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  • Dean Courtier avatar

    One Heart, One Voice: Following Jesus Together - Romans 15:5 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Dec 22, 2025
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     | 218 views

    God calls His people to something radically different—not uniformity, but unity rooted in Christ. Discipleship is not a solo journey. Following Jesus is a shared walk, shaped by patience, encouragement, and Christlike humility.

    One Heart, One Voice: Following Jesus Together - Romans 15:5 Introduction: A Divided World Longing for Unity We are living in an age of noise, division, and fractured voices. Social media amplifies outrage. Politics divides families. Even churches can find themselves split over preferences rather ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Spiritual Growth: Growing In Grace

    Contributed by Paul Decker on May 29, 2002
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    We are to develop as people of grace.

    SPIRITUAL GROWTH: GROWING IN GRACE Colossians 1:9-11; Acts 2:42 S: Four Marks of the Church Th: Spiritual Maturity Pr: WE ARE TO DEVELOP AS PEOPLE OF GRACE. ?: How? KW: Desires TS: We will find in our study of Colossians 1:9-11, three desires that we need to have in order to develop as people ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bob Joyce avatar

    Faith That Functions In Christ

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Jan 3, 2011
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     | 6,547 views

    In Acts 27, Paul shows us practically how to have faith in the midst of a crisis.

    I want to talk about the faith that functions in a crisis and happens because of Christ. James Jeffries was an All-American at Baylor University, and he was the founder of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. One day he stood before the Fellowship of Christian Athletes annual meeting, not as the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Prayer Keys - Boldness Series

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Jul 25, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,552 views

    BOLDNESS, not arrogance, is blessed. God gives bold access to the throne of grace and welcomes bold prayers from humble Christians.

    Prayer Keys - Boldness Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence [boldness], so that we may receive mercy & find grace to help us in our time of need. Heb. 4:16 This is another verse where I prefer the King James Bible language that says, “boldness.” Boldness is a biblical ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Command And A Call !!!

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Mar 8, 2012
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    To exhort those being persecuted to leave all matters into the hands of the ONE , who has said "Vengeance is mine".

    The Command and a Call “Winners do not do different things, they do things differently”…wrote the wise management guru Shiv Khera in his book “You can win”. I want to rephrase this sentence oozing wisdom slightly and put it this way “Christians may not do ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Promise Parasites & Partitions Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Nov 10, 2020
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    Promise Land We have been set free . . . now what? It isn’t enough to break out of bondage unless we learn to move to blessed. In order to do so we must find and live in promise land!

    PromiseLand Pt. 3 - Promise Parasites & Partitions I. Introduction 430 years of slavery has been left behind in a miraculous exodus punctuated by Pharaoh and his armies being wiped out at the Red Sea. The promise is next. Except it wasn't. Doubt and the residue of slave mentality has ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Introduction To The Supernatural Life Series

    Contributed by Robert Higgins on Mar 10, 2009
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     | 21,146 views

    Is the Christian life a supernatural life or is it simply an ordinary life that gets "help" from God from time to time? Has God left us to our own strength and abilities after the first century?

    Living The Supernatural Life – Part 1: Introduction Eagles and Turkeys: A boy was hiking and saw an eagle’s egg roll off of a high cliff and into some bushes. The bushes broke the fall of the egg and it was unharmed. The boy looked at the cliff and knew there was no way for him to climb back up ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Circle Maker 3: Pray Hard Series

    Contributed by Mark Batterson on Nov 15, 2011
    based on 16 ratings
     | 21,005 views

    The Bible is a promise book and a prayer book. And while reading is reactive, prayer is proactive. Reading is the way you get through the Bible. Prayer is the way you get the Bible through you.

    Introduction In standardized math tests, Japanese children consistently score higher than their American counterparts. While some assume that a natural proclivity toward mathematics is the primary difference, researchers have discovered that it may have more to do with effort than ability. In one ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Autopilot Christian Life Series

    Contributed by Robert Higgins on Nov 18, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 15,073 views

    God recreated us to become Supernatural people, living a supernatural life, but we live on autopilot such that we don’t experience the life God intended.

    Living The Supernatural Life – Part 1: Introduction Eagles and Turkeys: A boy was hiking and saw an eagle’s egg roll off of a high cliff and into some bushes. The bushes broke the fall of the egg and it was unharmed. The boy looked at the cliff and knew there was no way for him to climb back up ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Be Humble PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 26, 2023
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     | 2,668 views

    Encourage believers to live in genuine humility, following the example of Jesus Christ, and not to boast about their humility, but to demonstrate it in their daily lives.

    Good morning, everyone! We are going to tackle a challenging topic today, one that isn't always easy to swallow. It's about humility. You see, the world we live in seems to reward those who boast about their accomplishments and achievements, but the Bible tells us to live differently. Christian ...read more

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  • Pastor Randall Timblin avatar

    Where Can I Turn: When I Am Angry Series

    Contributed by Pastor Randall Timblin on Sep 9, 2018
     | 4,717 views

    We are often engaged in "Anger Spells" and do not know where we should turn for remedy or rest.

    Who among us has never been angry… How about a show of hands if this applies to you! I know I have… cause I’ve seen me do it! 99 men out of 100 have been seriously angry… The other one won't admit it! Have you noticed that other emotions seem to get in the act when you are angry? Come on… am I ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Hallowed Be Your Name Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 3, 2021
     | 4,872 views

    Anyone who is serious about Jesus will want to grow in prayer. One of the quickest ways to check the health of your spiritual life is to answer this question: How’s your prayer life?

    Every faith has some form of prayer. Muslims stop whatever they’re doing five times a day to pray as you’ll hear the wailing cries of prayer callers in many Asian cities. Incas and Aztecs went so far as to sacrifice humans in order to attract their gods’ attention. And millions of people who attend ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Closet Space

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry Morrissey on Aug 3, 2001
    based on 117 ratings
     | 8,412 views

    Year C NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENECOST (PROPER 13) AUGUST 5, 2001

    Year C NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENECOST (PROPER 13) AUGUST 5, 2001 Heavenly Father empower us to use our wealth to help others in need and for good causes. Amen. Title: “Closet Space” Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” But he said to ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    An Adult Christmas: Advent #3

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 11, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,844 views

    I wonder if we can reclaim Christmas from the children. Can we have an adult Christmas?

    An Adult Christmas: Advent #3 Dec 10, 2005 Matt 1:18-25; 2:13-14, 19-23 Intro: I wonder if we can reclaim Christmas. Of course we need to reclaim Christmas from the crass secularism and commercialism that substitutes “happy holidays” for “merry Christmas”, and that makes gathering around the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus--King Of Righteous Rule

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 6, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,106 views

    Recognizing the Kingship of Jesus.

    Last week began a series focused on the question: Who is Jesus? · Began with solidifying the basis that the Scriptures reveal the true nature of Christ to us… The testimony of Scripture is both historically grounded and living. We meet Christ both in fact and in mystery. To know him is both a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational