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12 Days Of Christmas

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 18, 2006

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The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is misunderstood among many Christians today because they do not know the history behind the songs hidden meanings.

Mini Sermon - Christmas service Dec. 17, 2006 The 12 Days of Christmas! Introduction: Note: This information is all from the website: http://www.crivoice.org/cy12days.html Thesis: The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is misunderstood among many Christians today because they do not know the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Keeping Watch: One Divine Moment Series

Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Dec 18, 2006

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If we could condense all the truths of Christianity into three words, They would be "God with us"! This is your Divine Defining Moment to encounter Emmanuel!

Keeping Watch: One Divine Moment John 1:14 Let’s Look at some Defining Moments in your life: A Defining Moment is a moment that changes everything. Nothing will be the same for you from this moment on. Some examples: September 11, 2001 The Birth of a Child! The moment the doctor told you… When ...read more

Scripture: John 1:14

Denomination: Church Of God

Wisemen Still Hope

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 18, 2006

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A look at the JOURNEY of the Wise Men. The gifts wait till Epiphany

Bob Chooljain built a nativity scene for their yard more than 30 years ago. "I did it when my boys were younger," he said. "It’s something we kind of did together." Eight years ago one of the Wise Men were stolen and December 8th it was Jesus who was kidnapped. The strange thing is that in the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God's Favour Series

Contributed by Derek Melanson on Dec 19, 2006

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God’s favour means He uses the ordinary, involves adversity, requires obedience, gives us purpose, and provides hope.

Introduction We’ve all done someone a favour. And we’ve all asked for favours. We all have favourite foods, music, places to visit, etc. We talk about favourable weather and favourable circumstances. To use a negative example, some parents play favourites with their children. When we use these ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Baptist

A Light Has Dawned Series

Contributed by Derek Melanson on Dec 19, 2006

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The Messiah, the Light of the world, has come. This Light is Son of God who breaks the yoke of sin and darkness and frees us to respond with repentance, rejoicing, and sharing this light with others.

Introduction How many of you here have stubbed your toe while walking to the bathroom late at night? How many of you use night-lights since that happened? We have night-lights in our house—these lights prevent me from tripping and stubbing my toes on Ella’s toys when going to the bathroom late at ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

And You Shall Call His Name Immanuel, Not!

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 20, 2004

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We all know the prophecy, but his name was not called Immanuel, it was called Jesus, what happened?

And You Shall Call His Name Immanuel, Not! Denn Guptill Matthew 1:23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and he will be called Immanuel (meaning, God is with us).” Now that’s a familiar verse, isn’t it? We hear it every Christmas, We read it with every reading ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Wesleyan

What Would Joseph Do? Series

Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Dec 20, 2004

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As we consider all the things that must have been going through Joseph’s mind before the birth of Jesus, we ask ourselves: "What Would Joseph Do?" I. About a pregnant fiancee? II. About an angelic visit?

Advent 4 Matthew 1:18-25 I have a confession to make. What I am about to tell you is not something that I’m proud of, but it is true, and I feel you should know about it. The fact of the matter is: I’ve watched the Jerry Springer Show a few times. There, I said it. It feels good to get that off my ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Lutheran

Rich - Poor - Rich

Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Dec 20, 2004

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Paul sums up the meaning of the Incarnation in this one sentence: "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that through his poverty you might become rich."

Rich – Poor – Rich 2 Cor. 8:9 Al Lingren, a professor at Garrett Evangelical Seminary, tells about taking his junior-high-school son fishing years ago. It was one of those days when the fish wouldn’t bite, so the two of them had a lot of time to talk. Out of the blue his junior-high son asked, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Word "Joy" Made Flesh Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Dec 21, 2004

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Jesus is our Joy

Advent 2004 December 12, 2004 The Word Made Flesh The Word “Joy” Made Flesh Luke 2:10 What is this thing called Joy? Joy is a rather illusive thing to define. It’s like happiness, but it is much deeper than happiness, it is like pleasure but it is deeper than pleasure. C. Davis in the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:10

Denomination: *other

The Word "Love" Made Flesh Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Dec 21, 2004

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God’s Love Transforms us if we accept it and respond in love

The Word Made Flesh Advent Candle of Love December 19, 2004 The Word “Love” Made Flesh John 3:16 We believe that love can transform us. We see it all the time in movies from romantic comedies where love transforms grumpy people into sappy people to children’s movies where love transforms the ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: *other

The Applause Of Christmas

Contributed by Rick Duncan on Dec 22, 2004

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Ultimately, the birth of Jesus is about who gets glory. Glory to God!

We haven’t spent too much time thinking about the way things were in the world when Jesus was born. I listened to a talk by speaker Rob Bell this week and I started thinking about what the world was like when Jesus was born. Look at Luke 2:1. In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:14

Denomination: Baptist

What Do You Want For Christmas? Series

Contributed by Jeff Armbrester on Dec 22, 2004

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Mary receives the announcement that she is going to have a baby. The focus of the message the excitement that comes with anticipating the birth of a child. We’ll explore the excitement and anticipation we have for Christmas. The title of the sermon will b

What do you want for Christmas? Have you made out your list? Have you been shopping to see what you may want this year? We enjoy gifts. I do. I still get excited about opening gifts. Gifts say a lot. They are windows into our soul because they reveal what our true desires are. Gifts tell us that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Methodist

The Spirit Of Christmas Series

Contributed by Jeff Armbrester on Dec 22, 2004

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Mary has to make preparations for the child to be born. In fact, God has to make preparations for the Christ-child to born as well. God has Caesar take a census of all the people and requires them to return to their city of birth. So, Mary and Joseph must

All those preparations! Does your family resemble the Crandles? Did you hear Ann’s to-do list? The to-do lists just gets longer and longer, don’t they. Unfortunately, the number of hours in a day remains the same. So, how will we get all our preparations done by Christmas? How do we prepare for the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:39-56

Denomination: Methodist

Have A Merry Christmas! Series

Contributed by Jeff Armbrester on Dec 22, 2004

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The theme will be relationships. This worship experience will focus on our relationships with family and friends. The challenge will be to move from merely going through the activities of Christmas with our family and friends to knowing those we love on a

Last week we learned that the spirit of Christmas is relationships, beginning with our relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Today we see that to have a merry Christmas involves relationships with people. It seems that God screams this message to us every year through the writers of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Methodist

Over The River And Through The Wood Series

Contributed by Jeff Armbrester on Dec 22, 2004

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The theme is final preparations. This worship experience will focus on the excitement and stress of the final week before the big event. Mary and Joseph had to make a long journey to Bethlehem. We have last-minute shopping and dinner plans to make. And in

The Crandles are not as bad as we thought. They have decided to have a Merry Christmas by putting forth the effort to get along and enjoy each other. What about you? How are your Christmas plans coming? Are you getting excited? Or, is worry and fear getting a grip on you? As you travel “Over the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-7

Denomination: Methodist

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