Friendship – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Be Careful When Choosing Friends

Friends, Friendship, Gaining Wisdom, Relationships, Wise choices, Wise Friends

In Disney’s Luca (directed by Enrico Casarosa [Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2021]), the title character discovers life above the surface of the water….

You’ve Got a Friend in Community

Community, Forgiveness, Friendship, Unity

You got a friend in me” The Randy Newman song can be heard throughout every Toy Story movie. The original movie, Toy Story (directed…

Faithful Friends

Faithful, Friends, Friendship, Love, Loyalty, Naomi, Ruth

In Anne of Green Gables (directed by Kevin Sullivan [Sullivan Entertainment: 1985]), Anne and Diana become “bosom friends” who remain close throughout their lives….

Forgiving Enemies, Becoming Friends

Christ's Example, Enemies, Forgiveness, Friends, Friendship, Healing, Love, Prayer

After a twenty-four-hour shift, firefighter and EMT Matt Swatzell fell asleep at the wheel, crashing into another vehicle. As a result, June Fitzgerald was…

Concentric Circles of Friendship

Concentric Circles, Friendship, Nature, Spiritual Growth, Tree Rings

Concentric circles are seen in nature, such as ripples in a pond, the layers of an onion, and the rings of a tree. Interestingly,…

Christ-Centered Friendships

Christ centered, Connection, Friendship, Venn Diagram

Think back to middle school math class. A Venn diagram is a graphic representation in which two or more sets of information are positioned…

Ten Things I Love about You

Contentment, Friendship, Happiness, Joy, Perspective

Sometimes it can be hard to focus on what is true in a world of lies, or to find what is just when there…

A Friend

Friend of God, Friendship, Love, Relationship with Christ, Relationship with God

Former Detective Adrian Monk lives alone. He has no friends. He is awkward in social situations but yearns for a friend. So when he…

Sacrificial Friendship

1 John 4:12, Courage, Endurance, Faithful, Friendship, Hero, Isaiah 57:15, John 14:16, Journey, Lord of the Rings, Movie, Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 18:24, Strength, Support

Frodo is one of many heroes in The Lord of the Rings. One overlooked hero is Samwise Gamgee, his hobbit companion and friend who…

Selflessness

1 Corinthians 13:4-7, 1 Peter 3:8, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Caring, Friendship, Galatians 5:13, Giving, John 5:30, Mark 12:31, Philippians 2:3-4, Philippians 2:5-8, Romans 12:10, Sacrifice, Self-centered, Selfish, Selfless

When Jesus died on the cross for our sins, He made the ultimate, selfless sacrifice. There are times He calls us to be selfless….

Friendship With God

Children of God, Fellowship With God, Friend, Friend of God, Friendship, James 2:23, James 4:4, John 15:13, John 15:15, John 15:4, Proverbs 17:17, Proverbs 18:24, Proverbs 27:17, Relationship, Relationship with God, Servant

God desires a mutually giving relationship with us—a friendship (John 15:15). “What then is the difference between a servant of God and an intimate friend…

Framily: Friends Who Are Like Family

Body of Christ, Children of God, Family, Family of God, Friend, Friend of God, Friendship, James 2:23, John 15:13, John 15:14, John 15:15, John 3:1, Proverbs 17:17, Proverbs 18:24, Proverbs 27:17

This clip (3:25-7:00) shows a group of three unlikely animal friends in Georgia. Their keeper remarks that these animals are like family to one another, and…

God Uses Unlikely People

Calling, Course, Ecclesiastes 8:6, Ezra 1:1-4, Ezra 5:6-12, Ezra 7:11-26, Friendship, God's Plan, Life Path, Luke 10:34, Path of Life, Proverbs 16:4, Purpose, Romans 8:28, Romans 9:17

Sometimes God will use people in our lives to change our course. Some of those people won’t be part of our community of faith. …

Jesus, Friend of Sinners

Evangelism, Ezekiel 3:17-19, Ezekiel 38:23, Friendship, Isaiah 12:4, Isaiah 45:22, Isaiah 6:8, John 13:35, Luke 12:11-12, Matthew 28:19-20, Matthew 5:15-16, Matthew 9:37-38, Ministry, Missions, Proverbs 11:30, Psalm 105:1, Reaching the Lost, Sin, Welcoming Others

In the article, “Jesus, Friend of Sinners: But How?” Kevin DeYoung states, “Jesus was a friend of sinners not because he winked at sin, ignored sin,…