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    Surviving The Wilderness Series

    Contributed by James ( Jim ) Highland on Mar 24, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,622 views

    Learning to do Wilderness Survival in today's Wilderness World.

    Surviving the Wilderness David did not go from the Hero Giant-Killer to King immediately. There was a wilderness chapter of about 10-12 years. David had immediately become hero, army leader, married to king’s daughter, best friends with king’s son. But there was one problem. King ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When You Wind Up Over Your Head Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Oct 5, 2009
    based on 16 ratings
     | 15,405 views

    What are we supposed to do when we get in deep, over our heads? The Word of God shows us.

    Summer Psalms #14 - When You Wind Up Over Your Head Psalm 130:1-8 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - Sept. 2, 2009 *When I was going to Georgia Tech, I took a swimming class that qualified us to be Red Cross lifeguards. To get an “A” in this class you had to pass three endurance ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Obedience In The Hard Times Of Lfe Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Jun 16, 2009
     | 8,443 views

    When life gets hard… when life seems UNFAIR… when life begins to beat you down… How do you react? How do YOU serve God when LIFE gets hard all of a sudden?

    Sermon Brief Date Written: June 16, 2009 Date Preached: May 03, 2009 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Sermon Series: Life is Hard Sermon Title: Obedience in the Hard Times of Life Sermon Text: Job 1:12-19 [NASB] 12 Then the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lord In The Storm

    Contributed by Brian Credille on Jun 16, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,228 views

    This message focuses on some important truths about the storms we face in life.

    “Lord in the Storm” Mark 6:45-52 As we come to these verses, I am confident there are people here today who are in the midst of a storm in their lives. We all face storms at times – storms of health, employment, family, faith, etc. No one gets through this life without facing storms. But we can ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Craig Groeschel avatar

    God Wants You Happy Series

    Contributed by Craig Groeschel on May 30, 2008
    based on 37 ratings
     | 31,500 views

    You will hear people talk about this. You will hear it on TV today with TV preachers. You’ll read books about it, and you will hear it over and over and over again, and it is a message that feels very good. Here is the urban legend. It goes something

    Urban Legends #2 [Video, Eerie Sounds] Well, I wanted to give you a little bit of, kind of a little bit of scoop on the now famous haunted house video. If you are new with us, we were promoting our legends, and we were at a house where there is an urban legend, where a little girl was supposed ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Job's Final Appeal - Job Chapter Thirty One Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Jun 5, 2008
    based on 17 ratings
     | 17,007 views

    This is a study into Job chapter thrity one.

    Job 31 could be outlined: Job’s Integrity (Job 31:1-12) Job’s Mercy (Job 31:13-22) Job’s Hope (Job 31:23-28) Job’s Charity (Job 31:29-34) Job’s Final Appeal (Job 31:35-40) This will be the last time that Job will speak. Here he will make his last appeal before men and God. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Learning To Endure, Part 1

    Contributed by Adrian Rogers on Jan 4, 2012
    based on 14 ratings
     | 30,203 views

    A sermon on James and how God "gives the test first then gives the lesson."

    I want to speak to you today about learning to endure. Now this is sort of a re-entry message. And we have learned to endure some things. And I don’t want to act like we endure so much because, really, I want to say with the apostle Paul, “Our light affliction is but for a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Discouragement: Its Causes And Cure

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
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     | 17,468 views

    David was a man of God who struggled with discouragement like all of us. He wrote our text amid great difficulties. The good thing was, not only did the Lord deliver him out of his discouragement, but He also used the resulting change in David’s heart as

    Intro: David was a man of God who struggled with discouragement like all of us. He wrote our text amid great difficulties. The good thing was, not only did the Lord deliver him out of his discouragement, but He also used the resulting change in David’s heart as a good example for us to learn from. ...read more

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    When God Is As An Enemy

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 11, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,102 views

    There are times in the Christian life where it seems as though God has become as an enemy to us. In our passage, Jeremiah likens God to an enemy because of His wrath on Judah. Though we are saved from the fullness of God’s wrath, we still have experiences

    Intro: Before salvation, we were truly the enemies of God (Rom. 5:10). At salvation we were reconciled through the Person and finished work of His Son Jesus. Yet, there are times in the Christian life where it seems as though God has become as an enemy to us. In our passage, Jeremiah likens God to ...read more

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    Loving God When Life Is Hard

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Aug 24, 2014
     | 6,065 views

    Loving God when life is easy is no challenge. Loving God when life is horrible - that's a challenge that God equips us for.

    Sermon for Outdoor Service – “Loving God When Life is Hard” – August 24, 2014 No matter where we were to find ourselves at any one moment on this planet, we would discover that we have a great many things in common with every other human there. We all need to eat, sleep, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Spencer Miller avatar

    What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do

    Contributed by Spencer Miller on Apr 8, 2013
    based on 8 ratings
     | 49,798 views

    Our God is limitless. He can change the situation.

    Introduction: We read in 2 Chronicles 20: 12, “O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee”. Some one has said: “When you are at the end of your rope tie a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Spencer Miller avatar

    The Bigger The Giant The Greater The Victory

    Contributed by Spencer Miller on Apr 20, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 17,280 views

    A giant is anything in your life that stands between you and where God wants you to be.

    15-17 War broke out again between the Philistines and Israel. David and his men went down to fight. David became exhausted. Ishbi-Benob, a warrior descended from Rapha, with a spear weighing nearly eight pounds and outfitted in brand-new armor, announced that he’d kill David. But Abishai son ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    No Servant Is Greater Than His Master

    Contributed by Paul Estabrooks on Oct 24, 2012
    based on 15 ratings
     | 18,099 views

    There are severe forms of persecution, and less severe; but there is no such thing as a non-persecuted Christian!

    Introduction Jesus promised his disciples the night before he was crucified that their lot was to be no different than His. Jesus said: “No servant is greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also!” Persecution Is on the Rise The Pew Research ...read more

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    Paul And His Final Days

    Contributed by Chuck Booher on May 2, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,859 views

    We need to be people who endure hard times by reading God’s Word, sharing Christ and being faithful to the end.

    Come to Paul: one of the most amazing men who ever lived! • I want you to know who Paul is and then you will understand him and what he is telling you. • He wrote 13 Books of the New Testament so you need to get where he is coming from. • At the end of his life he passionately ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    It's Game Time--Time To Call An Audible

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 16, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,877 views

    This message deals with the need and willingness to make quick changes in our lives when the Spirit calls us to do so.

    It’s Game Time-Calling An Audible January 16, 2011 Genesis 32:1-8 Acts 16:6-15 How many of you have ever been in a situation in which you were going to do something with another person and at the last minute you realized what you had planned was not going to work, so you ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed