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  • Michael McCartney avatar

    Biblical Stewards

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 35 ratings
     | 3,314 views

    The American Christian is in financial crisis because they have not stopped, looked and listened to God’s teaching from the Bible on Giving.

    Biblical Stewardship Thesis: The American Christian is in financial crisis because they have not stopped, looked and listened to God’s teaching from the Bible on Giving. Text: Book of Malachi Outline of Book: I Love You 1:1-5 I See You 1:6-2:9 I Know You 2:10-4:6 Key verses: 1:2, “I have loved ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rick Burdette avatar

    Judea: My Community And My Neighbors Series

    Contributed by Rick Burdette on Jul 1, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,222 views

    The Gospel, Our Witness to Those We Know, Service

    THE CHURCH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING – Judea: My Community & My Neighbors Acts 3:11-26 (pg. 760) July 12, 2015 Introduction: How many of you have ever thrown a pebble into a pond? Most of us, huh? It hits with a big explosion and then the waves ripple out in concentric ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Planned On Purpose (Nov.)

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 14, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,449 views

    This is a lesson for the last week of November, on planned giving for Christmas

    Planned on PURPOSE, last week of November By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: 2 Cor. 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. Matthew 26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Fred Mueller avatar

    "Hold On!"

    Contributed by Fred Mueller on Dec 13, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 5,343 views

    An advent sermon about the Day of the Lord, waiting for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The call to be faithful witnesses while we wait for God’s consummate action.

    The Reformed Church of Locust Valley Advent II December 8, 2002 Is. 40:1-11, 2 Peter 3:8-15a “Hold On!” “But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Glenn Robinson avatar

    Biblical Principals For Strengthening The Family

    Contributed by Glenn Robinson on May 24, 2002
    based on 249 ratings
     | 42,027 views

    This is a message on how to use God’s word to build stronger relationships with all members of the family (even with those who don’t know the Lord).

    2 Samuel 13:24-31 Tells of one of the most dysfunctional families in the Bible. Consider this family : The husband commits adultery. His son (Amnon) raped his half-sister (Tamar, the sister of Absalom). The husband did not implement discipline. The full brother (Absalom) killed his half ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Empty Vessels

    Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 4, 2005
    based on 53 ratings
     | 22,981 views

    How desperate for God are you this morning? How much of God’s Holy Spirit do you want? How desperate are you to drink in all that God has for you?

    Empty Vessels There is a tale of a young man who was desperately seeking God. He went to a well-known and wise old man for help. He asked him how he could find God. The old man took the young man to a nearby river and there they waded out into the deep water. Deeper and deeper they went and ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    "Can We Ever Earn Enough To Be Happy?"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Sep 2, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,094 views

    A stewardship sermon on tithing.

    Malachi 3:6-10 “Can We Ever Earn Enough to be Happy?” By: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge UMC, Chattanooga, TN Are these tough economic times or what? Stress. Anxiety. Fear. These words capture well the state of mind of many of us today. We have witnessed dramatic market losses, the ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Billy Ricks avatar

    The Ministry Of The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jan 22, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,270 views

    The Holy Spirit is vital to everything we do as followers of Christ. We as God

    Intro: Hosea 6.6 gives us a glimpse from the Old Testament into the heart of God and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. God through Hosea says, “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” This book tells the story of Hosea and Gomer. God tells Hosea ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Trusting God

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jul 15, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,663 views

    Everywhere we turn we see people faced with fear, every road we take we meet the dreaded monster - fear. What is fear? What is the source of fear? And how can we be delivered fr0m fear?

    Trusting God 2 Timothy 1:7 “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” One summer night during a severe thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was about to turn the light off when he asked in a trembling voice, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are We Good Stewards

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 28, 2020
     | 4,411 views

    Are you wasting God's resources and gifts propping up a dying church?

    1 Cor 4:1  Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.  2  Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.  1 Peter 4:10  As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Return For Revival

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 13, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,843 views

    The invitation was to live in the ways of God. It was an invitation to come back to the ways that the people knew were right. When Hosea uses the words “let us”, he speaks in clear terms here to communicate that those who needed to return to the LORD were not alone.

    OPENING ILLUSTRATION: Play the video “RESTORED.” Israel had wondered far away from its place of origin. As if a child lost in a store, she is drawn away by delights of the eye, sensual insights and an overwhelming urgency to seek her own way. She awakens; finding herself tossed into the gutter of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Davon Huss avatar

    Pray Purposefully Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 19, 2024
     | 796 views

    3 more ways to view "Deliver us from evil" (Material adapted from Bob Hostetler's book, Red Letter Prayer Life; chapter 13 of the same title)

    HoHum: Story from Bob Hostetler in Red Letter Prayer Life: Two of my dearest friends in the world, Dave and Becky, told me the amazing story of their mission trip some years ago to the mountain town of San Luis, Honduras. They traveled as part of a combined medical and evangelistic team that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Robbie Shivar avatar

    Declaration Of Freedom

    Contributed by Robbie Shivar on Jul 10, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,444 views

    On the day that we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, we also need to remember the Declaration of Freedom proclaimed by Jesus at the start of His earthly ministry.

    Luke 4:18-19 The Declaration of Freedom Introduction: Today we remember the infamous signing of our nation’s Declaration of Independence. A document that claimed freedom from the oppression the colonies were enduring from England. Tension between the Colonialist and the British Army often ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Belcher avatar

    Seeing The Harvest

    Contributed by Michael Belcher on Nov 26, 2001
    based on 406 ratings
     | 29,118 views

    A challange to look at the harvest through the eyes of Jesus.

    Introductory: The Barna Research Group has been involved in gathering and analyzing information concerning the church since 1984. Many of their findings are startling and eye-opening. They have found that 33% of Americans are unchurched; they have no church affiliation whatsoever. While it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rev. M Edmunds avatar

    God Still Has Purpose For You! Pt. 2

    Contributed by Rev. M Edmunds on Jun 25, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,908 views

    I believe many today are experiencing the anxiety, the pain, and the excessive burden of a bad decision. You feel like your locked in an invisible prison…recriminating about the mistakes you made.

    Elder M. Edmunds Co-Pastor of United Ordained Church June 2002 My foundational scripture will come from verse eight, which says, “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” This is a companion of Psalm 51:8, which reads, “Then will I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational