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    Build Up To Build Others PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 11, 2025
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     | 102 views

    The sermon emphasizes the vital role of encouragement within the church, showing how our words and presence strengthen one another through life’s challenges.

    Church family, have you noticed how a simple sentence at the right time can steady your soul? A text that says, “I’m praying for you.” A hand on the shoulder with a whisper, “You’re not alone.” Those small syllables become like shelter in a storm. They warm a cold day. They remind your heart that ...read more

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    Pull Up & Pull Out Of Sin PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 23, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 87 views

    The sermon encourages believers to let go of burdens and sins, trusting Jesus to strengthen and guide them as they faithfully persevere in their spiritual journey.

    Some of us walked in today with a smile that hides a sigh. The week felt heavy. The heart feels hurried. The soul feels sticky with cares that cling like wet clothes in a storm. You’ve tried to push through, to power up, to pretend it’s fine. Yet there’s this whisper within: “There has to be a ...read more

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    Don't Give Up On Those Who've Given Up!

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Feb 19, 2020
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     | 9,539 views

    A Sermon examining the need to reach out to our fallen brothers and sisters in Christ.

    DON’T GIVE UP ON THOSE WHO’VE GIVEN UP Acts 15:35-40 I was raised in a Christian home. I came to know Christ at the age of 15. When I was 20 years old I realized that the Lord was calling me to preach. Instead of surrendering to His will for my life, I began to run from God. For about 2 years I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Build Up Your Hearts For Heaven PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 27, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 125 views

    True security and joy come from valuing eternal treasures over earthly ones, letting Jesus shape our desires, vision, and devotion above all else.

    Friends, welcome. Some weeks feel like a whirlwind of receipts and reminders, alerts and anxieties. The heart starts hoarding headlines and to-do lists, and before we know it, we wake up with a soul that feels thin. Then Jesus steps into the room of our hearts with words that steady us and set us ...read more

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    Rev'd Up Pt. 6 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 1, 2018
     | 4,575 views

    Sardis receives a message from Jesus and he tells them they have a good reputation of being alive but in His eyes they are dead. So, they need to wake up!

    Series: Revelation Thesis: We need to receive a fresh revelation of Jesus Christ daily so we do not fall asleep at our assigned mission. It was also give us the inner strength to stand for the Gospel in a hostile world even to the point of death. Key verse of Revelation: Text: Revelation 12:11: ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Jesus Touches, He Changes. Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 24, 2016
    based on 17 ratings
     | 60,021 views

    His name had been Saul, but that - along with his entire life - was changed when he met Jesus. What changed him and what can we learn from his experience?

    OPEN: There is a story about a little girl who proudly wore a shiny cross on a chain around her neck. One day her preacher noticed how proud she seemed to be of her pretty cross, and said to her, “Honey, don't you know that the cross Jesus died on wasn't beautiful like the one you're ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Paul Never Gave Up!

    Contributed by Louis Bartet on May 23, 2004
    based on 80 ratings
     | 33,495 views

    Paul gives us four reasons for perservering.

    Preached at Point Assembly by Pastor Louis Bartet Why Paul Never Gave Up or Four Reasons For Going On! Galatians 6:9¡XAnd let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. (KJV) Galatians 6:9¡XAnd let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Withered Fig Tree Testifies Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Mar 8, 2018
     | 11,830 views

    The cursing of the fig tree is given a spiritual application. By faith this tree was destroyed; all things are possible if you Have faith In God.

    -Tuesday- Bethany to Jerusalem (4) Withered Fig Tree Testifies (Is. 6:10) Mark 11:19-26 (focal passage), Matthew 21:20-22, 19 When evening had come, He went out of the city. 20 Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21 And Peter, remembering, said ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sunday After Thanksgiving - Where Is Your Heart?

    Contributed by William Akehurst on Nov 27, 2023
     | 1,999 views

    We just celebrated Thanksgiving, and the very next day, people are fighting each other for the sales on Black Friday. What happened? Where is your heart? What treasures are you seeking? Where are you storing your treasure? What are you storing in heaven?

    2023.11.26.Sermon Notes. Sunday after Thanksgiving – Where’s your heart? William Akehurst, HSWC BIG IDEA: We just celebrated Thanksgiving, and the very next day, people are fighting each other for the sales on Black Friday. What happened? Where is your heart? What treasures are you seeking? Where ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    My Crazy Mixed Up Family #3 Series

    Contributed by Robert Butler on Nov 1, 2019
     | 2,941 views

    Forgiveness creates the door for redemption

    We’re probably a lot like you in that we have struggled in coming to understand why God created us and then placed us in such crazy mixed up families. Can I get a witness? The good news this morning is that we are not alone. Throughout the ages, people have struggled with question, where is God in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Passing By The Other Side

    Contributed by Matthew Morine on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,762 views

    How can the world pass by on the other side of people who need help? Are we really that cold of a society? Our hearts need to be softened towards the needs of others.

    PASSING BY THE OTHER SIDE Elisa was born on February 11, 1989. She was a beautiful baby, despite the fact that she arrived underweight and addicted to crack cocaine. She had been conceived in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, at a homeless shelter where her mother stayed and her father was a cook. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Do You Have A Heart Condition? Series

    Contributed by Joe Bedy on Mar 7, 2002
    based on 57 ratings
     | 5,018 views

    It is God’s kindness toward us that softened our hearts towards repentance, therefore the believer must be kind hearted to lead others to where God has taken us.

    Do you have a heart condition? Joe Bedy Central Christian Church St Petersburg, FL March 7 2002 Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, Gal 5:23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Kindness_ chray sto ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Mission Of The Church

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 10, 2001
    based on 215 ratings
     | 45,322 views

    If we were going to compose a mission statement for our congregation, what do you suppose it should say? What is our mission?

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX If we were going to compose a mission statement for Central Christian Church, what do you suppose it should say? What is our mission? Well, let me suggest that the mission of the church is very simple. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Look What God Has For Us Who Serve Him

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Mar 10, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,092 views

    Why not be a winner not a looser.

    LOOK WHAT GOD HAS FOR US WHO SERVE HIM Each and every one who does his best for the Lord will have a reward in the end. We find in the new testament five crowns we can win. This is a promise of our Father. These crowns show our qualities of accomplishments in our life time. These ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    “what Do You Need From God?”

    Contributed by Donnie De Loney on Jan 15, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,157 views

    Often we reach the place where satan says, "Give up!" But this Dad and Woman believed...and Jesus came on the scene and touched by His Power!

    “What do YOU NEED from GOD?” Mark 5:25-29 This is where it is finally won or lost, any doctor will tell you, “within.” How many times the words “hang on” have been used! Illust: When the French surrendered to General Giap and the Vietnamese at Dien Phen ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God