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  • David Mende avatar

    Blessings Through The Blood Of Jesus

    Contributed by David Mende on May 5, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 20,560 views

    This sermon highlights the glorious blessings we have through the shed blood of Jesus. Read this sermon and be encouraged! I would be delighted if you could rate this sermon and give brief feedback.

    INTRODUCTION (SECURE ATTENTION) & BACKGROUND OF THE PASSAGE: PRAY before starting the sermon. How many of you donated your blood at least once to someone? I still remember the first time I donated my blood in 2002. I have to admit that I was fearful. After donating my blood for the first time, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    What Does God Want From Me Anyway? Series

    Contributed by Tim Diack on Apr 18, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,627 views

    Jesus shed tears while others were rejoicing and proclaiming Him the Messiah. We need to ask, "Why?" and if what Jesus saw on that day so long ago was not what He was looking for, then we need to be asking, "What does God want from Me Anyway?"

    What Does God Want From Me Anyway? - Luke 19:38-44 - April 17, 2011 (Palm Sunday Service) I know I’ve done it. You’ve probably done it too. You might have even done it this morning as ____________________ read those verses of Scripture for us. In some ways it is hard not to do - ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    How To Prepare For Easter

    Contributed by Bob Hostetler on Mar 13, 2002
    based on 804 ratings
     | 69,044 views

    A different kind of Palm Sunday message, one that looks forward to Easter

    How to Prepare for Easter Scripture: Luke 19:28-44, Matthew 21:1-11 We all prepare for things in our own ways. For example, Gary Manka exercises 6 days a week for about ninety minutes. His routine starts with prayer, followed by a lengthy set of stretching exercises. He says sometimes ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Ride Into Jersusalem

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Mar 26, 2015
    based on 6 ratings
     | 30,797 views

    This would be the most expensive trip in history and it would impact ever human born afterwards.

    How many of you like to travel? Sometimes, going on trips is exciting, isn’t it? And when most people travel, they do not plan on being gone for long, and even so, when they get to where they are going, the first thing they do is unpack their belongings and find places to put them. When ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Your Sins I Will Not Remember Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 13, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,670 views

    The tussle over paying for contraception has raised our awareness of sin; it should also raise our awareness of the need to repent, confess sin and receive the forgiveness of God.

    Seventh Sunday in Course 2012 “Your Sins I Will Not Remember” There’s a story told about one of the members of our extended family, a man who was a smoker until his first heart attack, and about what he did on this Sunday before Lent. As the story goes, he bought a carton of cigarettes and smoked ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    A Baker's Dirty Dozen

    Contributed by Gerald Manning on Mar 11, 2017
     | 5,967 views

    Thirteen points that call us to repentance ... a Lenten service.

    A BAKER'S DIRTY DOZEN 2 Tim 2:22-26 Run away from infantile indulgence. Run after mature righteousness—faith, love, peace—joining those who are in honest and serious prayer before God. Refuse to get involved in inane discussions; they always end up in fights. God’s servant must not be ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Hosanna!

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on Apr 4, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,123 views

    The cries of the multitude as Jesus entered into Jerusalem were "Hosanna! Save us now!", but they didn’t want the kind of salvation that Jesus was offering.

    HOSANNA Text: Matthew 21:1 – 11 It was Sunday, March 30, 33 AD, the very day that the prophet Daniel had prophesized of 600 years earlier. Jesus was nearing the end of His earthly ministry, and was making His way to Jerusalem to observe the Passover. Two of His disciples are sent ahead to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Cross-Culture (A Palm Sunday Sermon)

    Contributed by Paul Newell on Mar 26, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 9,417 views

    This sermon deals with the effect that Jesus’ cross had on three men: Simon the Cyrene, John the Apostle and Nicodemus, the quiet follower.

    CROSS-Culture Palm Sunday 2009 – Communion Sunday I grew up in a fairly sheltered environment. Other than books at school I remember little, if any, interaction with anyone of another culture. My first encounter with a different culture was a kid I met at school. I don’t remember his name, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The God Of The Box - "More Than Enough” God Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 2, 2005
    based on 67 ratings
     | 16,773 views

    Pagans doubt God because they try to put Him in a box. But Christians sometimes doubt because they forget that He was in the box to begin with.

    OPEN: (I had brought a large cardboard box on stage that my children had turned into a house) I suppose some of you have wondered what this is. Does anybody know what I have on stage with me? That’s right - it’s a box. But, it’s not just any box. This is a marvelous box. This is the creation of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Anointing A Man After God's Own Heart.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 9, 2022
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,519 views

    Samuel's secret mission.

    ANOINTING A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART. 1 Samuel 16:1-13. Saul had rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD had rejected Saul from being king (cf. 1 Samuel 15:23), much to the grief of Samuel (cf. 1 Samuel 15:11) - but the LORD already had another man in mind for Samuel to go and anoint (1 ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Parade

    Contributed by Travis Markes on Aug 30, 2011
     | 8,052 views

    What do you bring to the parade? What will you give Jesus today? He is passing by. He is looking your way. Will you look him in the eye, take him by the hand, and make him your King and Lord?

    The Parade John 12:12-19 Ticker-tape parades are not as common today as they once were. There was a time when our country honored our heroes and heroines with colossal spectacles. Celebrities would ride in a convertible automobile down the massive canyons of steel and glass, with walls so high ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Palm Sunday: Choose A Donkey Over A Horse

    Contributed by Fr. Rian Adams on Apr 9, 2019
     | 4,955 views

    Sermon explores the message of servanthood in JEsus's​ choice to ride a donkey into JErusale​m.

    Choose A Donkey Over A Horse St. Matthews Episcopal Church The Rev. Rian Adams For over a decade I’ve preached from the Passion narrative on Palm Sunday. This year I’m going to follow my personality and deviate from the norm. Today I’m preaching from the Palm Sunday Gospel reading. Why? Palm ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    The Raising Of Lazarus. Complete.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 9, 2022
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,857 views

    And he that was dead came forth, bound head and foot with grave-clothes, and his face was bound about with a napkin. John 11:44.

    THE RAISING OF LAZARUS. John 11:1-45. I). HE WHOM THOU LOVEST IS SICK. John 11:1-16. JOHN 11:1. “Now a certain man was sick.” This is the first mention of Lazarus of Bethany in the Gospels, and he is identified alongside his sisters, Mary and Martha. JOHN 11:2. Mary is identified in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    He Whom Thou Lovest Is Sick.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 5, 2022
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,710 views

    The simple prayer of Martha and Mary; Jesus' delay; and the death of Lazarus.

    HE WHOM THOU LOVEST IS SICK. John 11:1-16. JOHN 11:1. “Now a certain man was sick.” This is the first mention of Lazarus of Bethany in the Gospels, and he is identified alongside his sisters, Mary and Martha. JOHN 11:2. Mary is identified in anticipation of the incident in the following ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Russell Metcalfe avatar

    Believe And Have Life - 2 Of 14 Series

    Contributed by Russell Metcalfe on Jan 28, 2021
     | 2,609 views

    Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness.

    Lent 2—March 8, 1998 John 20:31 "...and that believing ye may have life through (Jesus') name!" Last year a group of 34 students from two state universities in Washington State took a study trip into the Amazon jungles of South America. They were led on the last part of their ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene