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  • Dennis Lee avatar

    The Power Of Endurance

    Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jun 27, 2021
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    In today's sermon, we’ll be looking at the quality of endurance, which will help us gain greater power so that we can be more efficient for God’s greater purpose. Endurance is one of the qualities that God wants us to grow in, so that we can fulfill His purpose.

    The Power of Endurance ** Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5xinW0F4wM Today I’d like to look at something that will help us to gain greater power so that we can be more efficient for God’s greater purpose. To do so, I’d like to use the Apostle Paul’s admonition of his protégé, ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Do You Have A Listening Heart

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on May 6, 2002
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    We need to be quiet so we can hear God

    WE NEED TO HAVE A LISTENING HEART? So, in your earliest waking moments of the day, consciously start praising God right away, first thing, for good things that He is and for good things that He’s doing. Focus your heart on Jesus as the only One you’re doing things for, as the source ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Shallow Spirituality

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Mar 11, 2002
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    Attitudes to avoid because they promote shallow spirituality.

    Last week we looked at "surface spirituality", the soil that did not receive the seed because it had been "walked on" and was hardened. We learned that we can develop a hardened heart when others hurt us if we’re not careful. If we let our hearts become bitter and unforgiving the Word of God ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    Rain Made Us Drunk

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jan 14, 2014
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    To show that the HOLY SPIRIT's function and part in our bearing fruit.

    I. EXORDIUM: Who made us drunk? the HOLY SPIRIT II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that the HOLY SPIRIT's function and part in our bearing fruit. IV. TEXT: Hebrews 6:7 (Amplified Bible) 6:7 For the soil which has drunk the rain that repeatedly falls upon it and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Heart Trouble

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Jul 16, 2017
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    In his parable of the sower and the seed, Jesus shows us various kinds of spiritual heart trouble. From the story, we learn to share our faith indiscriminately, trust God to bring the growth, and cooperate with God in the growth he wants to bring in us.

    Matthew 13:3-9, 18-23 Heart Trouble Have you ever wondered why some seem to embrace God’s good news of salvation and others don’t? Have you ever wondered why God sends people to hell? Or maybe they send themselves there, as they reject the God who desires that all people be saved. Jesus used a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Followers Are Fruitful Series

    Contributed by Grady Henley on Nov 4, 2011
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    Followers are Fruitful

    Lesson 08 of the Follow Me Series Followers are Fruitful Grady Henley May 2004 Key Verses: 1 Tim 3:14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: 1 Tim 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    To Those Who Find Them

    Contributed by Mark Baker on Jul 16, 2011
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    God’s words are life to those who find them. So my question would be; what about those who don’t find them?

    Proverbs 4:20 My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21. Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart; 22. For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh. Life and health sounds like a good way to go. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    A Covenant With God Series

    Contributed by Tim Byrd on Oct 3, 2002
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    Part 5 in a series on the church covenant

    A COVENANT WITH GOD PART 5 THE CHURCH COVENANT Date: July 14, 2002 Place: Allendale Baptist Church Text: Psalms 126:1-6 Introduction For the past several weeks and again for the next few months we will continue to look at and study our church covenant. We come to a place in the 2nd paragraph in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Kingdom Inefficiency

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jul 8, 2011
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    Jesus keeps reaching out to us, even though we have rejected him.

    First Presbyterian Church Wichita Falls, Texas July 6, 2008 KINGDOM INEFFICIENCY Isaac Butterworth Matthew 13:1-9 (NIV) 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    A Shrub Or A Tree

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Jan 21, 2011
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    Jesus came to bring us abundant life and that life is found by placing our trust, our faith in the one true God.

    A Shrub or a Tree 01/10/10 PM Text: Jeremiah 17:5-8 Introduction Jeremiah 17:5-8 (NASB) Thus says the LORD, “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the LORD. For he will be like a bush in the desert And will not see when ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Brady Boyd avatar

    Planting And Watering Series

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Sep 3, 2024
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    Who is picking your seat? Humility requires faith to believe that God has a seat for us.

    Church in the City 1st Corinthians 3 Planting and Watering September 8, 2024 1 Corinthians 3:6-9 NIV “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The man who plants and the man who ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Gifts Fit For The King

    Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Oct 15, 2020
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    If you ever wanted to know what the first birthday party for Jesus was like, it included worship. If you call yourself celebrating Christmas and not worshipping Him, you are not celebrating Christmas.

    Mat 2:1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, Mat 2:2 saying, "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him." The Greek term ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Paul Clemente avatar

    Head Knowledge Only? Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jan 23, 2012
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    Many people just have head knowledge, when what really matters is heart knowledge!

    Please grab a Bible and open it to the Gospel of Luke Chapter 8. We have noted that in Luke 7 that saving faith is believing the Word of God and taking action with that belief. And in the beginning of Luke 8, we noted some results of saving faith. True saving faith results in: - Following Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Lessons For The Materializing Church -- Part 15 Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Feb 16, 2010
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    James is asking us to take responsibility for our brother or sister in Christ. This simple, yet powerful thought is one that Jesus introduced when he spoke about discipline in the church, and Paul would later right after James concerning the need to both

    THE NECESSITY OF CORRECTION IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH JAMES 5:19-20 INTRODUCTION: Throughout our study of the book of James, we have seen that this book is a practical guide to living the Christian faith. James has not tried to dilute any aspect of that kind of living; whether easy or hard, James ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Hast Thou Done For Me?

    Contributed by Paul Humphrey on Mar 19, 2006
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    This sermon centers upon three things that Jesus tells us that we must do if we wish to follow him.

    What Hast Thou Done for Me? Second Sunday in Lent 2006 Dr. Paul G. Humphrey Mark 8:31-38 MK 8:31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist