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  • Paul Apple avatar

    The Focus Of The Gospel -- Exalting Christ Series

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,336 views

    FOCUS ON EXALTING CHRIST AND YOU CAN COUNT ON SUPERNATURAL BOLDNESS IN FRUITFUL MINISTRY -- - ONE THAT WILL GLORIFY CHRIST - AND EFFECTIVELY IMPACT OTHERS

    BIG IDEA: FOCUS ON EXALTING CHRIST AND YOU CAN COUNT ON SUPERNATURAL BOLDNESS IN FRUITFUL MINISTRY -- - ONE THAT WILL GLORIFY CHRIST - AND EFFECTIVELY IMPACT OTHERS I. SUPERNATURAL BOLDNESS IN FRUITFUL MINISTRY COMES FROM FOCUSING ON EXALTING CHRIST (:19-21) A. The Power of Intercessory Prayer ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How The Holy Spirit Helps Us Turn Our Focus Away From Pain And Toward Positive Thoughts

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 47 ratings
     | 5,390 views

    How to turn your sorrow into joy with the Spirit’s empowerment, enabling and enrichment.

    Illustration: Dr. Henry Pope tells a story of one his students who learned how to change her perspective. It seems that one young girl while attending college spotted a young man who seemed very handsome and someone she would like to get to know. One day she was sitting in the library and spotted ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Live In Full Freedom

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,771 views

    How to Live in Full Freedom - Rom. 8:2-8 Americans love freedom, yet many do not know the true freedom found in Christ Jesus.

    How to Live in Full Freedom - Rom. 8:2-8 Freedom: The condition of being free or unrestricted; personal, civic and spiritual. Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. Illustration:The divine "scheme of things," as Christianity understands it, is at once extremely elastic and extremely ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Whatever Happened To Hope

    Contributed by David Parks on Aug 15, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,191 views

    There is no doubt in Hope.

    Whatever Happened To Hope? (Note this text was used with the power pont slide available at Sermon Central) And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13) What Is It? "Thus ELPIDZEIN means expectation with the nuance of counting upon... If ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Joyful Christian

    Contributed by Troy Mason on Aug 23, 2002
    based on 70 ratings
     | 8,104 views

    A call to be joyful in our walk with the Lord

    The Joyful Christian Psalm 100 Introduction: Several years ago, the #1 song on the pop charts was titled “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”. It had a snappy, tropical sort of beat, and left people with the feeling that everything was okay. It left them feeling relaxed and good about themselves and their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Would Jesus Say To Those Whose Well Has Run Dry?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 30, 2002
    based on 153 ratings
     | 28,459 views

    This message on reclaiming joy in your life deals with the sources of joy as well as paths toward recovering joy in your life.

    - When we’re stressed and distressed by the state of our lives, we find ourselves in pathetic condition: - we’re irritated by even the smallest inconveniences and problems, - we rarely laugh, - we’re quick to snap at people, - we flop into bed each night, exhausted, - we have no joy in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    El Gozo Indecible Del Creyente

    Contributed by Stephen Boldin on Sep 12, 2002
    based on 94 ratings
     | 3,895 views

    Como un Cristiano puede y deber tener gozo indecible.

    Introduccion: Este es indudablemente uno de los mas preciosos textos que se encuentran en todo el Nuevo Testamento. Se presenta en una gran explosión de rebosado y abundante gozo. Un cuidadoso estudio de este texto, revela que hay cinco grandes fuentes de este gozo indecible del creyente: 1) ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Count Your Blessings

    Contributed by Robert Simmons on Oct 1, 2002
    based on 105 ratings
     | 47,573 views

    God has given you millions of dollars in quantifiable blessings. Add up the cost of replacing your liver, your heart, your lungs. . .

    B vCOUNT YOUR BLESSINGS For the Christian, gratitude should be a life attitude. “Count Your Blessings” was written by one of the prolific gospel song writers of the past century, a Methodist lay preacher named Johnson Oatman. In addition to his preaching and the writing of more than 5,000 hymn ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Praise He Is Worthy Of

    Contributed by Robert Simmons on Oct 1, 2002
    based on 66 ratings
     | 4,010 views

    What can we do to render to God a thanks, praise, or worship that will approach what He is truly worthy of?

    AN UNCOMPARABLE PRAISE FOR A INCOMPREHENSIBLE GOD WHY TO PRAISE THE LORD: FOR SUSTAINING LIFE: Let everything that has breath, praise the Lord (Psalms 150) FOR INFINITE MERCY: O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psalms 136:1) FOR ABIDING ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Do It With Thy Might

    Contributed by Robert Simmons on Oct 1, 2002
    based on 87 ratings
     | 18,176 views

    Challenge to the congregation to give God the best of your talents and labor.

    There was a young boy who was the son of a drifter. This boy worked as a store clerk for a while, but the store failed. He bought a partnership in another store, but it failed also. He ran for legislature and lost both times. He ran for vice-president and lost. He became the 16th President of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Giants Under Junipers

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 16, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,872 views

    This is the second of a series that I gleaned from Pilgrim’s Progress. It is ongoing and I have no idea of how many there will be.

    1 Kings 19:4 KJV But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. l. INTRODUCTION – PILGRIM’S PROGRESS ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    I Want To Be Loved And Accepted

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Oct 4, 2004
    based on 49 ratings
     | 6,661 views

    What to do when you don’t fit in and it hurts

    THE WINDOW Bible Teaching Ministry of CEDAR LODGE BAPTIST CHURCH Thomasville, NC ---------------------------------------- 1Corinthians 13 Jan 19, 1992 ---------------------------------------- It was once said of a particular statesman that, "...the tragedy of his life is that he never ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Running The Race.

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Oct 9, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,613 views

    In the verses we have this morning he says we are like runners. He compares the Christian life to a runner.

    Running the race. Philippians 3:12 -- 16. 10/10/04 We have been talking about in the book of Philippians how the Christian life is a life of joy. We have learned that our joy doesn’t depend on the circumstances and situations in which we find ourselves. Our joy is in knowing the Lord Jesus as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Bite Of Bitterness

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Oct 12, 2004
    based on 41 ratings
     | 6,348 views

    Bitterness always comes back to bite us and hurt our lives

    The Bite of Bitterness Selected Passages September 26, 2004 Introduction A rattlesnake, if cornered, will sometimes become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is--a biting of oneself. We think that we are harming others in holding ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    A Point Of View.

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Oct 22, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,134 views

    When you read these verses, it sounds like Paul is a little egotistical. He says in the first part of verse 17, “brethren, be followers together of me.” Now keep in mind, these are the people Paul had led to the Lord.

    A point of view. Philippians 3: 17 -- 21. 10/24/04 When you read these verses, it sounds like Paul is a little egotistical. He says in the first part of verse 17, “brethren, be followers together of me.” Now keep in mind, these are the people Paul had led to the Lord. Before Paul got there, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist