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  • Gus Lohrum avatar

    The Labor Pains Of Christmas

    Contributed by Gus Lohrum on Dec 21, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,683 views

    Consider the spiritual struggle of Joseph in his dream as spiritual labor pains we all go through as God leads us.

    The Labor Pains of Christmas Matthew 1:18-25 December 12, 2010 When a woman gives natural birth to a child there is immense pain. Comedian Carol Burnett said the pain was like imagining what we would feel if someone pulled your eye lid back over your head. But ultimately out of the pain of ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    "Christmas Surprises"

    Contributed by Ray Scott on Dec 16, 2003
    based on 91 ratings
     | 14,894 views

    This brief message was used after our Sunday Morning Christmas Cantata ... to wrap up the Christmas story ... and prepare hearts so there will be no SURPRISES when we must face Jesus.

    “Christmas Surprise” INTRODUCTION: Christmas is full of surprises! Gifts are tightly wrapped in multi-colored paper, so you don’t know what’s inside until you open them (UNLESS, you peeked!). We get “surprise gifts” … o Like that tie that you’ll never wear. o Like the underwear you got as a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Missed Christmas

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 27, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,628 views

    Even many Christians will miss the real reason for the season. And we might be the cause for the world not to know Jesus. Will you take up the challenge to tell others about the birth of Christ in your very lives?

    Opening illustration: Have you ever missed a great opportunity? The story is told of a small resort area along the east coast that was having an open town meeting concerning some financial problems they were facing. Among the two dozen or so people was one man no one seemed to know who was ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God Has Not Forgotten

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Dec 2, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,597 views

    Never give up hope... God is at work, often doing the extraordinary in the course of the very ordinariness of our lives.

    Title: God Has Not Forgotten! Text: Luke 1:5-25 Thesis: Never give up hope… God is at work in your life. Introduction The story is told of an elderly couple who lived together in a nursing home. Though they had been married for 60 years, their relationship was filled with constant arguments, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Miss Christmas

    Contributed by Bobby Daniel on Dec 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,457 views

    A mini-sermon i shared on a Sunday night after a last minute change of plans, plenty of room for expanding and improvement.

    How to miss Christmas Luke 2:1-12 Intro: Ask for important figures relevant to the Christmas story (write down responses) We forget a prominent figure in the birth of Christ was Herod. In fact they dynasty began by Herod the Great covers 4 generations of rule in Israel and we are witness to 4 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tom Owen avatar

    Exodus 10 Series

    Contributed by Tom Owen on Aug 11, 2009
     | 5,738 views

    verse-by-verse

    Have you ever found yourself driving in such bad weather that you had to pull over because you couldn’t see where you were going? You know like in fog, rain or snow? [Running over sign in Chicago snow storm story.] It’s hard to know where you’re going when you can’t see. Well, sometimes we find ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Leading With The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on May 20, 2015
    based on 6 ratings
     | 13,030 views

    All people are called to be sanctified and filled with the Holy Spirit. How? More than anything it is what you let God do to you.

    Leading With the Holy Spirit “I am fully convinced, my dear brothers and sisters, that you are full of goodness. You know these things so well you can teach each other all about them.” Romans 15:14 Intro: We have all heard of the “rat maze experiment.” They put a rat at ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Down He Came From Up

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Dec 21, 2017
     | 2,556 views

    A homily for a community banquet at the Yonge Street Mission

    Christmas Banquet Homily for Bridges - Down He Came From Up Down he came from up, and in from out, and here from there. A long leap, an incandescent fall from magnificent to naked, frail, small, through space, between stars, into our chill night air, shrunk, in infant grace, to our damp, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Real Meaning Of Christmas

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 23, 2015
     | 3,830 views

    The real meaning of Christmas is tied up essentially in the events that we celebrate at Easter

    WSG 24-12-2015 Sermon On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first successful flight in an aeroplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in the USA It was their 5th attempt, with Orville being at the controls The flight only lasted 12 seconds – but it was man first flight in ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • John McElwee avatar

    It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Series

    Contributed by John Mcelwee on Nov 22, 2023
     | 1,607 views

    This was a video devotion that was on a web site during the first winter of COVID 19 with the United Christian Church (DoC) in mind. The phrase "mask up" near the end is in reference to wearing a mask because of COVID

    “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Home Depot before Hallowe’en. That bothers some people more than it bothers me I figure even if the connection is tenuous that anything that gets people to thinking about Jesus is a good thing. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    When Christmas Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Aug 6, 2003
    based on 606 ratings
     | 44,500 views

    The wise men were satisifed with their Christmas.

    When Christmas Isn’t What It’s All Cracked Up To Be (Christmas In The Real World Series) 2 of 3 December 8, 2002 FBC, Chester, Illinois Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction: A Someone pondered what the first Christmas might have been like if wise women had come from the east ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christmas Surprises

    Contributed by John Gaston on Dec 6, 2016
     | 9,172 views

    Christmas is meant to be a time of surprises, that's why we wrap up gifts! The first Christmas was definitely a big surprise: Jesus' parents,how He was born,who was notified, how He saved, and that He's coming back!

    CHRISTMAS SURPRISES Luke 1:26-37 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. A Jewish lady named Mrs. Rosenberg many years ago was stranded late one night at a fashionable resort - one that did not admit Jews. The desk clerk looked down at his book and said, "Sorry, no rooms. The hotel is full." 2. The Jewish lady ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Tammy Garrison avatar

    A Different Kind Of Christmas

    Contributed by Tammy Garrison on Dec 7, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 5,929 views

    In light of 9/11 and other events closer to home, this Christmas will be a different kind of Christmas for many, if not all. This sermon focuses in on the hope and promise in the birth of Jesus.

    #120 11/26/01 Luke 1:26-38 Bibliography: I want you to pause and think with me for just a moment. Here in the last few weeks of 2001, lets look back over this past year, and reflect. We began with a down turn in our economy. In January, February, and March, households in Grace paid taxes on ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Andrew Warriner avatar

    So Here It Is Merry Christmas

    Contributed by Andrew Warriner on Apr 9, 2013
     | 6,154 views

    A short sermon for Christmas Day

    “So here it is Merry Christmas, everybody’s having fun look to the future now, it’s only just begun”. Everyone at some point in their lives will have heard those lyrics sung by the glam rock band, Slade. The record reached number one in the Pop charts in December 1973 and ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • John Braland avatar

    Mary Christmas Series

    Contributed by John Braland on Dec 10, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,046 views

    Mary’s example teaches us that godly men and women still understand that God’s favor still rests on them. And Mary teaches us that godly men and women still respond to God’s calling. When God leads us to do something we need to follow, we need trust God.

    Every morning the kids get up and prepare for school. Kathi makes them breakfast and packs their lunches and we get them ready to board the bus. And now that it’s cold out the kids don’t want to stand at the bus stop for very long because they will get cold and we don’t want to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational