Sermons on Luke 1:13-67:

The Purpose Of Christmas Series

Contributed by Alan Tison on Feb 20, 2007

Christmas is not about getting what we want rather Christmas is about getting what we need. The first Christmas God was using pinpoint accuracy to bring his plan to fruition to give us what we needed most; a savior!And that is the real purpose of Christma

Introduction: A young boy desperately wanted a bicycle for Christmas, so he asked his parents for the bike; His parents wanted to teach him the importance of prayer, so they suggested the young boy should write a letter to Jesus and pray for one instead." Not pleased with the response of his ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Calming The Christmas Jitters

Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007

All of us as Christians can agree that Christmas is supposed to be a happy and joyful time of the year. However, Christmas for many people is a time of great frustrations and fears. According to our text, fear involves punishment and has torment. All of u

Calming the Christmas Jitters Text: Luke 1:26-33 (KJV) 26And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 28And the angel came in unto ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-33

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What Were You Expecting?

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Feb 22, 2007

We Need to Expect God everywhere

Title: What were you expecting? Text: Luke 1.5-25 MP: We need to expect God everywhere. Intro: Sadly, I just couldn’t find this story on the Internet, but I remember one of those “human interest” news stories from a few years back. It seems that a tourist from somewhere in Eastern Europe had ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-25

Denomination: Baptist

Everything Changes

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Feb 22, 2007

Humility is the right response to salvation FCF: Mary’s song teaches us how to accept a gift in way that is both grown-up and gracious: namely by putting the focus back on the giver.

Long Branch Baptist Church Halfway, Virginia; est. 1786 Sunday, December 17th, 2006 Enter to Worship Announcements Prelude David Witt Meditation 2 Corinthians 5:16-19 Invocation *Opening Hymn #88 “Joy to the World” Welcome Morning Prayer *Advent Litany [See Right] *Hymn CH#622 – [See ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:46-56

Denomination: Baptist

Surprising Words Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Apr 21, 2007

God’s power is at work whenever the gospel is preached. If he could do the things we read about here in Luke 2, there’s nothing he can’t achieve.

You may have heard this story before. A chauffeur had been driving a chemistry professor to dozens of speaking engagements. He’d heard the same speech time and time again. Finally he said to the professor as they were driving to the next engagement, "Professor, I reckon I could give your speech ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:39-55

Denomination: Anglican

The Greatest Mother Of All

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 27, 2007

Five godly qualities which Mary possessed that mark her off as perhaps the greatest mother of all time.

The Greatest Mother of All Luke 1:46-49 The producers of the TV program, “The Simpsons” have gone too far in my estimation. In a recent broadcast, they portrayed Mary, the mother of Jesus as someone who intervenes in a fight by beating up all the combatants. She settles the melee by using ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:46-49

Denomination: Wesleyan

Our Souls Magnify The Lord Series

Contributed by Dustin T Parker on May 1, 2007

our souls shall magnify the Lord, and our spirits rejoice in God, our Savior.

Our Souls Magnify the Lord! Luke 1:46b-55 † In His Name † Grace and peace,f rom God our Father, and our Lord, Jesus, the Messiah! Hilarious News! Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth, Mary, and You Sarah thought it was most amusing, Hannah realized it was a gift of God, delivering her from her misery, a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:46-55

Denomination: Lutheran

O Favored Ones Series

Contributed by Dustin T Parker on May 1, 2007

The presence of GOd

Our Souls Magnify the Lord! Luke 1:46b-55 † In His Name † Grace and peace,f rom God our Father, and our Lord, Jesus, the Messiah! Hilarious News! Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth, Mary, and You Sarah thought it was most amusing, Hannah realized it was a gift of God, delivering her from her misery, a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Lutheran

Love Found A Way To Heal Our Pain

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 8, 2007

The problem of pain, from the perspective of Elizabeth and Zechariah. God heals!

Love Found A Way To Heal Our Pain Luke 1:5-15 Intro: (video clip from “Bruce Almighty”) Do you ever feel like that? “God could fix my life in five minutes if He wanted to…”; “the only one around here not doing his job is YOU!” If you haven’t seen the rest of Bruce Almighty, it is God paging ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-15

Denomination: Baptist

The Wonderful Birth Of Promise Series

Contributed by Todd Leupold on May 29, 2007

Join me in taking a closer look at the heavenly message declared to an unsuspecting teenage girl. It is a message about “the wonderful birth of PROMISE” that we can all learn and be encouraged by!

Heavenly Messages of Christmas #3: “The Wonderful Birth of PROMISE” INTRODUCTION: For the past two weeks, Pastor Ellison has started us in a wonderful series of messages reflecting on the heavenly messages proclaimed in the days surrounding the very first Christmas. We have reflected ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Baptist

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Blessing Series

Contributed by Todd Leupold on May 29, 2007

Christmas teaches us that ordinary people can attain extraordinary blessing in their lives!

CHRISTMAS STORIES OF HOPE 1: “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Blessing” Luke 1:26-38 Welcome: Read excerpt by Jackie McCullough as excerpted in The Incarnation: An Anthology, pp. 47-48. Introduction: Are you looking for glad tidings this Christmas season? Do you come to God in search of your ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Baptist

Just The Same Ol', Same Ol' Again?

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008

Message about going into the New Year with a commitment to deepening your relationship with Christ.

Just the Same Ol’ Same Ol’ Again? Luke 1:37; Proverbs 16:3 December 30, 2007 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT USED IN MY MESSAGES IS BORROWED FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Me: Jeanette Case, from Erie, PA, sent this in to Reader’s Digest: Last year when I called my ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:37

Denomination: Wesleyan

Attitudes For Answered Prayer

Contributed by Randy Hamel on Mar 10, 2008

Sermon looks at God’s plan for answered prayer: when he says no, not yet, or yes to prayer, and what do do in the waiting period

Attitudes to Answered Prayer (Acknowledgement - Ray Duerksen - Southland Community Church) There are three attitudes I believe we all need in order to have answers to our prayers. o E.g. A young girl who wrote a letter to a missionary. It was a prayer letter and she was trying to lend her ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:7-23

The True Blessing Of Christmas

Contributed by Victor Yap on Nov 21, 2007

Christmas

THE TRUE BLESSINGS OF CHRISTMAS (LUKE 1:26-45) There is supposedly a blessing for everything in Judaism, from food to drink, from people to nature, from illness to danger. If you have seen Fiddler on the Roof, you may remember that the rabbi of the tiny Jewish community in Russia was asked by a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-48

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Topsy Turvy Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Nov 21, 2007

Christmas

TOPSY TURVY (LUKE 1:26-38) Christmas spirits are down every five years or so in the 21st century, as typified by the down years of 2002 and 2007. War and more rumors of war are in the air, unemployment is up and stocks are down, hearts are anxious and worried. In 2002, more than two years of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Independent/Bible