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Can You Conceive Your Miracle This Christmas Series

Contributed by Bob Briggs on Nov 30, 2001

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What does it take to give birth to a miracle? Mary sets an example for us to follow.

Last week we talked about planting a seed in someone else’s life. Reaching out and touching them with the message of hope, coming alongside and being an impact player in their life by telling them of Jesus. I asked, how many of you could use a miracle this Christmas, and many of you raised ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:46, Matthew 1:45

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Fresh Model Series

Contributed by John Sears on Nov 9, 2012

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Prayer seems to be a struggle for many people. It can seem stale and lifeless. But is also seems that Jesus KNEW how to pray. So what can we learn from his teaching to his disicles about refreshing our prayer life?

Series Introduction There’s a well known hymn that starts off with these words. Sweet Hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer that calls me from a world of care…. It is a well known hymn for many people. The idea of the hymn is that prayer is sweet. And the words encourage us to spend ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1-13

Denomination: Christian Church

How To Overcome The Matrix: What Is The Matrix? How Do We Escape The Matrix?

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Aug 3, 2021

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Do you want to know what it is? The matrix? It seems like you do. Something brought you here. Something within you that longs for something more.

Do you want to know what it is? The matrix? It seems like you do. Something brought you here. Something within you that longs for something more. So what exactly is the matrix? The matrix is the grid of thoughts, ideas, beliefs, customs, philosophies, and unspoken codes that manipulate us into ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:8

Denomination: Salvation Army

A Kingdom Of Influence Series

Contributed by Danny Davis on Jan 31, 2014

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As believers we are empowered and called to be people of influence. We are to be salt and light in this world

We will be looking at Matthew 5:13-16 this morning. If you do not have a Bible please take out the insert in the bulletin and the Scriptures will be on it. (ME) I have several continual prayer requests. One of them is simply, “Lord, let me a person of influence to my family, my church and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Can Worship Change Series

Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 15, 2004

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This answers the question about worship and change.

We don’t do well at predicting the future. In 1962 Decca Recording Co said the Beatles would never make it. Gary Cooper once said, “I’m just glad that it’ll be Clark Gable who’s falling on his face and not Gary Cooper.” What was he talking about? Gone with the Wind. In 1899, the director of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:1-2

Denomination: Wesleyan

Life - The Way It Was Meant To Be Lived

Contributed by Ken Sowers on Nov 11, 2002

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Sorting out what matters in life

Apr. 21 Life - the way it was meant to be lived Stand up - close your eyes, point north - Check w/ compass Today we will explore true north - life the way it was meant to be lived Acts 2:42-47 Christians living the life Jesus lived, not knowing all the rules , Jesus was the truth Important vs. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47, Luke 10:42

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Judgment Will Come Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Apr 8, 2013

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jesus will return to earth soon to judge; how are we to respond?

Please grab a Bible. Instructions for living is in here! Open your Bibles for a moment to Exodus 20… God spoke to His chosen people with His Ten Commandments. We read in Exodus 20:3-6, the first 2 commandments….. From these first 2 commandments we can note why the God of the Bible is a good ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:20-38

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Crucial Relational Issues Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 30, 2012

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All our relationships are significantly affected by how we deal with anger, how we argue, and our comfort with forgiving and asking for forgiveness.

Crucial Relational Issues (topical) 1. This week, something amazing happened: By Good News Network Thursday, January 26, 2012 Just beneath the radar of formal diplomacy and strategic talks, the largest peace conference in the history of the Middle East took place Monday and Tuesday on ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 15:1

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Joyful Stress

Contributed by Troy Borst on May 15, 2003

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Dealing with stress in a godly way

JOYFUL STRESS PHILIPPIANS 1:18-30 (Based on a Sermon from Nelson’s Annual Preacher’s Sourcebook, 2003) INTRODUCTION… USA Today Poll about Stress, Jan 24, 2002 How often do you experience stress in your daily life? 42% = Frequently 38% = Sometimes 18% = Rarely 2% = Never ILLUSTRATION… from ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:18-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Who Knows Jesus And Does It Matter?

Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Mar 5, 2007

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Discovering who Jesus is and why it matters to your life.

Who Knows Jesus and Does It Matter? Luke 4: 1-13 4:1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 4:2 being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Through An Open Window To Life

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 3, 2003

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Funeral sermon for Cecil Gordon Davison, Jr., Army retiree and U. S. Marshall, member of the church’s Building and Grounds Committee.

Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him ... The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. My first glimpse of the kind of man Cecil Davison was came just a few feet from where I am standing now. It was over at that window. We had scheduled a workday to get ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:7-12, Deuteronomy 33:27

Denomination: Baptist

Why Me, Lord?

Contributed by Mike Dubose on Jun 10, 2002

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Why does God allow so much hurt and pain in the world? What’s His reason? How can bad things work for the good? I have an answer...

Why Me, Lord? Romans 8: 28 – 31 June 9, 2002 You know it’s going to be a bad day when you wake up in the hospital all broken & bruised and your insurance agent tells you that your accident policy covers falling of the roof… but not hitting the ground… Or, when you call Suicide ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28-32

Denomination: Methodist

Peace...strength To Hold On Series

Contributed by Rhonda Feurtado on Dec 13, 2013

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This is a sermon for the second Sunday of Advent, focusing on God's peace. It is part of a 4 week series from "rethink Church"

Peace…strength to hold on Many of our Christmas songs have something in common, let’s see if we can find it in these samples of lyrics– “peace on the earth good will to all, prince of peace”, “sleep in heavenly peace”, “peace on earth and mercy ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12

Denomination: Methodist

The Ascension : Anzac Day: We Are At Peace With God; We Have Been Saved! Series

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Apr 23, 2010

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The third and final sermon of the series, addressing where we now stand with God in our salvation.We who are justified are at peace with God, we are saved! ANZAC Stands for Australian, New Zealand Army Corps. This is a Memorial Day for our service persona

So it¡¯s ANZAC day: often we hear the words on ANZAC day or some other military memorial, ¡°Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die¡±. These come from Romans chapter Five. They are often used to refer to the service personal that ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-11

Denomination: Salvation Army

Deal With Your Anger

Contributed by Pastor Amos Dele Dada on Jun 11, 2020

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Elisha replied, “Listen to this message from the LORD. This is what the LORD says: By this time tomorrow in the markets of Samaria, six quarts of choice flour will cost only one piece of silver, and twelve quarts of barley grain will cost only one piece of silver.

“Elisha replied, “Listen to this message from the LORD. This is what the LORD says: By this time tomorrow in the markets of Samaria, six quarts of choice flour will cost only one piece of silver, and twelve quarts of barley grain will cost only one piece of silver. ” 2 The officer assisting the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:45

Denomination: Pentecostal

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