Glory – Sermon Illustration Ideas

The Word Became Flesh

Beauty, clear, Flesh, Glory, Human, The Word

Words and reality don’t always match. For example, when someone tries to describe a particularly funny joke, but you don’t laugh, they’ll say, “I…

Deserved Glory

Glory, Honor, Humble, Recognition

In the animated film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (directed by Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears, Paramount Pictures, 2023), a group of anthropomorphic…

The Way

Glory, Mandalorian, Process of Jesus, The Way

The Disney+ series The Mandalorian (created by Jon Favreau, Lucasfilm, 2019) revolves around the diverse adventures of a stoic bounty hunter who is resolutely…

Where Credit Is Due

Gifts, Glory, God's Glory, Serving, Spiritual Gifts

Have you ever accomplished something, only to have someone else steal the credit for your hard work? Few things are more annoying! In the…

Face to Face

Fear of God, Glory, God's Glory, Humbled, Humility, Reverence, Seeing God, Worship

In the 2003 movie Bruce Almighty, a man who is frustrated with God finally gets to meet him. After hearing this news Bruce’s mood…

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….

A Worthwhile Suffering

1 Peter 4:12-19, 1 Peter 5:10, 2 Corinthians 4:17, 2 Corinthians 4:8-10, Endurance, Eternity, Glory, Pain, Patience, Priceless, Revelation 21:4, Reward, Romans 5:3-5, Romans 8:18, Romans 8:28, Suffering, Trials, Value, Worth

“Would you go through all the pain of childbirth again, just to be able to have that beautiful child of yours?” For most mothers,…

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…

Colliding Stories

1 Corinthians 1:18, Boast, Comfort, Crucifixion, Galatians 2:20, Glory, Hebrews 12:2, John 3:16, Pain, Pleasure, Power, Resurrection, Romans 8:1, The Cross, Wisdom

“Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to…

God’s Best

1 Peter 2:1-5, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, 2 Peter 3:9, Doubt, Future Hope, Glory, God's Plan, Isaiah 40:28-31, Outcomes, Proverbs 3:5-6, Providence, Sanctification, Sovereignty, The Future, Trusting God

“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to…

Divine Happiness

Creation, Disbelief, Divinity, Ephesians 2:4-5, Faith, Glory, God the Father, God's Delight, God's Love, Happiness, Isaiah 41:10, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 139:13-14, Relationship, Romans 8:28

“To please God…to be a real ingredient in the divine happiness…to be loved by God, not merely pitied, but delighted in as an artist…