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  • Darren Rogers avatar

    God's Plan

    Contributed by Darren Rogers on Aug 16, 2007
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     | 20,971 views

    God uses many different types of people that we would never choose - He can use you!!

    God’s Plan It never ceases to amaze me the people that God chooses to do His work. We would choose “the wise, the mighty, the noble”.Vs 26 1 Corinthians 1:27 – 31 We often think that God cannot use us. We have no talents that God can use. We have no ability We have no education. We have no ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Is It So Hard?

    Contributed by Duane Smith on Apr 15, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 10,621 views

    This message is meant to bring us face to face with the problem of sin and encourage us to go to Christ for freedom and victory!

    WHY IS IT SO HARD? Proverbs 13:15 INTRODUCTION: A. Over the past few months I have heard quite a few people tell me that life is hard 1. Life, Why is it so hard? a. Is the over arching principle of life found in 1 Cor 10:31 hard to understand - Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Glory

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 20, 2007
    based on 53 ratings
     | 8,586 views

    1. The Word dwells with us. 2. The Word is the glory of God. 3. The Word shares his glory with us.

    The Glory John 1:1-14 Leonard Slatkin, music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, was asked a hypothetical question: “What would happen if one of the world’s great violinists performed incognito before a traveling rush-hour audience of over 1,000 people?” “Let’s assume,” Slatkin said, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Borrowing And Saving - Should Christians Do Either? Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Feb 18, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,866 views

    In this sermon we discuss how to make money work for us in savings, rather than against us by borrowing.

    Introduction: A. Before going to Europe on business, a man drove his Rolls-Royce to a downtown NY City bank and went in to ask for an immediate loan of $5 thousand. 1. The loan officer was quite taken aback, and asked what collateral he could offer. 2. “Well, here are the keys to my Rolls-Royce,” ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Love Without Limits Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Feb 19, 2008
     | 9,069 views

    God showed how much He loves us when He gave His Son to die for us.

    The Cost of Showing You Care Despite the sluggish U.S. economy, this year lovebirds still planned to shell out an average of $123 each on Valentine’s Day, up from $120 last year and eclipsing the $101 of 2006. The total estimated cost for the U.S.: $17 billion, according to estimates by the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Prodigal Father

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jun 10, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 14,218 views

    The love that our heavenly Father has for us is recklessly extravagant, and is able to fill the Father hunger within us.

    THE PRODIGAL FATHER [Read Luke 15:11-24] -Maybe you’ve heard another version of this story of the Prodigal Son: The Prodigal Son in "F" Feeling footloose and frisky, a featherbrained fellow forced his fond father to fork over the farthings, and flew far to foreign fields and frittered his ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Gods Good Work In You

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Jun 28, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,804 views

    As growing children of God let us be aware that He is molding us day by day to be more like Him.

    God’s Good Work in You 8-5-06 Philippians 1:6 6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: Here in Philip.1:6 is a wonderful truth that God has revealed that every Christian needs to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Power Of Faith Series

    Contributed by Don Baggett on Jan 18, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,418 views

    Romans 4, uses Abraham as an example to show us how faith brings the power of God into our lives

    Faith is a very necessary element in order to receive the good things that God has said that we could have. Romans 4, uses Abraham as an example to show us how faith brings the power of God into our lives. JUSTIFIES THE BELIEVER Verse 3 says, “...Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • OLORUNNISOLA ONI avatar

    Recover Your Losses

    Contributed by Olorunnisola Oni on Sep 15, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 27,105 views

    The sermon tells us how we can recover whatever the enemy steals or has stolen from us.

    Introduction: At one time or the other, some of us if not all of us have lost one thing or the other to the enemy. As children of God and because of His mighty hand of deliverance on us, we can recover whatever the enemy has stolen from us. This morning, we will use the example of David to see how ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Bob Joyce avatar

    Hanging In There Through Loss Series

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,141 views

    Job teaches us that through loss, God responds to us as a father shaping, molding and blessing even in the pain.

    We are here tonight once again following the theme, Hanging in There. I want us to look at the subject, Hanging in There Through Loss. The loss of something special is always grievous. Those who study grief have learned that grief has a pattern. At times that pattern is longer for some than it is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Crazy On A Ship Of Fools"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Sep 19, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,999 views

    Do we beleive that the Risen Christ is more than willing and able to save even us, even us?

    "Crazy on a Ship of Fools" Genesis 32:22-31 Mark 8:34-38 By Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor of Grace UMC, Soddy Daisy, TN I remember reading the morning paper way back in June of 1994. The lead story was about the murder of O.J. Simpson’s wife…which had happened ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Permitted But Not Blessed

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 22, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 10,919 views

    Sometimes God will permit us to do things that are detrimental to us. Spiritual discernment is a must in our relationship with God.

    PERMITTED BUT NOT BLESSED TEXT: Numbers 22:20-22 Numbers 22:20 22 -- “And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.” “And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Living Out Our Faith Thru Submission Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Oct 13, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,558 views

    For us to live as Christ has called us to live, submission has to the centerpiece of how we focus on God!

    Sermon Brief Date Written: October 13, 2007 Date Preached: October 14, 2007 Where Preached: OZHBC (PM) Sermon Details: Sermon Series: A Study in 1 Peter Sermon Title: Living Out Our Faith Thru Submission! Sermon Text: 1 Peter 2:18-25 Introduction: Over the past several weeks in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Rickman avatar

    The Pursuit Of Holiness

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Feb 5, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,635 views

    God has not only called us to be holy, He has given us everything we need to be holy.

    February 7, 2010 Morning Worship Text: Ephesians 5:1-21 Subject: A Life in Christ Title: The Pursuit of Holiness I’ve been riding the high of what happened here last Sunday morning. That sweet presence of the Holy Spirit was so compelling that many of you didn’t want to leave the building. It ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Alvin Hathaway, Sr. avatar

    A Black Man Is Coming

    Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on May 21, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 16,041 views

    A black man is coming to cause us to revive our faith in God and to restore us into right relationship with God.

    Sunday, November 2, 2008 “A Black Man is Coming” Text: Hosea 11: 1 – 11 Have you ever sat on the doorstep of expectancy waiting for a hope of a better tomorrow? It may have been as a child unable to sleep because your imagination is running wild as a holiday approaches with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist