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  • Michael Fredette avatar

    Seeking Christ

    Contributed by Michael Fredette on Mar 19, 2023
     | 1,011 views

    Its a great time to be ALIVE

    Jeremiah 29:13‘You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. If you are looking for something extra today is your lucky day There is definitely some extra in here, there’s a command There’s a promise, there’s a guarantee and then it comes with direction. So lets start ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Power Of Choice. The Principle Of Living A Fulfiled Life

    Contributed by Efe Oluwatosin on Jun 26, 2024
     | 783 views

    There is always hope as long as we are alive. The gates to both life and hell are open continuously, allowing for the possibility to transition from one to the other at any given time.

    Matthew 7:13-14 “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow, and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.” Regardless of how far one may have ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Struggling To Believe The Good News Series

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Apr 11, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,393 views

    Jesus rose from the grave. That was no trifling event. It took the disciples some time to grasp all that had changed with the glorious reality of Jesus' resurrection. Their struggle mirrors the struggle of all faithful Christ-followers.

    Sermon for CATM – April 11, 2010 Journeying with the Disciples – Struggling to Believe the Good News Where were you on 9/11? Do you recall what you were doing the day or the exact time you first heard that the U.S. was under attack? What was your first response? Did you say: ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Choices And Consequences: Unfaithful Series

    Contributed by J John on Dec 20, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,298 views

    Anyone who builds a relationship on anything less than openness and honesty is building on shifting sand. There are moments in our lives that change everything.

    --note-- 2002, 20th Century Fox Director: Adrian Lyne Starring: Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Olivier Martinez - - - - - Unfaithful is directed by Adrian Lyne, and set in the suburbs of New York City. That’s where Edward and Connie Sumner (played by Richard Gere and Diane Lane) live with their ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Making History

    Contributed by David Marks on Oct 3, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,626 views

    How would you like to be a part of a team, which impacts history, stories are told about your teams for years? If you were apart of a team like, how would it impact your life?

    How would you like to be a part of a team, which impacts history, stories are told about your teams for years? If you were apart of a team like, how would it impact your life? You may recall in the movie Hoosiers Norman Dale, played by Gene Hackman, takes a rural high school basketball team from ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Breaking Out Of Prision

    Contributed by Michael Fredette on Nov 2, 2019
     | 2,519 views

    When something unexplainable happens to us , it takes something unexplainable to rescue us .

    So this morning I we are going to hit home, right where you live. You know what I’m talking about That private place, where your deep feelings are , where you don’t dare share your thoughts with anyone. That place where some of your bad decisions are kept that you wish you could reverse That ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    It's Mother's Day!

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Dec 19, 2000
    based on 244 ratings
     | 52,179 views

    Mother’s Day used to be such an easy Sunday for preachers because we could preach sermons filled with warm, happy illustrations. Well - maybe not for everybody.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2013) ILL. A man came home from work one afternoon & found his three small children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud. Some of their toys were scattered across the lawn & on the driveway. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Love Is A Verb

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Feb 15, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,475 views

    Love is willing to undergo or endure long. It’s compassionate and generous, it’s humble, open, gentle, thinks good of others, rejoices in righteousness, open, simple child like faith, believes in the success of others, doesn’t give up, love is a survivor

    Love is a Verb I Corinthians 13:4-8a Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    It Is Time To Move Forward Series

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Jan 1, 2019
     | 13,445 views

    The way we have acted in the past in our relationship with God changes as we grow and understand the purposes God has for us. We need to constantly keep our spiritual eyes open to the spiritual newness God has brought into our lives and then be open to transformation.

    Jexit: Judah Comes Home It Is Time To Move Forward A sermon on Zechariah 8:1-23 There is an iconic image from the Vietnam War. It is of a 10 year old girl running towards the camera and screaming - she is one of many victims of a napalm bomb. Her clothes have been burnt completely off and she ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Larry Grant avatar

    Choose That Good Part

    Contributed by Larry Grant on Mar 6, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,815 views

    Martha opened her home to Jesus and did her best to be a good hostess. Mary, on the other hand, opened her heart to Jesus and tried her best just to love the Lord. While Martha labored, Mary listened and found a place of worship at the feet of Jesus.

    Illus: Recently I received an important text in the early hours of Sunday Morning. It was information that I would most likely need for the coming weeks. It was from someone I love and have known for decades. So in the midst of my Sunday Morning Meditation, I figured it being 6am it was weighing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Apple avatar

    Theme: Complete In Christ (Christ Plus Nothing) Series

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Jul 4, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 9,720 views

    THE SUFFICIENCY OF CHRIST PROTECTS US AGAINST FALSE TEACHING

    BIG IDEA: THE SUFFICIENCY OF CHRIST PROTECTS US AGAINST FALSE TEACHING INTRODUCTION Have we truly grasped the concept that we are complete in Christ? That He is sufficient for everything we will ever need? Why should we ever be attracted by empty philosophies that attempt to add something else ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Down This Road

    Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Jun 29, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,937 views

    THERE ARE TWO WAYS YOU ARE GOING TO TRAVEL ONE LEADING TO DESTRUCTION, DEATH AND HELL AND THE OTHER LEADING TO LIFE EVERLASTING.

    DOWN THIS ROAD TEXT MATTHEW 7: 13-14 13) ENTER BY THE NARROW GATE; FOR WIDE IS THE GATE AND BROAD IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION, AND THERE ARE MANY WHO GO IN BY IT. 14) BECAUSE NARROW IS THE GATE AND DIFFICULT IS THE WAY WHICH LEADS TO LIFE, AND THERE ARE FEW WHO FIND ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Dunn avatar

    Remembering Why We’re Here

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 25, 2025
     | 234 views

    God opens doors the world closes, sending Spirit-led people to welcome all, proving His unstoppable grace when culture says no.

    Good morning, friends. Today we begin with a question: What do you do when the place you hoped would welcome you says there’s no room? That’s the question at the heart of Acts 8. > “An angel of the Lord said to Philip, ‘Go south to the road—the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

  • Raymond Perkins avatar

    Pressing On Into The New Year

    Contributed by Raymond Perkins on Jan 9, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
     | 8,160 views

    A New Year’s message designed to encourage change and growth.

    PRESSING ON INTO THE NEW YEAR Philippians 3:12-14 INTRODUCTION: At this time every year many of us make resolutions. We resolve to lose weight, to exercise more, to be a better person, to dispense with old bad habits and begin some new good ones. None of those are surprising, but I have found a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Mega-Mystery

    Contributed by Larry Wolfe on Jul 6, 2009
     | 2,374 views

    The institution of Marriage analyzed

    ‘The Mega-Mystery’ I. Institution of One Flesh/Marriage Gen 2:21: And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; Gen 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made He a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible