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  • Mark Armstrong avatar

    The Spirit Is Coming! Series

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Feb 17, 2019
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     | 8,433 views

    Joel promises restoration through his Son and the sending of his Spirit. God promises to renew people who repent and turn to him.

    For all the talk about forging our own brave, new world, the evidence seems to the contrary. People are despondent and the world seems a mess. Every day the ideological battles play out in the public square are they are prising apart public opinion and fragmenting society. Climate change—gender ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Dynamic Spirit

    Contributed by Scott Spencer on Jan 17, 2016
     | 5,310 views

    Jesus anticipated his disciples needs and gave them a promise. What He promised them here, was to be the essential ingredient for their future ministry.

    A Tour Through Acts part 1 The Dynamic Spirit Acts 1:4-8 4. Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; 5. for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    How Big Are Your Dreams?

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 5, 2001
    based on 487 ratings
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    Little dreams lead to little service, but big dreams can lead to big service, so ask yourself, "How big are our dreams? And what are we going to do about them?"

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2014) A. Do you remember hearing about the 12 spies who Moses sent to spy out the Promised Land, & who then came back with their discouraging report? As you may recall, 10 of them gave a negative report, & 2 ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Christmas Covenant[2004]

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Dec 21, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,818 views

    1 of 1. God informed Jeremiah & Jeremiah the people, of the promise of a new covenant to fulfill the ineffective covenant. God’s people have the promise of an effective covenant. But what is the Christmas Covenant? The Christmas Covenant is....

    THE CHRISTMAS COVENANT—Jeremiah 31:31-34 God informed Jeremiah & Jeremiah the people, of the promise of a new covenant to supplant/fulfill/uphold/empower the ineffective covenant. God’s people have the promise of an effective covenant. What is the Christmas Covenant? Why is the promise of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Day The Fire Fell Series

    Contributed by Glenn Newton on May 16, 2005
    based on 44 ratings
     | 9,528 views

    Living the Spirit Filled Life is vital to the Christian Life, a must have for every believer.

    The Day the Fire Fell Pastor Glenn Newton May 15, 2005 AC 2:1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Do You Want The Lord As Your Shepherd?

    Contributed by William Akehurst on May 6, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,219 views

    From Childhood, many have read and even memorized Psalm 23. This message takes a look at this well known passage from an ALTERNATE perspective by adding 1 WORD. (Useful for Funeral Service)

    DO YOU WANT THE LORD AS YOUR SHEPHERD? Psalm 23 by William Akehurst, HSWC 5/3/08 When I learned of Cousin’s death at about 6 am on Saturday morning, I believe the LORD laid it on my heart to share this message for the funeral service, regarding this well known Psalm. I penned it moments after I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Christians Have From God! Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 19, 2009
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     | 3,127 views

    Christians have EVERY spiritual blessing from heaven; how are we responding to these incredible blessings?

    We noted last week that the Letter to the Ephesians is a letter to all saints. Saints are those who are faithful to Jesus Christ; in other words, if you have fully trusted your life to Jesus Christ, you are a saint now and forever! As we continue to learn from this letter to the Ephesians we will ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The God Who Provides Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 18, 2010
     | 5,932 views

    God has given us what we need for eternal life and for spiritual growth in this life.

    The God Who Provides (2 Peter 1:3-4) Note: I am suggesting that this text is partly a "midrash" (Rabbinic-style exposition and application) from Exodus 33:12-23 (and the concluding section, 34:33), particularly the phrase "grace and goodness," the idea of God providing with His presence, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    In Christ We Have Hope

    Contributed by Paul Searight on Feb 19, 2010
    based on 10 ratings
     | 9,183 views

    In Christ life isn’t meaningless - we have a living hope, a promise from God that there is more to life than this...

    Ecclesiastes 1 NIV 2 "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! 
 Everything is meaningless." 3 What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun? 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. 5 The sun rises and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    The Servant Of Restoration Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Mar 4, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 15,573 views

    The text contains a charge & a promise to the restored nation. The forgiven man must keep God's charge if he is to enjoy the blessings of his right standing.

    ZECHARIAH 3: 6-10 THE SERVANT OF RESTORATION [1 Peter 2:1-10] Our text contains a charge and a promise to the restored nation and its members. The charge and promise can be given and followed because of the coming of the Servant-Branch and the foundation which He laid by the accomplishment of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    In The Car-Wash

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 10, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,218 views

    God’s favor and good-will to his people speak abundant comfort to all believers. All who are redeemed with the blood of his Son, he has set apart for himself. Those that have God for them need not fear who or what can be against them. True believers are p

    Opening illustration: I’ll never forget my first experience using an automatic car wash. Approaching it with the dread of going to the dentist, I pushed the money into the slot, nervously checked and rechecked my windows, eased the car up to the line, and waited. Powers beyond my control began ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Charlie Roberts avatar

    Which One.."Are You?"

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Jul 24, 2016
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     | 7,709 views

    The question is, are we doing everything (having faith in Him and believing) we can to be good soil? You would think the answer to that would be a resounding yes! But the fact of the matter is, for far to many Christians the answer is no...

    Which One, are you? Illus. by Wanye Major A church just had a change of ministers and was to be served by their first woman pastor. One of the parishioners was having a hard time accepting it, not because of any prejudice, but because his favorite pastime was fishing, and he had always enjoyed ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    David Fights For His Throne Series

    Contributed by Gavin Rushton on Jul 28, 2016
     | 8,339 views

    In this sermon we talk about how the Lord fulfils his covenant, what it means to walk in God's promises and how we can apply it to our walk with Christ. an audio version of this talk can be found at www.stkweb.org.uk/media

    2 Samuel 5:1-10 A few years ago I was at a conference where we saw a young man who had been deaf from birth healed, he was brought all the way from the Netherlands by his parents to come to this conference expectant that the Lord would do something for them. He was being prayed for by a group of ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Going Into A New Season

    Contributed by Selwyn Robins on Jan 2, 2011
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     | 19,241 views

    Going from the land of despair, poverty, pain, curses into a land of Milk & Honey.

    I’m excited about what we are going into, a new season. In Genesis 8:22, God talks about seed time and harvest time. In order to rejoice during a harvest, you must have really planted a good seed. The greater the seed that was sown, the greater that harvest and praise we reap. How many ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Saved To Sing Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Mar 13, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 22,567 views

    God's promises should cause us to praise Him.

    Saved to Sing Romans 15:8-13 Rev. Brian Bill 3/13/11 Let’s think about some words that don’t go together very well. I’ll say one phrase and then you give me the exact opposite. Toothpaste Orange Juice Fox News MSNBC Sauerkraut Ice ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist