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  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "on The Way"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Sep 29, 2020
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,602 views

    A sermon about putting Christ first over all things.

    “On the Way” Philippians 3:4b-14 The late Fred Craddock told a story about a missionary family in China who were forced to leave the country sometime after the Communists took over. One day a band of soldiers knocked on their door and told the missionary along with his wife and children that ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Lord I Got Questions

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Jul 4, 2021
     | 2,524 views

    It is not wrong to ask the Lord questions, it is wrong to assume the answer has to be what you always want.

    Lord I got Questions Introduction- It is great to be in God’s house today! I believe He wants to speak to us through His word. Prayer- Wither you are listening to this message by the internet or you are in the service, everyone has questions about the bible and a lot of times the questions ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    "Press On”

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Oct 5, 2020
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,947 views

    Paul has such a zeal to be with Christ and all other things are unimportant.

    “Press On” Philippians 3:4-14 1. Paul is passionate about Pressing on • In this passage in Philippians, the reader experiences Paul at his most passionate. • Paul yearns to be made righteous by faith, presses on toward his goal of knowing Christ, longs to be worthy of suffering for and with his ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Lord I Have Questions

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Aug 1, 2024
     | 518 views

    Sometimes we have questions to God about what is happening in our life at the time

    Lord I got Questions Introduction- It is great to be in God’s house today! I believe He wants to speak to us through His word. Let’s pray- Wither you are listening to this message by the internet or you are in the service, everyone has questions about the bible and a lot of times the questions ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Experiencing God: The First Step Series

    Contributed by Chuck Bernal on Sep 23, 2004
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,979 views

    This is a sermon is Part 1 of a series based on Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby. This material served as the basis for this message.

    OUTLINE Jesus said that eternal life is knowing God . . . Jesus did not mean that eternal life is ¡§knowing about God.¡¨ . . . knowledge of God comes through experience. We come to know God as we experience Him in . . . You will never be satisfied just to know ABOUT God. Really knowing God only ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Forgetting What Is Behind”

    Contributed by Lauro C Hernandez on Jan 17, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 14,016 views

    Forget the past and look forward.

    “Forgetting What Is Behind” Phil 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,” Intro: One of our problems within our Human Tendencies is the issue on not forgetting. We always seem to go ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Not Progressing Is Regressing

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 24, 2009
     | 5,770 views

    Paul, Pt. 20

    NOT PROGRESSING IS REGRESSING (PHIL. 3:12-14) Time and tide waits for no man. Can you imagine using the typewriter to type your paper today? How about typing a dissertation over a hundred pages thick? Times were we had to use “white out” in liquid or paper form, embarrassingly leaving blotches ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Overcoming Unforgiveness Series

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on May 22, 2007
    based on 74 ratings
     | 40,714 views

    Unforgiveness is perhaps the best deadly strain of the sin of disease that we must destroy and inoculate against.

    OVERCOMING THE FOUR “F”s: (UN)FORGIVENESS INTRODUCTION: There is a tremendous cancer in our lives that is eating us from the inside out. It is a cancer that penetrates deep inside each of us, sapping our strength, sucking out our joy, and spewing forth its poison in our veins - the poison of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Lord Hath Heard The Voice Of My Weeping

    Contributed by Mark Roper on Aug 2, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,024 views

    Growth & maturity come through stress & strain & struggle as we endeavor to live the Christian life.

    THE LORD HATH HEARD THE VOICE OF MY WEEPING. 8/4/2013 PAIN PASSES, BUT BEAUTY REMAINS Pierre Auguste Renoir is a famous French artist who lived in the late 19th century to the early 20th century. He was known for his paintings, mostly depicting family life. But there was one disease that ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    The Call Of Missions

    Contributed by John Knight on Jun 4, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,239 views

    A look at the great commission and what it costs.

    The Call Of Missions Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 9:57-62 Text-Words from which every Missionary gets their calling Used probably more than any other scripture-save John 3:16 called "The Great Commission" 12 men/ now 11 sculpted, molded by Christ. Prepared for this one day when the disciples ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Sometimes You Need To Let Things Go In Order To Grow

    Contributed by David Diyanni on Jun 29, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 22,626 views

    Sometimes we need to be willing to let some things go in our lives, if we don’t they will hold us back from becoming all that God intented us to become

    Sometimes you need to let things go, in order to grow (The rich young ruler <VIDEO> Hook (Captain Hook’s assistant has an epiphany) Chapter 12 Begin 01:04:23 End 01:05:51 Have you ever had an ‘apostrophe?’ Captain Hook’s first mate gets an ‘apostrophe’ or an epiphany. He has an “aha moment!” ...read more

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    Denomination: Vineyard

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    A No U-Turn Decision/Identity Check Part 9 Series

    Contributed by Steve Wright on Nov 21, 2014
     | 4,313 views

    A No U-Turn Decision

    We're going to continue with our series Identity Check. I tell you, I don't know what part it is. I think it's part nine. We have a long way to go still, but if you have your Bible, I want you to open with me, and I want you to go with me to the book of 1 Peter, chapter 3. I want to pick back up ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    As The Summer Turns To Snow Series

    Contributed by Rich Anderson on Feb 15, 2011
     | 4,966 views

    As the summer turns to snow, we thank God for the richness of our past years as well as the many blessings He will have in store for our future years.

    As we inch our way into the upcoming months, I am reminded of two favorite songs I really liked while growing up, entitled “See You In September” and “The Summer Song.” Both were love songs, and both were recorded in the early sixties when I was just this side of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Go For The Prize Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Aug 24, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,658 views

    God enables the growth which obtains the prize.

    Scripture Introduction Some say that you know you are old when you quit looking forward and only look back. Maybe some truth hides in that slogan? As we grow older, we do reminisce more about the past and become less interested in changing for the future. This is one reason dying congregations ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    8 Ways To Help- When You’re In Overload

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Apr 21, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,173 views

    What is stress? Before a violin (or any stringed instrument) can produce music, stress must be put on the strings. But pull them too tightly and they’ll snap. (The same is true with you.)

    8 Ways to Help- When You’re In Overload Matthew 6:32-34NKJ What is stress?
Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet. I saw a book titled "Anxiety and Depression For Dummies" ... Not sure it's the brightest idea to label someone looking for ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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