Comfort – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Starting Something New

Anxious, Comfort, Confidence, Discomfort, Learning, New Beginning

Have you ever started something new and felt out of your depth? Whether it’s starting a new job or hobby or beginning at a…

Happiness

Character, Comfort, Happiness, Joy

The animated movie Trolls describes the overly happy creatures called trolls and the overly negative creatures called Bergens (directed by Mike Mitchell and Walt…

Writing Comforting Words

Comfort, Community, Follow-through, Praying, Words

In 2020, the sale of sympathy cards was at an all-time high because of the COVID-19 pandemic, even leading to shortages in stores. One…

Reclaiming Home

Comfort, Exile, God's Promise, Home

In the movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (directed by Peter Jackson [Warner Bros., 2012]), Bilbo Baggins helps a group of dwarves in exile…

Happy to Be Home

Comfort, God's Promises, Safety, Security

Have you ever been on a long vacation and were then happy to come home? Vacations are great, but there’s something about sleeping in…

Be Kind Rewind

Comfort, Community, Kindness, Working Together

Be Kind Rewind (directed by Michel Gondry [New Line Cinema, 2008])is the silly story of two clerks in a video rental store who accidentally…

All Shall Be Well

Comfort, Julian of Norwich, Peace, Peace In Christ, Tranquility

Julian of Norwich (born ca. 1342) was a Christian mystic who, when she was close to death, felt the peace and joy only God…

Our Comforter

Comfort, Comforter, Spirit Led, The Holy Spirit, The Spirit

The Spirit leads us into truth and comforts us even when we are confused, angry, upset, or struggling with sin. One of the ways…

Try to Remember

Comfort, Deuteronomy 4:9, God With Us, God's Faithfulness, God's Love, Meditation, Remembering, Reminders, Thinking, Thought life, Trials

How good is your memory? Do you walk into a room and forget why you came there in the first place? We memorize things…

The Church is His Bride

2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Bride of Christ, Bridgroom, Challenges in Life, Church is the Bride, Comfort, Discomfort, Hard times, Isaiah 62:5, Jeremiah 2:2, John 3:29, Matthew 11:28-30, Revelation 19:7-9, Revelation 21:2, Romans 8:26-28

In J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, a character named Aragorn is finally crowned as the rightful king. “But when Aragorn…

Uncomfortable Miracles

Acts 3:16, Comfort, Discomfort, Faith, Healing, Jeremiah 32:27, Job 5:8-9, Luke 18:27, Matthew 19:26, Miracle, Mystery, New Life, Order, Rules, Transformation

“Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. It’s true: They rebut every rule all we good citizens take comfort…

Transformative Empathy

1 Peter 3:15, Acts 1:8, Comfort, Community, Empathy, Evangelism, Galatians 2:20, Kindness, Love, Mark 16:15, Prayer, Romans 1:16, Sharing, Support, Witness

In the May 2015 issue of Christianity Today, Richard Clark highlighted an emerging group of Christian video game-makers who were rising to prominence. Two…

On The Other Side

2 Corinthians 4:8-10, Comfort, God's Healing, God's Love, God's power, James 1:2-4, John 16:33, Loss, Preaching, Revelation 21:4, Romans 5:3-5, Suffering, Suicide, Sustain, Tragedy

When Rick Warren preached his first sermon after the suicide of his son, Matthew, the world was watching. Hearing how the pastor talked about…

Colliding Stories

1 Corinthians 1:18, Boast, Comfort, Crucifixion, Galatians 2:20, Glory, Hebrews 12:2, John 3:16, Pain, Pleasure, Power, Resurrection, Romans 8:1, The Cross, Wisdom

“Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to…

Hope Is Powerful

1 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 Timothy 1:1, 1 Timothy 4:10, 1 Timothy 6:17, Colossians 1:23, Comfort, Failure, God's Love, Grace, Hebrews 6:19, Hope, Hopeful, Peace, Purpose, Titus 1:2, Titus 3:7, Unfailing Love

Hope is powerful. In this clip from the film To End All Wars, prisoners of war tell us just how important hope is to…

The Stockdale Paradox

2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Comfort, Confidence, Endurance, Isaiah 40:29-31, Joy, Perseverance, Psalm 119:50, Psalm 22:24, Psalm 23:4, Running The Race, Seeking Truth, Suffering, Trust

In this video (3 minute mark), Dr. Dennis Charney explains the “Stockdale Paradox,” a way of thinking that acknowledges the challenge being faced while…

Adversity

2 Timothy 3:12, Acts 4:20, Adversity, Comfort, Isaiah 43:2, James 1:12, Joy, Luke 9:23-25, Overcoming, Redemption, Suffering, Trial, Trusting God, Victory, Witness

“Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.” – Billy Graham The Lord is able to redeem difficult situations…

When Trials Come

1 Peter 4:12, 1 Peter 5:10, Comfort, Faith, God's Faithfulness, James 1:12, James 1:2-8, John 16:33, Love, Refine, Remembrance, Suffering, Trials, Trusting God, Witness

“When trials come no longer fear For in the pain our God draws near To fire a faith worth more than gold And there…

Sharing Grief

Comfort, Consistency, Death, Grief, John 14:1, Kindness, Lamenting, Loss, Matthew 5:4, Mourning, Presence, Psalm 147:3, Psalm 34:18, Revelation 21:4, Support

In a memorial service for five slain Dallas police officers, former President George W. Bush spoke, saying, “Those of us who love Dallas and…