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  • Thomas Swope avatar

    Promise Keepers

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Feb 21, 2019
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    A study in the book of Ezra 4: 1 – 24

    Ezra 4: 1 – 24 Make promise, keep a promise 4 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity were building the temple of the LORD God of Israel, 2 they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “Let us build with you, ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Keep A Promise

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Feb 21, 2019
     | 2,589 views

    A study in the book of Ezra 4: 1 – 24

    Ezra 4: 1 – 24 Make promise, keep a promise 4 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity were building the temple of the LORD God of Israel, 2 they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “Let us build with you, ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Charismatics And Evangelicals Get A Lesson In Deliverance

    Contributed by Gordon Brownlee on Jan 22, 2024
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    Is deliverance ministry valid today and can Christians be controlled by demons. What does the Bible have to say on the subject?

    Video Presentation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6lWyLwefVI There is a lot of talk and debate lately asking the question whether deliverance ministry is valid for today and whether Christians can become controlled by demons. Those taking sides are usually those of a charismatic persuasion ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Wayne Searls avatar

    God Wants To Do A New Thing In Your Life

    Contributed by Wayne Searls on Aug 24, 2003
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    To motivate the hearer to seek a new vision and a new in-terest in the things of God.

    GOD WANTS TO DO A NEW THING IN YOUR LIFE Isaiah 43:18,19 TEXT: Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. PROPOSITION: To motivate the hearer to seek a ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Charles Wilkerson avatar

    Cutting Out The Dead Wood. Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 14, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,140 views

    Those who are more than survivors stay alert to self-dimishint compromises

    In the back of our lot is an old tree. I’ve been told by more than one person here how it was a playground for them as they grew up in these neighborhoods. For a couple of years I wasn’t sure what type of tree it was. In fact, it wasn’t we built a tree house, of sorts, that I found out it was in ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Joseph Rodgers avatar

    The Sufficency Of Christ (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Jun 14, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,557 views

    The 7th message of 13 in an expository series on the book of Colossians.

    The Sufficiency of Christ – Part 1 Colossians 2:8-10 8See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. 9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kenneth Roberts avatar

    God's Final Word To Sin And Death

    Contributed by Kenneth Roberts on Mar 20, 2008
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    The last word Jesus spoke from the cross, as John records it in his Gospel, was the word: "Tetelestai", "It is finished." At the time of his death, the place where he spoke that word was not a pretty sight. But through the centuries the beauty and power

    It was not a pretty sight. Made of roughly hewn wood and splattered with human blood after having served its gory purpose, the cross was anything but beautiful. It symbolized worldly secular power brutishly exercised over any perceived foreign evil that might threaten Rome. It was a place of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Free, Full & Fruitful

    Contributed by Kevin Burden on Nov 2, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,529 views

    Happiness is defined as a condition of supreme well-being and good spirits, joy, cheerfulness, gladness, blessedness. Happiness is conditional. We know that happiness is not the result of accumulation of things because some of the most miserable people in

    FREE, FULL & FRUITFUL 1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. 3 The LORD hath done great things for us; ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Beauty For Ashes

    Contributed by Joe Rowland on Nov 24, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 12,601 views

    We need to remember what the old time Saints taught from the Word of God and not let these truths be forgotten. People like Lester Sumrall and Billy Graham and the old time saints that we personally have known and looked up to.

    Beauty for Ashes Isaiah 61:1-4 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Shine Thomas avatar

    The Year Of The Lord’s Favour Series

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Jan 1, 2010
    based on 24 ratings
     | 24,583 views

    Four promises for a New Beginning. 1. The Kingdom will grow. 2. Bind Broken Hearts. 3. CHANGE. 4. Double Blessings. All this can happen only by the creation power of the Holy Spirit.

    For more sermons visit our: Website: https://cityharvestag.com/sermons/?sermon_topics=goodfriday Podcast : https://city-harvest-sermons.simplecast.com/episodes/why-are-you-downcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestA... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cityharvestag/ YouTube: ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Billy Ricks avatar

    Identity Alive In Christ

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jan 31, 2009
     | 2,931 views

    Paul has just finished his fit of praise for God’s wonderful heavenly blessings. We find that our identity is sealed in Christ. We also find that we are rich and God His power to work in us. In Chapter two we find the solution to mans situation -- sin.

    Intro: I logged onto the internet on my wife’s computer Friday to find the threes company star Suzanne Somers was on the Oprah Winfrey show. She was talking to Oprah and her audience about how hormone replacement therapy had helped here defeat the monster of menopause. If I remember correctly ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    His Workman

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jul 19, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 11,312 views

    While it is true that we are saved by faith alone and not by works; it is true that God has saved us for the purpose of perform acceptable works or service to God. Ephesians reveals the mandate, the method, and the means of serving the Lord.

    Disclaimer: Source material for this sermon has been gleaned from many different sources. I have attempted to acknowledge these sources whenever possible. His Workmen Ephesians 2:8-10; 4 Introduction: The very minute that a person attempts to add works or self effort in any form to the salvation ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Pendleton avatar

    Demolishing Arguments Series

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Mar 18, 2013
     | 6,870 views

    4th in the series

    Demolishing Arguments 2 Corinthians 10:5 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. Today we continue a thought we started 3 weeks ago… “Winning the Battle ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rodney Barlow avatar

    A Little Space For Grace

    Contributed by Rodney Barlow on Feb 5, 2015
    based on 3 ratings
     | 12,291 views

    Message about how people need a little bit of grace to be able to see how God can bring out the best in them.

    A Little Space of Grace Ezra 9:6-8 Sermon In One Sentence: The Grace that God has allowed us to have is a wonderful thing. This book describes the time period in which God was showing his grace to his people by allowing them to make their way back to there proper place and position on earth. God ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    To Become A Ransom For Many Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Apr 1, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,767 views

    In this sermon we see that the reason Christ suffered and died was to become a ransom for many.

    Scripture The Gospels contain a large body of material of the teaching of Jesus. Jesus taught about all kinds of things such as God, the kingdom, sin, righteousness, and judgment. Scholars and students have spent vast numbers of hours seeking to understand the person and work of Jesus. One of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed