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  • Horace Wimpey avatar

    Faces In The Crowd

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Mar 21, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 10,766 views

    A short Palm Sunday look at the entrance of Jesus leading up to the last supper. I used this to lead into communion.

    Faces in The Crowd Luke 19:28-41 Intro: A little boy was sick on Palm Sunday and stayed home from church with his mother. His father returned from church holding a palm branch. The little boy was curious and asked, "Why do you have that palm branch, dad?" "You see, when Jesus came into town, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sunrise 05 I'll Go First

    Contributed by Joe Harding on May 21, 2005
    based on 47 ratings
     | 9,392 views

    BECAUSE JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD, WE HAVE ONE WHO GOES BEFORE US SO THAT WE MAY FOLLOW HIM!

    SUNRISE 05 I’LL GO FIRST MARK 16:1-8/ JOHN 14: 1-7 MARCH 27, 2005 INTRODUCTION: JESUS FIRST WORDS A Sunday School teacher had just finished telling her third graders about how Jesus was crucified and placed in a tomb with a great stone sealing the opening. Then, wanting to share the excitement of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Table Is Set Series

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Dec 13, 2011
     | 11,284 views

    This is the sixth message in a series that takes a fresh look at Psalm twenty-three. This message examines what David means by the Lord setting a table.

    The Holiday Season brings with it so many opportunities to eat. Families have the opportunity to get together and sit down to share a meal together. Those meals are usually quite enjoyable. There is always plenty of food and most of the time some of our most favorite foods appear on the table. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Babel's Confusion

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,280 views

    Egotistical people confuse themselves because of their self-destructive desires

    Unit 5 – Changes Lesson 12 – The Tower of Babel – Genesis 11:1-11 For the Teacher’s Preparation 1. Aim: To lead the people to understand that people may make selfish plans, but the Sovereign God maintains control over everything. 2. Explanation of the Aim: In our lesson the people displayed ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Facing Our Jericho

    Contributed by Jonathan Falwell on Jun 13, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 16,804 views

    So many times we try to follow God’s plan, we try to do what God wants us to do, BUT we try to do it in our own timing. And when we do, we rarely accomplish all that God wants us to accomplish.

    FACING OUR JERICHO Over the past three weeks, we have been studying the book of Joshua. We have found truths here that have given us great hope and comfort in the midst of our great pain. We have seen God’s hand at work, not only in the lives of the children of Israel, but we’ve seen His hand ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Marilyn Murphree avatar

    Move With God Beyond Your Comfort Zone Series

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Mar 18, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 18,581 views

    Sometimes it takes effort to move out of our comfort zone.

    Iliff and Saltillo UM Churches January 26, 2003 Move with God Beyond Your Comfort Zone How to: Go for the Gulp Matthew 14:22-33 INTRODUCTION: Picture yourself at 4:00 a.m. out in a rowboat on a choppy lake with the wind blowing like crazy and the waves slapping up around the side of the boat. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Pressing On Toward The Goal In 2024

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jul 27, 2024
     | 1,885 views

    The apostle Paul was very goal oriented. He had witnessed the original Olympic races in Greece. He was no Olympic athlete, but neither are we! Yet, he wrote to the Philippians as a spiritual athlete running a race: But one thing I do...

    Sermon Lanier Christian Church July 28, 2024.Lake Service and Main Campus David Simpson Pressing on Toward the Goal Philippians 3:13-14 But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    A Future To Ponder Series

    Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Dec 29, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,456 views

    How to face the future. Last message of the year or first message of new year, preparing for the coming year.

    INTRO> It was one of the famous lines from “Gone With the Wind”: Scarlett O’Hara was the speaker. The line: “Oh, I don’t want to think about that today. I’ll think about that tomorrow, because after all...tomorrow is another day!” -->Another person expressed the same idea at the end of last ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Can We Maintain Spiritual Momentum? Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Apr 26, 2005
    based on 35 ratings
     | 31,381 views

    Your Spiritual Journey — Post 40 Days #2 see in Word format at www.praiseag.org

    HOW CAN WE MAINTAIN SPIRITUAL MOMENTUM? Your Spiritual Journey — Post 40 Days #2 Hebrews 12:1-2 INTRODUCTION: How many of you remember your physics class in high school? The PG paraphrase of Newton’s first law of motion states “Unless acted upon by a force an object at rest will stay at rest and ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Coaching From A Crook Series

    Contributed by Tom Evans on Apr 1, 2002
    based on 154 ratings
     | 18,428 views

    Jesus uses a clever crook as an example of God’s investment strategy.

    COACHING FROM A CROOK Luke 16:1-13, Selected THERE ONCE WAS A MAN WHO WENT ON AN OCEAN VOYAGE CARRYING A LARGE BAG OF GOLD COINS. THE BAG REPRESENTED HIS ENTIRE NET WORTH. A TERRIBLE STORM BLEW UP, AND THE CALL CAME FOR ALL HANDS TO ABANDON SHIP. THE MAN STRAPPED THE GOLD AROUND HIS WAIST, ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

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    Resurrection Observations

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Apr 8, 2004
    based on 20 ratings
     | 2,808 views

    This is not the typical Easter sermon. It is specific to our church and where we are. It looks at some different implications of the events surrounding the resurrection.

    This is a slightly different Easter message than you may be used to. It’s not typical. There are some observations that are appropriate for where we are as a church and where we’re headed. Read Luke 24:1-12. Many of us have read or heard this passage a million times. We heard a number of sermons ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Walls

    Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Apr 4, 2022
    based on 2 ratings
     | 18,294 views

    The greatest wall that sin erected was a wall between us and God. Our relationship with God was bricked off and blocked and there was nothing we could ever do on our own to tear one brick out of that wall.

    TITLE: WALLS SCRIPTURE: JOSHUA 6:1-5 (Some text used from Rev. Shawn Drake message and expanded upon) The narrative of Joshua leading the Israelites to bring down the walls of Jericho is a powerful account that demonstrates the faithfulness and might of the lord. This narrative is part of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • A. Todd Coget avatar

    The Church That Lost Its First Love

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 24, 2003
    based on 94 ratings
     | 10,034 views

    The aim of this year end sermon is to get us to rexamine ourselves as to the intensity of our first love.

    The Church that Lost its First Love December 28, 2003 Revelation 2:1-7 INTRO: A. 2003 was certainly an eventful year; let me briefly take you through it… 1. January began with a month of news talk about the disappearance of Laci Peterson who was last seen on Christmas Eve, 2002. 2. On ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Having A Winning Attitude

    Contributed by David Nsiah on Sep 16, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 14,670 views

    For you to get the best from God, you need to have that spirit that takes no for an answer. You need to move on in God without fear or trembling and God will show Himself strong.

    HAVE A WINNING ATTITUDE Ruth 1:8-19 The Bible says in the scriptures that when Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her. Now the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem and stayed there. A winning attitude is in a person who determines to take ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Do Not Dwell On The Past; Look To The Future

    Contributed by Ryan Ferwerda on Apr 25, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 26,343 views

    When we focus too much on what happened in the past it becomes hard for us to see what God is doing in the present and is leading us in the future.

    When I was in the parish, preaching every Sunday, there was usually one of my parishioners that would always come up to me after service and express how that day’s particular sermon seemed like I was speaking directly to them; that the sermon on that given day was addressing something specific ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran