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    Recognizing God PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 24, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 112 views

    Trusting God’s timing in every season, we learn to wait with faith, knowing He is present and working even when we cannot see it.

    Some of us came in today with calendars covered in scribbles and hearts heavy with questions. The clock keeps ticking, but the answer seems late. A prayer hangs in the air. A door stays shut. A dream feels shelved. We know God is good, we sing that God is faithful, yet our watches rarely match His ...read more

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    Beauty For Ashes PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 3, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 169 views

    God lovingly exchanges our sorrow and heaviness for joy and praise, transforming our brokenness into strength through His nearness and kindness in prayer.

    If your week has felt heavy, if your heart has carried more sighs than songs, you are in the right place. You didn’t stumble in here by accident. The God who sees you also speaks to you, and His voice carries comfort that steadies the soul. He has a word for the weary and a lift for the lowly. He ...read more

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    Reacting To The Problem Series

    Contributed by Jay Patton on Jul 8, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
     | 5,118 views

    A look at the Prayer life of Nehemiah using the ACTS Acrostic to prayer.

    Introduction: Covey rocks in the jar illustration Read Scripture/Pray Background: devastating breakdown of God’s dwelling place. (1) Recognize Purpose Statement: Once we recognize a problem, then we must react to the problem Review the context of the prayer I. Before you pray, pray (v. 4) {Should ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Gift That Keeps On Giving

    Contributed by Billy Kryger on Aug 19, 2002
    based on 131 ratings
     | 28,251 views

    This is not a gimmick. There are no hidden charges, No purchase necessary. It’s a free gift that actually is free.

    We’re living in a day and time when one frequently receives a card in the mail, a message on the radio or a commercial on the television advertising “something for nothing”. Upon closer examination of the offer one usually finds it is a gimmick to get you to purchase something else or has ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Name Is Not Enough

    Contributed by Paul Tuck on Jan 5, 2002
    based on 112 ratings
     | 9,598 views

    In this passage of Scripture, Jesus discusses the difference between PROFESSION and PRACTICE. The premise is this. Following Jesus is not determined by our profession, but by our practice. The true evidence of conversion and faith in Christ IS T

    A NAME IS NOT ENOUGH Luke 6: 43-49 I have to share with you something I find rather humourous. This week, Pam and I were at a Teacher’s Conference which was held at a very large church. On the last day of the conference, later in the day, I noticed a sign that someone from the church had ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Approaching Revelation—part 1

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 24, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,755 views

    This revelation must be approached with an attitude of...

    APPROACHING REVELATION-I—Revelation 1:1-3 My approach toward my father & brother with the Gospel. Requires revealing my true convictions thru writing Need: We are frightened of studying the book of Revelation Its symbolism confuses us. We cannot be dogmatic about some portions of it. We are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Brief Meditation

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 22, 2000
    based on 81 ratings
     | 3,537 views

    A devotion for growing believers

    As I begin to type this it is 8:09 am. The temperature outside is 30 degrees. Just ten minutes ago, I was taking care of my dogs so I could come back inside and set to work without distractions or other obligations on my mind. Their water dish was still about half full, but it was half full of ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    Christmas Eve

    Contributed by Roger Haugen on Sep 20, 2001
    based on 111 ratings
     | 19,204 views

    The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.

    Television has been busy for the past month with Christmas Specials. It seems everyone in the entertainment industry has to have one. Lots of fairy tale settings, warm fire places and goodies to eat. All happiness and light. This is the "imagined" Christmas, how things are supposed to be. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    To Be More Thoughtful Is To Be More Thankful

    Contributed by Ronald Fair on Mar 7, 2001
    based on 39 ratings
     | 7,098 views

    Rev. Fair speaks of the lessons of thankfullness, he reminds us of the words:“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but it is also the parent of all other virtues”.

    TO BE MORE THOUGHTFUL IS TO BE MORE THANKFUL Scripture: Psalm 100. INTRODUCTION Some one has said “charity begins at home but it shouldn’t stop there. That saying might be changed to “Thanksgiving begins at home. but it shouldn’t end there.” In one of our magazines is a story related by ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    A Call To Purity

    Contributed by Alan Stokes on Mar 7, 2001
    based on 195 ratings
     | 26,180 views

    This message, based on Matthew 5:8, shows how impossible it is to have a pure heart without God’s help.

    Introduction: Read The Beatitudes ~ Matthew 5:3-10. Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:8, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” I. Purity Beyond Our Reach Three of the ways we can stumble in purity is with impure words, impure emotions and impure thoughts ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    How The Grinch Stole Christmas

    Contributed by Jeffrey Stewart on Dec 22, 2000
    based on 124 ratings
     | 18,529 views

    Christmas Sermon

    Today I want to launch us into this message with a reading from one of the great minds of theology Dr. Seuss . . . I have here copy "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" A favorite Dr. Seuss book . . . I want to read a portion of it to you (Read pages 1-2 of the story) Every Who Down in Who-ville, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Giving Thanks

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 6,459 views

    For Christians, thanksgiving should not end at the observance of the holiday, but should be a constant attitude of the soul.

    Thanksgiving Day began with the Pilgrims of the Plymouth Colony. In 1621, Governor Bradford appointed a day of thanksgiving, a day of feasting and expressing gratitude. Abraham Lincoln, in the midst of the Civil War, in 1863, established the annual celebration of Thanksgiving when he issued a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Can I Be Fruitful ? Series

    Contributed by Stuart Blount on Apr 24, 2001
    based on 102 ratings
     | 32,151 views

    Having discovered what God has gifted us to do we need to learn how to be fruitful ministers.

    MAXIMIZING YOUR MINISTRY Part Four: How can I be fruitful ? GOD DESIRES FRUITFULNESS ! God has created a world that relies upon the principle of fruitfulness, not just for it’s survival but for it’s progress. We are a result of human fruitfulness as is every living human being and we need ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Advent Iv, Year B

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Dec 11, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 8,273 views

    God’s ways are not our ways. God has plans for our lives that surprise us all.

    Sermon for Advent 4, Yr B 22/12/2002 Based on Lk 1:26-38 Grace Lutheran Church, Medicine Hat By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson One grim winter day in 1754, Horace Walpole was reading a Persian fairy tale called “The Three Princes of Serendip.” The story touched him, and writing to his friend ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places

    Contributed by Dan Borchert on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 9,893 views

    Often we go through life looking for love and do not find it, maybe we are looking for love in all the wrong places

    1 John 2:15-17 Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places! Introduction A. Do you remember in Elementary School when a boy or a girl would like you? What did your mom tell you? They are the ones that pick on you. B. They are the ones you think hate you C. They are the ones that tell you they can ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance