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  • Bobby Daniel avatar

    Just What I Wanted! Series

    Contributed by Bobby Daniel on Dec 20, 2008
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     | 4,895 views

    3rd sermon from 2008 Christmas series where we look at Christmas through point of view of Biblical characters, this is Simeon’s.

    “Just What I Wanted” Christmas Through Their Eyes Series Luke 2:21-38 Intro: What is the perfect gift in your eyes? For many, it usually it is something you really, really want. Maybe that new TV, or a new car. Perhaps it might be a long awaited trip or just a quiet evening alone. Whatever the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Heirloom: Jesus Is Not An Ornament

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 22, 2008
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     | 3,998 views

    Sometimes we treat God like a holiday ornament that we pull out on special occasions, but Jesus is not just a Christmas story, He is our life.

    Christmas 2008 (This message was part of our annual Christmas program with drama and music. If you would like more information, email cgwallis@sbcglobal.net) Wise Firemen: A young boy from Texas drew a picture showing three men, offering gifts to the baby Jesus in his manger. What made the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Left Overs

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 22, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,278 views

    A sermon for the First Sunday of Christmas

    First Sunday after Christmas Luke 2:22-40 "Left - Overs" 22* And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be called ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Waiting For The Christmas Promises

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Dec 23, 2008
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     | 4,114 views

    Everyone waits for Christmas. Christmas is the promise of gifts. In Simeon and Anna we see that finally the Christmas promise has arrived. The silence is over in these latter days God has spoken to us in His Son.

    Intro: It has been 400 years since the Word of the Lord came to the prophets of Israel. Finally the still small voice whispers grace to those that will hear. In the 400 years of Gods silence Rome has risen to power and controls the Promised Land. A remnant of the people of Israel are still ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Curt Cizek avatar

    Waiting On God

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Dec 26, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,803 views

    Sometimes God asks us to wait and be patient. What do we do in the meantime?

    - How are you at waiting? - They say that patience is a virtue. I know a lot of people that are not very virtuous then. I am one of them. - I do not like to wait one iota - However, I am working on it. I’m starting a group called Impatient Anonymous. THE MEETING IS BEGINNING ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    "Salvation Has Come!"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Dec 27, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 8,387 views

    God will reveal God’s self to YOU! Just wait.

    Luke 2:22-40 “Salvation Has Come!” By: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor, Grace United Methodist Church, Soddy Daisy, TN www.graceumcsd.org I have a hard time waiting, how about you? The Rock Band Queen had a song in which Freddie Mercury belted out: “I Want It All and I Want It Now!” A good friend of ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Ken Harris avatar

    "Prayer Warriors"

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,974 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to to motivate the hearers - that have loss something or someone - to do what Anna did and become a Prayer Warrior.

    28 December 2008 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Fortress Chapel F.O.B. Sykes Tall-afar, Iraq BIG IDEA: The Prophetess Anna was a Prayer Warrior. After the loss of her husband, she dedicated her life to Prayer, Fasting, and Worship (PFW). REFERENCES: First Sunday After Christmas Day; ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Long-Awaited Gift

    Contributed by Daniel Haas on Dec 30, 2008
     | 3,263 views

    Make sure you try and wait and when the time has come, hopefully the Holy Spirit calls you to be like a prophet to someone and give him or her a new direction and bring him or her to the God of Israel.

    Glory for the people Israel - On the 1st day of Christmas my true love gave to me A Partridge in a Pear Tree - On the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to me Eleven Pipers Piping - 12 Days of Christmas Song - 11th Day: 11 Pipers piping, the 11 faithful Apostles - Total of 12 Apostles ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Destiny Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Jan 6, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,225 views

    The story of the holy family and their encounter with Simeon and Anna, demonstrates how we can keep the Spirit of Christmas vital in our lives throughout the year.

    Luke 2: 22-40 “Destiny” INTRODUCTION Christmas 2008 is quickly fading. The radio stations, which have been playing Christmas music since early November, have switched to their normal fare. The paper for all of those brightly wrapped gifts has found its way into the trash. Batteries have been ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • John Foster avatar

    101 Things To See Before You Die . . No:1 . . . . Series

    Contributed by John Foster on Mar 5, 2007
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     | 6,438 views

    The title of this talk is 101 things to see before you die – well numbers 2 to 101 are up to you and you may or may not get the opportunity to see them in your lifetime. But the number one thing to see, is Jesus.

    Over the past few years the BBC have run a number of series called the 101 things before you die. 101 places to visit before you die, 101 things to do before you die and 101 things to eat before you die. What they do is get people to write in and suggest their favourite and then they put ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Capturing The Christmas Spirit

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Dec 3, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,409 views

    A devotional about re-capturing the real "Spirit of Christmas."

    Capturing the ’Spirit of Christmas’ Rev. Todd G. Leupold, Perth Bible Church, Wed. 12/3/2008 INTRODUCTION: This is the time of the year in which we hear endlessly about ’the Spirit of Christmas.” Everyone, from believers to unbelievers, the devout and the rebellious, the faithful and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tim Smith avatar

    To Welcome The Child Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 5,417 views

    This sermon looks at how Mary and Joseph welcomed the Christ child into their lives and the implications for our lives and our Christmas

    To Welcome the Child Luke 2:21-40 Norman Vincent Peale writes of spending Christmas in Africa with his wife, children and grandchildren. He was hesitant but his wife told him he would love every minute of it. And yet, as Christmas day approached he was troubled because everything Christmas was ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Parenting Done Right Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Jun 27, 2010
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     | 7,196 views

    Sermon looks at parenting principles and challenges for children from Luke 2.

    Parenting Done Right Luke 2:39-52 Rev. Brian Bill 6/27/10 I have a confession to make this morning. For the past 11 years many of you have had to endure my frequent references to Wisconsin as the Promised Land. I’m starting to feel bad about this because it’s not really fair to say ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    And Life Goes On... The Day After Christmas 2010

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jan 7, 2011
     | 5,395 views

    As followers of Jesus we are to follow His example and live out our new birth in the world around us.

    And Life Goes On… The Day After Christmas 2010: Luke 2:21-40 Intro: Guess what? Only 364 more sleeps till Christmas! Anybody counting down?? I found a couple things I thought I’d share this morning: Why Jesus is Better Than Santa Claus Santa lives at the North Pole... ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Fr Mund Cargill Thompson avatar

    Lightsabres And Beach Towels

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Feb 4, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,115 views

    700 teeangers at boarding school sit in an evening chapel service that they have not chosen to come to. This Candlemass sermon (with lots of props) seeks to present the Gospel to them

    Today is sometimes called “Candlemass” This morning at mass at my own church, we had candles EVERYWHERE. It was a pyromaniacs dreams - On the altar, under the altar, behind the altar, on the window sills, in every spare space and in people’s hands - Candles. Why? It goes back ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican