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  • Gordon Curley avatar

    Let Us Pray! Series

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jul 23, 2017
     | 9,259 views

    Let us Pray – James chapter 5 verse 13-20 – sermon by Gordon Curley PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info

    SERMON OUTLINE: (1). Prayer When Life is Hard or Easy (vs 13). (2). Prayer When We Have Sickness (vs 14-16) (3). Prayer When You Have Sin in Your Life (vs 15-16). (4). Prayer When We See Believers Straying (vs 19-20). SERMON BODY: Ill: Celebrities with nicknames. • (1). Frank Sinatra ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Ricky Tuttle Thd avatar

    Praying One For Another Series

    Contributed by Ricky Tuttle Thd on Aug 11, 2023
     | 1,425 views

    There are 650 prayers in the Bible and 450 answered prayers. Just studying some of those prayers.

    “Praying One For Another” 2 Timothy 1:2-7 As we once again step into the life of prayer; we see Paul lifting up a fellow servant in the Lord with prayer. Is it important to pray for each other? I believe the answer is without a doubt YES! As we look at this prayer in our text today, I am ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Praying For Spiritual Insight Series

    Contributed by Paul Dayao on Sep 18, 2025
     | 223 views

    This sermon explores Paul's primary prayer for believers: that the glorious God would grant us a spirit of wisdom and revelation, not for greater intellect, but for a deeper, more intimate, personal knowledge of Him.

    Introduction Anyone who has tried to navigate the streets of Metro Manila knows that a simple map is often not enough. A map can show you the names of the roads, but it can't tell you about the real-time traffic, the sudden one-way schemes, or the streets that are prone to flooding. To truly ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Watch Ye And Pray

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Apr 20, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,496 views

    This is a sermon that calls us to prayer.

    “Watch Ye and Pray” Text: I Peter 4:7 “But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.” Scripture Reading: Matthew 26:41; Mark 13:33 “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    Jesus Prays For Himself

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on May 5, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,298 views

    Is it selfish to pray for one's needs first?

    Jesus Prays for Himself John 17:1-5 The prayer Jesus offers in the 17th chapter of John has often been called the Lord’s prayer in the sense that the one He taught the disciples on the Sermon on the Mount is more rightly “The Disciple’s Prayer. The prayer that Jesus offers at the end of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Pray For Us Preachers Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 3, 2016
     | 4,180 views

    The homily is the touchstone for judging a pastor’s closeness and ability to communicate to his people.

    Thursday of 13th Week in Course Today Jesus’s words are about preaching and service. They are directed to us, to the clergy leaders of the Church, primarily, but really to all Christians. Saint Francis lived out this vocation–he took with him on his journeys almost nothing. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    It's Time To Pray

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Oct 2, 2007
    based on 54 ratings
     | 39,880 views

    It is not the time for complaining, or criticizing, or becoming weary or depressed. It is time to Pray.

    It is such a tragedy that the greatest power there is on earth is so often overlooked. We suffer so much at the hands of the enemy that could so easily be avoided if we just took time to pray. It is not that the enemy is so strong, that many of Gods people are discouraged and defeated, but because ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Gaither Bailey avatar

    On Guard, Alert And Praying

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 2, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,171 views

    Facing difficult times by being prepared and praying for the return of Christ.

    Luke 21: 25 – 36 – On Guard, Alert and Praying Intro: It was a dark, cold, rainy evening in the fall of 1916. A family was gathered in the old log house that had served as the family homestead for many decades. A young couple with four small children was on their way to that same house in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Praying With Spiritual Intelligence

    Contributed by Benjamin Suulola on Oct 28, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,821 views

    So many prayers remain unanswered because believers employed natural intelligence in praying rather than praying with spiritual intelligence.

    I want to speak to you about praying with spiritual intelligence. This is one of the prayer manners we must understand as we develop in the school of prayer. Spiritual intelligence is superior to Natural intelligence So many prayers remain unanswered because believers employed natural ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

  • Ricky Tuttle Thd avatar

    Praying From Hell Series

    Contributed by Ricky Tuttle Thd on Jan 19, 2023
     | 1,832 views

    Hell is real and the world has rejected this truth, but not GOD's Word.

    “Praying From Hell” Luke 16:19-31 1-22-2023 AM Before Ray Comfort became nationally know he preached a series called Hell’s Best Kept Secret. He revealed that in one year there was in one denomination over 200,000 professions of salvation and yet there was only 14,000 that could be accounted for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    Jesus Praying For Us Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Apr 15, 2013
     | 7,515 views

    A 4 part series of sermons from Jesus' final Prayer in John 17. Part 3 of 4.

    The Real Lord’s Prayer John 17:11-19 March 17, 2013 At the end of an interview, the person from human resources asked an engineering graduate, “What starting salary were you looking for?” The engineer excitedly said, “In the neighborhood of $125,000 a year, plus a benefit ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Green avatar

    Praying Dangerous Prayers

    Contributed by Mark Green on Jul 5, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,699 views

    Praying like Jesus will mean praying dangerous prayers.

    I love technology…especially when it works. I am some what technologically challenged. That means my 11 year old has to program the DVD player for me and my 5 year old has to hook up the video games. So imagine my surprise when I arrive at BCC and I am presented with my very own cell phone. I still ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Jeremy Poling avatar

    It's Time To Pray

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on May 15, 2013
     | 11,805 views

    Its time to pray

    2Ch 7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 2Ch 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dave McFadden avatar

    "Praying The Heart Of God" Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 3, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,094 views

    John speaks about interceding for wayward brothers and sisters in Christ.

    John tells us two things with respect to prayer in our passage for today. 1. We should pray according to God's will - vs. 14-15 What does it mean to pray "according to God's will"? A. To approach God with a surrendered life. "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me." - Psalm ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Shawn Drake avatar

    Sodom- Worth Praying For Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 22, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,589 views

    This is the 3rd Sermon in the Series "Biblical Cities- Sodom".

    Series: Biblical Cities- Sodom [#3] SODOM- WORTH PRAYING FOR? Genesis 10:19 Introduction: We are continuing in our Series about some of the most mentioned Cities in the Bible. Tonight, we are going to continue studying the city that is 4th on the list- Sodom. Sodom is mentioned 48 times in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist