Generosity – Page 2 – Sermon Illustration Ideas

“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…

Practicing Generosity

2 Corinthians 9:6, Acts 20:35, Discipline, Generosity, Gifts, Giving, Growth, Increase, Luke 21:1-4, Luke 6:38, Matthew 6:21, Practice, Proverbs 11:25, Proverbs 22:9

Practicing generosity is like weightlifting. If you start lifting thirty-pound reps (roughly one-third of your body weight when you’re still one hundred pounds), you…

16 Illustrations on Generosity

Generosity, Gifts, Giving, The Heart, Treasure

Are you preaching on generosity? Check out these great illustration ideas that bring biblical truths to life through word pictures, stories, and everyday examples….

Grace For Good

1 Peter 1:2, 1 Peter 3:8, Advantage, Challenge, Colossians 3:12, Faith, Generosity, Grace, Mercy, Musical, Novel, Proverbs 11:16, Psalm 145:8, Security, Theme

Les Misérables is one of the most popular novels turned musical turned movie (twice). One of the overarching themes is grace. Jean Valjean, the…

A Generous Gift

2 Corinthians 9:11, Difference, Effective, Generosity, Gifts, Giving, Luke 6:30, Luke 6:38, Miracle, Offering, Proverbs 11:25, Psalm 112: 5, Sermon, Sincerity, Tithe

Hattie May Wiatt was a little girl who lived in Philadelphia in the late 19th She died and left her life savings of $0.57…

Choosing Happiness

1 Peter 5:6, Christ's Character, Discipline, Ephesians 4:2, Generosity, Gratitude, Happiness, Humility, Identity, Love, Philippians 2:3, Proverbs 11:2, Romans 12:16, Selflessness, Trust

Gretchen Rubin is known for her book, The Happiness Project. In it, she writes, “The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish…

God’s Gifts

2 Corinthians 8:1-5, 2 Corinthians 9:6, Blessing, Generosity, Gifts, Grace, Humility, James 1:17, Omniscience, Proverbs 11:2, Proverbs 22:4, Sovereignty, Status, Stewardship, Unworthiness

“If you have money, power, and status today, it is due to the century and place in which you were born, to your talents…

A Poured Out Life

1 Timothy 6:18, Comfort, Devotion, Generosity, Giving, James 2:5, John 12, Luke 12:21, Luke 12:34, Matthew 13:45, Matthew 5, Money, Poor, Proverbs 16:8, Purpose, Sacrifice, Wealth, Worship

In an article titled “When Wasting Your Life Is Worship,” Jon Bloom compares how Mary and Judas each responded to Jesus in John 12….

Dad’s Squad Car

2 Corinthians 9:7, Acts 20:35, Car, Enemies, Generosity, Gift, Love, Luke 6:38, Matthew 6:21, Prize, Proverbs 11:24-25, Reconciliation, Sacrifice, Strangers, The Cross

This article shares a touching story of a son wishing to buy the cop car his father drove before his untimely death. At the…