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  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    Transformation Of The Heart Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jan 9, 2015
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     | 13,824 views

    Once one realizes the need for change, a transformed heart must follow

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • As we have entered the New Year, we are exploring the theme of Building a New You. • Last week we explored the thought of having eyes that can see, this week we progress to the next step by examining the need for a transformation of the heart. • In ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Transformed Love Series

    Contributed by Warren Bird on Feb 11, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 8,349 views

    What is the nature of Christian love? It looks out for what is best; it persists; and it is practical.

    Context/Reminder Romans 12:1-2 - the Christian mind is a transformed mind, not slipping easily into the same pattern as the world around us, but renewed by our relationship with our almighty and merciful God. Romans 12:3-8 - how that principle works out in the way we think about ourselves: ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Growth And Transformation Series

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jul 18, 2010
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     | 5,327 views

    A fairly short talk given at an all-age baptism service as part of a series of talks entitled Jesus The Storyteller

    It was a Saturday - the Jewish Sabbath - and Jesus had just had compassion on a lady who had been crippled "for 18 years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all" (13:11). Jesus did a wonderful thing. He placed his hands on her and healed her. She was delighted and praised God for her ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Conversion And Transformation Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 5, 2025
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    The reading from John's Gospel will help us get insight into the awesome transformation of Saul into Paul on the Damascus road.

    Friday of the Third Week in Easter 2025 Sometimes we can aid our personal understanding of the Scriptures by our imagination, and in the Gospel we just heard, our imagination should be running very, very fast. Jesus said, “This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    A Life Transformed

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Mar 9, 2015
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    Jesus transforms those whom He saves.

    A Life Transformed March 1. 2015 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Jesus transforms those whom He saves. Focus Passage: Philippians 1:6 Introduction: The story from one of Max Lucado’s books of a lady who had a small house on the seashore of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Transformational Love Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on May 29, 2015
     | 9,141 views

    People can change us to an extent; however, God;s transformational love can chance us to the depths of our soul.

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • What is one thing that can change the course for life for a person? What can change one who is selfish and self-centered into a person who loves and puts others first? • What is something that can change who and what we are? • What changes the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Power Of Transformation Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Oct 16, 2012
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     | 19,535 views

    The Gospel has the power to radically change us from the inside out.

    The Power of Transformation Text: Gal. 1:11-24 Introduction 1. Illustration: I would like to buy $3.00 worth of God, please. Not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don’t want enough of Him to make me love a ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Conformity Or Transformation

    Contributed by Leo Launio on Oct 16, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 9,140 views

    Are we a thermometer Christian or a thermostat Christian?

    INTRODUCTION: I. Illustration--Two items that measure temperature: a. Thermometer 1. It measures the temperature of the body 2. It is usually used to check whether a person has a fever or not. 3. Although it reads the temperature of the body, it cannot change it. b. Thermostat 1. It measures the ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

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    Transformed By God Series

    Contributed by Warren Curry on Sep 22, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 8,871 views

    One thing must happen for something or someone to be transformed. There must be a CHANGE.

    Transformed by God 2 Corinthians 5:17 A businessman owned a warehouse that had sat empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and trash was everywhere inside the building. The businessman showed a prospective buyer the property and took great pains to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Transforming Prayer Series

    Contributed by David Calhoun on Aug 21, 2007
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    Prayer has the power to transform us from lost to saved, sick to healed, poor to prosperous, sad to joyful, upset to peaceful.

    TRANSFORMERS 3 Transforming Prayer Part 1 ILL: Flight 93 Video Clip– Lord’s Prayer… Most people wait until death is near, the marriage is in failing, the kids are in trouble, money is low etc. before praying. God will certainly hear our prayers of distress but why wait till destruction to pray? ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Jailhouse Transformations Series

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on May 30, 2016
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     | 10,539 views

    A jailer's life was transformed through an encounter with Paul and Silas who remained faithful to Christ even while in a Philippian prison.

    We are all familiar with the concept of “jailhouse transformations,” that phenomenon associated with a prisoner whose life is “miraculously” transformed, but only after they get to prison. We recall the “jailhouse” transformation of the likes of Ted Bundy and ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Transformed Perspective Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Jun 6, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,159 views

    2nd of 3 in Philemon series. A look at how God wants to change the way we look at the world. Emphasis on how complaining comes from not recognizing God’s sovereignty

    How would you feel if you were kidnapped, bound and held hostage by a mass murderer on the run? That’s exactly what happened to Ashley Smith in March of last year, when she was abducted by Brian Nichols after he had killed four people escaping the Atlanta courthouse where he was on trial for rape. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Transformed By Kindness Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 31, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 17,575 views

    Initiate kindness. Kindness transforms. We are all Mephibosheth before God. Let the kindness of God flows through us.

    Kindness is a language the dumb can speak, the deaf can hear, and the blind can see (Mark Twain). You don’t have to say it, people know when it is there. • Kindness is more than just loving people. It is loving people more than they deserve. Kindness is ‘going the extra ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Rick Stacy avatar

    Transforming Power

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Sep 12, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,846 views

    This is sermon 1 of 6 on based on the kind of church it takes to be an Acts 2:47 church. Many sources were used including several on Sermon Central

    Transforming Power Meridian Christian Church is a “2:47” Church - 24/7! What is a 2:47 church 24 hours a day – seven days a week? In the next 6 weeks we are going to have the adventure of a lifetime together as we investigate, study and explore the Bible to learn what it is and what it means! ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Holding Fast To Faith And Living New Lives (Hebrews 10:19-25 & Ephesians 4:22-24) Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Sep 4, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,067 views

    Hebrews 10:19-25 and Ephesians 4:22-24 give us powerful insights into how we are to approach our relationship with God and how we are to live out our faith in the world.

    Transformed by Truth: Holding Fast to Faith and Living New Lives Introduction Today, I want to share a message that is both challenging and deeply encouraging—one that calls us to hold fast to our faith and live transformed lives in Christ. We will be diving into two key passages: Hebrews 10:19-25 ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal