Sermons on Carol J Rivest:

Experiencing The Joy Of Christmas Series

Contributed by C Jordan on Dec 7, 2007

Christmas is about declaring, “Joy to the world, the Lord has come.” God’s desire is that His people would be full of joy. Here are three keys to experiencing the joy of the Kingdom.

EXPERIENCING THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS ADVENT READINGS #1: HOPE OPENING THOUGHT: Christmas… is it really the most wonderful time of the year? • Many people find this season stressful and depressing! ILLUSTRATION: Typical of last minute Christmas shoppers, a mother was running furiously from store ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-23

Denomination: *other

God's Law And Grace Are Revealed In The Nativity

Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Dec 19, 2006

A Christmas Eve sermon, written in poetry

Christmas Eve December 24, 2006 Luke 2: 1-20 Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, Creator of the universe and author of life on this planet we call earth, we gather in your presence this holy night to lift ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Lutheran

God Trusts Me?

Contributed by Todd Bishop on May 3, 2006

Discovering what God trusts us with

INTRODUCTION Last week we spent some time talking about “TRUST.” We learned that trust is the “basic dependence on someone or something, Belief that something will happen or someone will act is a prescribed way” (Webster’s). And as we looked at Psalm 77 we discovered three reasons why we should ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:11-26

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Virgin, A City And The Shepherd's

Contributed by Larry La Douceur on Dec 3, 2005

Truth seekers in the word of God should find special joy in the realm of messianic prophecy because it ties the New and Old Testaments together in unique and wonderful way.

A Virgin, a City and the Shepherd’s Introduction This is a wonderful time of the year for Christians; we have the opportunity to remind ourselves just how special Jesus the Son of God really is to the fulfillment of prophecy and mankind. Today the Sermon will include the usual discourse and the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 7:14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How We Should Celebrate Christmas

Contributed by Melvin Myers on Dec 15, 2012

This sermon tells how we should celebrate Christmas with some reasons why

How to Celebrate Christmas Scripture: Luke 2:1­20 Introduction: During this season of shopping and entertaining, let's remember why Christmas is celebrated in the first place. We decorate our homes, send out cards, visit friends, buy presents, and go caroling. There are a lot of stores that would ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Bible Church

I Wonder As I Wander Series

Contributed by Scott Chambers on Apr 7, 2013

This is the final message in a series based on some of the most popular Christmas hymns.

This is a Christmas carol written by folklorist and singer John Jacob Niles. The carol has its origins in a song fragment collected by Niles on July 16, 1933. This is the story behind the song. In the middle of the summer in 1933, the Morgans, a poor homeless family in Murphy, North Carolina, was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:16-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Never-Ending Adventure Sermon Iii: Jesus Rules No Matter What Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Jul 29, 2020

Folks who choose to follow Jesus and go on to become mature disciples of Christ learn to trust Him as Lord over all and in all the outcome of which is to experience the peace of His presence with little or no anxiety and fear.

THE CHRISTIAN’S NEVER-ENDING ADVENTURE Jesus Rules No Matter What – Mark 4:35-41 A mother was delighted to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Job’s Prayer

Contributed by Bala Samson on Dec 13, 2024

Job's intimate relationship with God is spread all over the 42 chapters, interwoven with passionate pleas, complaints, worship, heart-breaking questions and finally ends in glory.

JOB’S PRAYER Job1:4 His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for ...read more

Scripture: Job 1:4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Profit, A Means, Not An End Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 26, 2009

The attitude of a child is the attitude of knowing you are incomplete, and need to grow, to change, to take the risk to be wrong.

September 28, 2009 Caritas in Veritate The emphasis Jesus constantly puts on being childlike puzzled me until I read Carol Dweck’s great book Mindset. A child knows–perhaps without being able to articulate it–that she needs to change, learn and grow. A child knows his own incompleteness. As we ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:46-50

Denomination: Catholic

Honoring Christmas 2023

Contributed by Risa Owens on Dec 22, 2022

New Year's

Honoring Christmas in 2023 Was 2022 a good, bad or an okay year for you? Was it one that you’d rather not live through again. As we are preparing to enter yet another new year, we have just finished celebrating Christmas. That brings me to my title honoring Christmas in 2023. As children and now ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16, Matthew 6:21

Those Stinkin' Shepherds

Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 9, 2008

Have you ever thought that the Wise Men got the short end of the stick? The shepherds were given specific instructions. Wise Men on their own!

Those Stinkin’ Shepherds They got the short end of the stick. It just wasn’t fair. They were supposed to be wise and would probably come a lot closer to figuring out the riddle than the shepherds could, but it still wasn’t fair. Why should they have to do all the research? Why did it it fall their ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Fellowship Of The Cross

Contributed by Donald Minshew on Jul 17, 2007

Parallels the idea of the Fellowship of the Ring with the fellowship of believers who walk together

Introduction: Big events - New production of the Fellowship of the Ring. JRR Tolkein-Oxford scholar; contemporary and friend of C.S. Lewis. Created a fantasy world. Fellowship of the Ring - a group of 9 diverse individuals, four races united in a common cause. A deeper fellowship pictured in ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:19-30

Denomination: Baptist

Bethlehem, Newtown, And Incarnation

Contributed by George Durham on Dec 23, 2012

There are many similarities between the darkness into which Jesus was born in Bethlehem and what we now face in the darkness of the Newtown massacre of the innocents.

Bethlehem, Newtown, Incarnation? So what does this mean to me today? Luke 2: 1-7 (current news tie in: Did you know that NEWTOWN, Connecticut was listed as #5 in 100 SAFEST CITIES! 14,612 MURDERED last year in U.S. 281 Every Week!/ 40 Every Day! IT SHOULDN’T SURPRISE US THAT WE NEED TO ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-7

Denomination: United Methodist

A Fish Tale

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on May 3, 2019

To what extent are you willing to show your love for Christ Jesus?

A Fish Tale John 21: 1 - 19 Intro: From the title of today’s message and the first 14 verses you may be lead to believe this is a story about fishing. However, the opening verses of this passage set the stage for the REAL issue that follows beginning in Verse 15. Here Jesus is “fishing” for ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-19

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Christmas Test

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 4, 2024

Some questions about Christmas and answers.

CHRISTMAS TEST: By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com YouTube: Wade Hughes 1 WHO WERE THE FIRST VISITORS TO COME TO SEE BABY JESUS? 2. WHAT COLOR ARE THE BERRYS ON THE HOLLY BUSH AND WHAT DO THEY REPRESENT? 3. WHAT MADE FROSTY THE SNOW MAN COME TO LIFE? 4. What do people get if ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16, Luke 2:1-13

Denomination: Assembly Of God