Sermons on Season Of Joy:

Be The Gift!

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Dec 8, 2018

This Christmas season as we seek to meet our Christmas Expectations, how can we help others meet those expectations, by our being the gift.

Be the Gift! Matthew 2:1-12 December 9, 2018 In past years we’ve talked about the art of regifting. And it is an art. How do you tactfully give a gift which you’ve been given and remember who gave it to you, so that you don’t regift to the giver? That can be pretty exhausting in and of itself. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Prepare Your Heart, For Worthy Is The Lamb

Contributed by Jim Parisi on Dec 22, 2002

As this season unfolds and the year winds down to its last days We will celebrate the birth of our savior and reflect on our lives

Prepare your heart, For Worthy is the Lamb HHM 12-22-02 Pastor Jim Parisi As this season unfolds and the year winds down to its last days We will celebrate the birth of our savior and reflect on our lives Luke 2: 1-12 1 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Reading The Times Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Dec 1, 2008

Christians wait and watch for Jesus’ return. We know the season, but we don’t know the time, and we live in the paradox.

Mark 13:24-37 “Reading the Times” INTRODUCTION There is probably not a day that goes by that we don’t wait. We might wait for a train at Bell and Grand, or wait in a line at the grocery store, or twiddle our time away waiting to see a doctor. Waiting is a part of lives, even though none of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:24-37

Denomination: Lutheran

Why Did Jesus Come?

Contributed by Glenn Newton on Dec 6, 2003

As we Celebrate Christmas... Let’s not go through the season without celebrating Christ and all He has done for us

Text: Luke 1:26-37 This morning We will begin a four week Christmas Journey as we unwrap some Truths about Why Did Jesus Come? Why Did Jesus Come, and I will unwrap four different reasons that Jesus came to us and what that means for us as we prepare to celebrate His coming. Are you getting ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-37

Denomination: Nazarene

Team Meeting Series

Contributed by Jeffrey Stewart on Apr 5, 2001

Football (church) Team Meeting telling the team the expectations of the Owner (GOD) and the coaching staff (Church Leadership-Pastors) for the new season.

Team Meeting of the Minnehaha Saints Enter auditorium dressed as a football coach This last week I was talking to the Owner and General Manager of the team And he told me to call this team meeting today To tell you about some of His plans for the team in the up coming season · Introduce Coaching ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

His Name Shall Be Called Wonderful

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 11, 2007

Our Lord Jesus Christ is wonderful in all His ways; and we should be especially reminded of that fact during this Christmas season.

“HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED WONDERFUL” Text: Isa.9: 6 Intro: There is much meaning and importance attached to a name. A name identifies a person. Associated with a particular name are all sorts of character and personality traits. When we mention someone’s name in conversation we immediately ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6

Denomination: Baptist

Golden Connections

Contributed by Angela Smith on Aug 28, 2006

Your present season may seem like the fiery furnace of the 3 Hebrew boys, but look around for your golden connection!

GOD can connect you with anyone, anywhere within 24 hrs. HE knows where you live & HE is fully aware of every human being on this planet. I am telling you this because I want you all to know that no relationship is insignificant in your life. For it is through these relationships that GOD ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 40:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Stewardship Of God's People: His Sheep

Contributed by Eric Hanson on Aug 14, 2007

A look at the shepherding function in the local church. It is not just ordained pastors who have a responsibility. Every seasoned believer is part of this process.

Stewardship of God’s Sheep; His People Pastor Eric J. Hanson October 15, 2006 Introduction As I began to prepare the message, the Holy Spirit moved me in a different direction. He showed me that within the life of each local church, there is another type of broad and overarching stewardship, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Opened Gate

Contributed by Darren Sirmans on Sep 6, 2010

There are certain seasons when you enter into His gate with praises, present your body as a living sacrifice holy and exceptable to God.

Ezekiel 46 : 1 - 6 Six days have passed in the inner courts; a gate is still closed at the inner court yard Jesus says let’s go all of my people and, we all shall say where you lead; we will follow; Jesus leads us to open the gate on the Sabbath of the new moon because the gate has been ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 46:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

November: The Mystery Of The Eleventh (11th) Hour

Contributed by Aderemi Ojikutu on Nov 3, 2009

This is in continuation of the revelational series on times and seasons. How scriptural prayer points drew the sudden power of God intervenes in the lives of men.

Anchor Scriptures: • MATTHEW 20:16 – “So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.” • PSALM 102:13 – “Thou shall arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.” Say with me before we go into this message, • prayer ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Green Christmas Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 6, 2009

The Green decorations of Christmas speak of the promise of life in a season of barren trees and gloomy skies. The birth of Christ also speaks of that promise.

OPEN: Someone has developed a personality test based on how you decorate for Christmas: • If you have nothing but multicolored lights on your tree – you’re an extrovert. • If you only use white lights – you’re the type who asks his guests to remove their shoes at the front door. • But if you use ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:4-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Launch Out Into The Deep

Contributed by Samuel M on Nov 2, 2024

God is ushering(opening) in a season of abundant treasures of Jesus Christ, by which all end-time prophecies will be accurately (correctly) interpreted.

When Jesus had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” Luke 5:4 We are in a season where God stopping everything for an instant and calling us to launch out into the deep and cast our nets for a catch. For the deep waters contains an ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:4

A Christmas Of Contrasts Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 23, 2019

As we consider the first Christmas season, we are struck with contrasts that illustrate how God works in His providence and among people.

A Christmas of Contrasts (Luke 2:7, 16-19; Matthew 2:1-10) 1. What Christmas memories do you have? “When I was 9 years old, I ran into my mom and dad’s room to wake them up to open presents. I tripped over a rug while I was running and smashed my teeth against my parent's bedpost. Blood was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:7, Luke 2:16-19, Matthew 2:1-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Sifted, Then Lifted Series

Contributed by James Jackson on Nov 16, 2023

Why did Jesus permit Peter to be sifted like wheat? How do we respond to our own seasons of sifting?

Good morning! Please open your Bibles to Luke 22. If you are a football fan, you may already know the answer to this question: which running back holds the record for career rushing yards? Correct. Emmitt Smith. Over the course of fifteen seasons, most of them with the Dallas Cowboys, Emmitt ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:31-62, 1 Peter 5:8

Denomination: Baptist

Love Beyond Expressions Series

Contributed by Rudolf E. Y. Mensah on Dec 9, 2023

Love is a verb, it requires an action! Love as a verb is a doing word! It is an action word! Show some love to somebody in this festive season.

OASIS WORD BANK Opening Passage Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and truth. 1 John 3:18 (NIV) Title: Love Beyond Expressions | Part I Columnist: Rudolf E. Y. Mensah, ©Oasis WordBank Reference: 00122308 Devotional This passage is an exhortation to love ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:8, John 3:16, John 13:35

Denomination: Charismatic