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  • Brian La Croix avatar

    Guidelines For Effective Prayer (3) Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 1, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,783 views

    Last in mini-series on prayer, taken from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, and dealing with the necessity of forgiving others.

    Guidelines for Effective Prayer (Part 3) Matthew 6:14-15 May 29, 2005 Introduction We’ve spent the last few weeks looking at what Jesus had to say about prayer, as we’ve looked at his words in Matthew 6. And from these words, we’ve found 8 principles or guidelines for effective prayer. In ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Why Have You Forsaken Me? Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jun 12, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,354 views

    A message about one of the last phrases spoken by Christ; "Why have you forsaken me?"

    Why Have You Forsaken Me Series: The Last Words of Christ Brad Bailey – February 24th, 2008 Last words can often hold special significance. We can think of the last words spoken at the end of any conversation. They tend to define what lies between the two parties. The last words between a child ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Is A Disciple And Why Be One? Series

    Contributed by Daniel Dennison on Jun 25, 2003
    based on 98 ratings
     | 14,388 views

    This is the first sermon in a series of 8 on the biblical characteristics of a disciple.

    Discipleship Series, Sermon #1 (6-3-03) There was a man by the name of John Harper who was born into a Christian family on May 29, 1872. He became a Christian 13 years later and had already started preaching by age 17. He received training at the Baptist Pioneer Mission in London, and in 1896 he ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Sign Of Immanuel

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 10, 2004
    based on 38 ratings
     | 11,864 views

    The first message in a Christmas/Advent series from Isaiah

    “The Sign of Immanuel” Isaiah 7:1-16 INTRODUCTION: Remember the movie "O Brother Where Art Thou?" Three convicts on the lam have holed up in a barn to spend the night, only to awake to find the barn surrounded by police, with guns drawn, demanding their surrender. One of the three helpfully ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Watching For The Word

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 15, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,906 views

    Wait patiently, it will come to pass.

    WATCHING FOR THE WORD. Habakkuk 1:1-2:4. This is the oracle or “burden” which Habakkuk the prophet did “see” (Habakkuk 1:1). So, right from the top, we understand that the prophet’s patient waiting of Habakkuk 2:1 paid off. When Habakkuk speaks of his message as a burden, it is to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Antichrist Don’ T Love U Series

    Contributed by Darren Sirmans on Aug 27, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,907 views

    Twenty five minus ten is on the way, and the AntiChrist shall get carried away. I bet the Lord wins. You can hear better if you tell your head.

    Esther 3 Esther 3 Micro soft, I want to talk about Anti Christ group of people which deny Jesus is God. Let worlds say what they want to say, and they are saying things don’t make since. The things of God, they are saying don’t make since. A form of graduation is underway; it make since to those ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Struggle For Self-Control Series

    Contributed by Donald Mcculley on Aug 7, 2019
     | 3,356 views

    This is the last sermon in this series. Today, let’s wrap up by talking about “self-control.”

    THE STRUGGLE FOR SELF-CONTROL GALATIANS 5:23 INTRODUCTION: “The first victory that successful people ever achieve, or win is the victory over themselves.” (John Maxwell). This is the last sermon in this series. Today, let’s wrap up by talking about “self-control.” I. Let’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Joy - The Enduring Gift Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Dec 14, 2005
    based on 48 ratings
     | 18,724 views

    The marvelous gifts that God gave to us on that first Christmas.

    (Based on a series by Paul Snoddy, Tri-Village Christian Church,Pataskala, OH) SERIES: “GIFTS UNDER THE TREE” TEXT: LUKE 2:8-20 TITLE: “JOY – THE ENDURING GIFT” INTRODUCTION: A. Virginia Brandt Berg: I was standing in the doorway of a department ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Whole New World (Acts 16:9-16)

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 4, 2019
     | 6,952 views

    THE FIRST CONVERT IN EUROPE (ACTS 16:9-16)

    A WHOLE NEW WORLD (ACTS 16:1-15) A whole new world emerged to me when I moved from USA to Hong Kong in 2008 after living there for 21 years. Hong Kong was the gateway to China, the pearl of the Orient, and, more importantly, my wife’s hometown. I had no choice. Doris said, “If you’re not going to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    An Enduring Heart Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Jan 27, 2012
     | 8,892 views

    This is the last sermon in the series and focuses on Jesus' ability to endure to the end and finish the race by focusing on the prize.

    Introduction: A. Last Sunday was New Year’s Day, and I was on vacation. 1. I really appreciate everyone allowing me to take a vacation, and especially Alan and Mike, and the other elders for picking up the slack. 2. Since we did a “stay-cation,” I took the opportunity to visit ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    No Room For Hypocrisy

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 13, 2025
     | 86 views

    At the Last Judgement, all of us will need to admit to our shortcomings. No whispered secrets, no dark meetings.

    Friday of the 28th Week Integral 2025 One thing we can say about the Gospel writers’ style: they were working on expensive media like parchment or papyrus, so they did not waste words. Today Luke gives us what looks like a throw-away line at first: “So many people were crowding together that they ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Part 9 - Helps And Administration Series

    Contributed by Rev. Bruce A. Shields on Jun 28, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,417 views

    This is the last installment of the Spiritual Gifts Series where we wrap up the gifts with Helps and Administration.

    Spiritual Gifts Series Part 9 – Helps and Administration First Baptist Church of Tawas City Michigan Rev. Bruce A. Shields www.TawasBaptist.org Welcome to the First Baptist Church of Tawas City. If you are visiting today, please be sure to fill out a visitor card and leave it in the pew after ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    The Problem With Focusing On The Wrong Things

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Aug 20, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 8,195 views

    How to ID false teaching so we won’t lose focus in the last days

    The Problem with Focusing on the Wrong Things Many are lost –focus on wrong things. Events of world shake them up, such as Sept.11. Christians, if the Bible is right, ought not be shaken up. Bible tells us to zero in… it ‘s the last hour… 18Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    "It Is Finished"

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Nov 13, 2018
     | 5,225 views

    Jesus's last words on the cross are words that make me thankful for His death, Burial, and Resurrection.

    “Thankful for Jesus’s Words “It is finished." (John 19:30) • I am so thankful for three words that Jesus said and those three words are “It Is Finished” To bring to an end to complete Greek word tetelestai (To Tell Les Tie) 1. "It is finished" meant all the world can be forgiven if we ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    One Minute To Midnight Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 2, 2022
     | 3,418 views

    We look in the O.T. where God delivered right at the last moment. The trial required faith and patience. One minute to midnight - right at the last moment. The testing of our faith brings glory to God when the child of His love proves the faith that is genuine.

    ONE MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT This message will look at intervention in the nick of time. I don’t know if the expression “the nick of time” is known around the world, but it means “just in time”, “at the last moment”. “One minute to midnight,” is a similar expression, and it is surprising how God ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational