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My Joy Isn’t Gone — It Just Needs Restoring PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 10, 2025

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God’s mercy meets us in our deepest failures; true repentance brings cleansing, renewal, and restored joy for those who honestly turn to Him.

Some of us walked in today with a knot in the stomach and a stone in the soul. We know the sound of shame. It whispers in the quiet moments, it shouts in the sleepless hours. Guilt that gnaws. Regret that repeats. Failure that fogs the heart. If you’ve ever stared at the ceiling and wondered, Can ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-13

Topics: Confession, Repentance

Christmas Love: The Story Of God's Gift To Us Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 20, 2006

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This is a sermon about God’s gift to us. How it is 1. Usefull 2. Costly 3. Effective

Christmas Love: The Story of God’s Gift to Us Christmas was an exciting time and Joie was excited too. He was only 10 years old and he was as excited as any ten year old boy could be. For him Christmas was still a time of wonder. He did the things most 10 year olds do. He played ball, rode his ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:9-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Gift Of Hope Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 20, 2025

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On the shortest day of the year, Jesus offers us the gift of Hope

How often have you heard the phrase or description “It’s the most wonderful time of the year”? But what if it’s not? What if Christmas doesn’t bring alive warm happy memories for you? What happens when there is an empty chair at the table and Christmas becomes a reminder of a lost loved one or ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:13

Denomination: Wesleyan

Will You Come And Follow Me? (3rd Sunday Before Advent - Year B)

Contributed by Ian Bullock on Nov 4, 2021

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We consider how the calling of the fishermen affects our lives, and allows us to focus on our own calling and why it is important for us to share our faith beginnings with others.

In the name of the Living God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. As I sat thinking about our Gospel this morning, a film that I watched a number of years ago came to mind, a comedy called School of life, starring Ryan Reynolds. Reynolds was a school teacher whose job was to teach his students ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:14-20

Denomination: Anglican

End Times For Advent, Want Can We Do, How Can We Prepare?

Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Nov 29, 2021

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Advent is a time to celebrate both the past and the future, as we remember when Jesus. End times prophesy can be horrific, and the last thing we want to hear at during advent. But there is hope, and people need to hear it.

This sermon was delivered to Holy Trinity in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland on the 28th November 2021; a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries. The readings for today are: Jeremiah 33:14-16 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Psalm 25:1-9 Main Reading: Luke 21:25-36 Prayer: My I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:25-36, Jeremiah 33:14-16

Denomination: Episcopal

Christmas/Advent , God's Love, The Mortar That Holds Us All Together.

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Dec 22, 2024

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An advent message describing God's love in the person of Jesus, through out scripture, throughout history, holding everything together. A short message.

I well we Rochelle an I had a chat about God’s love as this is the Love week of Advent. We light the candle of love, that indicates God’ love. As you will be aware as this year, we have journeyed through Old Testament texts, God’s love is woven through those passages. We see Jesus represented ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-3, Isaiah 9:6, Acts 4:11-12, Matthew 27:45-50, Daniel 3:16-28, Psalm 22:1-31, John 1:1 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Salvation Army

Celebrate And Be Glad! Series

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Dec 26, 2009

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The second in a Christmas sermon series

Celebrate and be Glad! Text: Luke 2:8-20 By: Ken McKinley (Read Text) Christmas is a time when we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and our text tells us that some of the first people to realize this and celebrate were a group of shepherds outside of the town of Bethlehem. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Christmas Begins With God

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 20, 2010

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Christmas reveals to us that God knows us and our problem, He loves us because we are precious to Him, and He saves us because heaven is where we ought to belong.

1 John 4:9-10 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Christmas was God’s idea. It has never been ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:9-10, 1 John 1:1-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Jesus Is Coming

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Dec 5, 2019

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Advent is a season of preparation for the Christmas season. It is a time to reflect on the coming of the Christ child but also about the soon second coming of Jesus Christ.

Jesus is Coming Isaiah Mark13:24-37 Introduction- Prayer- Advent is the four weeks before Christmas and I believe is designed to slow us down and help us prepare ourselves for Christmas. We are to (celebrate with enthusiasm) the Birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. Nothing wrong with present ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:24-37

Denomination: Nazarene

Is Your Christmas Stolen?

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Jan 24, 2023

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Exhale! The Lord has this! Christmas Eve Service

The birth of Jesus the Messiah Isaiah 9 Introduction- Good Morning… I am glad that you are joining us this morning and pray that the Lord blesses you and speaks to you! You know in 2020, we were all forced to do things we did not want to do. We had to adapt to the fact that Covid-19 had changed ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:25-38

Denomination: Nazarene

Five Ways To Give Thanks

Contributed by John Bright on Nov 11, 2025

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This is a sermon for the Sunday before Thanksgiving. Teaching sheet at end of the text

“Five Ways to Give Thanks” Psalm 100 A sermon for Thanksgiving Sunday Pastor John Bright Psalm 100 “1 Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. 3 Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 100:1-5, 1 Peter 3:15, Psalm 137:3-4, Colossians 3:17, Colossians 1:12, Psalm 23:1-2, Philippians 1:6, Psalm 139:7-8, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

A Call To Patience.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 29, 2016

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How long, Lord?

A CALL TO PATIENCE. James 5:7-10. ‘Patience is a virtue,’ suggests the old adage. Yet when we pray for more patience what do we get? We get more affliction! This subject was mooted early in James’ epistle, when he somewhat surprisingly suggested that we ‘should count it all joy’ when we fall ...read more

Scripture: James 5:7-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Magi And Three Gifts Series

Contributed by Brady Boyd on Dec 9, 2021

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The Magi were educated men who understood Hebrew prophecies about the Messiah. They were Persian and probably came from modern-day Iran.

The Magi and Three Gifts December 12, 2021 Matthew 2:1-12 NIV After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12, Genesis 6:11-13, Exodus 1:22, Matthew 2:16, Isaiah 9:6 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Peace Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Dec 17, 2022

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The last in a 4 part advent series on experiencing God's peace.

God’s Peace December 18, 2022 What happens when things don’t go the way you planned? When the unplanned and unwanted happens, it’s not always to experience God’s peace. So, I want to talk about how we handle those disappointments and hardships. What do you do when you feel disappointed in God? ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:9-38, Proverbs 19:21

Denomination: Baptist

New Signs Of An Old Story

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Mar 4, 2010

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Our world is filled with all kinds of signs...the Bible tells of other signs.

New Signs of an old Story I guess I will share with you that I can sometimes be directionally challenged. I don’t really get worried about being lost…I am not sure that most to the times I take an original route to some place that I would ever say I was really lost. I have told ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:25-36

Denomination: Congregational

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