God's Plan Archives - Sermon Illustration Ideas

Chasing Dreams

Dreams, God's Plan, God's power, Plan, Pursuit

In The Pursuit of Happyness (directed by Gabriele Muccino [Columbia Pictures, 2006]), Chris Gardner realizes he has inadvertently crushed his son’s dreams. In a…

Answering Jesus’s Call

Calling, Evangelism, God's Plan, God's Will, Purpose

Titus Coan (1835–81), a New England–trained educator and physician, used his knowledge of both fields to work as a missionary on the island of…

Least Likely to Succeed

Being Used By God, David, God's Plan, Success

What if you were voted the “Least Likely to Succeed” in your high school yearbook? That’s what happened to the creator of Food Network,…

Part of God’s Story

Being Used By God, Faith, God's Plan, God's Will, Perspective

In the book The Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf reminds Frodo that difficult character Gollum’s life was spared for a reason: “My heart tells…

Using the Least Likely

Being Used By God, God's Plan, God's Will, Helping others

Rahab the prostitute might have been the least likely person to help God’s people. Prostitution was not something that the Hebrew people practiced and…

Choosing Teams

Being Used By God, Expectations, God's Plan, Overlook, Overlooked

Do you remember choosing teams for dodgeball or basketball on the playground as a kid? If you were the kid who was overlooked or…

“Even the Smallest Person”

Being Used By God, David, God's Plan, History

“Even the smallest person can change the course of history,” the elf queen Galadriel says to Frodo as he fears the journey ahead of…

Drum Majors

Discipline, Focus, Following God, God's Plan, Maturity

Drum majors are tasked with keeping an entire marching band in step and on the beat. Drum majors keep themselves visible to limit confusion….

Trust The Process

Big Picture, Faith, God's Plan, God's Will, Process, Trusting God

If we were to drive to work every day and observe the daily progress of a unique building being constructed, we might be a…

Incredible Prophecies

God's Plan, God's Plan of Salvation, Jesus Christ, Old Testament, Prophecies, The Gospel, The Messiah

A magician makes their magic trick more impressive by making things more difficult on themselves. He or she will be blindfolded. They’ll have their…

The Task At Hand

God's Plan, Sharing the Gospel, The Gospel, The Kingdom of God, Trusting God, Work

It is hard to remain hopeful when we can’t see the full picture of how or when God will redeem the whole world. We…

The Intolerable Compliment

C.S. Lewis, God's Masterpiece, God's Plan, God's Will, Masterpiece, Pain, Sanctification, Suffering

“We are, not metaphorically but in very truth, a Divine work of art, something that God is making, and therefore something with which He…

Judo and God’s Will

Direction, Free Will, God's Plan, God's Will, Sovereignty

We may press our own will and attempt to move ourselves in its direction, but God leverages our movement to his own will. In…

Expectations

Disappointment, Expectations, God's Plan, Trusting God

Have you ever seen kid splay pretend? Maybe they are playing super heroes or playing house. Inevitably, you will have one child tell another…

One Plan

God's Plan, Plan of Salvation, Redemption, Salvation

Thomas Edison finally constructed the first electric lightbulb in January 1879. One of the biggest hurdles was finding the right filament to burn within the…

Knowing In Part

God's Plan, God's Will, Knowing God, Purpose, Understanding God

The book of Job makes clear this matter of human limitedness. We don’t have the knowledge or the language to understand God fully. “Now…

Spoiler Alert

God's Plan, God's Promises, God's Will, Happy Ending, Hope, Spoiler, Story, Trials

The Christian life is not one without heartache and trial. You will not get to skip all of the conflict in your life’s story,…

I’ll Do It Myself!

God's Plan, God's Timing, God's Will, Obedience, Trusting God

Like Thanos putting on the infinity gauntlet and saying, “Fine. I’ll do it myself” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu_hw963AG4), we like to take the reins and make our…

Pay Attention

Distracted, Distractions, Eyes on Jesus, Falling, Focus, God's Plan, God's Purpose, Pay Attention, Priorities, View

How many times have we done something clumsy while looking at our phone? If we’re not paying attention, we can fall off the track…

The DIY Try

Ability, God's Plan, God's Strength, God's Will, Strength, Trutsting God

Have you ever tried to fix something yourself? Give it that DIY try! If you watch any of those home improvement shows, they make…

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