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  • Dr. Jerry N. Watts avatar

    Your Place In Him

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Jun 20, 2011
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     | 5,815 views

    Adapted (with permission) from my friend, Rick Ousley, challenging us to determine in which chair of faith we sit. Are Committed, Casual, or Corrupt?...We cannot fool God..It’s HIS terms or Not at all!

    Your Place in Him Joshua 24:1-28 * From time to time, I hear a message which needs to be proclaimed. Not long ago I was in a service with my friend, Rick Ousley, and heard him give a call about ‘where we are’ with God. Praying for God’s leadership & asking Rick’s permission, I believe Father’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Faithful In A Foreign Place

    Contributed by Jb Hall on Jun 25, 2011
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     | 5,408 views

    This sermon instructs us how to remain faithful when our pleasant circumstances turn foreign to us.

    Faithful in a Foreign Place Daniel 1:1 – 7 By: JB Hall Introduction: Sometimes you and I are thrust into a foreign place; without our consent and by circumstances beyond our control. This foreign place can be a foreign land, or it can be a set of circumstances that is foreign to our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sowing In Hard Places

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Aug 6, 2012
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     | 16,109 views

    SOWING BY ITS VERY NATURE IS ABOUT GETTING WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE, NOT WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE. You sow into dirt because you want strawberries. Three principles that show how hard sowing can be: The principle of death; delay; and the principle of deceit.

    Sowing in Hard Places How many of you have heard a preacher somewhere tell you that you want to sow your seed into good soil so that you can receive a good harvest? Makes sense that we should sow our seed into the best soil possible doesn’t it? No farmer in his right mind sows seed into bad soil. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Phillip Wright avatar

    Choose The Lowly Place

    Contributed by Phillip Wright on Jan 6, 2007
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     | 6,513 views

    Find your place in ministry. If you do not seek, you will not find.

    Choose the Lowly Place Rev. Phillip A. Wright Luke 14:7-14 7 So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them: 8 "When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Church, The Place Of Miracles Series

    Contributed by A. David Hart on Jan 13, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 23,013 views

    My brothers and my sisters as we look back at the birth of the church, we can find many miracles done by the people of God.

    THE CHURCH,THE PLACE OF MIRACLES Acts 5:12-16 My brothers and my sisters as we look back at the birth of the church, we can find many miracles done by the people of God. From the miracle at Pentecost to the present text. The church was identified as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Surely The Lord Is In This Place

    Contributed by Richard Hosea on Jan 21, 2007
    based on 16 ratings
     | 23,201 views

    To help the congregation to practice the presence of God.

    Surely the Lord is in this Place Gen. 28:10-22 I don’t need to elaborate on the story of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But here is a snapshot of a little backgroung of their lives The whole family was prone to deceive people. Abraham told the Egyptians his wife was his sister Gen. 12:19ff. Isaac ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Place Of Prayer In Unity

    Contributed by Eric Hanson on Apr 6, 2006
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     | 5,772 views

    Using John 17:20-23 as a starting point, this message presents practical steps to building unity via the powerful work of prayer.

    The Place of Prayer in Unity Pastor Eric J. Hanson February 19, 2006 Read John 17:20-23 Unity in the Church, wholeness within the Body of Christ, cannot by emphasized enough as a foundational essential within the Kingdom of God. When Jesus Christ prayed about this matter, just before being ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Tim Smith avatar

    Finding Your Place Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 16, 2008
     | 4,790 views

    God has given you a unique personality. He has wired you with a unique personal style which he doesn’t necessarily want to change but to use for His kingdom work.

    Finding Your Place 1 Corinthians 12:12-27


 Paul Fritz writes, One afternoon, one of my seminary students took me to the Jos Museum. He said, ``Sir, I want to show you something my father made!’’ Naive as I was in those early years of being in Africa, I thought he would show me ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    "A Woman's Place"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jul 14, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,218 views

    God is Love, Grace, and Forgiveness. We need not worry about coming into God’s Presence. Love, Grace, Forgiveness. That is what it boils down to--not rules, regulations, punishments and anger!!!

    Luke 10:38-42 “A Woman’s Place” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East ridged United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN A friend from seminary once told me a story about her call to the ordained ministry. It came when she was feeling small. She was just fifteen. ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Our Place In The Land Series

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Jul 20, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,952 views

    if judgment comes upon the land - who's fault is it?

    This sermon is indebted to the work of Crawford Loritts and a sermon he preached at a mission conference in Norfolk, VA March 1992. 2Chronicles 7:11-16 This Is Who We Are, Part 3 Our Place in the Land There is a new breed of detective show today. One with more brain and less brawn. These cops ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jon Lipka avatar

    Our Own Place

    Contributed by Jon Lipka on Jun 10, 2012
     | 5,490 views

    Christian humility sees rightly, neither higher nor lower than we really are, and allows Christians freedom to be who they are in Chirst and accept their role and place in His Body with joy.

    Today’s reading all speak about humility. Humility is knowing exactly who we are. Pride is thinking that we are someone that we’re not. Humility is all about knowing who we are, not in the world’s sight, but according to God’s judgment. The world looks at a man’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Joel Preston avatar

    Faith In Unexpected Places Series

    Contributed by Joel Preston on Jun 24, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,751 views

    In our text today, Jesus visited 2 predominantly Gentile regions, Tyre and Sidon (vs. 24-30) and the Decapolis (vs. 31-37). There He ministered to a desperate mother and a disabled man.

    The Gospel of Mark #19 – “Faith in Unexpected Places” Mark 7:24-37 Intro – 1. We humans are a strange breed, aren’t we? 2. ILL – A pastor was once looking through some old church records of a Norwegian congregation which listed its membership as: “52 souls ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Charles R. Peck avatar

    Our Dwelling Place

    Contributed by Charles R. Peck on Mar 27, 2013
     | 10,035 views

    Moses was praising God and reminding Him of the blessing Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had received at His hand.

    Our dwelling place Psalms 90: 1/4 Psalms chapter ninety is said to be a prayer of Moses as he remembers the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when they dwelt in tents in a strange place heading toward the promise land. In their journey we see Abraham willing to offer Isaac, I believe as a test of ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Spencer Miller avatar

    The Valley Is A Temporary Place

    Contributed by Spencer Miller on Mar 31, 2013
    based on 240 ratings
     | 141,115 views

    The valleys of life are not dead-end streets, because God provides a way for us to get through.

    Introduction: There is one thing that we all can be sure of God is always at work. When you are at some crossroads in your life, when you are forced to face the trials and tribulations of life, when you are at the point of not knowing what to do you can always trust in God because He does. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    Trouble At A Place Of Revelation

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 19, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,598 views

    The enemy of our souls tries to snatch away the words of our confessions of faith while they are still in our mouths, robbing us of our newly received blessing.

    TROUBLE AT A PLACE OF REVELATION. Matthew 16:21-28. The place was Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16:13): a place of revelation, and a place of decision. Which of two realms will we choose? Which of two religions? Who is it that we are following? Jesus asked the disciples, ‘Whom say ye that I am?’ ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational