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    Wandering Soul PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 25, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 831 views

    The main point of this sermon is that God uses our brokenness to lead us back to Him, promising to heal and restore us when we respond to His call for repentance.

    Hello, church family! Isn’t it wonderful to gather here today in fellowship, under God’s unending grace? We're going to dive deep into the Word of God, specifically into the book of Hosea, chapter 6 verse 1. It says, "Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he ...read more

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    Is God's Word Strange To You? PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 5, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 80 views

    The sermon urges us to embrace God’s Word even when it challenges us, reminding us true faith means letting God, not ourselves, define truth.

    Some words woo us with comfort; others confront us with change. When the Lord speaks, His words carry weight that wakes us up. We sense His sentences brushing the dust off our Bibles and the haze off our hearts. Sometimes the pages feel prickly, passages puzzle us, and precepts press against our ...read more

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    Talent: What's In Your Hand Series

    Contributed by Todd Tenaglia on Jun 13, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 542 views

    God has given each of us a unique set of gifts, abilities, and resources. The challenge for us is to figure out the best way to use them for the glory and advancement of the Kingdom.

    1. Opening a. Illustration: ?A story about our beautiful garden at home and my inability to care for it. ? Overgrown with weeds that choke the beautiful flowers until I learn how to care for it. ? A gardener inherited a plot of land. Some areas were rocky, some fertile, but every inch could be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Take A Stand When Others Want You To Sit Down - Philippians 1: 27-30 Series

    Contributed by Scott Turansky on Feb 11, 2022
     | 2,873 views

    in this passage Paul is going to share with us four things, four ideas that can help us to be able to take a stand when others want us to sit down.

    This week my assistant who works for me… Tracy, who's worked with me for five years…she's great. I love her very much. But she has decided to move on and is leaving us with a hole in our ministry. So in a desire to replace her quickly, I put an announcement out. You probably saw this. So ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Through All Generations Series

    Contributed by Jon Daniels on Dec 5, 2022
     | 1,926 views

    Based on Matt. 1:1-17 - Sermon encourages hearers to know that God has always been with us, is with us now, & will be with us in all generations to come.

    “…THROUGH ALL GENERATIONS” Matt. 1:1-17 FBCF – 12/4/22 Jon Daniels INTRO – K & K missionary video – Only way they can stay where they are & do what they are doing is b/c they KNOW that God is w/ them! And that’s the subject of this sermon series for the next month: “GOD IS WITH ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thanks Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 7, 2023
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,986 views

    Why do the Gospels tell us the story of the 10 lepers. What does their gratitude (or lack thereof) teach us about them - and about us as Christians?

    September 1923 - a devastating earthquake rocked the islands of Japan. And just in the city of Tokyo it destroyed nearly 75% of the buildings. The New York Tribune called the earthquake “Undoubtedly the greatest disaster in recorded time.” It was estimated that nearly 300,000 people died, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Isaiah 53: Smitten Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Aug 19, 2024
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     | 824 views

    God was smitten with us which is why Jesus was smitten. Jesus was smitten with us which is why He was smitten by God. The motivation for God saving us was His love.

    ISAIAH 53 SERIES: SMITTEN ISAIAH 53:4 | #Isaiah53 PERSON IN THE CONGREGATION READS ISAIAH 53 READ ISAIAH 53:1-12 (ESV) “Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For He grew up before Him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Wheat And Weeds And Weeds And Wheat

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 21, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,471 views

    God's leniency toward us sinners should convince us of His power and our need to imitate Him by forgiving those who damage us.

    Sixteenth Sunday in Course 2023 Who in the universe is mightier than God? Right, that’s a silly question. God is the mightiest. But how does He show His power, beyond just keeping every atom and molecule in existence? God’s power is manifest in His justice, which is imprinted into our consciences. ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Sermon # 8 - The Blessing Of Selfless Giving Series

    Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Feb 27, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,276 views

    We live in a world that prompts us to be self-centered and individualistic. What does God expect of us? This sermon will teach us about giving the way that is pleasing to God.

    We read in Acts 4:32, “Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.” (ESV) One of the key reasons for the tremendous growth of the early church was that the people ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    The Resurrection Body Is A Transformed Body Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 4, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,289 views

    The text before us is an intensely interesting revelation concerning the nature of the resurrection body. God tells us that it is the resurrection of new body that will then carries us on into the eternal ages to come.

    [RESURRECTION REALITIES SERIES] 1 CORINTHIANS 15: 35-42 THE RESURRECTION BODY IS A TRANSFORMED BODY [John 12: 23-28; Philippians 3:20-21] The text before us is an intensely interesting revelation concerning the nature of the resurrection body. After having established that the resurrection of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Contrasting Healthy And Unhealthy Ways Of Viewing Spiritual Gifts

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 18, 2006
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     | 1,745 views

    Unhealthy Views of Spiritual Gifts-* Useful for gaining popularity, status and power * Useful for helping one stand out from the crowd * Useful for self-aggrandizement (Increasing one’s power, rank or wealth) * Useful for protecting oneself from other’

    Contrasting Healthy and Unhealthy Ways of Viewing Spiritual Gifts 1 Corinthians 12:6 (NIV, NIRV, TNIV, KJV) Unhealthy Views of Spiritual Gifts * Useful for gaining popularity, status and power * Useful for helping one stand out from the crowd * Useful for self-aggrandizement ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Son’s Gift Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 9, 2010
     | 4,888 views

    Christ gives every believer the Holy Spirit who delivers us from the penalty and power of sin, dwells within us to give us a different attitude and destiny, and directs us to intimacy with our Heavenly Father. This is the true Spirit of Christmas.

    Just a few days before Christmas one year, a postal worker at one of the main sorting offices found an unstamped, handwritten, messy envelope addressed to God. Curious, he opened it and discovered that it was from an elderly woman who was in great distress because all of her savings – $200 – had ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    The Holy Spirit In The Gospels

    Contributed by John Gaston on Jul 9, 2015
     | 4,376 views

    He filled a fetus, conceived Christ, fulfilled Messianic expectation, descended like a Dove, led to be tested, helps us worship, makes us born from above, teaches & reminds us, and fills us with power to witness & validate the Gospel.

    THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE GOSPELS INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Bill Gates died and went to heaven where Peter gave him a nice house with a pool. 2. One day, he bumped into another man and saw that the other guy had a lot nicer things than he had. 3. So Gates asked him, "Were you a minister or ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Twenty Four Seven Three Sixty Five

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jan 19, 2015
    based on 10 ratings
     | 33,312 views

    God is always with us. He is often seen through the people around us by their words and actions. There is a great expectation from us that comes through repentance. As God makes a total commitment to us, we must make a total commitment to Him.

    Twenty-four Seven Three Sixty Five “Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with my victorious right hand." Isaiah 41:10 Intro: God chooses us not because we deserve it but because God loves us and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Can You Justify That? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 10, 2016
    based on 12 ratings
     | 22,016 views

    Justification sounds like a $20 word that nobody would use outside of Church. But surprisingly the words justify and justification are interwoven into our culture and are used in ways that tell us a lot about what God did when He justified us.

    I’m going to show you a list of some common English sayings on the screen. Tell me you recognize them. A thorn in the side Eat, drink, and be merry Handwriting on the wall. The blind leading the blind. Like a lamb to the slaughter Do not throw your pearls before swine Can a leopard ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ