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  • Elmer Towns avatar

    Why Doesn't God Talk To Me Audibly? Lesson 3 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 24, 2017
     | 3,530 views

    What more could God say to us? All we need is in Scripture.

    A. INTRODUCTION 1. Why do we speak? To communicate. 2. Why does God speak? a. To communicate His glory and might. “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’” (Gen. 1:3, KJV). “The heavens speak the glory of God” (Ps. 19:1, ELT). b. To communicate His directions for living. “And God spoke . . . (the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Got That Sinkin' Feeling

    Contributed by Cameron Horsburgh on Oct 20, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,555 views

    The importance of Spiritual Growth, and how to go about it. Concentrates on the importance of the Bible, but could easily be adapted.

    Introduction Story about the sinkholes. (Taken from Gordon Macdonald’s Ordering your Private World.) Sinkholes occur because cavities under the ground become exposed. Sinkholes will occur in our lives if we do not keep them ‘filled up.’ I want to talk to you today about a problem I have seen many ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    #1dare To Read The Bible! Series

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 10, 2002
    based on 75 ratings
     | 14,153 views

    We must dare to read the Bible or be spiritually sickly.

    #1 Dare to read the Bible By WadeMartin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Psa. 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Matt 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, YE DO ERR, NOT KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES, NOR THE POWER OF GOD. 2 Tim. 4:3 For the time will come when ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    #2dare To Read The Bible Series

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 10, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,824 views

    We discuss deeper--- some of the sidetracks that lead away from Bible reading.

    #2 Dare to read the Bible By WadeMartin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Psa. 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Matt 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, YE DO ERR, NOT KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES, NOR THE POWER OF GOD. 2 Tim. 4:3 For the time will come when ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    #3dare To Study The Bible Series

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 10, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 6,493 views

    We deepen the study beyond reading to Bible Study.

    #3 Dare to read the Bible By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Some of this is repetition or purpose. Repetition is a literary tool to stress important points. TEXT: 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Being Christ's Abode

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 22, 2000
    based on 84 ratings
     | 3,532 views

    A devotion for young believers

    “JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, ‘IF ANYONE LOVES ME, HE WILL KEEP MY WORD, AND MY FATHER WILL LOVE HIM, AND WE WILL COME TO HIM, AND MAKE OUR ABODE WITH HIM’.” It is impossible to assign a certain value to these words. They are spoken by the eternal Christ; the Lord and Creator of all, who ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    Staying On Course With God

    Contributed by Richard Pfeil on Apr 18, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,059 views

    Deals with remaining in Christ

    “STAYING ON COURSE WITH GOD” TEXT: HEBREWS 12:1-2a Sunday, July 4, 2004 There is a sense that, in summer, church kind of slows down. Sometimes you get the feeling that church kind of shuts down. Well it doesn’t shut down; but it just kind of slows down. Being a Christian is a year-long thing; ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Food For The Soul Series

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on Jul 20, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 20,528 views

    The importance of Scripture to the life of the healthy soul.

    True Spirituality Series Food for Your Soul 2 Timothy 3:14-17 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO You are what you eat, so the saying goes. That must be right. I look out here today and I am sure I see several dozen glazed donuts, several chocolate ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Fix These Words In Your Hearts

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 25, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 9,648 views

    This text in Deuteronomy stresses the need to fix God’s Word in our hearts and our children’s hearts. How is this done? How does this make us feel when God puts such responsibility in our hearts? That’s what this sermon expounds on.

    May 29, 2005 Deuteronomy 11:18-21, 26-28 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and souls; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Back To The Basics

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 9, 2001
    based on 178 ratings
     | 4,376 views

    Search for a way out of deadness.

    Back to the Basics By Andrew Chan, PBC, Vancouver, BC Psalm 1 Bill Bryson: “Tourism is an odd thing, You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning all the comforts of home and then expend time and money in a futile attempt to recapture the comforts that you wouldn’t have lost if you hadn’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Living In The Moment

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Aug 27, 2007
    based on 51 ratings
     | 18,181 views

    This was one of the greatest services we have ever had. Hope it blesses you and other churches.

    In the Moment Text: Jeremiah 33:1-3 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 2 “Thus says the LORD who made it, the LORD who formed it to establish it (the LORD is His name): 3 ‘Call unto Me, and I will ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Inclining And Applying God's Word – Part 1

    Contributed by Ed Warfield on Aug 21, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,864 views

    If we truly want to be changed, we must begin dealing effectively with the issues that affect our lives. If we need radical surgery, don’t settle for a bandaid. Let’s “incline our ears” to the full truth of God’s Word

    Inclining and Applying God’s Word – Part 1 – Proverbs 2:2 Intro: We have focused on “receiving & treasuring the Word and as we see in today’s text, this is for a purpose: “so that you may…” One precedes the other. We must receive God’s Word and treasure it before we can truly “incline” & “apply”. ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    If We Cry Out…

    Contributed by Ed Warfield on Aug 21, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,490 views

    “Crying out” stirs something up in the heart of God. It moves God to action on our behalf. 100’s of times throughout the Psalms, David cried out to God & called the people to do the same.

    If We Cry Out… - Proverbs 2:3 Intro.: We have focused on the first “if” of Proverbs 2: Receiving, Treasuring, Inclining & Applying. Now we’re ready to move on to the second “if”. We’ll find that this 2nd level is more aggressive. 1st we were called to “silence”. Now, we’re commanded to “cry out” & ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Is The Bible The Word Of God? Series

    Contributed by Les Puryear on Jan 8, 2020
     | 5,881 views

    Reasons why the Bible is the Word of God

    A new minister was asked to teach a boys' Sunday School class when the regular teacher was absent. He decided to see what they knew about the Bible, so he asked them who knocked down the walls of Jericho. The boys immediately began denying that they did it, and the preacher was appalled at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    One Man's Act Of Righteousness

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 19, 2020
     | 2,222 views

    Short message during virus shut down time. This was shared by text and other media.

    8 March 2020 Sermon Title: One man's act of righteousness Scripture Text: Romans 5:12-19 ILLUSTRATION: FREEDOM The divine "scheme of things," as Christianity understands it, is at once extremely elastic and extremely rigid. It is elastic, in that it includes a large measure of ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible