Sermons on Shemitah Year:

How To Have A Happier New Year

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jul 3, 2012

There are four things that we can “do” to be happy.

How to Have a Happier New Year January 4, 2009 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: There are four things that we can “do” to be happy. Focus Passage: John 13:15-17 Introduction: Let us look at four things the child of God can do to ensure ...read more

Scripture: John 13:15-17

Denomination: Baptist

Christ Came To Be The Devine Saviour

Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Apr 19, 2017

Change as we face the future is inevitable. We can determine, at least to some degree how change will play out. This is a New Year's sermon.

JESUS CAME TO BE THE DEVINE SAVIOR LUKE 9:49-56 THIS IS THE LAST SUNDAY OF 2015. I THINK SOME OF YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS YEAR HAS REALLY FLOWN BY. IT SEEMS AS I GET OLDER THAT THE YEARS GO BY QUICKER FOR ME. 2015 HAD A NUMBER OF POSITIVE THINGS HAPPEN IN THE WORLD AND THERE WERE A ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:46-56

Denomination: Baptist

Be Not Afraid

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 28, 2014

Let’s not fear what nature or nations may do to us. Sometimes the Lord calms the storm…sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms us.

The most often repeated command in Scripture is “fear not.” It is given 114 times…that’s not just something an angel says in a Christmas play! God tells us in verse one, “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are Mine.” We have ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:1-28

Denomination: Congregational

"Let Us Connect"

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Jan 5, 2016

How can we connect to God by companionship, by having Proper Character, by conditioning, and by continuance.

“This New Year let us Connect” Acts 2:42-47 The Early Church found something we need and that is Connection 1. The early Church connected to God as a result of Constance in their life 42They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Methodist

New Beginnings PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Dec 15, 2023

This sermon explores the transformative power of faith in Christ, emphasizing our new identity, deepening relationship with God, and belonging within a community of believers.

Good morning, beloved family in Christ. I stand before you today, not as a stranger, but as a fellow traveler on this road of faith. We walk this path together, united in our shared love for our Savior and our desire to grow closer to Him each day. Today, we are going to turn our hearts and minds ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Topics: New Year, Fresh

Praise Your Way Through 2023 Into 2024 PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Dec 27, 2023

This sermon encourages embracing adversity as a means to draw closer to God, maintaining a life of praise and unwavering faith in Him.

Greetings, cherished friends and family in Christ. Today we gather under the banner of His love, united in spirit and purpose, eager to hear the whisper of the Almighty. We find ourselves in the book of Psalms, specifically Psalm 34:1-3, and in the book of Job, chapter 13, verse 15. The words of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:1-3, Job 13:15

Topics: New Year, Praise

Changing Our Behavior In The New Year

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Dec 30, 2002

This message confronts Herod’s behavior, and how we as Christians need to change our behvior to be more reflective of a Christian lifestyle.

This time of year, many people get around to making some "New Years Resolutions". No doubt, some well intended resolutions that may last for a while, but not all resolutions get kept, and most have gone by the way saide within just a few short weeks. But I want us as we approach a New year to think ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-18

Denomination: United Methodist

Two Simple Stratagies For The New Year

Contributed by Raymond Perkins on Jan 24, 2003

As the title reflects, a lesson encouraging direction for the New Year.

TWO SIMPLE STRATAGIES FOR LIVING IN THE NEW YEAR Isaiah 63:7-9 INTRODUCTION: A woman walked into her bathroom at home. As she did, she saw her husband weighing himself on the bathroom scales, sucking in his stomach. The woman thought to herself, "He thinks that he will weigh less by sucking in his ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 63:7-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Christmas Eve/Day, Year B

Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Dec 12, 2002

Christmas is a time to celebrate the meaning and mystery of the Word becoming flesh and living among us.

Sermon for Christmas Eve, Yr B 2002 Based on Jn 1:14 Grace Lutheran Church, Medicine Hat By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson On this Holy Night, we gather together to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Christmas is, among many things, an occasion to focus on the meaning and the mystery of Jesus being ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

Denomination: Lutheran

How To Have A Happy New Year

Contributed by Russell Rhodes on Dec 28, 2002

This sermons seal with the princples and characteristics of living a happy life

How to Have a Happy New Year Matthew 5:1-12 As we start our New Year, we all want it to be happy. We tell people to have a happy New Year. This should be our desire for others and us. But, how do we have a happy New Year? Is there anything that we can do to have a happy New Year? Are there any ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

New Year Challenge - A Closer Walk

Contributed by Gary Regazzoli on Jan 28, 2002

This sermon is based on Paul’s statement in Phil 3:10-11 "All I want is to know Christ". Do we view our christian walk in these terms?

New Year Challenge – A closer Walk Bumping into Ross-anne at Supermarket  At the supermarket this past week, I was at the meat counter when this girl came up and threw her arms around me  Fortunately I knew her  She belongs to a Christian group, “Cornerstone” who operates an ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:10-11

Denomination: Christian Church

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 29, 2005

Why Celebrate Christmas

Hello, this is Pastor Steve Funderburk of Bethel Assembly of God in Wetumpka, Alabama. I would like to give you my thought on what are some of the greatest messages we have from the birth of Christ. As we read the Word of God we find that Jesus was announced as Emmanuel, or God with us. This is ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God's Plan For You In The New Year

Contributed by David Seeley on Jan 2, 2005

The New Year is a great time to take inventory of your spiritual life and see what areas God may be wanting you to grow in the New Year.

1. Destroy all roots of bitterness by forgiving those who have hurt you and accepting forgiveness from others. Ephesians 4:29-32 “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14

Denomination: Holiness

My Greatest Need In The New Year Series

Contributed by Alex Perednia on Feb 6, 2005

If you found a genie-in-a-bottle, what would you ask for? What do you truly need? In this 4-part sermon series, we are exploring what it means for each of us to walk with our shepherd in 2004. Today, we will consider how the Good Shepherd is our provid

INTRODUCTION To begin, let me ask you a question, one that I have asked you before, but find it appropriate to ask again as we begin a New Year. Here’s the question: If you found a genie-in-a-bottle, what would you ask for? A man was walking along the beach at Malibu when he found an old glass ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Born Again A New Years Message

Contributed by Othey Mcnew Jr. on Dec 26, 2003

What we should expect to do and to receive as we enter the New Year>

Born Again A New Years Message John 3: 1-8 John 3 1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-8

Denomination: Baptist