Sermons by Donovan Drake (Page 2)
“A Good Start” | First Sunday Of Christmas
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “A Good Start” | First Sunday Of Christmas Matthew 25: 31-40 “But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. 32 And all the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; 33 and He will put the sheep on…
“What’s in The Package” | Nativity Of The Lord | Christmas Day
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player “What’s in The Package” | Nativity Of The Lord | Christmas Day Hebrews 1:1-10 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2 [a]in these last days has spoken to us [b]in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the [c]world. 3 [d]And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact…
Christmas Eve Services
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Advent Choral Service | Fourth Sunday Of Advent
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Fourth Sunday Of Advent Matthew 11:2-11 2 Now while in prison, John heard about the works of Christ, and he sent word by his disciples, 3 and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or are we to [a]look for someone else?” 4 Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you hear and see: 5 those who are blind receive sight and those who limp…
“Living Hope” | Third Sunday Of Advent
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Third Sunday Of Advent Matthew 11:2-11 When John heard in prison what the Messiah[a] was doing, he sent word by his[b] disciples 3 and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” 4 Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with a skin disease are cleansed,…
A Candlelight Service Of Hope & Healing
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“No Better Time!” | Second Sunday Of Advent
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Second Sunday Of Advent Matthew 3:1-12 In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”[a] 3 This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’ ” 4 Now John wore clothing of camel’s hair…
Reign Of Christ | “Home For Thanksgiving”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Reign Of Christ Colossians 1:11-20 11 May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, so that you may have all endurance and patience, joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father,[a] who has enabled[b] you[c] to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved…
Children’s Sabbath | “…Be Glad And Rejoice Forever.”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Children’s Sabbath Isaiah 65:17-25 17 For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating, for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy and its people as a delight. 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and delight in my people; no more shall the…
All Saints’ Sunday | “Acting your Age”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player All Saints’ Sunday Luke 20:27-38 27 Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him 28 and asked him a question: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, the man[a] shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman and died childless; 30 then the…
“Telling Secrets”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost Luke 18:9-14 9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even…
“Best Place On Earth”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Ninetenth Sunday After Pentecost Luke 18:1-8 18 Then Jesus[a] told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3 In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my accuser.’ 4 For a while he refused,…
“Turn For The Best”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost Luke 17:11-19 11 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus[a] was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he entered a village, ten men with a skin disease approached him. Keeping their distance, 13 they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they…
“If It Makes You Feel Any Better…”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost Luke 16:1-13 16 Then Jesus[a] said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. 2 So he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management because you cannot be my manager any longer.’ 3 Then the manager…
“The Cost Of The Lost”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost Luke 15:1-10 15 Now all the tax collectors and [a]sinners were coming near [b]Jesus to listen to Him. 2 And both the Pharisees and the scribes began to complain, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 3 And so He told them this parable, saying, 4 “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave…
“Who Are you?”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 139 Lord, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know [a]when I sit down and [b]when I get up; You understand my thought from far away. 3 You [c]scrutinize my [d]path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. 4 [e]Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, Lord, You know it all. 5 You have encircled…
“Where are we and why are we here?”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost Hebrews 12:18-29 18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, 19 and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words, which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them. 20 For they could not [a]cope with the command, “If…
“Desire A Better Country”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Ninth Sunday After Pentecost Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 1 Now faith is the certainty of things [a]hoped for, a [b]proof of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old [c]gained approval. 3 By faith we understand that the [d]world has been created by the word of God so that what is seen has not been made out of things that are visible. 8 By faith Abraham, when he was…
“Busy And Distracted”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Sixth Sunday After Pentecost Luke 10:38-42 38 Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who was also seated at the Lord’s feet, and was listening to His word. 40 But Martha was distracted with [a]all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care…
“When Life Doesn’t Add Up…”
Click this link for sermons on the Podcast Player Fifth Sunday After Pentecost Luke 10:25-37 25 An expert in the law stood up to test Jesus.[a] “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all…