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    Equipped To Hear PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Dec 16, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 924 views

    This sermon encourages believers to prioritize prayer and attentiveness to God's voice amidst worldly distractions for spiritual growth and divine guidance.

    Good morning, beloved family. It is a joy to gather once again in God's house, a place where we can feel His presence, hear His voice, and learn His ways. We are here today, not merely as bystanders, but as active participants in the divine dialogue that God has initiated with us, His children. We ...read more

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    Expectations Of More PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 5, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 826 views

    This sermon encourages believers to trust in God's triumph, treasure heavenly things, and transcend worldly desires by living with an eternal perspective.

    Good morning, dear brothers and sisters in Christ. It's a joy to gather together today, unified in our faith, bound by love, and ready to receive from our generous God. As we gather here, let's remember that our faith is not a stagnant pond, but a living, rushing river, always moving, always alive, ...read more

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    Repentance PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 5, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 837 views

    Explores Jesus' temptation in the wilderness, emphasizing our human frailties, the power of God's Word, and the importance of resisting worldly temptations.

    Welcome, beloved, to this gathering of hearts hungry for the Word of God. We come together, not as perfect beings, but as flawed individuals seeking wisdom and guidance from our Creator. We stand together in the light of His love, ready to uncover the truths He has laid out for us in His Word. ...read more

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    Choose The Good Portion PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 27, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,334 views

    The importance of prioritizing our relationship with God and abiding in Christ, as exemplified by Mary in the biblical passage, over worldly distractions and anxieties.

    Good morning, Church! I hope this day finds you blessed and full of the Holy Spirit. As we gather today, I am reminded of a quote by A.W. Tozer, "The man who has God for his treasure has all things in One." Isn't that a beautiful thought? Let's turn our hearts and minds now to the Word of God, ...read more

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    The Joy Of The Lord PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 23, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,273 views

    This sermon explores the enduring, fulfilling joy found in God, distinguishing it from worldly pleasures, and how to maintain it during trials.

    Welcome, dear friends, to another beautiful day that the Lord has made. A day to gather, to listen, to learn, and to lean into the love of our Heavenly Father. As we gather here today, we are united by one common purpose – to know our God more, to understand His word, and to find joy in His ...read more

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    Become A Better Boaster

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Feb 2, 2014
     | 4,267 views

    Paul teaches us that we have something better to boast about than worldly wealth or smarts. We have Jesus!

    The post-game interview was all the talk among football fans. Even in a league known for brash and swaggering athletes his words stopped viewers in mid-chew of their chicken wings to ask one another: “Did he just really say that?” I’m talking about the interview given by Richard ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    What Is Happiness, Really? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 4, 2021
     | 1,527 views

    Happiness does not come from anything this-worldly. If you restrict happiness and joy to material things, you are doomed to disappointment.

    Happiness Is . . . When I was in my teens, it was still legal to advertise cigarettes on television, so we were often overwhelmed with those kinds of commercials. I think the one that was most offensive was the one that used a popular jingle to say “Happiness is the taste of” a particular cancer ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Transformation PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 10, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,110 views

    This sermon encourages transformation into Christ-likeness, pleasing God through inner change, cultivating spiritual fruits, and resisting worldly conformity.

    Welcome, dear friends! I am so glad you are here with us today. You are not here by accident. God has a purpose for you being here. He has a message He wants to whisper into your heart. We are gathered here today, not as strangers, but as a family, bound by the love of Christ. We are here to seek ...read more

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    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 30, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,155 views

    This sermon encourages Christians to live as beacons of God's holiness, resisting worldly conformity and embodying God's character in their thoughts, words, and actions.

    Good morning, dear brothers and sisters in Christ. It is indeed a joyous day, a day filled with the promise of God’s unending love and mercy, a day that the Lord has made for us to rejoice and be glad in. As we gather here, let us open our hearts and minds to the wisdom and guidance that comes from ...read more

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    It Ain't There - Follow Your Heart PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 24, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 844 views

    This sermon challenges the worldly advice to "follow your heart", emphasizing the biblical view of the heart's deceitful nature and the need for divine guidance.

    Welcome, dear friends and family in Christ, to this sacred gathering where we come together to seek wisdom and understanding from the Word of God. We are not here by accident, but by divine appointment. Our Heavenly Father, in His infinite wisdom and boundless love, has seen fit to bring us ...read more

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    Christmas Significa Series

    Contributed by Gordon Pike on Jul 11, 2021
     | 2,956 views

    The real beauty and power of Christmas is how it is as mundane as it is holy, secular as it is sacred, temporal as it is eternal, physical as it is spiritual, worldly as it is heavenly … and this is by design.

    Today’s scripture reading reminds me of Christmas hymns like “Angles We Have Heard on High” in which the angels “sweetly sing o’er the plans” (UMH, verse 1; p.238) or “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing” … “glory to the newborn King” (UMH, verse 1; p. 240). Songs like these beautifully capture the drama ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    The Godly Wisdom We Need Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Apr 2, 2012
     | 7,646 views

    God wants to help us: 1. Defeat worldly wisdom. 2. Develop Godly wisdom. 3. Demonstrate Godly wisdom.

    Christianity Where the Rubber Meets the Road Part 8: The Godly Wisdom We Need James 3:13-18 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - April 1, 2012 *James 1:5 gives us one of the most practical promises in the Bible: “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Godliness With Contentment PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 20, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,142 views

    This sermon explores finding true contentment and godliness in Christ, rather than seeking worldly gain, and the importance of Christian companionship in this journey.

    Good morning, beloved congregation. I am so blessed to be standing here before you today, as we gather together, not as strangers or mere acquaintances, but as a family, bound together by the love of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Isn't it a joy to gather in His name? Isn't it a privilege to be called ...read more

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    "Heavenly Thoughts"

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jan 13, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,097 views

    Thinking of a heavenly country.

    Heavenly Thoughts Hebrews 11:8-16 “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Chase The Wind Or Stand On The Rock

    Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Oct 16, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,322 views

    A life that is built pursuing worldly things is like chasing the wind. But a life built on the Rock which is Christ is the only one that will endure.

    Chase the Wind or Stand on the Rock Text: Ecclesiastes 3:1-17 THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER If you will, take your Bibles this morning and open them up to the Book of Ecclesiastes. I’ve been looking a lot at the wisdom literature from Scripture recently, and I don’t know about all of you, but in these ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible