Faithfulness Archives - Sermon Illustration Ideas

Frozen II

Christ's Love, Commitment, Everlasting, Faithfulness, God's Faithfulness, God's Love, Love, Steadfast Love, Unchanging, Unconditional Love

So we must keep “God is love” together with the unchangeableness of God. This reveals a God who shows an everlasting love toward people….

Jurassic Park

Consistency, Constancy, Faithfulness, Fear, God's Faithfulness, God's Love, Love, Steadfast, Steadfast Love

“He left us! He left us!” This is what Lex screams in the thriller Jurassic Park (directed by Steven Spielberg [Amblin Entertainment, 1993]). The…

Finish The Race

Endurance, Faithfulness, Finish the race, Perseverance, Race, Run The Race

“Prior to the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania was just another marathon runner. An Olympic caliber runner, yes. He…

On Track

Christian Life, Direction, Faithfulness, Following Jesus, Path, Race, Run The Race, The Way

In car races, even the smallest errors can cause the difference between being favored and winning or losing. In the 2018 Formula 1 season…

Brother Lawrence

Brother Lawrence, Faithfulness, Humility, Service, Serving, Serving God, Serving Others, Work

The story of Brother Lawrence provides an illustration of how to intergrate our faith and work together. He served for nearly fifteen years in…

The Victorious Limp

Brennan Manning, Calvary, Christ's Victory, Emotional Pain, Exhaustion, Faithfulness, Jesus' Death, Mental, Pain, Physical Suffering, Spiritual Health, The Victorious Limp, Victory, Willing

Jesus’ physical, mental, and spiritual exhaustion did not damper his determination to remain faithful to God’s will. Brennan Manning suggests that “the New Testament…

Saints of Old

1 Corinthians 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 5:24, Attendance, Church Life, Faithfulness, Fellowship, Frustrations, Grief, Hebrews 12:1, Ordinary, Proverbs 28:20, Psalm 119:90, Sin, Trials, United

In an article for Her.meneutics, Megan Hill shares her experience getting to know older “church ladies,” who have persevered in the church through trials…

Following God’s Will

1 Peter 2:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Efficacy, Faithfulness, Future, Glory, God's power, Hebrews 13:20-21, Jeremiah 29:11, Micah 6:8, Obedience, Promises, Stewardship, Trust, Will

In a post entitled, “Do God’s Will, Not His Work”, Bethany Jenkins writes, “In other words, we can work—make sandwiches, balance budgets, preach sermons—but…

Faithful Marriage

1 Corinthians 13:4-8, Commitment, Deuteronomy 23:21-23, Endurance, Faithful, Faithfulness, God's Glory, Hosea 2:20, Image of God, Joy, Love, Marriage, Pixar, Proverbs 3:5-6, Romans 12:9

In the opening scenes of the Pixar movie Up, Carl and Ellie’s marriage is summed up by just a few moments, with no one…

Gaining By Losing

Acts 13:47, Counting the Cost, Death, Eternity, Faithfulness, Hostility, Jim Elliot, Mark 16:15, Mark 8:35, Matthew 5:15-16, Missionary, Perspective, Romans 1:16, Sacrifice, Salvation

Jim Elliot was an evangelical missionary who attempted to reach out to a small Indian settlement in Ecuador with a team. Unfortunately, the entire…

A Mother’s Love

Faithfulness, God's Love, Hebrews 12:7-11, Image Bearers, Imperfect, Jars of Clay, Luke 11:13, Matthew 6:26-27, Matthew 7:11, Motherhood, Parenting, Peace, Psalm 103:13, Reflection, Sharing, Vessels

“The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge The…

Brother Yun

Acts 4:31, Boldness, Evangelism, Faith, Faithfulness, Hebrews 13:16, Joshua 1:9, Persecution, Perseverance, Proverbs 28:1, Purity, Romans 12:1-2, Sacrifice, Saint, Witness

“Brother Yun is a Christian missionary who was saved at age 16 and felt called to witness in different parts of China. He was…

The Privilege of Suffering

1 Peter 4:13, Endurance, Faith, Faithfulness, Joshua 1:9, Joy, Overcoming, Philippians 3:10, Psalm 27:1, Romans 8:17, Sacrifice, Submission, Suffering, Surrender, Trust

Helen Roseveare was an English missionary who served in the Congo, enduring imprisonment and torture during its civil war. Of that traumatic time, she…

Dramatic Irony

2 Peter 3:10, Acts 1:10-11, Faith, Faithfulness, Hidden Things, Judgment, Luke 21:34-36, Matthew 24:36, Patience, Revelation 20:11-15, Studying Scripture, Surrendering, Thanksgiving, The Second Coming, Trusting God

The video below provides a great definition of dramatic irony—when an audience is in on a secret that the characters in a story don’t…

“Steadfast Love”

Active, Assurance, Binding, Deuteronomy 7:9, Faithfulness, Grace, Love, Persistent, Psalm 136:26, Psalm 86:15, Redemption, Repentance, Romans 5:8, Steadfast, Zephaniah 3:17

Lauren Chandler, wife to pastor of The Village Church’s Matt Chandler, recently wrote a book called Steadfast Love. She explores how far-reaching the Lord’s…