Sermons on Luke 1:6-25:

What Does He Want From Me?

Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 6, 2005

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

Scripture: Luke 1:5-60

Denomination: Baptist

Does God Still Send Angels? Series

Contributed by Brian Atwood on Dec 8, 2005

The ministry of angels to Christ followers.

Luke 1:5 (NLT) It all begins with a Jewish priest, Zechariah, who lived when Herod was king of Judea. Zechariah was a member of the priestly order of Abijah. His wife, Elizabeth, was also from the priestly line of Aaron. 6Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s eyes, careful to obey all of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-17

Denomination: Baptist

The Man Behind Christmas

Contributed by Roger Wilson on Dec 16, 2005

An exploration of the human side of Christ

Luke 1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:6-33

The Presence Of Hope Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Dec 19, 2005

The story of Zechariah and the angel telling him of his coming son John. This message is about the presence of Hope in Christmas

The Presence of Hope Zechariah What would happen if one morning, during the middle of your daily routine, an angel appeared and told you that God had a plan that would completely change your life? How would you respond? Luke’s account of the Christmas story includes two such incidents, Next week ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-80

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Coming Of The King

Contributed by Paul Stokes on Dec 20, 2005

Carol Service sermon focussing on the enjoyment and ignorance that surrounds much of the world’s "Christmas" understanding.

I’m looking forward to visiting Middle Earth in a day or two... J.R.R. Tolkein’s "Lord of the Rings" - having been voted top book in the BBC’s "Big Read" - reaches its conclusion in the third cinema film "Return of the King". It’s so tempting to start drawing on Tolkein’s imagery. The conflict ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:16-20

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God Speaks

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 30, 2006

Think for a moment of all of the ways you are communicated to. People speak to us with their ideas almost every waking moment. Everyone is saying the same thing, "Listen to me...listen to what I say..." They are either knocking on your door, or they’re

GOD SPEAKS Introduction: The world speaks in many different ways. And we have learned to listen. We often follow what the world tells us. This century alone, man has discovered the power of communication by way of the - Newsprint, Telegram, Radio, Telephone, Televison, Internet Think for a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God Has Not Forgotten

Contributed by Monty Newton on Dec 2, 2006

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

Scripture: Luke 1:5-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Joy Of God's Promises

Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Dec 2, 2006

JOY The happy state that results from knowing and serving God. A number of Greek and Hebrew words are used in the Bible to convey the ideas of joy and rejoicing. We have the same situation in English with such nearly synonymous words as joy, happiness, pl

The Joy of God’s Promises JOY The happy state that results from knowing and serving God. A number of Greek and Hebrew words are used in the Bible to convey the ideas of joy and rejoicing. We have the same situation in English with such nearly synonymous words as joy, happiness, pleasure, delight, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-66

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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 Call Of Motherhood

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on May 10, 2010

The call of motherhood is an overwhelming call. Look at it through the eyes of Elizabeth and Mary.

The Call of Motherhood Luke 1:5-38 * (Video – “A Mother’s Day Moment”) If I were to ask each of us to give a ‘moment’ with mom, many such moments would be funny, some would be highly emotional, and a few would be ‘strained.’ One reason that there ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-38

Denomination: Baptist

Mute

Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 9, 2010

A sermon on Zechariah from Luke 1

Sermon for 8/8/2010 Mute HoHum: Last weekend Crystal and I went to my family’s reunion in Indiana. I saw relatives there I haven’t seen for years, cousins, aunts and uncles. Lee, my brother, and I played horseshoes. Lee scored all of our points and we got beat soundly. We got there ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-65

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Faces Of Christmas: Doubt Series

Contributed by Ralph Juthman on Nov 26, 2011

Even in the darkest of days, God has His faithful servants who come with a message of HOPE

THE FACES OF CHRISTMAS The Face of DOUBT Luke 1:1-25 INTRODUCTION: Christmas is a time of hope. But for the people living when the first Christmas appeared, it was anything but hopeful. It was a dark time for the nation of Isreal. There had been no prophetic word from God for over 400 years. The ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-25

Denomination: Pentecostal

Unexpectedly Expecting Series

Contributed by John Sears on Nov 30, 2011

God steps into history to break 400 years of silence by announcng unexpected news to two unsuspecting individuals. What does it look like when God is silent, and how do we know when he is speaking to us?

Series: When God Breaks His Silence Title: Unexpectedly expecting Theme: Christmas Introduction : There is a game my parents used to play when we were on road long road trips in the car. The rules of the game went something like this. “The first one to talk loses.” We called it the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-38

Denomination: Christian Church

The Wait Is On

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Dec 2, 2011

Waiting is essential to the spiritual life. But waiting as a disciple of Jesus is not an empty waiting. It is a waiting with a promise in our hearts that makes already present what we are waiting for.

The Wait Is On Advent #1 Nov 27, 2011 Intro: What do the following have in common: • Doctor’s office • Holiday shopping • Connecting flights • Red light • Advent Can you guess? The answer is waiting, and that that is what we are going to explore together ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:6-25

Denomination: Baptist

The Man Who Thought His Prayer Was Not Answered Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Dec 3, 2011

Zechariah prayed, and thought his prayer was not answered. God, however, not only heard his prayer, but answered in a way he could never have imagined.

“In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. But they ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-25

Denomination: Baptist