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Why Are Some Missing The Best Things In Life

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Mar 18, 2004

based on 46 ratings

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We miss the best because we have settled forthe ordinary.

Why are some Missing the Best Things in Life Washington State led 61-56 with 25 seconds left before Dan Grunfeld cut it to one with a rare four-point play, hitting a long 3-pointer from the corner and making a free throw, his only points of the game. With 17.2 seconds left, Washington State could ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:1-6, Luke 4:14-16

Denomination: Wesleyan

When Good Things Happen To Bad People Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 10, 2004

based on 17 ratings

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When unworthy people get good things, prayer helps us discover that we too do have good things, that the issue is not goods but our feelings, and that ultimately God is just and gracious.

There is, indeed, very little justice in the world. But that’s very old news. We established that last week. Last week we talked about that age-old problem of what you do what bad things happen to good people. We thought about how, when good people get into tough times, it just feels as though ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

"Greater Things" Series: By Dr. Winson Butler

Contributed by Winson Butler on Jan 18, 2005

based on 7 ratings

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Remember, in the eyes of average people, average is always considered outstanding. Jesus however said, Greater things we will do & that’s a vast difference from "average things.." Let’s examine His words together!

Introduction "Greater Things." Sound a little suspicious? Just turn on the TV and it gives us enough to be suspicious about. Just today I listened to an Evangelist say, "Just name it and claim it.." I’m leary of that kind of preaching! However, it can’t be ignored that Jesus Himself said as He ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

"The Two Things..." By Dr. Winson Butler

Contributed by Winson Butler on Jan 18, 2005

based on 9 ratings

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"Stop every day and look at the size of God". Good advice for us all. There’s something else to think about as well. Let’s examine it together!

Introduction Want answers just ask a teen, they know everything. Well almost everything. Everyone has their limitations. Even God? Well, Yes and No. I don’t want anyone to get the impression that I believe that our God is incapable of anything, He is the God of the IMPOSSIBLE. However, I have ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:18

Denomination: Baptist

Funny Things Happen On The Way To The Promised Land Series

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Mar 14, 2005

based on 44 ratings

| 17,509 views

There is more to gluttony than eating too much. It is a statement to God that you don’t trust God to take care of the future. You have to get all you can today because you aren’t sure of tomorrow.

Funny Things Happen on the Way to the Promised Land Exodus 16:1-5 March 13, 2005 It was the late Bronze Age, about 1,500 years or so before Jesus, and the people of Israel were coming to the end of 400 years of slavery in Egypt. Their ancestors had come to Egypt during a severe drought and ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 16:1-5

Denomination: Methodist

Things Aren't Always What They Seem

Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Dec 23, 2003

based on 84 ratings

| 6,343 views

Christmas Eve: There were so many things in the Christmas story that aren’t what they seemed to be. But God used them to bring salvation to the world!

A visitor to the zoo noticed one of the keepers sobbing quietly in a corner. He asked, “What’s the matter with that poor man?” He was told that the elephant had just died. “Fond of him, was he?” the visitor asked. “No, it’s not that,” came the reply. “He’s the one who has to dig the grave.” Things ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Lutheran

Eight "Right Things" Concerning Giving To The Lord

Contributed by Tim Gresham on Jan 10, 2004

based on 136 ratings

| 33,308 views

King David is preparing the congregation of Israel to give toward the building of the Temple. 8 simple points

Eight “Right Things” Concerning Giving to the Lord by Pastor Tim Gresham Text: 1 Chronicles 29:1-16 Welcome to another Sunday of Stewardship Emphasis! Before I begin, I’d like to tell you of A little girl who became restless in church as the preacher’s sermon dragged on and on. Finally, she ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Why Bad Things Happen To Good People Series

Contributed by Jeffrey Cox on Jan 13, 2004

based on 18 ratings

| 8,971 views

So why do bad things happen to good people? They don’t; it’s as simple as that. Good things (eternal life) happen only to good people (born-again believers); and bad things (eternal punishment) only happen to bad people (sinners).

Do we have the right to complain? I. One of the main everyday sins we all commit is addressed in Philippians 2:14 “Do all things without grumbling and complaining.” A. This is based on the assumption that we deserve more than we are getting; that this bad thing shouldn’t be happening to us ...read more

Scripture: Job 10:17, Matthew 10:28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Seven Things That Don't Fade Away Series

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Feb 5, 2004

based on 55 ratings

| 8,382 views

Focus on the "incorruptible" things brings a good perspective to life when life just takes your breath away.

SEVEN THINGS THAT DON’T FADE AWAY 3rd part of “Grasping a full life” message series 20For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21because, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:20-23

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Encouragement In All Things...even Pulling Buses!

Contributed by Stephen Ring on Feb 11, 2004

based on 14 ratings

| 3,143 views

Encouragement is a key Christian ingredient.

ENCOURAGEMENT IN ALL THINGS…EVEN PULLING BUSES On Friday afternoon about noon I was in the process of trying to get up King Street to get to my car. I say trying, because if you saw the news Friday night there was a High School Transit Bus Pull being held between Saint John High School and St. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:2-4

Denomination: Baptist

Things Aren't Always What They Seem

Contributed by John Beehler on Feb 13, 2004

based on 57 ratings

| 21,386 views

You can be poor,hungry,hated, and still be blessed.

Things Aren’t Always What They Seem Why do you come to church on Sunday? One answer could be that you come to exercise your faith or, in other words, your spiritual muscles. Well, today we’re going to exercise your physical muscles, as well. I’ve read that it takes more facial muscles ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:5-10, Luke 6:17-26

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

When Things Don't Make Sense

Contributed by Thomas Miller on Apr 16, 2005

based on 24 ratings

| 8,737 views

Get busy living or get busy dying. We can live with adversity or let adversity live us.

When Things Don’t Make Sense It doesn’t make sense to try to and figure out the way things happen. We know He said that our ways are not His ways, and who can understand the mind of the Lord? We hear the whisper of His voice, and we have a choice to get out of the boat and walk ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:7

Denomination: Assembly Of God

12 Things In Hell We Need In The Church

Contributed by James Arnold on Apr 17, 2005

based on 24 ratings

| 4,456 views

A more detailed twist to what seems to be a popular sermon.

1. Room To Grow Isaiah 5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 2. Death Vs 22 Romans 6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Pentecostal

Three Things Satan Sees That We Ought To Series

Contributed by Rich Dunbar on May 18, 2005

based on 104 ratings

| 13,078 views

This sermon identifies three things believers ought to see that Satan does.

I am amazed at what someone can overlook that is literally right before their eyes. Have you ever watched the Discovery Channel or Animal Planet and seen shows about snakes or insects? Every time they do one of those there will be a scene that appears to be a tree branch and green leaves or a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:4-12

Denomination: Baptist

Seven Things God Says To You In The Battle

Contributed by Jamie Wright on Jan 7, 2006

based on 360 ratings

| 49,288 views

God still speaks to his children, even in the darkest of hours.

7 Things God says to you in the Midst of the Battle Pastor Jamie Wright * MFC * Wed. 4-13-05 2 Chronicles 20:14-20 1. Do not fear! vs. 15 “…Be not afraid…” This is God speaking 385 times in the KJV the word fear is mentioned 62 times the Bible says, “Fear not” There is a “fear not” for every ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 20:14-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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