Fear – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Cup of Tea

Fear, Loving Others

Have you ever gotten to know someone, only to realize they weren’t your cup of tea? Maybe they rubbed you the wrong way or…

List of Negatives

Anxiety, Emotions, Fear, negatives, power of anxiety

Anxiety is the ability to see all the possible negative outcomes. It is driven by fear. The movie Inside Out (directed by Pete Docter and Ronnie…

FOMO

compulsive, concerns, Emotions, Fear, fear of missing out, fomo, Panic, scared, worries

“FOMO is a catchy acronym that stands for ‘fear of missing out.’ According to Urban Dictionary it is ‘the state of mental or emotional strain caused…

Freedom from our Debts

Debt, Fear, Freedom, Sin

Financial debt is something with which many families struggle. The averageAmerican household carries thousands of dollars in debt. Freedom from debt is away to…

Immortality in Faith

Faith, Fear, Immortality, Resurrection

Fear of death and the desire for immortality is real. Alcor is a business that markets resurrection. People can pay tens of thousands of…

Fear Of Death

Death, Faith, Fear, Immortality, Power of Jesus, Resurrection

Fear of death and the desire for immortality is real. Alcor is a business that markets resurrection. People can pay tens of thousands of…

Afraid

Afraid, Corruption, Fear, Fear of Man, Hard Circumstances, Sickness

While some fears may seem extreme, a 2020–21 study by Chapman University surveyed what made Americans “afraid” or “very afraid.” At the top of…

Follow Him And Go Anyway

Fear, Following Jesus, Jonah, Sharing Faith, Sharing the Gospel, Uncomfortable

Sometimes, our fear or hatred of someone can get in the way of sharing the gospel and obeying Jesus. In the season 1 finale…

Hope in the Midst of Pain

Fear, Hope, Pain, Violence, War

In our passage today, Isaiah is speaking to the nation of Israel, which was entering a really bad time. Through God’s righteous judgment, they…

Traveling Fears

Anxiety, Burdens, Fear, Trusting God

Sometime traveling means experiencing the unfamiliar, and it can bring up big feelings, such as worries about having a bad experience, and a whole…

Travel Worries

Burdens, Fear, Trusting God, Worry

Because summer traveling means experiencing the unfamiliar, it can bring up big feelings, such as worries about having a bad experience, and a whole…

The Moravians’ Witness

Calm, Conversion, Conversion Story, Fear, John Wesley, Peace, Storm

John Wesley’s conversion came as a result of a great storm at sea. Though his conversion came two and a half years after the…

A Healthy Fear

Fear, Fear of God, Power, Reverance

Fear can give us a healthy dose of reality. Fire can be used to light up a dark room, but it also has a…

Hand in the Cookie Jar

Consequence, Consequences, Fear, Guilt, Mistakes, regret, Repentance, Wrong

Have you ever been caught in wrongdoing? Maybe it was something small like the age-old stealing a cookie from the cookie jar, or maybe…

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…

Faith In The Face of Fear

Confidence, Faith, Faith in God, Fear, God Is In Control

Our brains have chemical reactions to fear. The amygdala is a part of the brain that activates when we sense a threat stimulus and…

Fear & Vice

Fear, Insecurity, Trusting God, Vice

Many of us are dealing with insecurities. Maybe God is calling you to something and you’re afraid. It’s okay to be fearful. But ultimately…

No Fear In Love

Fear, Following Jesus, Grace

Love is the result of the grace we’ve been given in Christ—yet we’re often motivated by fear. In an article in Psychology Today, Robert…

A Right Fear

Fear, Fear of God, Glory, God's Glory, Honor, Knowing God, Reverence

One major problem that national parks deal with regularly during tourist season is lack of respect (“fear”) for the wild animals in the parks….

Mine Shaft of Sin

2 Corinthians 3:17, Acts 13:38-39, Colossians 1:21-23, Fear, Freedom, Galatians 5:1, Glorify God, Guilt, John 8:36, Rescue, Romans 6:22, Romans 8:1-4, Salvation, Sin

God repeatedly uses his people not to glorify themselves or to give some advantage to others, but to glorify God. “God has given us…