God’s Kingdom – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Greatness In God’s Kingdom

God's Kingdom, Greatness, Self-Sacrifice, Servanthood

To illustrate this point about greatness in God’s Kingdom, refer to the life of Mother Teresa. She was a complicated figure, as recent information…

God’s Kingdom Looks Different

Different, Ethics, God's Kingdom, Jesus Followers, Living Different, Matthew 5:1-12, The Beatitudes

The Beatitudes teach us that God’s kingdom looks different from the world’skingdom. One way to illustrate is with nontearable paper. By giving nontearablepaper to…

Salt, Light And Christmas Lights

Community, God's Kingdom, Light of the World, Loving Our Neighbor, Salt of the earth, Working Together

In the book, Fearing Bravely, McNiel illustrates Jesus’s intention for the kingdom by pointing to his own illustration: salt and light. Jesus claimed that…

Being The Hands Of Christ

God's Kingdom, Ministry, Serving, Serving Others

Matthew Eldridge was a body double for actor Jason Bateman. He compares his experience on a movie set—working alongside hundreds of others to make…

This Little Light

Evangelism, God's Kingdom, Light, The Gospel, The Kingdom of Heaven, Witnessing

Have you ever been in a dark room when someone lit a candle or flashlight? No matter how dark the room might be, the…

The End In Mind

2 Timothy 4:6-8, 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, Daily Devotion, Death, Eulogy, God's Kingdom, interactive, Legacy, Paul, Self-Evaluation, Self-Examination, Stephen Covey, The End In Mind, Timothy, Values

What will be said of you when you die? We must live our daily life curating the legacy we leave behind, that it may…

In Wonderland

2 Corinthians 5:17, Counter-Cultural, God's Kingdom, John 3:16, John 3:3, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Luke 17:20-21, Mark 1:15, Matthew 5, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:19-21, Matthew 6:33, Paradox, Perspective, Sermon on the Mount, The World, Upside Down, Values

In the very popular film, Alice in Wonderland, Alice, the main character, enters through a rabbit hole into the surprising and upside-down world of Wonderland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNXpnufLVkc&pbjreload=10. Just as…

Power in Numbers

1 Corinthians 12:12, 1 Peter 3:15, 2 Corinthians 5:20, 2 Timothy 2:15, 2 Timothy 4:5, Body of Christ, Ephesians 2:10, Ephesians 4:16, Evangelism, God's Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Unity, Work of God, Working Together

The advancement of the kingdom of God does not occur by the solo efforts of a single individual seeking to be the hero; instead,…

Agents of Change

1 Corinthians 16:13, 2 Timothy 1:7, Bold, Brave, Courageous, Deuteronomy 31:8, Failure, Fear, God's Kingdom, Jeremiah 29:11, Joshua 1:9, Kingdom of God, Purpose

Often, when we decide to be an agent of change for God, fear will rise up against us. Throughout the Scriptures, God encourages his…

Wanted: A Family

Acts 16:34, Answering Prayer, Direction, Family, God's Kingdom, Heartbreaking, Hebrews 13:1-2, Hebrews 13:16, Hurting, Loneliness, Lost, Matthew 9:10, Meeting Needs, Philippians 2:14-15, Prayer

In a heartbreaking story, one teenager posted an ad on Craigslist asking to rent a family on her birthday so she wouldn’t have to…