Sermons on Ending The Year:

A Season Of Continuous Divine Visitation

Contributed by Tesh Njokanma on Jan 11, 2016

By the time this year is over, your testimony will be that God didn’t just visit you once or twice, but you had several life-changing visits from God this year.

Introduction The best thing that can happen to anyone is for the Almighty God to visit that person. Your life can never be the same after a divine visitation. The change we need in our lives, family, church and nation will surely come when God visits us. DESIRE CONTINUOUS VISITATIONS FROM GOD ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

Second Sunday Of Advent, Year B: The Good News Of Advent

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Dec 3, 2020

The route home is spiritualized to refer to as "the way of the Lord" and attention must be given to preparing for the coming of the Messiah.

Modern GPS devices usually have a pleasant voice that tells you when you missed a turn and how to get back on the right road. On this Second Sunday of Advent, we hear the pleasant voice of this Good News: 1.Such as the opening words of our Gospel today: “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11, Mark 1:1-8

Denomination: Catholic

A Fresh Start

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Dec 29, 2010

This is a word to bring any church body into a new year; It was a real blessing to our body.

A Fresh Start Deuteronomy 11:12 NKJV A land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year. Canaan was different from Egypt. The land of Egypt depended upon the Nile River for its fertility. By ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 11:12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Reflect The Purp. Of Christmas #4 - Proclaim The Year Of The Lord's Favor Series

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jan 27, 2003

Short message concluding this series.

Reflect the Purposes of Christmas #4 – “To Proclaim the Year of the Lord’s Favor” December 22, 2002 Introduction Today we finish up our series on reflecting the purposes of Christ. We have been focusing on the passage from Luke chapter four, where Jesus uses a passage from the book of Isaiah to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:18-19

Denomination: Wesleyan

Do You See What I See? Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Mar 7, 2013

A study of the Gospel of Luke chapter 21 verses 5 through 7

Luke 21: 5 – 7 Do You See What I See? 5 Then, as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and donations, He said, 6 “These things which you see—the days will come in which not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down.”7 So ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:5-7

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

How Make 2003 The Most Meaningful Year Of Your Life

Contributed by Alan Balatbat on May 25, 2004

Why do we need do have a good start in the year?

How to Make 2004 the Most Meaningful Year of your Life 2 Chronicles 14-16 Introduction: Are you a Christian whose spiritual growth has stagnated? Are you a Christian who wants to make 2004 the most meaningful year of your life. Tonight we look at a life of a king who started so strong yet ended so ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

How The Holy Spirit Can Guide Your New Year

Contributed by John Dobbs on Dec 27, 2023

We are on the cusp of a new year - 2024 - and with that new year comes a multitude of unknowns. Rather than tiptoe into the new year in fear, however, we should stride in with confidence because of the Holy Spirit who walks with us into unknown territory.

Introduction In our studies we have visited the idea that the Holy Spirit is the answer of the promises of God made throughout the Old Testament, culminating at Pentecost. The Holy Spirit is a divine person. The Holy Spirit is the source of enormous blessings in our life, and we walk daily with ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Revelation 20:1-6 Series

Contributed by Zak Saenz on Feb 7, 2025

Revelation 20:1-6

Revelation 20:1-6 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. 2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 20:1-6

Denomination: Bible Church

Fifth Sunday Of Lent, Year A- "Lazarus, Come Out!”

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 16, 2023

We have a part to play in our coming out of the tomb

Reader’s Digest has printed many quirky items from the daily lives of ordinary people. Many of these items are quite amusing. For example, Jennifer Pace wrote a few years ago to tell about a billboard she passed while driving through Texas. The billboard read: “Stand Up and Be Counted for the 2000 ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-45, Ezekiel 37:12-14

Denomination: Catholic

Feast Of The Holy Family Of Jesus, Mary And Joseph, Year C

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Dec 2, 2024

The Basilica of the Holy Family in Barcelona, is of a fantastical design: God’s perfect design is the nuclear family: A father, a mother, and children, which maybe even includes extended family like a grandparent.

There was a very poorly dressed woman and her young daughter looking into one of the beautiful department store display windows in the festive downtown area of a large city during Christmas time. They were looking at a manger scene, but here was the Virgin Mary dressed in rich diamonds and other ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:41-52

Denomination: Catholic

The Truth About 2012

Contributed by James May on Apr 18, 2010

Instead of focusing on all the attention to the Mayan Calendar and 2012; we need to hear what the Word of God says about the end of time.

Sunday, April 18, 2010 – AM By Pastor James May A lot of you, I am sure, are aware of the fact that in recent weeks there has been an upsurge in the news concerning the 2012 and the prediction of the end of the world. I spoke on this, or at least started to, several weeks ago, but this ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A. B. C. New Year's Day. Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 11, 2024

January 1st, All Years.

A. B. C. NEW YEAR’S DAY. January 1st, All Years. Ecclesiastes 3:1-13, Psalm 8:1-9, Revelation 21:1-6, Matthew 25:31-46 A). THE RELENTLESS RHYTHMS OF TIME. Ecclesiastes 3:1-13. ‘Turn, turn, turn’ is the refrain of the old pop song based upon these verses. However, time is not circular, but ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-13, Psalm 8:1-9, Revelation 21:1-6, Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Rapture Theory Debunked

Contributed by Scott Coltrain on Aug 23, 2014

The Rapture Theory has been adopted by many Christians as being sound doctrine. In this study, we examine the subject by noting that this subject was created by taking texts out of context and ignoring plain statements of Scripture.

The Rapture Theory claims, in short, that the Lord will come secretly to resurrect only faithful Christians before the coming of the “Great Tribulation” on the Earth. After the seven years of Tribulation on the Earth, all people will be resurrected and brought before the Judgment Seat ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

2018 A D In God’s Schedule Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Dec 26, 2018

What is AD and does it end?

It’s Christmas time! How does Christmas today in 2018 AD fit in God’s Schedule? Let’s start at the very beginning shall we? Open your Bibles to Genesis 1, a very good place to start! Genesis 1:1….. v26-28….. We all came from Adam and Eve! We all came from God! All people (red, yellow, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:17-25

Denomination: Independent/Bible

From The Manger To The Mission. A Christmas-To-New-Years Message Series

Contributed by William Akehurst on Dec 26, 2025

The Christ we celebrate at Christmas is the King who calls us forward into a transformed life. As the new year dawns, GOD invites His people to move from celebration to consecration - abandoning what no longer aligns with His purposes to step into the new season of obedience, renewal, and mission.

2025.12.28.Sermon Notes. From the Manger to the Mission. A Christmas-to-New-Year Message William Akehurst, HSWC SCRIPTURES: John 1:1-14, Luke 2:8-20, Matthew 2:1-12, Isaiah 9:6-7, Philippians 2:5-11, Psalm 90:12, 2 Corinthians 13:5, Philippians 3:13-14, Romans 12:1, Acts 1:8, John 20:21 KEY ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14, Luke 2:8-20, Matthew 2:1-12, Isaiah 9:6-7, Philippians 2:5-11, Psalm 90:12, 2 Corinthians 13:5, Philippians 3:13-14, Romans 12:1, Acts 1:8, John 20:21  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational