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  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Trusting The Rope?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 18, 2002
    based on 45 ratings
     | 8,951 views

    We need to gab the Censers from the altar and run to intercede for others.

    Are you trusting the rope? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Where are the dinosaurs? Years ago, while traveling down Highway 23 in eastern Kentucky, we would pass by a beautiful brick church. It was in an ideal location. The church was closed and the windows were broken out, there ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Mary Had A Little Lamb

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 4, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,584 views

    The focus is on the Shepherds who first received the message of the Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem. The lamb-keepers were the first to see the Lamb of God and experience His hope to the world.

    Play video clip - Charlie Brown Christmas Scene 6 How fascinating – a cartoon classic in its simplicity brings us back to the basics. Just as, every Christmas, we intend with all our hearts to bring the message of Christ to our broader community, we often work as hard trying not to lose focus in ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Keep The Fire Burning

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Sep 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 18,315 views

    Why does the fire of revival burn so brightly but so shortly? What can the church do to keep the fire in our belly burning brightly? Stop filling the church with people and ask for the people to be filled with God!

    Intro: Second Timothy is Paul’s farewell address to Timothy and the church at large. Paul is in prison in Rome waiting for execution. This is one of the letters that Paul wrote called the Pastoral Epistles. That simply put is the pastoral letters. First and Second Timothy and Titus make up the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    New Shirts

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 5, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,079 views

    Romans 6 sermon about trading our "dirty shirts" in for "new shirts" through Baptism and the sign of the Cross.

    In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit – the Holy Three-in-One who cleanses our hearts and minds and souls from all impurities, Amen. Brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus. This dirty old tshirt has been buried just outside of the campus house for three days. It has a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Are You Listening

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 30, 2014
     | 9,825 views

    Are you listening to God? Do you know how?

    A man was having difficulty communicating with his wife and concluded that she was becoming hard of hearing. So he decided to conduct a test. One evening he sat in a chair on the far side of the room. Her back was to him and she could not see him. Very quietly he whispered, "Can you hear me?" ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Go Beyond

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Nov 22, 2021
     | 4,567 views

    You cant take donkeys with you and your servants who have a slave mentality, you now are going to the next dimension with God.

    Go beyond your comfortable zone Genesis 22:5”Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you." Abraham had to leave behind the donkey, servants and go further with his only beloved son Isaac because ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Inshallah… And Wait

    Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 10, 2025
     | 148 views

    To say Inshallah is not to delay life but to dedicate it — to live surrendered to the will of God, waiting in faith and walking in obedience until His “Mashallah” comes.

    Introduction – The Word That Waits I once heard a story about a missionary who had served for twenty years in Lahore, Pakistan. He had learned many things in those two decades — how to drink tea politely, how to haggle in the market, how to stay calm when the electricity cut out for the fifth time ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Make It Make Sense

    Contributed by Dr. Jwt Spies on Oct 16, 2025
     | 2,209 views

    Pause and reflect on the hand of God in your life. When God allows something to bend a certain way, no human effort can straighten it out, unless He wills it. It may not make sense to us, but it may sense to God.

    Ecclesiastes 7:13 (NIV) Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what He has made crooked? Look at somebody and tell them, Neighbor, I’m trying to make it make sense. Look down your row at somebody else and say, but sometimes it just doesn’t make sense. Because if we’re honest today, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Don't Panic, Don't Believe The Distortions

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 1, 2025
     | 428 views

    Many times we focus on the distortions of the negative crowd. The enemy plays mental and emotional games with our minds. On one side of the cloud was darkness.The other side walked in the light of God. Which side will we choose?

    DON’T PANIC! WHY ARE YOU TROUBLED? WHEN YOUR HEART AND YOUR EYES DECEIVE YOU! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) *COME LET US FOCUS ON JOHN BEVERE’S WORDS: If we don’t risk being hurt, we cannot give unconditional love. Unconditional love gives others ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Resurrections Before The Resurrection (Part Five) Series

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on May 8, 2017
     | 9,771 views

    As I finish the series on the resurrections that took place before Jesus resurrected we find the wonderful story of when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead.

    THE RESURRECTIONS BEFORE THE RESURRECTION (part five) John 11:1-46 1) "The one whom you love is sick." (1-16) "Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    When There’s Nowhere To Go Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on May 4, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,226 views

    When There’s Nowhere to Go Series: Encountering Jesus (through the Gospel of Luke) April 19, 2020 – Brad Bailey

    When There’s Nowhere to Go Series: Encountering Jesus (through the Gospel of Luke) April 19, 2020 – Brad Bailey Series #67 / Luke 24:13-35 Intro Welcome …such a privilege to have this time with you. For all who were able to join last Sunday... Easter Sunday... it was so significant to engage the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Lord's Prayer PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 19, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 124 views

    The sermon calls us to sincere generosity, prayer, and forgiveness, rooted in God’s love, seeking His approval over others, and living as beloved children.

    Some of us arrived today with hearts that feel hurried, hands that feel heavy, and hopes that feel thin. The week may have been loud, and your soul may feel a little quieted by weariness. If that’s you, you’re in good company. Jesus meets people like us—people with a pair of tired eyes and a prayer ...read more

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    But I Have To Trust The Guide Series

    Contributed by Dr. Dave Hartson on Oct 17, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,938 views

    Today, I want to share with you we have a guide; His name is Jesus. And, if you are not trusting the Guide to walk you through this life, then you are missing the “more” of the Christian life.

    INTRODUCTION: Get up…eat breakfast…head to work…work all day… return home…eat some supper…watch a little tv…go to bed… and then repeat those same steps tomorrow. Some of us may have a few more steps; some of us may have a few fewer steps. No wonder people ask the question: “Is this all there is to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Five Practical Ways To Show Love To Others Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Nov 2, 2006
    based on 234 ratings
     | 95,053 views

    This sermon shows the practical way that Ruth expressed her love to Naomi. 1. She stuck with her. 2. She adjusted to her. 3. She reached beyond her confort zone. 4. She offered encouraging words. 5. She put Naomi’s needs above her own.

    Five Practical Ways To Show Your Love To Others A couple that had been married for 50 years sat reflecting one day. The wife said, “Things have really changed over the years. You used to sit real close to me. But you haven’t done that for a while.” “Well I can fix that.” said the man as he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Chosen Generation #3: Body Builders Series

    Contributed by C Jordan on Sep 16, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,871 views

    God has called us to be body builders – to build up His body! When you become a Christian, you are not joining a religion, but becoming a part of a family. Like pieces of a puzzle, we are all fitted together in the body of Christ.

    A CHOSEN GENERATION #3: BODY BUILDERS OPENING TEXT: “Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: *other