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  • Davon Huss avatar

    Pray Privately Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 3, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 993 views

    Talking about praying privately today- Matthew 6:5-6 (Material adapted from Bob Hostetler's book called "Red Letter Prayer Life", chapter 2 "Pray Privately") Given for Sunday School class

    HoHum: My Uncle Galen taught me how to tie my shoes. Many before him attempted to help me but they did it backwards to the way I did it. When my Uncle Galen showed me it was the right way, left handed people do it the right way because they are in their right mind. Whether it’s losing weight, or ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Call To Pray

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Oct 2, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,176 views

    Pray, Its a practice, Its Relational, Its Asking God, Its yielding to God, Its’ the Key to Victory in life.

    A Call To Pray. Intro: Communication in our Global Society. If these break down our society would be lost. Result: Mass Hysteria(fear), crime, etc. . . This also happens when we have no line of communication with God! Why do we call people that are unsaved lost? Because they have no line of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why?

    Contributed by Stephan Brown on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 111 ratings
     | 20,498 views

    Illustrates from Habakkuk and the life of Joseph how God works in all of our lifes circumstances. Demonstrates how beautifully even the bad circumstances can be turned to good.

    Habakkuk 1:1-4, 1 This is the message that the prophet Habakkuk received from the LORD in a vision. 2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help? But you do not listen! "Violence!" I cry, but you do not come to save. 3 Must I forever see this sin and misery all around me? Wherever I look, I see ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Praying When It Hurts

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Mar 25, 2016
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     | 14,242 views

    A look at a psalm and how we should pray during times that are hard in life

    We’ve sung this song by Matt Redman called "Blessed Be Your Name." The first verse says, Blessed Be Your Name, in the land that is plentiful, where Your streams of abundance flow. Blessed be Your name. The 2nd verse starts out: Blessed be Your name, when the sun's shining down on me, when ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Why Christmas

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 31, 2000
    based on 80 ratings
     | 12,442 views

    A look at some of the traditions of Christmas and why we celebrate it.

    CHRISTMAS, AIN'T IT GREAT? ALL THE TRADITION AND HYPE, ALL OF THE SACRED AND SECULAR, ALL OF THE GIVING AND ALL OF THE GETTING. BUT HAVE YOU EVER STOPPED TO ASK YOUR SELF "WHY CHRISTMAS?" WHY DOES THE ENTIRE WORLD SEEM TO QUEUE UP TO AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THE 25TH OF DECEMBER. WHERE DID ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Christopher Arch avatar

    Praying With Persistence

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on Oct 9, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,301 views

    This is from a series I preached on prayer.

    Title: “Praying with Persistence” Scripture: Luke 11:5-10 Type: Expository series Where: GNBC 10-13-21 Intro: For more than 40 years, a shy Welshman went to his neighbor’s door each week and slipped a love letter underneath. Because of an argument they’d had decades before, she refused to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Praying Effectively Series

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Nov 14, 2007
     | 3,520 views

    Show how to pray effectively according to the book of James

    Title: How to pray effectively Theme: To help people to understand how to pray effectively. Text: James 1:6 James 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. As I read this verse I began to think about ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Praying And Preaching Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Oct 19, 2015
    based on 3 ratings
     | 13,101 views

    Prioritize a place for prayer and preach in all places.

    Praying and Preaching Mark 1:35-39 Rev. Brian Bill October 17-18, 2015 Introduction. Hold up a clear jar and say, “This jar represents our day.” [Pour sand into jar to depict the various things we fill our days with – eating, work, school, watching TV, time on Facebook, hanging ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    In Prison But Praying

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Nov 9, 2007
    based on 91 ratings
     | 20,832 views

    In prison some things were happening. 1- the church was praying 2- the angel was working 3- the apostle was waiting

    INTRO.- ILL.- A man who had been caught embezzling millions from his employer went to a lawyer seeking defense. He didn’t want to go to jail. But his lawyer told him, "Don’t worry. You’ll never have to go to jail with all that money you have." And the lawyer was right. When the man was sent ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    On Fire Praying

    Contributed by Gary Waguespack on Feb 8, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,107 views

    Mt. 6:5-6 describes "closet" praying, this is "on fire" praying, prayer in the "Holy of Holies." Just us and God in Glory.

    We’re in the Gospel of Matthew and we’re talking about Prayer. We’ll be in Mat. 6:5-15, but especially, vss 5-6. I wonder if you’ve heard about the big Fire at a chemical factory in Kansas? 10 Fire companies were called, but the fire was too intense to do more than spray the edges. The owner ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    A Praying Mother

    Contributed by Arthur And Marie Mason on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 31 ratings
     | 26,425 views

    God not only heard, but He answered Hannah’s prayers. Indeed, Hannah was a praying mother!

    A Praying Mother My Mother Prayed (A Mother’s Day Sermon) By Marie Mason I Samuel 1: 1-8 We are about to take a peek into the birth of one of the greatest men Israel had ever known, and a look at the heroine in this story, Samuel’s mother, a praying woman. Chronology: The birth of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Praying Mother

    Contributed by Arthur And Marie Mason on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 7,996 views

    God not only heard, but He answered Hannah’s prayers. Indeed, Hannah was a praying mother!

    A Praying Mother My Mother Prayed (A Mother’s Day Sermon) By Marie Mason I Samuel 1: 1-8 We are about to take a peek into the birth of one of the greatest men Israel had ever known, and a look at the heroine in this story, Samuel’s mother, a praying woman. Chronology: The birth of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Derrick White Sr avatar

    (A Praying Church)

    Contributed by Derrick White Sr on Jun 21, 2018
     | 31,353 views

    MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IF THERE HAS EVER BEEN A TIME WHEN WE AS A BOBY OF BAPTIZE BELIEVERS NEED TO BE PRAYING NOW IS THE TIME WITH THE SINFUL CONDITIONS OF THIS SIN SICK WORLD WE ARE LIVING IN IT`S PRAYING TIME

    Acts 12:1-5 (GW) About that time King Herod devoted his attention to mistreating certain members of the church. [2] He had James, the brother of John, executed. [3] When he saw how this pleased the Jews, he arrested Peter too. This happened during the days of Unleavened Bread. [4] After capturing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dave Martin avatar

    "How To Pray"

    Contributed by Dave Martin on Apr 23, 2002
    based on 58 ratings
     | 7,521 views

    Two men were talking together. The first challenged the other, "If you are so religious, let’s hear you quote the Lord’s Prayer. I bet you $10 you can’t."

    "How to Pray" - Part 2 Text: Mt. 6:9-13 and Selected Cross Creek Community Church Pastor Dave Martin - April 14, 2002 www.crosscreekcc.org God’s Word is Powerful, Relevant, and Life Changing! Two men were talking together. The first challenged the other, "If you are so religious, let’s hear you ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    Purpose Of People

    Contributed by Johnny Byrd on Mar 23, 2017
     | 4,958 views

    A look at why we were created, and how the purpose of man, According to God is still the same as the purpose He gave Adam.

    Purpose of People Genesis 1:26 English Standard Version Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God