Father – Sermon Illustration Ideas

The Father

Creation, Father, Identity, Jesus, space, Time

In season 3 of the television series Gilmore Girls, Jess has never met his father. When he is a senior in high school, his…

From Homelessness

Belonging, cherished, Child of God, Father, having a home, Homeless, parent, provider, unwanted

In the novel The Gods of Gotham, police officer Timothy Wilde inadvertently takes in an orphan. From that moment, all that matters to her…

Already Been Paid

Blame, by grace, cover up, Father, Grace, lies, Mistakes, paid

In the children’s book Eric Says Sorry, Eric breaks a neighbor’s flowerpot. This begins a series of mistakes (sins) as he tries to cover…

A Powerful Love

Father, Love, Pride, Struggle

. In the children’s book Sidney and Norman: A Tale of Two Pigs, Norman is tidyand organized. Sidney struggles, and Norman judges him for…

The Father

Calling, Father, Following God, God's power, Guidance, Journey, Relationship with God

The process of God empowering us as he calls us is like a father helping his young son learn a trade skill, like carpentry….

“Remember Me”

Covenant, Father, God Remembers, Relationships, Remember

Relationships create the opportunity for remembrance. The film Coco (directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina [Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2017]) reveals the…

The Eternal Dance

Father, Holy Spirit, Son, The Trinity

One way to look at the mutual indwelling of the Trinity is to think of the Trinity as being in an eternal dance—a dance…

The Homecoming

Bride of Christ, Children of God, Christmas, Father, Gifts, God Our Father, Love, Sacrifice

Earl Hamner’s novel about one Christmas from his childhood, The Homecoming, is a perfect illustration of God’s love for his bride. At the height…

The Attachment Cycle

Children of God, Father, God Our Father, Love, Relationship with God

Psychology and emerging neuroscience highlight the reality of this innate need for connection through the attachment cycle. This cycle demonstrates that for a growing…

Keeping Our Eyes On Jesus

Children of God, Father, Focus, Hearing God, The Voice of God, Trusting God

When a young child visits the dentist for the first time, the dentist’s main goal is to help the child get used to the…

Our Father

Care, Discipline, Father, God Our Father, Heavenly Father, Love, Maturity, Wisdom

Think of a loving, human father and his young son. There are things the son does not (and cannot) understand at this point in…

The Main Thing

Children, Father, First, God's Promises, Priorities, Provision, Seeking God, The Kingdom, Worry

When babies are born, they don’t spend any time worrying about where their clothes, food, and shelter are going to come from. They are…

Finish The Race

Endurance, Faith, Father, God's Strength, Help, Perseverance, Promise, Race, Run The Race, Strength

Unlike most races, our spiritual race is not about coming in first. It’s about finishing. If we don’t give up, if we don’t quit,…

Shining On Us

Christian Life, Father, Gift, Holy Spirit, Son, Spirit, Trinity

The Christian life is a life of relationship. We fellowship with one another, but we also, importantly, fellowship with the triune God. When we…

“I’m Stuffed”

Father, Generosity, Giving, Leadership, Love, Selflessness

Leadership involves sacrifice. This scene from the movie Cinderella Man shows what personal sacrifice looks like and how, sometimes when you are leading, you…

Child’s Play

Child, Child-like, Child's Play, Children, Father, Humble Ourselves, Interruptions, Joy, Mother, Others

Children have the uncanny ability to express the most sincere and basic reactions to what we might perceive as an insincere and complicated world….

A Father’s Love

1 Corinthians 8:6, 1 Peter 1:3 James 1:17, Countercultural, Example, Father, Fighting, John 3:16, Kindness, Love, Model, Psalm 103:13, Sacrifice, Steadfast, Witness

Debasita Dasgupta, an Indian artist living in Singapore, creates illustrations that demonstrate fathers around the world loving their daughters in tangible ways. One father…