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  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    Praying With Joy! Series

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Dec 20, 2000
    based on 214 ratings
     | 36,427 views

    Is prayer a first response to you? Or is it a last resort? Do you pray in an attitude of gratitude? Or are you always grumbling? When you pray, do you make sure that God receives the glory, & not you?

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK This morning I would like for us to go back nearly 2,000 years to the city of Rome. It is an exciting time to be in Rome, a metropolis of gladiators, chariots, & palaces. But we’re not going to stop at the coliseum or ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Perfect Obedience.

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry Morrissey on Dec 24, 2000
    based on 119 ratings
     | 10,107 views

    First Sunday after Christmas Year C.

    First Sunday after Christmas Year C. Luke 2: 41-52 Lord of the Lake Lutheran Church The Rev. Jerry Morrissey, Esq., Pastor Thank you Lord Jesus for your perfect obedience as a free gift which is our freedom from slavery to sin and death. Amen. Title: “Perfect Obedience.” Mary and Joseph find the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    The Christmas Spirit

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 26, 2000
    based on 99 ratings
     | 11,093 views

    The Christmas spirit is many things.

    THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Matthew 2:1-12 INTRO.- What is the Christmas spirit? It all depends on who you are. ILL.- Here’s a story called “The Christmas Spirit,” which is one of the best I’ve found. “Pardon me, Sir, I’m a stranger in town. I thought you might be able to tell me what’s going ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Focusing On The Positive! Series

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 5, 2001
    based on 359 ratings
     | 76,928 views

    How you look at something can make a world of difference in how you behave. Life is like that. What you focus upon in life will generally determine the kind of decisions you make.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2011) ILL. Have you heard the story of the farmer who was discouraged with his farm? So he decided to sell out & move somewhere else. He engaged a realtor to look the farm over & prepare a sales ad. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Father's Day - God's Man

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 11, 2001
    based on 324 ratings
     | 44,035 views

    Here are 5 characteristics that ought to be evident in God’s man.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX A. Today is Father’s Day - the day we honor our fathers & think about masculinity & manhood & all those good things. So the subject of my sermon this morning is "God’s man." Now I realize that you can be lots of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Be Assured Spirit Is In You

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Nov 25, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,326 views

    Many Christians feel unsure whether the Holy Spirit is working in them. Be assured He is!

    Assurance that the Holy Spirit is at work in You October 26, 2002 Sometimes, something happens in our life that causes us to wonder whether the Holy Spirit is even at work there. A seed of doubt is planted that can lead to lost sleep, mental machinations, even loss of faith. And it can happen very ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Where'd Everybody Go Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 9, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,548 views

    This is the second part of the series on end times and deals with the Rapture

    You could see the posters hung every where, asking the same question, Have you seem this person, my son, my daughter, my husband or wife. I don¡¯t know where they¡¯ve gone, or if they are alright. A year ago we saw the pictures of people searching for their loved ones in the aftermath of ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The End Of The Story Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 9, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 8,398 views

    The last part of this series on the end times and it looks at the final judgment

    Have you ever read one of those books that have multiple endings? You come to a place where you make a choice, if you turn left then you continue to read and get one ending or if you turn right then you skip to page 232 and get a completely different ending. It’s like the author couldn’t decide ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    What Matters To Jesus Series

    Contributed by Darron Khan on May 30, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 8,349 views

    This message was designed to help people understand that God desires humility in the innermost being. It was written to move its hearers to examine themselves in order to determine what pride issues in their lives exist and need to be changed.

    What Matters To Jesus? Part 1 in the series, The Journey To Jerusalem March 10, 2002 This morning we are precisely four weeks out from celebrating the single greatest event in mankind’s history. In four weeks we will celebrate Easter, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave. Today, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Never Unloved Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 2, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,641 views

    Some receive love, but reject it; others never know that they are loved. In either case, the Cross is evidence that we have never been unloved.

    We need to think not only about the way we relate to other people, but also about how we receive them. It is not enough simply to be friendly and cordial. We also need to look at how we receive people when they extend themselves to us. I went to a meeting this week, where all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bob Hostetler avatar

    As I Have Loved You Series

    Contributed by Bob Hostetler on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,992 views

    Meeting the Need for Affection

    As I Have Loved You (Meeting the Need for Affection) Text: John 15:9-14 In his memoir, Education of a Wandering Man, the western writer Louis L’Amour repeats a charming story about two stage actresses of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He tells how Sarah Bernhardt, the great ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    There Is A Purpose In The Storm Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jun 9, 2002
    based on 90 ratings
     | 25,343 views

    This story in the life of Jesus and His disciples, in the boat upon the sea, conveys another world, a world where storms rise up out of nowhere and life itself is put at peril.

    A Study of the Book of Luke Sermon # 20 There Is A Purpose In The Storm. Luke 8:22-25 In 1976 Gordon Lightfoot recorded a haunting ballad entitled “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” [1976, Moose Music, Ltd.] The Edmund Fitzgerald ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Distractions

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jun 11, 2002
    based on 94 ratings
     | 46,710 views

    This sermon was written to be preached by our young people in the church on youth day 2002. It deals with distractions which hinder our progress in life and if God.

    Distractions Youth Day 6/8/2002 Proverbs 3:5-12 Hebrews 12:1-3 1 Samuel 13:1-6 Aaron Our theme for Youth Day is Distractions. LaDawn and I will share this sermon together. I’ll start it and she will finish it. What is a distraction. A distraction is anything that takes our ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Scott Hippler avatar

    Anchoring Your Family For Christ

    Contributed by Scott Hippler on Feb 12, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
     | 10,758 views

    Do you desire to be the man, the husband, the father father of integrity that God desires for you to be?

    Father’s Day June 18, 2000 Smith’s Grove Baptist Church Happy Fathers Day! Bill Cosby wrote a book called Fatherhood and in it he reacalls two humerous observations. Father milking cows 5 kids $20 each Dennis Rodman and Howard Stern have a lot in common. They are both famous They are both ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chris Gowen avatar

    When God Puts You On Hold

    Contributed by Chris Gowen on Feb 17, 2001
    based on 226 ratings
     | 90,089 views

    While we are waiting for answers from God, there are some valuable lessons for us to learn.

    Most of us have experienced the following: You want to get down the road, but the road is curvy, and you’re behind a slow driver. You have to slow down and wait. How about making an important phone call, and all you get is a machine. The machine says, “If you live within the U.S. press 1; If ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist