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  • Henry Nwaneri avatar

    Prayer Lessons From Martyrs Series

    Contributed by Henry Nwaneri on Oct 11, 2010
     | 3,389 views

    When your life becomes a prayer, in life and in death

    LESSONS FROM MARTYRS “ Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.” ( Psalm 116:15) Since the stoning to death of Stephen in the book of Acts, hundreds and thousands of many more Christians like him have met the fate that he did: Martyrdom. Jesus himself talked a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Christian Character Of Stephen The Martyr

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 10, 2013
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     | 6,228 views

    The would-be servant of God, whether waiting at table, ushering at the door, distributing to the poor, or preaching the gospel, must be of a blameless character and reputation.

    THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER OF STEPHEN THE MARTYR. Acts 6:1-15. It is interesting to commemorate one particular saint who gave his name to a Street, a Road, a Church, and a bench (!) in Norwich, and I dare say in other cities too. Stephen is rightly acknowledged as the first Christian martyr, a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Stephen First Martyr For The Faith

    Contributed by Dale Miller on Sep 28, 2012
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    THIS SERMON DEALS WITH THE MESSAGE PREACHED BY STEPHEN.

    HFL AUGUST 16, 2009 ACTS 6;8-15 Now Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power, did great wonders and miraculous signs among the people. Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Beatific Vision, And The Death Of A Martyr

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 18, 2017
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    Stephen's message and martyrdom. The church's witness.

    A BEATIFIC VISION, AND A MARTYR’S DEATH. Acts 7:55-60. This chapter contains Stephen’s retelling of Israel’s history, highlighting their resistance against God, and their unfair treatment of His messengers. It began with the members of the council looking steadfastly at him, and seeing his face ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Wisdom Of God And The Witness Of Martyrs

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 1, 2018
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    The wisdom of every age considers the Catholic faith a folly. The only promise Christ made about this life is that we would be blessed through the agency of persecution.

    Thursday of the 22nd Week in Course 2018 St. Donatian of Africa The wisdom of any secular age considers the Christian faith to be folly. The reason for this is that the wisdom of a given secular age is focused on how to attain pleasure, status or power. It is essentially centered on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Memorial Day: Martyrs For Christ

    Contributed by Dennis Lee on May 26, 2019
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    A Memorial Day sermon looking at what martyrdom means, and those characteristics displayed by Stephen, the first Christian martyr, that will help us in our time of need.

    Martyrs for Christ Acts 6:1-8 Access the audio at - https://mega.nz/#!XBNEESgJ!Cpnvilr9SM4LdmRZ0D4X5IeCfDJhFvivptzL0gO3DjQ Tomorrow is Memorial Day. Memorial Day is an official holiday in the United States, and while originally it was observed on May 30, the date was changed in 1971 to the last ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Lesson 3: The Parable Of Martyrs Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Feb 21, 2015
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     | 3,915 views

    Description of heaven's parade

    A. A DESCRIPTION OF HEAVEN’S PARADE: REVELATION 7:1-17 1. What: A great multitude approaches (parade) God. “These are they which came” (7:14). 2. Question: One of the elders saw a great multitude in heaven and asks, “What are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Keeps The Martyr Humble!!!

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Apr 19, 2015
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    Whatever be the extent of our sacrifice to our Lord, the realization that we have been adorned with the eternal " robes of righteousness" free of cost at the point of salvation, would keep us grateful and thus humble!!!

    What keeps the martyr humble!!! Breaking News!!! Auction results are out!!! The gorgeous navy blue suit our Honorable Prime Minister wore to receive US President Barack Obama went under hammer on 20th Febraury 2015. With feisty bidding, diamond baron ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Forty Days That Changed A Life 6.

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jul 2, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,774 views

    Jesus spent 40 days on the earth after His resurrection before He went back to heaven.

    Forty days that changed a life 6. John 21: 07/03/05 We are continuing our study on the series forty days that changed a life. Forty days is mentioned in the Bible 22 times. We have had 5 messages already in our series. This morning is our 6th sermon in this series. You know the Bible says that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Second Christian Martyr(Acts 6) Series

    Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Apr 13, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
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    This is an exposition of the passage on Stephen who was the first martyr.

    INTRODUCTION We all need heros - those who would embody and be incarnate examples of that which is true, good, and beautiful. Who are your heros? Athanasisus, Luther, Calvin, William Wallace, Theodore Roosevelt, Rambo? We need heros. Today we consider the hero, Stephen. Remember that the Word of ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Forty Days That Changed A Life 2

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on May 27, 2005
    based on 36 ratings
     | 6,593 views

    I wonder how many of you have lost the glow? I wonder how many don’t have the love for God’s Church as you once had? You begin to miss a service here and there until when Sunday night and Wednesday night come around, you don’t even think about it?

    Forty days that will change your life, 2. A life that shines. Exodus 34:28 -- 35. 05/29/05 This message is a second sermon in our series of messages on forty days that will change your life. Today, we will be talking about a life that shines. Last week we began talking about how Moses spent ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Forty Days That Changed A Life. 3.

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jun 3, 2005
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     | 3,656 views

    Did you know that when Goliath appeared to Israel, he challenged Israel for forty days? So, when David went to meet Goliath it was after forty days of challenge.

    Forty days that changed a life. 3. First Samuel 17:45 -- 50. 06/05/05 This is our third sermon in our series titled forty days that changed a life. So, take your Bible and turn to first Samuel 17, and we are going to be talking about a story that is familiar to about all here. This story is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Forty Days That Changed A Life, 4

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jun 4, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,690 views

    Listen God gives me the desire for food so that He can feed me. One of these days I am going to be at the marriage supper of the Lamb and I won’t have to carry a covered dish but feast from the table prepared by the Savior.

    Forty days that changed a life, 4 Matthew 4:1-11 Here is another group of text we are familiar with, it is the Scripture of Jesus in the wilderness and tempted for 40 days and 40 nights. All of us have read this passage before but I wonder if we have really looked and see how Jesus handled this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Forty Days That Changed A Life 5.

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jun 25, 2005
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     | 4,122 views

    The principle in this is that God is the God of a second chance. God had every right to leave Jonah in the belly of that fish. But isn’t it wonderful God is the God of a second chance?

    Forty days that changed a life 5. Jonah 3:1-10 06/26/05 We are continuing our study of forty days that changed a life. This time, we want to look at forty days that changed an entire city. This story comes from the book of Jonah and in the life of Jonah. Again as the rest of the stories we have ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Forty Days Later Was A Big Day!

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on May 18, 2012
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    The Ascension was a BIG DAY in the church and Jesus is there with the Father in heaven on our team, looking out for us still. So are we living like he is?

    Thursday was a big day in the life of the Church. I was in Wellington on Thursday learning more about Natural Church development which is a Church Health Survey that’s been put together by a bloke by the name of Christian A Swartz who will incidentally be in Christchurch in a couple of weeks ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army