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  • Ken Alford avatar

    Wind In The Sails

    Contributed by Ken Alford on Nov 29, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 10,934 views

    Just as we cannot fly a kite without the wind, our lives cannot be truly spiritual without the Holy Spirit. It makes sense therefore that we apply the following four directives to our lives.

    INTRODUCTION: 1. A sundial was given to a group of people who lived in a jungle. To them it was a fetish. They built a house over it to keep it safe and holy. This kept the sun away from it and made it useless. They beautified it but made it without purpose. It reminds us of a powerless ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Norris Harris I avatar

    The Redemptive Role Of The Holy Spirit Series

    Contributed by Norris Harris I on Mar 13, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 9,597 views

    I feel very strongly that the commencement of Celebrating our Cultural and Spiritual Heritage as African descendants must begin with a recognition and appreciation of the Role of the Holy Spirit in our Redemptive History. For He was and is and is yet to p

    “God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way; Thou who hast by Thy might, led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Robbie Parsons avatar

    Satan Delcares War On God Series

    Contributed by Robbie Parsons on Mar 17, 2003
    based on 90 ratings
     | 6,937 views

    The first in a series on spiritual warfare titled "THIS MEANS WAR!" Explore and reveal the five ways in which Lucifer wants to overthrow God, by trying to take His place, position, power, purity and prestige.

    GOD’S PLACE - SATAN WANTED A PLACE THAT BELONGED TO GOD “I will ascend into the heavens…” Satan expresses his desire to occupy and settle heaven and establish a superiority over God. “Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    A Patient Urgency

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Nov 3, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 4,749 views

    God calls us to apprenticeship. Evangelism (the mission) is more important than our own personal spiritual growth; demonstrated through Abraham, Moses, Peter, Paul; and with a focus on 1 cor 9.

    A Patient Urgency Nov. 2/3, 2002 Intro: "Everyone seemed confident that the ship was all right," recalled first-class passenger Henry Sleeper Harper. At last, however, the call came for all passengers to come up on deck wearing their life belts, and soon after midnight, Captain Smith directed crew ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ken Harris avatar

    "The War Is On"

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Dec 14, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,304 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the HEARERS TO ARM THEIR HOMES WITH TRAINED PRAYER WARRIORS, THAT ARE PREPRARED TO pursue and engage their spiritual enemies (through God’s Word and Prayer) in order to take back their love ones AND POWs.

    “ BIG IDEA: PEOPLE OF FAITH SHOULD USE THEIR SPIRITUAL RESOURCES TO AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF WAR - LONG BEFORE IT AFFECTS THEM PERSONALLY. REFERENCES: Genesis 11 (The start of nationalism); Genesis 14:1-24 (The First War … was fought with Abraham – our patriarch of faith); Ephesians 6:10-18 ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Choose Wisdom And Avoid Destructive Waywardness

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 12, 2004
    based on 90 ratings
     | 18,420 views

    The Spirit of God teaches us how to gain a healthy fear, awe and worship of the Lord so we gain a spiritual wisdom that gives us the perspective on truth, love and the realities of people, problems and situations.

    Choose Wisdom and Avoid Destructive Waywardness How the Holy Spirit Leads Us With Wisdom - (Isa 11:2) "The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him - the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord." Illustration: ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Michael Walker avatar

    "Earplugs"

    Contributed by Michael Walker on Mar 29, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,549 views

    We want to talk about plugging up your spiritual ears so not to let out what you have heard. Not to as in the natural to protect your hearing but to protect what you’ve heard.

    "EarPlugs " - Heb. 2: 1-4 - Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; How shall we ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Elitist Christianity Series

    Contributed by Dean Johnson on Feb 6, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,677 views

    The early church was planted in the Greek culture, and immediately the culture began to attempt to influence it. Gnostics applied Greek categories of thought to the Christian message,emphasizing higher spiritual knowledge, making it "elitist." But Chris

    I John Sermon Series ELITIST CHRISTIANITY Introduction and I John 1:1-4 Pastor Dean Johnson, Lake Pointe Bible Church, 1-11-04 INTRODUCTION What is now called “The Church” was not yet 50 years old when a rather disturbing and even dangerous teaching began to creep in among Christians. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Find A Place To Land Series

    Contributed by Tom Doubt on Mar 19, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 6,110 views

    This is the 2nd "F" in how to fly with spiritual engine failure; FIND a place to land means come to Jesus, He gives rest, take His yoke, learn from Him, and find rest.

    Dr. Tom Doubt, Senior Pastor Four Mile Creek Baptist Church February 15, 2004 FIND A PLACE TO LAND BACKGROUND: A. Illustration: It was a long day in 1985, I had taken a night flight from Helsinki to Moscow. A colleague joked about hoping the old Russian jet make it all way. The flight was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kim Huffman avatar

    Precious Stones Series

    Contributed by Kim Huffman on Mar 31, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 8,988 views

    "A living stone" is how Peter refers to Jesus. Peter also calls us "living stones" that are used to build up God’s spiritual house. What kind of building are we doing?

    2/22/4 Goshen Christian Church Kim Huffman Timeless Treasurers #4 “PRECIOUS STONES” 1 Peter 2:4-8 “(4) And coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected by men, but choice and precious in the sight of God, (5) you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Larry Elder avatar

    Is There No Balm In Gilead?

    Contributed by Larry Elder on Jul 12, 2003
    based on 78 ratings
     | 62,621 views

    Today as we look around, we see continued suffering, pain and hurts in the lives of the people. People who need a miracle of emotional, physical or spiritual healing that can only come from God.

    Is there No Balm in Gilead? Jeremiah 8:22… Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? Background: • Jeremiah was weeping over the spiritual condition of Israel and epically the godless state of Judah. • Degrading of ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Marianne Unger avatar

    Just Let Jesus

    Contributed by Marianne Unger on Sep 23, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 4,635 views

    We are in a spiritual fight, and we need to recognize that we have the necessary tools and forces to not give up, but to go to the last round where Jesus Christ will be the final victor, and peace, truth, and justice will prevail.

    Mark 9:38-50 “Just Let Jesus” Many of you are familiar with the blockbuster movie Rocky, in which a very muscular, physically fit, local Philadelphia guy, Rocky Balboa, fights the world’s heavy weight boxing champion Apollo Creed. In the first smash hit, Rocky fights Apollo for 15 rounds, but ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Chris Appleby avatar

    The Credible Christian Man Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Dec 3, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,883 views

    To be credible as Christians, men need to acknowledge their dependence on God in everything, to make God their first priority, to make their spiritual security more important than their financial security, humbly admit their mistakes and express their sex

    You may wonder whether a sermon in a Sunday service is the place to be talking about being a credible Christian man, given that at least half the congregation are women, but let me suggest that at least some of what we’ll talk about today is equally relevant to women, and even those bits that ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Thomas Andrufski avatar

    Faith Under Fire – Attacks On Christians In The U.s.

    Contributed by Thomas Andrufski on Sep 13, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,123 views

    In recent days, America has been shaken by the assassination of Christian leader Charlie Kirk. Following Jesus publicly will invite spiritual resistance, but the Church must face hostility with truth, holiness, and courageous love.

    Faith Under Fire – Attacks on Christians in the U.S. Text: John 15:18–20; 1 Peter 4:12–14; Romans 12:21 (KJV) John 15:18-20 (KJV) If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Steve Akins avatar

    Rollercoaster Depression Series

    Contributed by Steve Akins on Oct 5, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 8,094 views

    “Depression is a state of existence marked by a sense of being pressed down, weighed down, or burdened, which affects a person physically, mentally, spiritually, and relationally. In other words, depression is not a state of mind but a state of being.”

    Definition: “Depression is a state of existence marked by a sense of being pressed down, weighed down, or burdened, which affects a person physically, mentally, spiritually, and relationally. In other words, depression is not a state of mind but a state of being.” According to Psychiatrists Frank ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist