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  • Ervin Kimrey avatar

    What Are You Waiting For ?

    Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on Dec 27, 2008
     | 5,764 views

    Many of us are waiting on God for something. What are you waiting on from God? What are you doing while we wait? Have we done all we can do? Are trusting God with what we cannot do?

    WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR ? Luke 2:25 Many of us are waiting on God for something. What are you waiting on from God? What are you doing while we wait? Have we done all we can do? Are trusting God with what we cannot do? 1- Only in America can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ready Or Not

    Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on Dec 27, 2008
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    They wasn’t ready for His birth, they wasn’t ready for His death, they wasn’t ready for His resurrection, are you ready for His return?

    READY OR NOT Revelation 22:12-20 Intro: Ready or not it’s coming, Christmas time It’s impossible to miss the Christmas season with all the hype today. All the stores are preparing, stocking up All the homes are preparing dressing up All the people are preparing plumping up It would be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Star-Gazers And Jesus-Seekers

    Contributed by Michael B. Perrott on Dec 30, 2008
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     | 3,963 views

    A Sermon for the Sunday of Epiphany. The Wise Men invite us to follow in our faith-journey to encounter the Living God, made known to us in Christ Jesus

    Text Matthew 2:1-12 ‘Star-gazers and Jesus-seekers’ I guess we are all familiar with the stars – the stars, that is, that we see printed in our newspapers, written in ‘Teletext’, and on the Internet. Our horoscope, I mean, by which some people seek guidance for their lives, and seek to predict ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Nativity Off Script! Series

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 1, 2009
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    A poem, ’The Ode to the Innkeeper’ tells of being too busy to recognise Jesus and so leaving him out of our life and a nativity story which points us to receiving Him.

    THE NATIVITY OFF SCRIPT! The innkeeper at Bethlehem was one of the minor characters of the Nativity. He couldn’t find room for Mary as an expectant mother. Why? This poem tells he story. It’s called: THE ODE TO THE INNKEEPER The Innkeeper stands, he is guarding the door He’s got all he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    It's Just Begun

    Contributed by Jerry Mckee on Mar 18, 2009
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    Just think, the birth of Christ started it all for Christian’s today. The entire Old Testament was just the lead in story for the main event, His birth.

    It’s Just begun Philippians 1:6 (KJV) 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: Philippians 1:6 (MSG) 6 There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Nights Of Miracles

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Sep 10, 2008
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    A Communion meditation that compares and contrasts the night of the Lord’s birth with the night of His betrayal and the night on which He shall return. Designed to be spoken in sections during the Communion service.

    A night of miracles?! Yes, it was. A night of miracles, more than one. A miracle that the child of promise should finally be born, a miracle that a virgin should conceive and bear a son and we would call His name Immanuel, a miracle that from lowly shepherds to lofty wise men to angelic choirs ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Restoring The Hope Of Christmas Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jul 22, 2009
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    The hope of Christmas is not a sentimental hope… it’s filled with sentiments of a child born in a manger… of becoming one with us… of making the world a better place… but we must shake off the sentimental hope to take hold of the substance… the prophe

    Intro It’s especially wonderful to gather together tonight. As a teenager… one of the most significant spiritual senses I had came on Christmas Eve… I can still remember at around 16… driving to a late night candlelight services. I was drawn into the wonder… God incarnate. It’s never left me. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Murderous Search Of Herod Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
     | 5,036 views

    This series looks at the 5 stories after Jesus was born and the one thing whic unites all of them: their search for the Christ. Today’s scripture is disturbing at best. It is not a story we sing about, or is on the cover of Christmas cards. Most of us wo

    King Herod’s Murderous Search Matthew 2:1-16 Typically in Advent, we look at the passages and stories leading up to the birth of the Christ child like the prophet’s announcment of Jesus’ birth, Mary’s encounter with the angel, the Magnificat and the journey to Bethlehem. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Search Of Simeon Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
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    This series looks at the 5 stories after Jesus was born and the one thing whic unites all of them: their search for the Christ. This message looks at the story of a man who didn’t want to avoid Christmas but instead had been looking and waiting for Chri

    Simeon Luke 2:22-35 A shopping mall Santa Claus in California had a meltdown after refusing to cuddle a bawling toddler, calling the mother evil and ripping off his beard and costume in front of startled children. Kelly Fornatoro, 33, said she told Santa her 19 month old son, Brian, would stop ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Shepherds And Sheep Interrupted Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
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    This series looks at the 5 stories after Jesus was born and the one thing whic unites all of them: their search for the Christ.. IN this sermon we see when God wanted to announce the birth of His son, he went to the lowest of the low, reminding us that Go

    Shepherds and Sheep Interrupted Luke 2:8-20 In this series, we’ve been looking at the Scriptures about the birth of Jesus which we don’t get to very often. The first three have been the stories after the birth of Christ but today we come to our first story before the birth of Christ. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    The Angels

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jul 31, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,827 views

    Looking at the angels to see the birth of Christ.

    THE ANGELS LUKE 2:8-14 December 12, 2010 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jimmy Dillon avatar

    The Lone Manger - The Real Story Of Christmas

    Contributed by Jimmy Dillon on Dec 13, 2012
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    This message tells of how a Savior was born in a Lone Manger to resue His people from sin. This is the true meaning of Christmas.

    The Lone Manger – The Real Story of Christmas Luke 2:1-14; Isa 9:1-7 Introduction When I was a kid growing up I used to watch the TV show The Lone Ranger He was a Texas Ranger that was one of 13 that had been ambushed and left for dead He was the only one to survive – hence Lone ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    It Would Be Recorded And Rewarded!

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Dec 23, 2012
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    God certainly remembers your deeds!

    Christmas 2012 It would be recorded and rewarded! Mathew 1:21”And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins." When I recommend new converts to start reading the New Testament, invariably they get stuck during the opening ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Tim Smith avatar

    Not What I Expected Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
     | 5,627 views

    That's what the Christmas event is all about - God showing up in the midst of the unexpected.

    Not What I Expected Isaiah 9:1-2 When I was in seventh grade, like so many youth at that age, music became a huge part of my life. I was awakened to the sounds of music of Elton John’s Greatest Hits, SuperTramps’ Breakfast in America and Led Zepellin 2. So my hope and dream was to build ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Dean Courtier avatar

    Christmas Cafe - What Do You Know About The Christmas Story? Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Aug 14, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,826 views

    Christmas Cafe Church Service outline with suggested carols

    WELCOME START WITH VIDEO INTRO --------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to our Christmas Cafe Church It’s great to have you with us. This morning we are going to be thinking about the Christmas Story and as its Cafe Church our format is different from a normal Sunday ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal