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  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    Don't Throw Away Your Gift

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Dec 6, 2002
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    How can we throw away our gift of salvation? By doing nothing at all.

    INTRODUCTION • As we get closer to the Christmas holiday, what is one thing that seems to take center-stage with this holiday? • It is gifts. I mean how many of us get up at 5:00 am to pray or read the word compared to going shopping? How many of us would max out the credit cards to help with ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Picture This! Weeds Series

    Contributed by John Braland on Apr 3, 2007
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     | 4,259 views

    Weeds come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Some of them flower and look absolutely beautiful and others will poke you and make you bleed. Some weeds are hard to identify as tender shoots but as they age their identity will become clear. Jesus kne

    Last summer my daughters Katie and Sara asked if they could take our dogs Shadow and Reba for a walk. Now Shadow is a black lab and he needs to walk because he has a bit of a weight problem. Reba is 12 and is deaf but always willing to take a spin. I live on a gravel road that is surrounded by ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A New King - Zechariah 9 Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 30, 2009
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     | 7,507 views

    Zechariah 9-14 is mostly Hebrew Poetry. One commentator has called these "perhaps the most problematic 6 chapters in the bible"

    A New King Zech 9 October 5, 2008 Intro: This morning we are going to continue our study of Zechariah by looking at chapter 9, and we might need to work hard with it so before we dive in, let me begin with these: The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot’s wife looked back and turned ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Closer Walk

    Contributed by Gary Holt on Jul 29, 2023
     | 2,976 views

    We can learn from Enoch to walk with God, that God expects us to walk by faith and that without faith we cannot please God or enter heaven

    “A closer walk” Hebrews 11:5-6 I didn’t know I was competitive: - until I got this new watch that tracks my steps - It told me I was supposed to walk about 5700 steps a day - I did that, and then I did 10,000, 14,000 camping Last Thursday: - I started walking south and got to about 4000 ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Best Of Both Worlds SermonCentral

    Contributed by SermonCentral on Oct 25, 2023
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     | 1,063 views

    Help the congregation understand the difference between wisdom and knowledge.

    Good morning, dear members of our beloved congregation. As we gather here today, we are united by our shared faith and our collective desire to grow in understanding and wisdom. We are here to engage in a spiritual journey, a journey that will take us through the sacred scriptures and into the ...read more

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    "We Will Give Account" Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 25, 2008
     | 11,818 views

    Sermon 11 in a study in HEBREWS

    “For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    Americas Idols

    Contributed by Greg Bryan on Nov 15, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 5,443 views

    At times, the horizontal totally eclipses the vertical. What I mean is that our relationships with other people are often more important than our relationship with God. Our relationship with God becomes secondary. God is the ultimate reality. Theref

    At times, the horizontal totally eclipses the vertical. What I mean is that our relationships with other people are often more important than our relationship with God. Our relationship with God becomes secondary. God is the ultimate reality. Therefore, to be rightly aligned with Him is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Prayer Of A Deperate Man (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Apr 14, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 8,401 views

    Part 2 deals with the hard situations in life. Jonah was in the belly of a fish and prayed a prayer of desperation. There are 4 life lessons we can learn from Jonah’s intense situation. When applied it will change our lives and situations forever.

    Title: The Prayer Of A Desperate Man Title: Jonah 2:1-10 Pray!!! Read Text!!! Introduction: - Have you ever been in a position were God needed to show up or it was over. - I mean if God doesn’t intervene, you go bankrupt, or you die. - This is were Jonah was at with God. - This is part two in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    What Do People Do In Heaven? Series

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Jul 14, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,121 views

    Any ability or talent or appearance or power or fame we receive is entirely derivative-an expression of His goodness imputed to us for a short while. Satan wanted worship for himself. Saints seek to bring worship to their God.

    And around the throne, twenty four thrones, and on the thrones twenty four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and on their heads, golden crowns (of victory) And out of the throne came lightnings and voices and thunders, and seven fiery lamps burning before the throne, which are the seven ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Is It Time To Reboot?

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Aug 4, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,247 views

    Today our lesson challenges us about our priorities in life – It asks the questions: “Do we still trust God today?” “Do we have Him in His proper place in our life?” “Do we still trust God in a pandemic?’ But do we really? Is God in 1st place on our priority list today?

    What reboot means? To reboot is to reload the operating system of a computer: to start it up again. Booting is starting a computer's operating system, so rebooting is to start it for a second or third time. ... Rebooting allows the computer to restart and get back to working normally. After a ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Conduct Matters Series

    Contributed by Stephen Weatherby on Aug 16, 2021
     | 3,370 views

    Conduct Matters

    In the book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that the church’s integrity problem is in the misconception “that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in behavior. It is revival without reformation or repentance.” We are on week three of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Under The Sun Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Feb 19, 2023
     | 2,924 views

    If you want to find any significance in an otherwise insignificant life, look above the sun.

    The movie Antz begins with an ant named Z talking to his therapist. Take a look. (Show Antz (1998)—You Are Insignificant scene). All my life I've lived and worked in the big city…. I always tell myself there has got to be something better out there. Maybe I, maybe I think too much. I think ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    The Real Meaning Of Life

    Contributed by Gerry Pratt on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 6,612 views

    Just what is the real meaning of life? Can we know...and how does it affect us?

    Psalm 8:4-9 - 4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Be Armed Series

    Contributed by David Welch on Oct 28, 2006
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     | 5,157 views

    6th message in a series of messages on spirutal warfare.

    Chico Alliance Church September 3, 2006 Pastor David Welch "Spiritually Aware, Alert, Armed and Aggressive" Pt 6 NOTE to Sermon Central browsers. This is part six in the series when preached but notes for part 4 and five are not included because the sermons from part three notes took two extra ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    The Vitality Of Faith Series

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Mar 29, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 9,716 views

    Actions are vital signs of real faith. Faith that moves is faith that is alive. Faith that pleases God must find expression in actions that please God.

    The Vitality of Faith James 2:14-26 Intro: If you’ve studied Romans or Galatians recently, you might come to this particular passage in James and wonder if Paul and James believed the same thing about what it meant to be saved or to be a Christian. Martin Luther was impacted very strongly ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God