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  • Jeremy Houck avatar

    Mary – A Symbol Of Trust

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Feb 5, 2005
    based on 145 ratings
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    Mary can teach us to trust God with reckless abandon

    – adapted from Caught in a higher love by Carolyn Baker Alexander the Great, one of the greatest military generals who ever lived, conquered almost the entire known world with his vast army. One night during a campaign, he couldn’t sleep and left his tent to walk around the campgrounds. As he ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Blessing The Boondocks

    Contributed by William Mouser on Feb 28, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
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    Focusing on the relative obscurity of Mary and Elizabeth in their historical contexts, this sermon encourages Christians who are "out in the boondocks" in any sense to take courage that God is pleased to do His work through them.

    Second Sunday in Advent, Luke 1:26-45 Comparison shopping is a fairly standard technique for shoppers these days. The internet has made it really easy to do. Many websites have a standard format for describing the various features of a product, and you can select a number of different brands ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    God's 20/20 Foresight

    Contributed by William Mouser on Feb 28, 2005
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    Using the Bible’s foreviews of the careers of John the Baptist and the Prophet Jeremiah, this sermon encourages believers to persevere in the expectation that God has just as clearly foreseen their conformity to the image of Christ.

    Third Sunday in Advent Jeremiah 1:4-19, Luke 1:26-45 “God’s 20/20 Foresight” We have all heard the proverb that says, “Hindsight is always 20-20.” I don’t know of another proverb that says anything similarly pithy and witty about foresight. An obvious reason, I suppose, is that foresight ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    Zechariah And Mary, And Spiritual Shock Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 4, 2004
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    Can we be walking with the Lord, be strong in some areas and horribly weak in others, or does spiritual maturity mean we have grown evenly?Let’s contrast the responses of Zechariah the priest and Mary and then return to this question.

    Zechariah and Mary, and Spiritual Shock (Luke 1) Here is a bulletin insert I wrote to add to the sermon, which follows: Zechariah the Priest and Father of John the Baptist The Christmas narrative really begins by setting the stage for Jesus’ coming through explaining how his forerunner, John the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Ed Wood avatar

    The Kind Of Mother God Chooses

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 6, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
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    A Mother’s Day message.

    THE KIND OF MOTHER GOD CHOOSES Luke 1:26-38 INTRO: Today is the day in which we honor the Mothers of our church. A most interesting question is: “WHAT KIND OF MOTHER DOES GOD CHOOSE?” God did choose a mother once, and in Mary of Nazareth we can see what God expects of a mother. I. GOD ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brad Bailey avatar

    A "Mary" Christmas For All

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 2, 2004
    based on 43 ratings
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    The presence of God disrupts our plans and, like Mary, we must surrender our lives in order to fulfill His plan.

    As I’ve expressed in past years…I love the Christmas season. More than at any other time, I find during this season,. I sense God’s presence in the world…and with it, the significance of my own presence. I’ve been reminded of the competing dynamics we all know so well. It’s caused me to look into ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Finding Favor With God

    Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 4, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 16,287 views

    I pray that each of us would FIND FAVOR WITH GOD this morning. We can learn how to FIND FAVOR WITH GOD from the Christmas story of Mary...

    FINDING FAVOR WITH GOD Introduction: For many of us, this is our favorite time of the year. We will sing our favorite Christmas Carols, eat our favorite meals, visit with our favorite friends and relatives, and hear our favorite Christmas story. At Christmas time, life is packed full of (all ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Kevin Higgins avatar

    The Birth Of Christ

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Nov 14, 2005
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    Three reasons Christ’s birth should cause us to praise.

    Luke 1:26-38 The Birth of Christ Woodlawn Baptist Church November 13, 2005 Introduction Read Luke 1:26-38. In our last message from Luke 1, I told you that when God invades our lives, He alone chooses the time He will do a thing, the people He through whom He will work, the methods He will use ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Pat Cook avatar

    Mary, Did You Know? Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Dec 5, 2005
    based on 48 ratings
     | 27,489 views

    #2 in Christmas series on fear. What was Mary told not to be afraid of? God’s plans were about to change hers.

    Luke 1:26-38 – Mary, Did You Know? Today we are continuing our series on fear at Christmas time. In the Christmas story in Matthew and Luke, there are 4 times when people are told specifically not to be afraid. Last week we looked at Zechariah, and this week we are looking at Mary. Let’s read ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Pat Cook avatar

    Offspring Of The Virgin's Womb Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Dec 5, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
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    #1 of 2-part series "Why a Virgin?" This speaks of the Virgin Birth as part of prophecy - Gen.3:15, Is.7:14, and Jer.22:28-30.

    Luke 1:26-38 – Offspring of the Virgin’s Womb, Part 1 (Read passage.) The little girl was sitting with her grandmother, who had presented her with her first little children’s Bible, in an easy-to-read translation, when she was very young. Now, a decade or so later, the old lady was ready ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ed Sasnett avatar

    What Does He Want From Me?

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 6, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,649 views

    God uses faithful people to achieve His purposes of redemption.

    #2005-49 Title: What Does He Want From Me? Text: Luke 1:5-9, 11-17, 57-60 Truth: God uses faithful people to help achieve His purpose of redemption. Aim: To encourage availability to God for His purpose of redemption. Life ?: What does God want from Me? INTRODUCTION I suppose the most ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dave Bootsma avatar

    Conceived By The Holy Spirit, Born Of The Virgin Mary

    Contributed by Dave Bootsma on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 26 ratings
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    Why do we hold to the Virgin Birth and what difference does it make?

    In the TV show Thirtysomething Hope, a Christian, argues with her Jewish husband, Michael, about the holidays. Michael exploded…. “Do you really believe an angel appeared to some teenage girl who then got pregnant without ever having sex and traveled on horseback to Bethlehem where she spent the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Pregnant With A Promise

    Contributed by Joseph Mcculley on Dec 9, 2005
    based on 28 ratings
     | 8,785 views

    A Christmas message about Mary being pregnant with the promise child.

    Luke 1:26-38 Pregnant with a Promise Christmas 2002 Intro. Ever had your name in a drawing? Or, been in a crowd and knew they were going to pick out someone from the crowd to win something? When I was in the military I attended the NCO Leadership School. During the closing banquet I was given ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Tim Zingale avatar

    The Faithful Hand Maiden

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
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    A sermon for the 4th Sunday in Advent A sermon about Mary’s faithfulness

    4th Sunday in Advent Luke 1:26-38 "The Faithful Hand Maiden?" 26 ¶ In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came to her ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Tim Patrick avatar

    Encouragement For Difficult Times

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 90 ratings
     | 38,818 views

    This sermon gives encouragement for facing difficult times.

    Have you ever faced a difficult time? Your difficult time could be: the loss of a job, death of a family member, a relationship problem with another person, disease in your family, a problem at work. All of us face difficult times. Some of these times are emotional, some are spiritual, some are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist