Here are 23 sermons appropriate for the beginning of a new year. Some of them speak to faith, some to courage, some to the need for trust in God’s promises, some to contentment, and some to overcoming fear. Please feel free to use this material in any way that might be useful as you prepare sermons and Bible studies.

When You Need to Know, You’ll Know 

Why I Am Not a Pessimist    

Three Things Not to Worry About Next Year  

One Word You Shouldn’t Say in 2010

Have a Blast While You Last   

What If   

Overcoming Fear of the Future   

Daily Bread Living   

Let Us Fix Our Eyes on Jesus  

There is No Growth Without Struggle   

What We Owe the Past, What We Owe the Future  

Why God Makes It Hard When It Ought to be Easy  

How Faith Works 

The Standing Orders of the Gospel  

Trees Planted by the Water: How to Get Started Right Next Year  

Iron Shoes: God’s Promise for Every New Year

Some Advice to the Discontented

How to be Happy in Babylon

Strength for the Journey

Come Before Winter

Why We Keep Believing

What God Remembers That We Forget

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