Sermons on Gifted:

The Spirit's Gift Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 29, 2017

Don’t overestimate yourself and don’t underestimate yourself either. Just use your God-given gifts to serve.

Just a few years ago, Dave Barry, a columnist for the Washington Post, posted his comments about the typical male in the first week of December. He wrote, “Your standard man, at this point in the Christmas season, has purchased zero gifts. He has not yet gotten around to purchasing an acceptable ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:3-8

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Son's Gift

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 7, 2017

Receive Christ’s gift of His Spirit, who delivers you, who dwells within, and who directs you to know God intimately.

Just a few days before Christmas one year, a postal worker at one of the main sorting offices found an unstamped, handwritten, messy envelope addressed to God. Curious, he opened it and discovered that it was from an elderly woman who was in great distress because all of her savings – $200 – had ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Significance Of The Gifts Series

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Dec 10, 2017

The Old and New Testament Scriptures hold truths about the birth of Jesus Christ. The truths regarding the gifts offered by the Magi are worthy of consideration if we desire to give Christ the honor He deserves.

The Significance of the Gifts Ingredients For Christmas Worship Matthew 2:8-11 says, "He sent them to Bethlehem and said, 'Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.' After they had heard the king, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Father's Gift Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 19, 2017

Welcome Christ into your life and accept life instead of death; accept justification instead of judgment; accept power instead of bondage; and accept righteousness instead of sin.

Matt Woodly, a father of four, talks about buying his children a swing set, several years ago, as an early Christmas present. It was an extra long metal set with two swings, a two-seater swinging bench, a slide, monkey bars, and a series of hanging rings. He thought the time invested in putting it ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:12-21

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Christmas Gifts

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Dec 27, 2017

Tomorrow's the big day! We'll be diving into the mountain of presents and experiencing our moments of glee. The idea of giving gifts on Christmas originated with the wise men presenting gifts to Jesus. Today we'll look at what those gifts represented.

CHRISTMAS GIFTS Tomorrow's the big day! We'll be diving into the mountain of presents and ripping and tearing and experiencing our moments of glee. The idea of giving gifts on Christmas originated with the wise men presenting gifts to Jesus. Today we'll look at what those gifts were and what they ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:9-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Sacramental Gifts

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 27, 2018

Every denomination has its own take on sacrament, and some deny that there are any sacraments, even Baptism, that are normally required for salvation. But Scripture helps us solve the problem.

Thursday of the 4th Week in Course 2018 Reformation/Revolution The forty years that King David ruled over Israel were looked upon in later centuries as a kind of golden age, one that extended into the early years of his son, Solomon. David was chosen by God through the prophet Samuel because he ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:7-13, 1 Kings 2:1-12

Denomination: Catholic

The Gift Of Silence

Contributed by Fr. Damien Evangelista on Apr 2, 2020

The world doesn't value silence, but making time to be silent is crucial for psychological and spiritual health.

Silence is essential for growth in the spiritual life. For instance, since God is omnipotent, we'd expect that he'd speak to Elijah through a strong driving wind or an earthquake as found in our first reading (1 Kg 18, 15-45). Instead, we find that Elijah comes out of hiding from the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:42

The Gift Of Hope Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on May 16, 2017

The birth of Jesus gives us hope that extends to every aspect of my life - past, present, and future.

Advent This morning is the first Sunday of Advent. Most of us are probably familiar with that concept, but for some of us our familiarity may be limited to those calendars with little windows that open up revealing a gift or treat for each day of the month leading up to Christmas. The word ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:11-14

Denomination: Baptist

The Gift Of Love Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on May 16, 2017

God's gift of love in the person of His Son is an example of how we are to love others.

This morning we are going to begin by playing a little game called “Name That Christmas Song.” I’ll read a phrase from a well-known holiday song, and you try to “name that tune”: • We’re snuggled up together like two birds of a feather would be. (“Sleigh Ride”) • When we finally kiss goodnight, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Gift Of Joy Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on May 16, 2017

To have real joy I must stay connected to Jesus.

I’m not going to ask for a show of hands, but how many of you feel like this this morning. [Show “Keep Calm. It’s only Christmas” meme] The truth is that in spite of the words of the famous Andy Williams song that tells us that Christmas is the “the most wonderful time of the year”, the reality ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Gift Of Peace Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on May 16, 2017

If I want to know peace, I need to know Jesus.

When you see these symbols, what do you think of? [Show circle peace symbol, two fingers V peace sign, and an image of a dove with an olive branch.] These three images are very different, but they all are very recognizable as signs of peace. But what all three bear in common is that they were ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:15-23

Denomination: Baptist

The Gifts Given

Contributed by Matt Stacy on Sep 30, 2019

The congregation may understand that each of them, by virtue of being a believer, have a spiritual gift given to them and that they are expected to use them in a humble fashion. 

Introduction: This scripture implores the reader to consider the fact that any grace that they have been given has been given to them by God. It tells us not to think too highly of ourselves. If you have an obvious gift from the Lord, it's not because you're extra spiritual. As a matter of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:3-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spiritual Gifts Series

Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Jun 14, 2020

God's desire is clarity not confusion

1 Corinthians 14 My son was talking with two of his friends when he was about seven or eight years old and his first friend said, “My dad’s so smart he can talk for an hour on any subject.” And then the second one said, “My dad’s so smart he can talk for two ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Gift Of Salvation Series

Contributed by Andrew Dixon on May 16, 2022

Our being alive today can be perceived in two ways, we should be glad that we are alive or we should say thank God that we have been saved or protected from the pangs of death. Let us understand that there is a good reason for the good Lord to keep us alive.

We read in Psalm 91:16,“With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.” (AFV) As we come to the last study on Psalm 91, we will meditate on the last part of verse 16 which says, ‘and show him My salvation’. All of us who have come to this day at the end of this year 2020 can most ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 91:16

Denomination: Other

Indescribable Gift Series

Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Sep 3, 2022

He emphasizes giving generously, giving bountifully, and giving the indescribable gift. The true Christian life is connected with giving the self, the sources, and giving the priceless gift of salvation to all.

AMC, 04.09.2022 Theme: Indescribable Gift Text: 2 Corinthians 9:1-15 The Lord is good and his love endures forever. Happy Teachers’ Day! St. Paul Having discussed in chapter 8, the principles of Christian giving, Now, he shares the promises that we can claim if we are faithful in our giving to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:1-15

Denomination: Methodist