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  • Travis Leib avatar

    A God Given Purpose

    Contributed by Travis Leib on May 31, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,097 views

    Be assured, God has a purpose for His people. Idleness is never an option.

    Certainly one of the most frequent question I deal with as a Pastor, is the question of "What is my purpose?" It is the purposeless life that finds itself in discontent, discouragment, depression, and is a leading factor of suicide. No purpose. Useless. Yes, those are extremes. But, do not ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Why Are You Just Standing Around?

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Aug 28, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 9,154 views

    Idleness and indifference are devastating to the work of Christ. we are called to be busy for the Master.

    WHY ARE YOU JUST STANDING AROUND? Matthew 20:1-16 INTRODUCTION: In this story Christ draws attention to a familiar event in Palestine. The grapes in the vineyard ripened towards the end of September needing to be harvested before the rains came. Often a frantic race against time ensued, for if the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Credentials Of Jesus Series

    Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Mar 20, 2012
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     | 7,603 views

    A sermon on the credentials of Jesus and how people respond to who Jesus really is

    Text: John 1:1-18 Title: The credentials of Jesus Introduction Last week in the E100 Bible reading challenge we started our first readings from the N.T. For those of us who read the 5 passages last week… Did anyone notice that we didn’t start out our N.T readings with a passage on ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Real People - Real Problems - Part 7 Dealing With Haters Series

    Contributed by Randy Edwards on Sep 11, 2017
     | 7,524 views

    Part 7 of our 1 Samuel Series

    Real People- Real Problems A study of 1 Samuel Part 7 I Samuel 10:26 “Dealing with Haters” In the movie Lonesome Dove Dan Suggs, his brothers and Jake Spoon Rode up on a couple of farmers plowing their fields Dan and the boys had already killed some horse traders and stolen their stock ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The God Who Breaks Ancestral Curses Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 31, 2025
     | 305 views

    God does not intend for anyone to remain under the weight of generational affliction. Jesus Christ came to redeem us from every curse of the law, including those rooted in our ancestry.

    THE GOD WHO BREAKS ANCESTRAL CURSES By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Ezekiel 18:1-4 Supporting Texts: Galatians 3:13-14, Colossians 2:14-15, Lamentations 5:7, John 8:36, Numbers 23:23 INTRODUCTION: Many families today suffer from invisible chains of bondage passed down from generation to ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Scott Thomas avatar

    People Who Scare The Devil Out Of Me

    Contributed by Scott Thomas on Oct 25, 2013
     | 6,956 views

    These people are not in the spook house, but they are those who Rejects the Salvation, Resists the Spirit, Robs the Savior, Refuses to Submit, and Rebuts the Scripture.

    People Who Scare the Devil Out of Me Jeremiah 5: 2-13 Intro: 1. We live in a day where people say one thing, and then do the opposite. “they swear falsely – no truth in them” 2. The majority of people do not know God or the ways of God and live ungodly. 3. They have ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Who’s Knocking At Your Door?

    Contributed by Kenneth R. Jenkins on Oct 13, 2021
     | 4,871 views

    Jesus is the door to life....

    I would like to and try and preach this message by the help of the Holy Ghost to this subject in your hearing. But it’s a question that is not phycological or philosophical by any means but it’s more spiritual than anything and it carries a lot of weight. And that question is “Who’s Knocking at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kerry Haynes avatar

    Finding Who You Are In Who God Is

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Jun 2, 2020
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     | 7,324 views

    God is the source of true and healthy self-esteem. Psalm 8 leads us through four seemingly contradictory statements: 1. God is GREAT! 2. We are not. 3. God says we have great value. And 4. Through our weakness, God is glorified.

    Finding Who You Are in Who God Is (Psalm 8) Do you ever think that maybe Galileo and Copernicus got it wrong, that our solar system doesn’t really revolve around the sun? Because on some days it seems like the universe just revolves around ... you? Now let’s be honest. We all have our moments of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Who Is Or Who Are The Walking Twice Dead?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on May 12, 2024
     | 445 views

    Today we read about the dangers of false teaching and the duty to fight for the truth of God.

    Jude wrote this letter to warn believers of false teachers (Colossians 2:4) that were teaching the Christians that they could do what they wanted without fear of reprisal from God. Many believers in today's churches may still act in this manner. We need to heed the warning of these false ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Justin Steckbauer avatar

    Who Is God? Comprehending An Infinite Creator Series

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 20, 2021
     | 2,211 views

    One of my favorite gospel preachers A.W. Tozer said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”

    We were building a foundation in the previous messages. The foundation of the structure is truth, that we can know truth, and make use of knowledge and information to understand reality. Secondly, the next layer on top of truth was science. Given that we can know truth, we can certainly know ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Brady Boyd avatar

    The Powerful Name Of Jesus Series

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Apr 14, 2022
     | 2,844 views

    Names are powerful. Names attach us to family, to communities, and to nations.

    God is … The Powerful Name of Jesus Colossians 3:15-17 NIV Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Seeing Jesus For Who He Is Series

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jan 28, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,865 views

    20/20 vision is all about having visual acuity, seeing things clearly. In this first message we will talk about having visual acuity when it comes to Jesus... seeing Him for who he is.

    Seeing Jesus For Who He Is #20/20Vision OKAY – I want to start off this morning (day 19 of the year 2020) the way that I usually like to begin our Sunday morning conversations… by reading some Scripture and then praying us into our time of study… (the Bible and prayer, always a great to begin, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Dennis Fox avatar

    Who Do You Say That I Am?

    Contributed by Dennis Fox on Jul 28, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,920 views

    Mark 8 asks "Who do you say that I am?" Gossip runs ramped. How do you describe your friends when they aren’t around? Is it flattering or would you be mortified if they heard you? What about Jesus? Who do you say he is? Do your actions match your words?

    Who Do You Say That I AM? 12 Sep 2021 Richardson Who do you say that I am? ...... Oh to be a fly on the wall. For a while I ran a number of customer service groups with one of them happen to be a team in Mexico. There was a bunch of extra work that needed to get cleaned up so I decided to pull ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Narinder Choranji avatar

    How To Love God's Way | Devotional | Romans 12

    Contributed by Narinder Choranji on Sep 9, 2025
     | 168 views

    Our love is usually conditional, It's a natural re-action to love the lovely. However, according to the Bible how should we love others. Here's an outline to discuss how to love God's way.

    It is so easy to talk about God's love, it's like no other, from everlasting to everlasting, new every morning and nothing can separate us from God's love. Our love is usually conditional, we give as good as we get, we love those who are nice to us or just nice in general. It's a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Brady Boyd avatar

    The Holy Spirit Poured Out Series

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on May 5, 2022
     | 1,969 views

    Blowing wind, tongues of fire, and people suddenly becoming bilingual.

    God Is … The Holy Spirit Poured Out May 8, 2022 Acts 2:1-4 NIV When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational