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  • Christopher Benfield avatar

    Consider Your Ways Series

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Jun 15, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 28,756 views

    The Lord calls His people to consider their ways before Him.

    Consider Your Ways Haggai 1: 1-15 The setting for the book of Haggai comes at a crucial time in the nation of Israel’s history. He lived and prophesied just after the return of Israel from Babylonian captivity. In 538 B.C., Cyrus, King of Persia, allowed the Jews to return to their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fish Or Cut Bait

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Apr 28, 2014
     | 3,788 views

    We must quit riding the fence with our commitment to God.

    Fish or Cut Bait April 27, 2014 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We must quit riding the fence with our commitment to God. Focus Passage: 1 Kings 18:17-40 Supplemental Passage: "If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dean Courtier avatar

    Called To Commitment Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Mar 9, 2016
    based on 6 ratings
     | 16,294 views

    True discipleship involves our deep commitment to our Lord and Saviour, allowing His life to infuse our own, so that we become more like Him. Are you fully committed to following the commands and precepts of our Lord and Saviour?

    Our theme for 2016 is Dynamic Disciples and this morning I want us to consider our commitment to being a disciple of Christ. In the New Testament the word Disciple is used to describe the people who are committed to following Jesus Christ. To be a true disciple of Jesus requires real ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Law Breakers

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 26, 2022
     | 1,101 views

    As Law Breakers, God’s charge against sinful humanity is seen through: 1) The Character (Romans 3:10–12), 2) The Conversation (Romans 3:13–14), and 3) The Conduct (Romans 3:15–17) of the accused.

    Romans 3:9-17. What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin; 10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Joshua Blackmon avatar

    The Seven Keys To Spiritual Buoyancy: Total Dependence (Key Two) Series

    Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Sep 17, 2023
     | 2,288 views

    Learning to totally depend on the Lord is the second key to spiritual buoyancy.

    The Seven Keys to Spiritual Buoyancy: Total Dependence (Key Two) Introduction Last week we began our journey into discovering the secrets of the apostle Paul's resilient spiritual life. We are calling them keys to spiritual buoyancy. Buoyancy is "the ability or tendency to float in water ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dan Proctor avatar

    When God Encourages His Children Series

    Contributed by Dan Proctor on Jun 4, 2013
     | 6,698 views

    Maybe today you are battling discouragement or even utter despair. Please know that every believer’s heart can be encouraged by the Lord. How does God encourage His children?

    When God Encourages His Children Acts 23:1-11 www.crbible.com/sermons Introduction: 1. While in Jerusalem, the apostle Paul was beaten by an angry mob and then arrested by the Roman authorities. The people of Jerusalem were chanting in the background, “Away with him.” 2. The Roman ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Darrell Jones avatar

    The Hee Haw Christian! Gloom Despair Agony On Me

    Contributed by Darrell Jones on Feb 21, 2003
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    Too many of God’s people are living like the old Hee Haw song, "Gloom despair and agony on me Deep dark depression, excessive misery If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all, Gloom despair, and agony on me Four things you can do when

    Four things you can do when you have tragedies,death, or disappointments. (1) You can become bitter, accuse and blame God. (A) Murmurers: Murmuring begins in the thoughts or mind. ie. thoughts of discontent, or of being mistreated by the Lord, or being misunderstood by God’s people (1Cor. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    Where Is God When I'm Sighing With Despair

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 12, 2009
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     | 5,398 views

    A look at David and the sighing that he lifts up because of his difficult circumstance.

    WORST WEEK EVER: When is God when I’m sighing with despair? - Psalm 5:1. - Most of us have faced times when problems and difficulties and struggles leave us with little more than a heart-heavy sigh. - It’s almost like the latest blow knocks the wind out of us yet again as we exhale a sigh of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Justin Steckbauer avatar

    Depression & Meaninglessness: Where Is God In The Depths Of Despair?

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Jun 1, 2021
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    There is a part of me that aches with meaninglessness. I cannot describe fully, how terrible it is. Who can manage it? Solomon the writer of Ecclesiastes describes the pain of wisdom. He described the meaninglessness of the daily life.

    Ecclesiastes 2:17-23 (NIV) So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. 18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. 19 And who knows whether ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Nadir: (Despair) 2nd Coming Signs In The Church

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 24, 2021
     | 2,672 views

    NADIR (NAY-deer) how low can humanity fall before the second coming of Jesus Christ. Can we see the signs in the church?

    NADIR? WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CHURCH? SECOND COMING… By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (NAY-deer) We are expecting the IMMINENT RETURN OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 1. In the church. 2. In Israel. 3. In nature. 4. In world politics. 5. In society. 6. In technology. 7. In ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Dennis Shaw avatar

    A Life Of Misery And Despair Tranformed Into A Life Of Abundance And Joy!

    Contributed by Dennis Shaw on Sep 14, 2015
     | 4,944 views

    Bartimaeus was the blind son of a blind father. His was a life without hope. Jesus transformed his entire life when He gave Bartimaeus his sight. Jesus is still transforming lives today by doing the impossible.

    Matthew 10:46-52 46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. Blindness was a very debilitating condition. A blind person was not capable of any productive work, ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    Is It Naïve To Be Hopeful Amid All The Despair? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jul 7, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,337 views

    The book of Amos contains some challenging and painful truths. Now, as the book ends, there is a word of hope. It speaks to us in our worry: is it naive for us to be hopeful amid all this world's despair?

    - Set up a collapsed tent on state where the pulpit normally is. This is the image for the sermon. LIVING IN FRAUGHT TIME: Right now there is much to worry over. - Amos 9:11 – “David’s fallen tent.” - Think of all the references in the Old Testament to the “house of David.” With that in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Davon Huss avatar

    Anxiety

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 30, 2013
     | 8,021 views

    A sermon on stress, anxiety and worry (Seed thought from Todd Hunter's book, Our Favorite Sins, chapter 4 Anxious Annie; Outline and material adapted from Mark Copeland at: http://executableoutlines.com/top/anxiety.htm)

    HoHum: A. In an issue of the AARP Bulletin, readers were asked to respond to the question: What’s your strategy for coping with stress? The answers ranged from "Eat a chocolate chip cookie" to "Have a stiff drink." But Don Betz of Oakdale, Minnesota, offered his own unique solution. Every ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Glenn Durham avatar

    How Thankfulness Overcomes Anxiety Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Jun 7, 2010
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,056 views

    God gives thankful prayer as a means for the Holy Spirit to dispel anxiety.

    Scripture Introduction Philippians 4 offers great hope and powerful remedies for those who would have their hearts and minds guarded from threats of anxiety and despair. [ Read Philippians 4.4-9. ] Philippians 4.6 says, “Do not be anxious about anything….” Jesus said the same in Matthew 6: ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Damien Saylor avatar

    We Are Crushed

    Contributed by Damien Saylor on Jun 9, 2020
     | 2,720 views

    The amount of pressure we are facing is intense. Where can we turn? What do we do?

    We are crushed! - From the moment I saw the report of locusts swarming Through Asia, into Africa, & even parts of China, & now is being tracked by ten swarms each containing 80 million locusts in it. - The thought came to my mind, this is a pestilence on a scale from right ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist