Sermons on New Orientation:

New Year - New Commitments

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jul 11, 2012

Let's make resolutions that can actually change our lives.

New Year – New Commitments December 28, 2008 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Let’s make resolutions that can actually change our lives. Focus Passage: Philippians 3:13-14 Introduction: Easy resolutions/failed resolutions I. Commit ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14

Denomination: Baptist

New Year ,new Hope.

Contributed by Peter Mwariri on Dec 31, 2011

Around this time most people are full of excitement and of course they should be for a new year lies ahead.To most of the people it means a time to party and drink,while others take this as the time to reflect and plan ahead.Yet others are still buried in

Let us closely examine this verse, Philippians 3:13-14 "No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14

Denomination: *other

A New Year For A New You

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jan 2, 2012

This will be a four part series at the first of the year. Paul uses the analogy of a runner to describe the Christian’s spiritual growth. The believer has not reached his goal of Christlikeness, but like the runner in a race, he must continue to pursue it

A New Year For A New You Philippians 3:12-14 Ill. Can you imagine what it would be like to be at a track meet waiting for the start of the 100 meter race? Gathered together are the top runners from across the world. Fractions of a second separate these runners. While the marathon is a test ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

New Year, New Start

Contributed by Scott Spencer on Jan 9, 2016

So, a new year is a good time for us to put the past behind us, and set our eyes upon new things. We should never allow these mistakes, setbacks, failures to enslave us to the point that we are captive to the past

New Year 2016 Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV) 18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?[1] Happy New Year. Some of us here this morning have made many mistakes in our lives as Christians. We have experienced ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:18-19

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

New Year - New Mantle

Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Dec 13, 2016

Elisha's story shows us how we can have a successful New Year - Through experiencing our own Gilgal (having control over our flesh) Bethel (experiencing the presence of the Lord ) Jericho (placing our faith in God) Jordan River (old life to new life)

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:1-15 Theme: New Year - New Mantle Proposition: The story of Elisha shows us how we can have a successful New Year - Through experiencing our own Gilgal (having control over our flesh) Bethel (experiencing the presence of the Lord ) Jericho (placing our faith in God) ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:1-15

Denomination: Nazarene

New Year;new Hope

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Jan 20, 2017

If you do not do anything different from last year, don't blame God that nothing has changed.

New Year; New Hope 2 Corinthians 5:11-5:17 Philippians 3:12-3:14 Prayer- Introduction- Scripture- 2 Corinthians 5:11-5:17 Philippians 3:12-3:14 Happy New Year! When we say Happy New Year what are we saying to someone? We are saying that we hope this New Year will be better than the year ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:11-17, 2 Corinthians 3:12-14

Denomination: Nazarene

New Clothes For The New You!

Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Jun 15, 2015

In Col, 3:1-17 Paul shares with us that we are 1. Set our hearts and minds 2. Put to death that which will kill us and 3. Put off that which will harm and Put on the New Clothes of Our New Life in Christ.

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-17 Theme: New Life - New Clothes or New Clothes for the New You! INTRO: Good morning and I am so glad you are here this morning! Throughout the years, America has been identified by various iconic images. For example, during the great western expansion ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-17

Denomination: Nazarene

New Year -- New Adventure

Contributed by Andy Grossman on Dec 28, 2012

When we face the uncertain future we need to, 1. Remember the Past, 2. Remember to Prepare, 3. Remember God's promises

“New Year – New Adventure” December 30, 2012 Romans 8:18-23; 31-39 “What we are suffering now is nothing compared with the glory that will be shown in us. Everything God created looks forward to the time when his children will appear in their full and final glory. The ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:18-39

Denomination: Holiness

New Heaven And New Earth Series

Contributed by William D. Brown on Oct 3, 2013

Chapters 21 and 22 are a description of the eternal state following the Millennium and the final judgment of the lost, along with the destruction of the old earth.

#11~ Rev.21: NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH 8-31-13 Today we'll talk for a few minutes to do with a few of these verses in Rev.21: In this chapter we see that the history of time is finished; the history of eternity as we think of it is about to ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The New Heavens And The New Earth Series

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jun 28, 2012

What will eternity be like? What will it be like to live with God forever and ever? Chapter 21 tells us.

What will eternity be like? What will it be like to live with God forever and ever? Chapter 21 tells us. All the bad and negative things of this world are going to be conquered and destroyed. All the pollution, the ungodliness, the evil, all the suffering and pain, even death will be gone. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

A New Heart For A New Year

Contributed by Jim Mccutchen on Jan 1, 2011

You cannot live without a beating heart. What the physical heart is to the body, is what the spiritual heart is to the soul. Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. There is NO heart so steeped in sin that He ca

TIME FOR A HEART CHECK UP A couple of cows were grazing in a lovely pasture. They were standing by a fence alongside a road. Right in front of them passes a large semi truck. It was hauling a bright, shiny, chrome tanker trailer. On the side of the trailer - printed in big red letters - were the ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:23

Denomination: Christian Church

A New Year A New Commitment Series

Contributed by Rich Anderson on Jan 4, 2011

New Year’s resolutions are easily broken. New Year’s expectations are a work in progress throughout the entire year. Jesus taught us what is most important in our lives in His Sermon on the Mount.

The trouble with turning over a new leaf is that once you’ve done it twice, you’re right back where you started. What was the greatest blessing for you last year? The whole year, January through December, on what one day did you find your greatest blessing? It may have been the day your ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34

Denomination: Christian Church

Good News, Bad News Series

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Feb 28, 2011

Important truths from these verses that show us why this world needs the good news so badly.

Good News, Bad News Intro: Two 90-year-old women, Rose and Barb, had been friends all of their lives. When it was clear that Rose was dying, Barb visited her every day. One day Barb said, "Rose, we both loved playing softball all our lives, and we played all through High School. Please do me one ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:18-32

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A New Year, A New Start

Contributed by Eric Hanson on Oct 13, 2017

The turn of the year is the perfect time to deal with people about the big picture of their life's direction.

A New Year…A New Start Pastor Eric J. Hanson January 1, 2017 People think of the start of each new year as a special time; a time of stepping through an important door into a new room; a room that has never been occupied and explored before. I believe that God has wired us this way. We mark our ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A New Earth And Everything New

Contributed by Pastor Randall Timblin on Dec 13, 2017

Will there actually be a New Earth, a New Heaven and a New Jerusalem. Can we really and truly believe that?

There is a poem entitled “A Prayer for the Future” quoted by Sir Frances Drake, it said, and I quote, disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, when we arrive safely because we have sailed too close to the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 7:23-24, Revelation 6:12-14, Revelation 16:18-20, Revelation 21:2-3

Denomination: *other