, HEAL II Chronicles 7:14 INTRODUCTION: This Fall we are studying what it means to be revived again according to the Bible. We will be studying some of the great revivals in the Bible, but right now we are studying that great verse in the Bible that tells us what we must do so that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Lesson 11: What We Believe About Eschatology

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Feb 3, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 3,026 views

    Series: Foundational Doctrines of the Faith

    A. INTRODUCTION 1. Eschatology literally means “the study of last things. 2. Two doctrineal sections of Eschatology. a. The study of God’s final judgments and the eternal state, Heaven and Hell. b. Future events on earth (Rev. 1:19). 3. Abuses in Eschatology. a. Date-setting. b. Making ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Overcoming Failures

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 19, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 8,214 views

    Talks about the good that God can bring out of our failures. How to overcome failures in our lives

    Overcoming Failures Num 14:44-45 Purpose Statement: To see God’s purposes even in the midst of their failures. One character that I really identify with is Charlie Brown. One of the things I remember about him most is his relationship with Lucy. She offers to hold the ball for him every ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Order In The Church

    Contributed by Ed Wood on May 29, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
     | 9,062 views

    Church problems are like physical problems: if left unsolved, they grow and become worse, and they infect more people. The local church is a body; and what germs are to the physical body, sin is to the spiritual body.

    ORDER IN THE CHURCH 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18 INTRO: When problems are not solved, they grow and become worse. A sliver left in the finger can become infected and cause a toxic condition so serious that surgery may become necessary. If you tell your doctor that you stepped on a rusty nail, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Power Of Presence

    Contributed by Tommy Hames on Sep 22, 2002
    based on 55 ratings
     | 4,619 views

    A message encouraging fathers to spend time with their children.

    THE POWER OF PRESENCE AIM To teach men that their presence is important to the spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional well-being of their children (especially boys) and encourage them to become more involved with them. INTRODUCTION Children today are in trouble. In his book Bringing Up ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    We Exist To Evangelize Series

    Contributed by Matthew Smith on Sep 24, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 7,352 views

    Helping students realize that we exist as a Student Ministry to evangelize the world.

    If you brought your Bibles, I want you to hold them up in the air and repeat this after me: This is the Bible It’s the Word of God And it has the power To change my life God help me to understand it And to live it out in my daily life In the past several weeks we have been reminded of why we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Pilgrims Live

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jul 31, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,368 views

    We are pilgrims and we have a pilgrims inheritance. We have a pilgrim’s calling and that has something to say about the way we live.

    HOW PILGRIMS LIVE 1st Peter 1:13-21 I think you could call 1st Peter a pilgrims guide for the planet earth. One of the favorite words Peter uses for the Christian is pilgrims and strangers in this world. In the 15th verse, Peter describes our life down here as a time of so journeying. We are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    One Way

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Aug 12, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 5,080 views

    Jesus is the one way to gain an entrance into heaven

    One Way Selected Passages August 10, 2003 VBS Program Message Introduction A little boy, caught in mischief, was asked by his mother: "How do you expect to get into heaven?" He thought a minute and then said: "Well, I’ll just run in and out and in and keep slamming the door until they say, ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Look Up

    Contributed by David Dailey on May 24, 2003
    based on 58 ratings
     | 31,623 views

    Sometimes We Need To look Up From Where We Are To Where We Are Going

    Our text starts in Genesis 13:14-18. And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, lift up now thine eye and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward, and eastward and westward. God told Abram, "Look up from where you are." This is my message. I know it ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational