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  • Be Strong

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 22, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 10,184 views

    The soldier is upheld by the thought of final victory. The athlete is upheld by the vision of the crown. The farmer is upheld by the hope of the harvest. Each of them submits to the discipline and the toil for the sake of the glory which shall be. It is s

    Opening illustration: Felipe Massa of Brazil should have won the Formula One Grand Prix in Singapore in September 2008. But as he drove off from a refueling stop while in the lead, the fuel hose was still attached. By the time his team removed the hose, he had lost so much time that he finished ...read more

  • Counseling During Human & Spiritual Crisis

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 19, 2001
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,111 views

    Counseling During Human & Spiritual Crisis

    Counseling During Human & Spiritual Crisis "To work out our problems we need to add love, subtract hate, multiply good, and divide between truth and error." Introduction - Imagine if you are faced with the loss of your family, home, and health all in the same week, what would you feel like? Add ...read more

  • Paul's Response To False Accusations

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001
    based on 28 ratings
     | 11,595 views

    How to avoid over reacting to false accusations

    Paul’s Response to False Accusations (Acts 21:27-40) Illustration:Statistics and Stuff What really makes people satisfied with their lives? Amazingly, the secret may lie in a person’s ability to handle life’s blows without blame or bitterness. These are the conclusions of a study of 173 men who ...read more

  • The Cry For Deliverance

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jun 11, 2001
    based on 176 ratings
     | 127,003 views

    Are you serving God in rigour and hard bondage? It is time to cry on to the Lord for deliverance!

    THE CRY FOR DELIVERANCE "And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour" (Exodus ...read more

  • When Disaster Strikes

    Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 20, 2003
    based on 275 ratings
     | 20,406 views

    This message based around the story of Lazarus will share five essential principles to making it though difficult times in our lives!

    When Disaster Strikes John 11:1-45 The following was written by Jack Jordan newspaper editor recording the events of April 3, 1974. An uneasiness nagged at me as I checked over proofs for the next day’s paper. It was Wednesday, April 3, 1974 about 4 o’clock on a gray afternoon. More than 100 ...read more

  • Why Me, Lord?

    Contributed by Mike Dubose on Jun 10, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 34,358 views

    Why does God allow so much hurt and pain in the world? What’s His reason? How can bad things work for the good? I have an answer...

    Why Me, Lord? Romans 8: 28 – 31 June 9, 2002 You know it’s going to be a bad day when you wake up in the hospital all broken & bruised and your insurance agent tells you that your accident policy covers falling of the roof… but not hitting the ground… Or, when you call Suicide ...read more

  • If It Ain't One Thing It's Another!

    Contributed by Spencer Miller on Mar 9, 2003
    based on 105 ratings
     | 42,757 views

    The testing of our faith.

    We live in a world full of trouble and problems, there are problems after problems. Not many of us can truly say "I don’t have any problems" Job even said it himself, "Man born of a woman but for a few days and full of trouble. But Job goes on to reason that since his days on earth are already ...read more

  • Marchemos!

    Contributed by Alfredo Serrano on Feb 17, 2003
    based on 94 ratings
     | 9,667 views

    Como podemos seguir adelante mientras las pruebas nos invaden? Dios nos dice: Marcha! Yo estoy contigo.

    "MARCHEMOS" Éxodo 14 A. Uno de los eventos significativos del A. T. es el milagro de abrir el Mar Rojo para que el pueblo atravesara en tierra seca. 1. Esto fue un milagro muy impresionante. (Breathtaking!) 2. Todo milagro bíblico es grandioso, pero ...read more

  • The Shelter Of The Most High

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 30, 2000
    based on 77 ratings
     | 25,402 views

    God may have purposes of which we may not be aware and if he permits it, he can use it.

    When our girls were growing up we could not afford to take a vacation at resorts or hotels, so from the start we decided to camp. I remember our first major purchase of a cabin-style tent from Sears. It was luxurious with a place for a bunk-bed cot for the girls and a large air mattress for us. ...read more

  • A New Creation

    Contributed by Steven Kellett on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 409 ratings
     | 36,376 views

    God takes that which is dark, formless and void and creates new and wonderful life.

    Sitting in her car - on a dark road just outside of town, a young high school girl looks at her life. This is what she sees: „Y I am overweight „Y I have no friends „Y My future holds no promise As she slides the bullet in the chamber of her father¡¦s 38 revolver, she thinks; "It¡¦s no use - ...read more

  • Cajuns, Prophets, And Persian Kings: God's Servants To Bless His People

    Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Nov 3, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 6,898 views

    Pentecost 22: Trials, persecutions, and the most difficult moments in life are used by God to deliver us from greater harm and to bless us.

    A few nights ago I was sitting in the living room working on the computer. While checking my email, a pop-up ad for Classmates.com appeared. Classmates.com is an Internet company that stores graduation and reunion information for schools and military units. For some reason I decided to look up ...read more

  • "It May Seem Muddy But Hang In There!"

    Contributed by Phil Anderson on Jun 9, 2004
    based on 97 ratings
     | 23,206 views

    How to respond to the hardships and "slimy pits" we face in our lives...

    “It May Seem Muddy But Hang in There” Psalm 40:1-3 PS 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of ...read more

  • "God...i Have A Problem"

    Contributed by Alan Chandler on Jan 28, 2002
    based on 69 ratings
     | 7,338 views

    Facing a problem or challenge? Here is God’s 5 step strategy for working through it!

    "God…I Have a Problem" Acts 1: 12-26 January 27, 2002 I) Intro A) Find current illustration of a problem that people are familiar with. 1) From the illustration make the connection that we all have problems to deal with B) Recap (See notes from Sermon titled Change is Constant) 1) Jesus ascended ...read more

  • How To Live Through A Crisis

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Feb 23, 2005
    based on 71 ratings
     | 15,878 views

    During one of the most difficult times in the life of David gives us an excellent model for how we can live through a crisis

    How to Live through a Crisis 2 Samuel 15:13-37 January 30, 2005 Morning Service Introduction Horatio G. Spafford, a successful Chicago lawyer, lost most of his wealth in the financial crisis of 1873. He sent his wife and four daughters on a trip to France, but on their way, their ship was struck ...read more

  • Job: With Friends Like These Series

    Contributed by James Dunn on Mar 9, 2005
    based on 35 ratings
     | 6,000 views

    Well meaning friends desire to help those who are hurting. In their sincerity, they may actually hinder rather than help.

    With Friends like These Job 4-8 Four Different Friends: 1. Eliphaz – became proud as he spoke of his supposed insight to Job’s situation… 4:12-16 He made three incorrect assumptions of Job’s situation: a. Innocent people never suffer. b. Those who are suffering are being punished for their past ...read more