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  • Scott Bradford avatar

    Prepare Series

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Feb 12, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 13,255 views

    This is the 1st in a Lenten Series, and deals with ’preparation".

    It was said that Martin Luther King never prepared, but always preached based on what the Holy Spirit gave him to say. One day upon walking in to a large Cathedral to preach for a crowd, he asked God what he was to preach on, the answer came "You should have prepared". John Wooden once said ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    Preparing To Find Hope Series

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Feb 4, 2021
     | 2,848 views

    1st week of Advent. May we find hope in Christ

    Series- Rediscovering Christmas #1 preparing to find Hope John 9 Introduction- Good morning everyone. Prayer- As we begin Advent, we pray Father that you would spark in us a time of gratitude and a time of preparing for the Christ child. May the joys of Christmas live everyday in our hearts. In ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Sajeev Painunkal, SJ avatar

    Celebrating Christmas

    Contributed by Sajeev Painunkal, Sj on Dec 23, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,757 views

    The meaning of Christmas is when we go beyond the celebration to share with the hungry and the needy.

    At Christmas time, in many places children act out the Christmas story. In the parish where I work, it is like a street theatre. If you are travelling by the road, you may see Joseph and Mary walking on the road in search of an inn. Years ago in one place, there was a Christmas play like this ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Clair Sauer avatar

    A Different Kind Of Perfect

    Contributed by Clair Sauer on Dec 5, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,206 views

    We spend a lot of time and energy striving after perfection, particularly around Christmas-time, but life is not about staying safe and living comfortably. The call to follow Jesus is a call to give your life to him and to join God’s mission in healing th

    Every year beginning just after Thanksgiving, all the major networks and many of the cable channels start showing Christmas movies in the evenings and throughout the day. The Christmas movie selection is usually pretty predictable; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Charlie Brown Christmas, ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Horace Wimpey avatar

    Getting Ready For Christmas

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Dec 4, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,355 views

    We all get ready for Christmas in different ways. most of this is material. Mary's song models for us how we should prepare ourselves spiritually for Christmas.

    Getting Ready For Christmas Luke 1: 46-55 Intro: Have you noticed that Christmas is coming? We started our service this morning with the lighting of the candles for the second Sunday of Advent. A time of preparation and anticipation. . I watched as my Pam and her nieces and my son D J’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Gullick avatar

    The Beginning Of Christmas

    Contributed by John Gullick on Dec 7, 2000
    based on 74 ratings
     | 5,182 views

    A sermon about the good news we have in Jesus and being prepared

    The beginning of Christmas. Mark 1 - 1 - 8 Ever got a puncture and found that the jack handle is missing? Ever tried to undo a nut and found you don’t have the correct spanner ? Ever set out to bake a cake and found you don’t have any eggs? I once turned up at a track meeting only to find I’d ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • I. Grant Spong avatar

    Preparation

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 4, 2018
     | 4,158 views

    What does building a highway have to do with preparation for celebrating Christ’s first coming? What does it have to do with preparing for Christ’s Second Coming? Let’s understand the preparation Christ expects. Let’s discuss preparing the way for Christ in Luke 3:1-6.

    What does building a highway have to do with preparation for celebrating Christ’s first coming? What does it have to do with preparing for Christ’s Second Coming? Let’s understand the preparation Christ expects. Let’s discuss preparing the way for Christ in Luke 3:1-6. Caesar Luke 3:1 “Now in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    0001 Advent I: Proper Preparation Series

    Contributed by Mark Woolsey on Aug 19, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,389 views

    How to prepare for Christ’s coming.

    Sermon: Proper Preparation Text: Ro 13:8-14 Where: Arbor House When: Sunday, November 28, 2004 Occasion: Advent I Where: TI When: Dec 10 Occasion: Morning Prayer Who: Mark Woolsey I. Intro. Happy New Year! Did any of you stay up all night to welcome it in? Aren’t you all glad it’s four ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Carol Patterson avatar

    "Preparing The Way" An Hanging Of The Green Service

    Contributed by Carol Patterson on Nov 24, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 79,791 views

    An ushering in of the advent season by a Hanging of the Green service

    November 25, 2007 “Preparing the Way” A Hanging of the Green Service “See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to His temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire will come,” says the Lord Almighty.” Of all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Nickolas Kooi avatar

    Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

    Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on Dec 7, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,357 views

    John the Baptist helps us get ready for Advent. He points us to baptism, repentance, and the Mighty One, Jesus Christ. This sermon looks at the text and then shifts into an application with two illustrations.

    To borrow the words of Meredith Wilson: “It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go.” Thanksgiving is done and the leftovers are consumed. Black Friday is over. Cyber Monday and Cyber week are finished. This week, we had our first real taste of winter and Minnesota weather ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • James Lee avatar

    Are You Ready For Christmas? Matthew 3:1-10 Series

    Contributed by James Lee on Dec 9, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,556 views

    I wonder what would happen if we spent as much time getting, spiritually ready for Jesus as we spend getting our decorations up for Christmas? Adapted from a sermon by Pastor Doug Henry

    Pastor Doug Henry tells this story: “I was in Wal-Mart a few months ago with a mission. It was the end of the summer season, so I went to the lawn and garden section to check out the sales on all the stuff you use to keep your yard and property looking nice. I went there with the intention of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Preparation Series

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 2, 2011
    based on 64 ratings
     | 14,970 views

    How do you prepare for death or the Lord’s coming? Paul tell us how to prepare. 1- Rejoice in the Lord 2- Be gentle toward all 3- Trust the Lord in prayer

    INTRO.- Preparation is important in all of life. ILL.- Some guy wrote: “One morning I went out to start car to go to church. Flat tire. Lucky I had a spare. I changed tire quickly and was on my way. I didn’t think to drop spare off to be fixed. I thought, "I’ll get around to it." Within ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • John Hamby avatar

    Credentials Of The King Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Dec 8, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,032 views

    Mark shows us how Jesus was announced by John the Baptist, affirmed by God the Father and even proven by the opposition of Satan to be the Savior.

    Christmas Series – 2014 The Birth Narratives ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Edward Tatro avatar

    Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord!

    Contributed by Edward Tatro on Nov 3, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,347 views

    Hope for the season of Advent.

    We hear this acclamation every Advent, but do we really know how to prepare the way of the Lord? Advent they say is a “mini-Lent,” a time of examining ourselves in preparation for celebrating the Sacred birth of our Redeemer. It is a time of fasting and serving our brothers and sisters of all ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Stephen Sheane avatar

    Be Prepared

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Apr 10, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,608 views

    Witnessing means that we demonstrate, defend and disarm

    BE PREPARED The photographer for a national magazine was assigned to get photos of a great forest fire. Smoke at the scene hampered him and he asked his home office to hire a plane. Arrangements were made and he was told to go at once to a nearby airport, where the plane would be waiting. When he ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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