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  • Doug Fannon avatar

    The Harvest Is Truly Plentiful (But The Laborers Are Few) Series

    Contributed by Doug Fannon on Mar 2, 2020
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     | 18,504 views

    It is important to be about the Lord's business till He comes. Why? Because the harvest is great, but will go to waste if there are no or too few laborers to bring it in.

    We have been looking at what we are supposed to do while waiting for Jesus’ return. As we examined over the past two weeks the parable Jesus told concerning a nobleman who left ten Minas with his servants prior to leaving for a distance country to receive a kingdom (Luke 19:11-27). The charge the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Drug Addicts Fate

    Contributed by Sheryln Miller on May 20, 2017
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     | 8,543 views

    How will Jesus judge drug addicts? Will He say depart from me I never knew you because they wasted their lives pursuing empty pleasures?

    There are many Christians hooked on prescription drugs. Some are hooked on pain medication, some are hooked on anti-depressants and alcohol. I know there are Christians who legitimately need pain medication and anti-depressants but there are some who don’t need them or need as much they are using. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Makes Motherhood Great?

    Contributed by Edward Frey on May 11, 2002
    based on 244 ratings
     | 17,254 views

    A mother’s opportunity to share her faith in Christ makes motherhood great.

    How do we measure greatness? Greatness is usually measured in terms of the end result. For example, a movie is considered a “blockbuster” by the amount of ticket sales it generates; the end result. An historical figure is considered great often by the sheer amount of information written about ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    God Continue To Bless America

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 149 ratings
     | 6,361 views

    Liberty is not the right to do as we please, but the opportunity to please to do what is right.

    " Blessed is the nation who’s God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance" Psalms 33:12 Introduction: French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Identify An Abuser Of Authority

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Apr 3, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,982 views

    Let us identify twenty of the characteristics of abusers of the truth, their positions of authority and their opportunities

    How to Identify an Abuser of Authority (2 Cor 11:12-20) "I would die before taking your money. I’m giving nobody grounds for lumping me in with those money grubbing preachers vaunting themselves as something special. They’re a sorry bunch - pseudo apostles, lying preachers, crooked workers - ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God Is Able

    Contributed by Ron Hicks on Sep 6, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 9,833 views

    Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity to show His love and power.

    GOD IS ABLE! Jer 32:17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: 1.To Do Anything Eph 3:20 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Renew Us Our Days

    Contributed by Steve Boyd on Feb 14, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 18,147 views

    The opportunity to start over again is one of the greatest gifts that God gives to mankind...

    Renew Our Days as of Old March 23, 2003 / Sunday a.m. Lamentations 5:19-22 19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Is Your Passion Christs Passion

    Contributed by Jack Martin on Feb 28, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,953 views

    It is an exhortation to seize the opportunity that the Lord has given us in the making of the Passion of the Christ.

    Is your Passion Christs Passion The Passion of Christ is the buzz of our time. Nearly a year ago - When I first heard about the film / Before I understood anything about it. Something deep inside of me knew it was different. As the weeks have passed my spirit has soared within me. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Spiritual Leadership

    Contributed by Jose Cabajar on Mar 12, 2004
    based on 41 ratings
     | 7,972 views

    Spiritual leadership is a special opportunity given to God-chosen individuals for a special purpose.

    Spiritual leadership is a very important subject worthy to be considered for deeper study. Its indisputable value and amplification has reached a new milestone. Its admirable effects are now being desired by highly competitive and intellectual people in the secular realm. Men of integrity have seen ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Can Prayer Be A Witnessing Tool? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Sep 29, 2013
     | 3,779 views

    Everyone believes in prayer in a crisis and that's an opportunity for us to point them to God.

    AN OPEN DOOR: Everyone believes in prayer in a crisis. - Jonah 1:6 – “The captain went to him and said, ‘How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god!’” - In the section, notice two things: a. It’s the captain that asks Jonah to pray. - Now, there’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Darkness To Light

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,438 views

    God gives mankind an opportunity to move from Spiritual Darnkness to Eternal Light.

    Text: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it” (John 1:5). Is there anyone here who prefers the darkness to the light? I am talking about the darkness of night as compared to the lightness of day. I would venture to say that most of us remember the days of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Timing

    Contributed by Steven Spillman on May 7, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,617 views

    I heard someone say once that the definition of “luck” was “preparation meeting opportunity.”

    I heard someone say once that the definition of “luck” was “preparation meeting opportunity.” The point the speaker was making was that those people we consider “lucky,” having fallen into some overnight success, are really people who quietly and diligently prepared for an opportunity they ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Do Not Forsake The Assembly

    Contributed by Douglas Turner on Jul 23, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,841 views

    An invitation to consider anew the precious opportunity we have to enter the presence of God.

    Our text begins with the word “therefore.” Now in the Greek, this word points backwards to the teaching that has gone before. In other words, “in light of this teaching,” these following things are true. The writer had carefully built a case that Christ is the Superior, once-for-all sacrifice, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Bothersome Bartemaeus

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Oct 22, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,063 views

    When Christ calls us, will we ignore that call or leap to the opportunity to serve?

    Bothersome Bartemaeus Job 42: 1-6, 10-17 / Mark 10: 46-52 Intro: One of the great mysteries of life is how the idiot that your daughter married can be the father of the smartest grandchildren in the whole world. --- Officer, the guy yelled, my father-in-law knocked me down with his car! Are you ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Did You Get The Memo? Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Apr 13, 2010
     | 5,234 views

    Palm Sunday is the opportunity to prepare for Holy Week and the emotional roller-coaster it involves

    A great story from a couple of years ago was reported by Robert Bazell of NBC News. After an attempted IED attack near Tikrit the hospital at Camp Speicher was down to 10% of its blood supply. Brian Suam, was first in line to donate blood when the call went out. His blood was going to be used for ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed