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  • Raymond Perkins avatar

    Revival - Pray And Seek His Face

    Contributed by Raymond Perkins on Oct 14, 2002
    based on 514 ratings
     | 144,082 views

    The third lesson in a multi-part series inspired by Rick Atchley’s series Revive Us Again.

    PRAY AND SEEK HIS FACE II Chronicles 7:14 INTRODUCTION: In 1857 there was a 46 year old man named Jeremiah Lamphere who lived in New York City. Jeremiah loved the Lord tremendously, but he didn’t feel that he could do much for the Lord until he began to feel a burden for the lost and accepted an ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Back Biting Series

    Contributed by Brad Froese on Jun 29, 2006
    based on 31 ratings
     | 21,601 views

    Back biting is the stealth bomber of the unholy armed forces because the attack always comes when your back is turned...

    Many unfortunate things happen in many churches around the world, simply because people are people. There are the unattractive things Christians do, which ultimately result in the dismembering of the body of Christ. They are the sins we commit, which drive people away from the church where people ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Boogie Wonderland Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Jul 18, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,688 views

    To Dance with the Father is to engage in an intimate relationship with the Creator. This series addresses how to relate with God by focusing on the Father instead of on the steps of the dance.

    The DANCE July 23, 2006 Church – Boogie Wonderland Funny: This prim and proper lady was planning to go on a vacation to a nice campground in Florida. As she made her plans she began to worry about the restroom facilities, so she decided to write a letter to the campground to inquire ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Relationships Are Everything - Accountability Series

    Contributed by Doug Henry on Dec 30, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,118 views

    A look at three vital relationships to your Christian walk.

    Relationships Are Everything Accountability 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 In 1995, the oldest bank in England announced it was seeking bankruptcy. It lost nearly one billion dollars in a stock gamble. At the time it went under, it held over $100 million in assets for Queen Elizabeth. It all started a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    When We All Get Together Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 3, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 11,895 views

    This sermon addresses the sometimes "sticky" topics of hand-raising and women in the church. If Paul would be "appalled" with any legalistic interpretation of his advice to Timothy.

    I Timothy #2 CHCC: April 22, 2007 When We All Get Together I Timothy 2:1-15 INTRODUCTION: Last Sunday, we looked at I Timothy chapter 1 where Paul gave a young minister named Timothy direction on how to handle false teachers in the Church at Ephesus. Paul charged Timothy to defeat Legalism ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    7 Keys To Victory

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 30, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 9,105 views

    7 Key things that should characterize every New Testament church.

    In this passage we have recorded one of the most exciting events in all of scripture. After Christ ascended into heaven, the people who were believers met, and in Acts 1 it says, "These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer." Then on the day of Pentecost, Peter stood ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A People With Purpose Series

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Jan 8, 2006
    based on 29 ratings
     | 8,970 views

    We are to be a devoted people.

    A PEOPLE WITH PURPOSE Acts 2:42-47 S: Church C: Purpose of the Community Th: A People with Purpose Pr: WE ARE TO BE A DEVOTED PEOPLE. ?: What? To what are we to be devoted? KW: Activities TS: We will find in our study of Acts 2:42, four activities to which, as believers in the Lord Jesus, we are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ministry That Heals Hurts Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 16, 2001
    based on 61 ratings
     | 7,030 views

    Another in a series concerning our church purpose statement; this one about the church as a place where healing (spiritual and otherwise) can take place.

    “…Ministry That Heals Hurts,…” Matthew 8:1-7 July 29, 2001 Introduction I don’t know if it’s pride, or just a sense of being awed by the fact that God would use someone like me, but I like to tell people that I’m a minister. Maybe it’s because I’m a walking testimony to the fact that God can ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Qualities Of An Elder, Pt. 1 Series

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Mar 4, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,191 views

    What type of man makes a good elder/shepherd? This sermon begins to take a look at the Biblical teaching of Titus 1.

    He was not an oil-on-canvas, not a die-cast martyr, a flannel graph figure, or a religious notion. He was man. He was God. And he still is, this Lamb of God. God was pleased to focus all his Love, and all his Truth into this caller and leader of fishemen, and tax collectors and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Today's Stumbling Blocks Of The Church

    Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Aug 17, 2021
     | 3,584 views

    Jesus spoke about stumbling blocks in the faith. Oh yes, that includes the church. Does the church have any?

    42 "aWhoever causes one of these 1little ones who believe to stumble, it 2would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he 3had been cast into the sea. 43 "aIf your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    What Does God Think About The Church ?

    Contributed by Stuart Blount on Apr 20, 2001
    based on 186 ratings
     | 10,373 views

    Some people do not always possess the kind of positive view of the church that Father God does. Learning to look at the church as he does is really important for us.

    WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT THE CHURCH ? Many opinions circulate concerning the church both outside the church and inside. some Christians have negative views of the church. Some have even ‘retired’ from church life, they no longer attend or are involved in ‘Church’ in any way, but they still regard ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Leaving A Legacy Through The Church: Living Stones Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jun 20, 2017
     | 4,509 views

    This is the final lesson in our Leaving a Legacy Series. In and through the church we have an opportunity to make an eternally lasting legacy as living stones in the "temple" of God.​

    1. I have a three page list of activities of our congregation – are you surprised? We can leave a legacy as a congregation! a. Legacy happens when each does his part [“Tom” Benevolent Ministry at Twickenham CoC b. Discover your purpose and live it out – for Kingdom of God (not personal ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What Great Leaders Do – Leadership In Churches Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Nov 6, 2022
     | 2,321 views

    True leaders in churches have a responsibility role. We look at 10 pointers in leadership and then examine the characteristics all great leaders of God's people have AND must have.

    WHAT GREAT LEADERS DO – LEADERSHIP IN CHURCHES It was a privilege to have attended a seminar while I was in England attended by leaders from smaller churches located in Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. The whole purpose was to instruct on leadership in churches. Stuart Bell took a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Great Shepherd Series

    Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Apr 12, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,624 views

    Jesus is the great Shepherd of the flock because He fulfilled the covenant plan of redemption by offering His eternal blood as the resurrected Lamb of God. He made the ultimate sacrifice so that His sheep would have true peace through the grace of God. Th

    INTRODUCTION - St Patrick’s Day He was a Roman who was taken from his home in Scotland at 16 to be a slave in Ireland and his service was to be a humble Shepherd. Later he would shepherd as at were a whole people and train over 350 Shepherds of God’s flock. I am sure by now you have guessed his ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Deacons Leading As Change Agents

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on May 5, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 7,880 views

    God desires to use deacon leadership to lead His churches through changes that inevitably come up in the life of a church.

    God’s Glorious Church Deacons Leading as Change Agents Acts 6:8-15 Woodlawn Baptist Church May 1, 2005 Introduction Do you like change? You’ve probably heard about the man from the back mountains of Tennessee who found himself one day in a large city, for the first time standing outside an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist