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  • Jimmy Haile avatar

    Trials Series

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on May 22, 2011
     | 6,685 views

    A study of the book James

    James 1:1-2-James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings. My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Celebrating Christmas When Tragedy Strikes Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Dec 18, 2011
    based on 28 ratings
     | 9,478 views

    How do we celebrate Christmas when we face tragedies in life?

    Celebrating Christmas when Tragedy Strikes! The birth of Christ did not eliminate Evil The birth of Christ provides hope for eternity The birth of Christ provides Comfort through his presence Intro Slide Christmas is one week out. For some, the excitement of gift giving, of gathering with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mike Gilbert avatar

    An Attitude Of Gratitude Series

    Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Nov 8, 2007
    based on 69 ratings
     | 51,979 views

    An attitude of gratitude opens up our lives for God’s will to be done in and through us.

    Intro: Edward Spencer was a ministerial student in Evanston, Illinois, and also a member of a life-saving squad during his school years. In 1860, a ship went aground on the shore of Lake Michigan near Evanston, and Spencer waded again and again into the frigid waters to rescue seventeen ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    David And The Ark Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on May 30, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,122 views

    Second Samuel 6:15 teaches us about the holiness of God.

    Scripture After ten weeks of not being able to meet together in person for worship because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, I am now able to resume my sermon series on “The Life of David.” The fifth chapter of Second Samuel showed us David’s coronation as king over all Israel, his ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    The Return Of The Seventy-Two Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jul 11, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,566 views

    The return of the seventy-two disciples from their short-term missions trip in Luke 10:17-24 shows us the reasons for their joy.

    Scripture After Jesus’ ministry in Galilee, which lasted perhaps for as long as two years, “he set his face to go to Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51). Jesus continued to teach while on his journey to Jerusalem. He also sent seventy-two disciples in pairs on a short-term missions trip. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    (The Danger Of Bad Mathematic)

    Contributed by Derrick White Sr on May 15, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,959 views

    MATHEMATICS IS BEST DEFINED AS THE SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT OF MAGNITUDE THAT IS EXPRESS IN BOTH SIGNS AND SYMBOLS THAT EXISTS IN FOUR BASIC FORMS THESES FORMS ARE ADDITION ,SUBTRACTION ,MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION

    James 1:2 (KJV) 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT (THE DANGER OF BAD MATHEMATIC) MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS MATHEMATICS IS BEST DEFINED AS THE SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT OF MAGNITUDE THAT IS EXPRESS IN BOTH SIGNS ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Joyous Prediction Series

    Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Dec 19, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,059 views

    Continuing our Christmas series on joy we begin in Genesis Chapter 3 and follow the revelation of God, through the book of Isaiah, of the Messiah He will bring to restore His creation to Himself.

    Joy Series, Part 3 Genesis 3:15 – Isaiah 53:12 Introduction “A Joyous Prediction” Want to share with you a photo I found this week, “King Size Bed” - Recap of last 2 week’s messages: - 1. What steals joy the fastest? The afflictions others bring upon us ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What I Want For Christmas

    Contributed by James Tetley on Dec 18, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,591 views

    Joy at Christmas is the coming of Christ not the birth of Jesus, this joy should be the thing we most desire at Christmas

    What I want for Christmas – Matthew 2:1-12 Big Idea: Joy at Christmas in the coming of Christ not the birth of Jesus Big response: When reflecting on Jesus to know joy and share that with others If I am going to answer this question of “What I want for Christmas” – we first need to think about ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Rejoice In God’ssalvation

    Contributed by C Vincent on Dec 12, 2009
     | 4,258 views

    The joy is in knowing that it is His salvation. This can be used any time of year, but here it is associated with Christmas joy

    Rejoice in God’s Salvation JCC 13.12.09 am Psalm 9:4 "I will rejoice in thy salvation." Divine salvation is from God alone It was his plan None but he could have planned it In his infinite wisdom he devised it That plan was salvation which is revealed in the person of Jesus Christ 1 Pet ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Johnny A. Palmer Jr. avatar

    Image Is Everything! Series

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 7, 2011
     | 8,005 views

    We cannot begin to appreciate just how precious it is to be a human being created in the image of God.

    Intro: 1. Sailhamer, "The creation of humanity is set apart from the previous acts of creation...whereas throughout the previous account the making of each creature is described as "according to its own kind," the account of humankind’s creation specifies that the man and the woman were made ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Grumpy Ole Church People

    Contributed by Joseph Stapleton on Jul 14, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,508 views

    Where is the joy in our church? There is so much frowning and silence in a place where there is so much reason to celebrate. This sermon explores the problem.

    GRUMPY OLE CHURCH PEOPLE (All my sermons use illustrations found at www.sermoncentral.com and all scripture is NIV unless otherwise noted.) Through the many years that I have preached and taught from the Word of God I have made one very disturbing observation about the churches in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Christians Are To Live In Hope Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Aug 24, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,700 views

    Christians are to live in elpizo hope; always expecting and anticipating the glory of God to happen!

    How many of you have heard the term “Health and Wealth Gospel” or “Prosperity Gospel”?? This type of “gospel” basically states that once you believe in Jesus Christ, everything will go well with you. This “gospel” will state that if you’re poor or sick, you must be weak in your faith! This ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Ken Henson avatar

    The Year Of The Bible

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Jul 22, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,818 views

    True transformation in 2013, or any year, will come from us studying and being obedient to God’s word-learning and being obedient to Jesus

    According to Chinese tradition 2012 was the year of the water dragon and 2013 the water snake Malaysian Taxi Driver I was invited to speak at a Church Convention in Malaysia, and a friend from college heard I was only a few hours from Kuala Lumpur and asked me to come do some training for his ...read more

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    God Finishes What He Starts Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Aug 4, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 16,164 views

    This message explores the thought that as a result of the confidence we have in God working out His purpose inour lives, we can have joy.

    03 LIVING JOYFULLY IN LIFE GOD FINISHES WHAT HE STARTS PHILIPPIANS 1:6 FOR I AM CONFIDENT OF THIS VERY THING, THAT HE WHO BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL PERFECT IT UNTIL THE DAY OF CHRIST JESUS. PROPOSITION: WE CAN HAVE JOY IN OUR WALK WITH GOD BECAUSE GOD HAS PROMISED TO FINISH WHAT HE HAS STARTED ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Stars And Shepherds Lesson 1 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Oct 9, 2025
     | 249 views

    God uses tangible things to remind us of Himself and spiritual things.

    A. WHY SYMBOLS ARE IMPORTANT 1. Christmas is filled with symbols. The world’s symbols are Santa Claus, tinsel, Christmas trees, snow, sleigh bells, holly, mistletoe, and presents. Recently the world has added shopping, vacations, special movies and Christmas music. Why Christmas Symbols? ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist