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  • Tim Patrick avatar

    Wake Up!

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Jul 25, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 11,162 views

    This sermon is a call to be spiritually alert when we are tempted to be spiritually sleepy.

    Some time ago Judy (my wife) and I attended a funeral on a Sunday afternoon. At that funeral I had an embarrassing experience with drowsiness. In fact, to be totally honest¡I fell asleep at the funeral. Falling asleep was not so bad. The embarrassing part occurred when Judy elbowed me and I jumped. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Pat Cook avatar

    Runner Up Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jan 7, 2006
    based on 17 ratings
     | 11,119 views

    Beginning on series on Jesus’ life, actions, words, and ministry. This is a New Year’s message about making Jesus #1 in our lives.

    John 1:6-9 – Runner Up I’d like to begin this morning by reading John 1:6-9. Today is of course New Year’s Day. It’s the 1st day of the 1st month of the new year. Today we are going to talk a little about being first, and being second, and what all that means. I’d like to take us back ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Going Up?

    Contributed by Nate Barbour on May 16, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,889 views

    Learn about where you’re going on life’s final elevator ride...up or down?

    going up? life’s final elevator ride 2/03/06 I. Introduction The story is told of a Sunday school teacher whose assignment was to explain to the six-year-olds in his class what someone had to do in order to go to heaven. In an attempt to discover what the kids already believed about the subject, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Time To _____ Up!

    Contributed by Randall Mitchell, Sr. on Jun 1, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,005 views

    Various "Ups" in Christian Life

    Message Title: "It is time to _____ UP!" Message Text: Romans 13:11,12 & various scriptures Opening remarks: The Base Commander of Goodfellow AFB in an article in the base newspaper wrote that he saw too many people looking down. This was the reason that many times the cars with the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Darrin Hunt avatar

    Break It Up Series

    Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Jun 4, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 18,564 views

    Part of a series in Philippians, this passage deals with dealing with conflict and promoting unity.

    Break It Up Phil. 4:1-3 Illus. (SC.com) Abe Lemmons was head basketball coach at the University of Texas for years. Asked if he was bitter at Texas Athletic Director Deloss Dodds who fired him…, he replied, "Not at all, but I plan to buy a glass-bottomed car so I can watch the look on his face ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Huddle Up Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on May 5, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,161 views

    10th in series, "Left Behind: 1 & 2 Thessalonians." Looks at being a part of God’s Team in the Last Days.

    2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 Edward B. Rust, Jr., State Farm CEO, & James Owens Caterpillar CEO To highlight its annual picnic one year, a company rented two racing shells and challenged a rival company to a boat race. The rival company accepted. On the day of the picnic, everyone entered into the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • MELVIN MAUGHMER, JR. avatar

    "Break It Up"

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on May 11, 2006
    based on 61 ratings
     | 24,551 views

    God wants to do a new thing in your life, but first you must break up that fallow ground.

    “Break It Up” “Tearing up the fallow ground in your life” by District Elder Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr Hosea 10:12 & Isaiah 43:19 Whenever I begin to tell the story of when I was hit by a car at the age of 12 while riding my bike to school, my wife will either finish the story for me or she will ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

  • Larry Jacobs avatar

    7 Up

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on May 15, 2006
    based on 37 ratings
     | 19,885 views

    I Know that the title of my message sounds like a famous Soft Drink. You know there slogan - "We are the Un-cola". Why not be a Un-Person? Be different that the rest of the World.

    Our Web Site: cbcbedford.com ----------------- 7 UP Rom 13:9-14 Rom 13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Anne Robertson avatar

    Ups And Downs Series

    Contributed by Anne Robertson on Sep 4, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,680 views

    The fifth phrase of the Creed: "He descended into hell. On the third day he arose from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sittith at the right hand of God the Father Almighty"

    UPS AND DOWNS TEXT: Luke 24:44-52; 1 Peter 3:18-22 We’re approaching the close of the first part of the Apostles’ Creed...the section that mostly deals with the nature of Jesus’ life and death. As I mentioned in the introductory sermon, there are several very old versions of the Creed, and they ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Wake Up

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Aug 12, 2003
    based on 94 ratings
     | 21,137 views

    It is time for Christians to awken from the slumber of indifference, complacency, and slothfulness in light of Christ’s coming.

    WAKE UP! ROMANS 13:11-14 INTRODUCTION: It is amazing how time has changed through the years of my life. Someone wrote: What Happened to Time  When as a child I laughed and wept, time crept.  When as a youth I dreamed and talked, time walked.  When I became a full-grown man, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • W Pittendreigh avatar

    Wake Up!!

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Oct 14, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
     | 6,276 views

    God is speaking -- are we listening? Or are we asleep?

    1 Samuel 3:1-10 The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions. One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • W Pittendreigh avatar

    Wake Up

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Jan 17, 2003
    based on 58 ratings
     | 5,471 views

    God calls us, but we tend to ignore His call.

    1 Samuel 3:1-10 The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions. One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Rex Williams avatar

    Speak Up!

    Contributed by Rex Williams on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,826 views

    To create resolve that people will look for ways to reconcile those who are estranged from God, even for those who have made decisions to end another’s life through abortion or euthanasia and to combat the growing acceptance of ‘death with dignity’ by spe

    Purpose: To motivate hearers to be proactive about the sacred nature of human life. January 22nd is the day the United States Supreme Court ruled on the Roe v. Wade case making abortion legal for any reason during the entire term of pregnancy. Since that decision (and it’s neighbor Doe v. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dan Cormie avatar

    Adding It Up

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 56 ratings
     | 5,243 views

    A thanksgiving message

    13, October 2002 Dakota Community Church Adding It Up Introduction: The young man was feeling very proud of himself. As a brand-new college graduate he had taken the C.P.A. Exams & passed with flying colors. Now he was a full-fledged Certified Public Accountant. His father had been an immigrant ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "Listen Up"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jul 9, 2002
    based on 227 ratings
     | 12,282 views

    To respond actively and concretely is to be within the pupose and plan of God.

    Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 “Listen up” By: Rev. Kenneth E. Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA Corporations spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year producing t-v commercials with the hope that people will watch and listen to their commercials and be persuaded ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist