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  • Paul Green avatar

    What Do You Do When The Lights Go Out?

    Contributed by Paul Green on May 1, 2024
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     | 4,524 views

    Are you experiencing a dark time in your life? Are you unable to make sense of what is happening? There are times in every Christians life when, despite our faithfulness, we’re suddenly plunged into deep, deep darkness. And we’re left asking the question – why? What do we do when the lights go out?

    Five-year old Johnny was in the kitchen as his mother made supper. She asked him to go into the pantry and get her a can of tomato soup, but he didn’t want to go in alone. “It’s dark in there and I’m scared.” She asked again, and he persisted. Finally, she said, “It’s OK, go; Jesus will be in there ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Nature Of Christian Fellowship

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on May 6, 2023
     | 1,204 views

    This is a series in the book of Philippians. .

    Title: The Nature of Christian Fellowship Scripture: Phil. 1:3-8 Type: Expository Where: GNBC Intro: “A family went to the movies. On the way in, the young man of the family stopped at the refreshment stand to pick up some popcorn. By the time he got into the theater, the lights were already ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Buried With Him

    Contributed by Rich O' Toole on Feb 14, 2024
     | 1,184 views

    New Life in Christ

    Buried with Him Romans 6:1-11 Good morning, There was a man named George who attended a church service and heard a message about Jesus and the cross, which convinced him he needed to receive forgiveness of sin and eternal life. George went to the pastor after the sermon, who led him in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Authentic Christianity In Action

    Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Apr 7, 2016
    based on 5 ratings
     | 17,438 views

    In this passage we see Authentic Christian in Action - 1. In the Sacrificial Life of Tabitha, 2. In the Faith/Love of Joppa's disciples and 3. In the Spiritual Courage of the Apostle Peter

    Scripture: Acts 9:36-43; Psalms 23 and John 10:22 - 30 (Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year C) Title: Authentic Christianity in Action Proposition: In Acts 9:36-43 we see Authentic Christian in Action - 1. In the Sacrificial Life of Tabitha/Dorcas, 2. In the Faith/Love of Joppa's ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    When Heavens Become Brass

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jul 21, 2004
    based on 134 ratings
     | 63,588 views

    The more clearly we see God’s sovereignty the less perplexed we are by man’s calamities, know that those who bless God in their trials will be blessed by God through their trials.

    The message of this week is for those who believe in the God of the suddenlies, those who know that no matter how fast the enemy has been running, just a word from the Master is enough to halt his race. After all, in the beginning, when the earth was without form and void all that was required to ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    All About Anger Series

    Contributed by Josh Reich on May 12, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,986 views

    This is part 2 in our series on James. We dove into how to deal with anger. Is anger ever okay? Why do we get angry? How do we handle it?

    I know many of you have seen the images on the news about what happened at Virginia Tech this past week. As I was watching, I thought, this really puts what we talk about last week to the test. Last week we started our series on the book of James and we looked at how we react to trials, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    In Search Of Authentic Faith Series

    Contributed by Josh Reich on May 12, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,265 views

    How do you know if faith is real? Is it possible to have a faith that is fake? How do you know the difference? Where do works fit with faith? Are they extra, needed for salvation?

    This weekend was a cool weekend in the life of our church. On Friday, the women’s ministry had a come n go dessert, and even though I wasn’t there, I heard it was a good time. Then on Saturday morning, we had a church and neighborhood clean-up. It was a great time to clean up our church, as well ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Challenge Of Perseverance Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Feb 2, 2009
    based on 45 ratings
     | 20,781 views

    How to Persevere in the Christian Life

    The Challenge of Perseverance How to persevere Remove Obstacles (Hebrews 12:1) Receive Encouragement (12:1-4) From the People of faith(12:1) From the Jesus (12:3-4) From the Word (12:5a) Receive Discipline (12:5b-11) Slide Good morning. Welcome to Hickory Creek today. We are in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    When The Heavens Become Brass

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Apr 17, 2009
    based on 11 ratings
     | 22,245 views

    For your life to prosper, the heavens must be involved, because the heaven above us is seeing everything. If a man is ever going to prosper, he cannot do it outside of heaven. A destiny remains stagnant until a connection is made between earth and heaven.

    WHEN THE HEAVENS BECOME BRASS Dr. D. K. Olukoya The message of this week is for those who believe in the God of the suddenlies, those who know that no matter how fast the enemy has been running, just a word from the Master is enough to halt his race. After all, in the beginning, when the earth ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Words

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 13, 2014
     | 7,717 views

    A look again at the 10 commandments - (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    The book of Deuteronomy is a series of farewell sermons from Moses to the Israelites: • In these sermons he urges the people to love God, obey his laws; • And follow the leadership of Joshua. • The Jews call this book the “haddeborim”, which means "the ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    The Mark Of A Christian Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Mar 27, 2019
     | 8,363 views

    As Christians it is essential that we display the Mark of love.

    The Mark Of A Christian Text: 1 John 3:11-18 Introduction 1. Illustration: "It is possible to be a Christian without showing the mark, but if we expect non-Christians to know that we are Christians, we must show the mark." "Love--and the unity it attests to--is the mark Christ gave ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Are You Amazed? (Easter 2024)

    Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Apr 2, 2024
     | 613 views

    Have you lost your amazement at the extravagant love of Jesus? Paul encourages us to keep the main thing the main thing.

    Easter 2024 I Corinthians 15 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 03-31–2024 Amazing When you hear the word amazing, what do you think of? The definition of amazing is “causing great wonder or surprise, astonishing.” I’m learning to juggle. It’s not easy. But, recently I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Love That's Tough To Do

    Contributed by John Stensrud on Apr 29, 2001
    based on 75 ratings
     | 5,328 views

    Who knows why someone chooses to be our enemy? And how do you respond to them when they do? The tendency is to strike back.

    Love That’s Tough to Do Matthew 5:43-48 Sermon by Pastor John Stensrud Immanuel Baptist Church Elgin, IL Delivered on February 18, 2001 Mat 5:43 "You have heard that it was said, ’Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Untold Story Of Robinson Crusoe Series

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on May 26, 2004
    based on 77 ratings
     | 18,659 views

    The story of Robinson Crusoe and the truth he learned from his salvaged Bible teaches us the priority of prayer.

    The Untold Story of Robinson Crusoe Psalm 50:1-15 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO 1. Preview: For the near future, my Sunday evening messages will have a single purpose and single focus. I want to preach and teach so as to help us as a church and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Only Good Options

    Contributed by David Moore on Jul 21, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,620 views

    Knowing Jesus ultimately means having only good options

    Phil 1 21-30 To me, and I could be really mistaken, high school is a time to make sure our choices with what we want to do with our lives can happen. We don’t want our options to be narrowed down, but rather, we want to do well enough that we can choose which college to go to, or which armed ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed