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  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    The Joy Of Work Completed

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 2, 2002
    based on 190 ratings
     | 36,511 views

    I think Labor Day should remind us that work is a blessing, & not a curse. So this morning we’ll look at work as a blessing & as a service. Finally, I’ll suggest that work is not enough.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH BROWNSVILLE, TX A. This is Labor Day weekend, & I come to it with mixed emotions because I’m not sure exactly what to do with this particular holiday. All year long we gear up for holidays. For Christmas we try to get in the spirit of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Thorn In Paul's Side

    Contributed by Ron Macarthur on Jun 28, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
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    Points out clues from the scripture that point directly to the identity of the thorn in Paul's side

    Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh There has been much speculation over the centuries about just what Paul meant by his thorn in the flesh. Many have said it was some kind of sin which he just could not get behind him and others have said his thorn in the flesh was the persecution that followed him ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "A Beautiful Find”

    Contributed by Bruce Ferris on Sep 16, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,421 views

    There is expectation and joyful discovery in a beautiful find. It can lift you from the depths of depression and fill your life with hope and joy. It can take your heart from rags to riches and elevate you from a meaningless existence to a life of purpo

    “A Beautiful Find” There is expectation and joyful discovery in a beautiful find. It can lift you from the depths of depression and fill your life with hope and joy. It can take your heart from rags to riches and elevate you from a meaningless existence to a life of purpose and meaning. A ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Parable Of The Tares - 1 Series

    Contributed by Gary Regazzoli on Feb 6, 2005
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     | 4,874 views

    The advice Jesus gives in this parable about what to do with evil is so different from what we would expect

    Living Under Grace – 3 – Parable of the Wheat and the Tares - 1 Half acre of 6 foot high thistles in the paddock • You won’t believe the nice clean solution I came up with to get rid of those thistles – run the trail bike through them to create a path so I could walk through and spray them • Got ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    Labor Day – "Well Done. . .”

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 3, 2022
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     | 5,840 views

    If we’re honoring work, shouldn't we go to work an hour early on Labor Day & say to our boss, "I'm so thankful for this job that I'm here early, & I don't even want to be paid for today, because I appreciate my job so much."

    MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK TEXT: Gen. 2:2,7,15, 3:17 19, 7:33; Matt. 7:23, 25:21; Luke 10:2; Col. 3:23-24 A. This is Labor Day ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Travis L. Billings avatar

    The Battered Christian

    Contributed by Travis L. Billings on Mar 6, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,675 views

    Many times in life, we are faced with situations that are undesirable and can cause us to become battered by the enemy. Maybe it is a job situation or any family or social situation, we may find ourselves in that we feel like we have no way out. What should we do in cases like this?

    John 8:34--Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. (Found on Reddit) A law professor in Australia spent 20 years as a cop before becoming a lawyer and eventually teaching. In explain the BATTERED WIFE syndrome of defense to murder, he told a story of a call to ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Ron Ferguson avatar

    Parables Of The Kingdom – The First - The Sower Or Rather The Soil – Part 3 Of 5 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 31, 2025
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    We continue the Sower, considering the seed that fell into rocky ground, the shallow soil, with a warning. Temptation plus affliction and persecution will in time burn and kill off any mere profession. These hearers are only temporary. Then we begin the seed choked in the thorny soil.

    PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM – THE FIRST - THE SOWER OR RATHER THE SOIL – Part 3 of 5 Last time we finished thinking about the good seed that was wasted on the barren pathways and beside the roadway. There was nothing wrong with the seed, but the reception was nil because men closed their hearts to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Individual Apostasy

    Contributed by Tony Searles on Feb 17, 2004
    based on 62 ratings
     | 8,740 views

    Is it "impossible" for someone to come again to the Lord for salvation if they were to backslide? This study will answer some questions.

    Scripture Reference: Hebrews 6:4-8 ?For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, [5] and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, [6] and then have fallen away, it is ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    What's Your Thorn

    Contributed by Rolland Bouchard on Sep 4, 2002
    based on 209 ratings
     | 23,754 views

    A sermon to help us see that God works through our hardships, to keep us close to Him.

    WHAT’S YOUR THORN? AIM: To show the congregation that God’s power is shown in our weakness. OPEN: a) Good morning and Welcome b) Something Relevant c) My suffering, my weaknesses. d) Introduce topic • What’s God’s purpose for you life? Have you ever wondered about that? I’m not referring to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Paul's Thorn In The Flesh

    Contributed by Don Baggett on Jan 1, 2008
    based on 21 ratings
     | 38,413 views

    For many years, I have understood and taught that Paul’s thorn in the flesh was a physical sickness, most likely poor eyesight, that God had ordained that he keep so as not to be lifted up in pride. However, some time back, I began studying the Scripture

    For many years, I have understood and taught that Paul’s thorn in the flesh was a physical sickness, most likely poor eyesight, that God had ordained that he keep so as not to be lifted up in pride. However, some time back, I began studying the Scriptures on the subject of prayer, something I had ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Uses Thorns Series

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 29 ratings
     | 45,748 views

    God calls us to accept, own and use our thorns to extend His grace to others.

    GOD USES THORNS Years ago in the northeastern United States codfish was a big commercial business. There is a market for eastern cod all over, especially on the West Coast. The demand posed a problem to the shippers. At first they froze the cod, then shipped them elsewhere, but the freezing took ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Robert Cox avatar

    What's Your Thorn?

    Contributed by Robert Cox on Aug 13, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,470 views

    Paul had an affliction; what’s yours?

    2 COR 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • S S avatar

    Birds, Rocks, Thorns

    Contributed by S S on Feb 21, 2009
     | 5,895 views

    Sermon on Luke 8:4-15 - Birds, Rocks, Thorns

    Luke 8:4-15 (Matt 13:1-23; Mk 4:1-20) Birds, rocks, thorns INTRODUCTION ILL -- It depends what you are listening to Chuck Swindoll told this story: An Red Indian was walking in downtown New York City alongside a friend who was a resident of the city. Right in the center of Manhattan, the Indian ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • James Lee avatar

    God Uses Thorns

    Contributed by James Lee on Nov 3, 2012
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,365 views

    Paul really tries to get his readers to understand that there is a danger of thinking too much of ourselves

    I’m not sure who said this but it really says a lot. "My God, I have never thanked Thee for my thorn. I have thanked Thee a thousand times for my roses, but not once for my thorn. I have been looking forward to a world where I shall get compensation for my cross; but I have never thought of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Turning Thorns Into Roses

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 3, 2018
     | 6,690 views

    The decided weakness of Paul, which he called his “thorn” was kept vague so everybody could relate to whatever type of aggravating affliction, discomfort, constant temptation, emotional or physical or bouts.

    14B Elif Shafak wrote “be thankful for every thorn that others might throw at you. It is a sign that you will soon be showered in roses”   1). The thorn “thrown”at Our Lord in our Gospel reading today was actually the rude comments by his hometown folks who dismissed him as being “all too ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic