God’s Promises – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Eternal Outlook

Eternal Perspective, Eternity, Future Hope, God's Promises, Our Future

In The Divine Conspiracy, Dallas Willard ends the book by pointing forward. Christians must be future focused, not on ten or twenty years from…

All Things Right

God's Promises, Hope In Christ, Joy, Waiting

If you’ve ever been on a road trip with small children, you know they relentlessly ask, “How much longer till we get there?” It…

Jesus’s Arrival, Fulfillment Of God’s Promises

Fulfillment, God's Promises, Jesus's Birth, Jesus's Life

Here is a great presentation from BibleProject about the biblical idea of the Messiah and how Jesus’s arrival brought about the fulfillment of God’s…

Godforsaken

forsaken, God Remembers, God's Promises, God's Grace, Godforsaken, Struggles

Godforsaken. Have you ever heard that phrase? A rough definition of the phrase is that God turned his back, or forsook, something or someone….

“God Is Still God”

God Almighty, God's Promises, God's Provisions

Musician and worship pioneer David Crowder recently wrote a song in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. He sensed a spirit of despair. He…

Promises

God's Promises, Keeping Promises, Promise

General Douglas MacArthur was a man who kept his promises. During World War 2, he was forced to flee the Philippines due to the…

“I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”

God's Promises, Progress, Racism, Struggle

In his final speech, Martin Luther King Jr. declared, “But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop. ……

“What Are You Going to do with Freedom?”

Building, Freedom, God's Promises, Promise

“What in the hell are you gonna do with freedom?” This is what the racist character Dan Scott asks the slave and Revolutionary War…

Reunited

Faith, God's Promises, Promise, Trust

In the sci-fi drama Interstellar (directed by Christopher Nolan [Paramount Pictures, 2014]), a complex web of events causes a young astronaut trying to save…

Happy to Be Home

Comfort, God's Promises, Safety, Security

Have you ever been on a long vacation and were then happy to come home? Vacations are great, but there’s something about sleeping in…

God’s Desire

God With Us, God's Faithfulness, God's Promises, Holy Spirit

In the television drama Downton Abbey, two servants named Bates and Anna fall in love. Their love is a special kind of love, one…

Cries for Help

God's Faithfulness, God's Promises, Relationship with God, Trusting God

In Nashua, New Hampshire, a woman and her dog were rescued from a sewer system they had fallen into while out on a walk….

Faithful in the Little Things

Faithful, God's Faithfulness, God's Promises, Promise, Promises

In the children’s book Eric Says Thank You, young Eric has a great breakfast of toast one day and thanks his mom. This leads…

Keeping Promises

Faithful, God's Promises, Promises, Redemption

Sometimes, being faithful to a promise doesn’t necessarily end up looking the way you think it will look. That’s what happened that first Sunday…

His Word Is His Bond

God's Faithfulness, God's Promises, God's Word, Promises, Trusting God

Captain Robert Campbell was a British POW captured by Germany during World War I. When his mother became gravely ill, he begged to visit…

Faithful God

Abraham, Faithfulness, God's Faithfulness, God's Promises, Trusting God

In the United States, when a leader is sworn into public office, they often place a hand on the Bible as they take their…

Sleeping On The Job

God's Promises, Protection, Provision, Psalm 121, Security, Trusting God

Psalm 121 tells us that ‘He [God] who watches over you will not slumber.’ Much unlike the armed security guard from the Atlanta area…

Keeping Promises

God's Faithfulness, God's Promises, God's Word, Promises, Scripture

Can you keep a promise? We yearn for people to keep their promises to us. From something small, like promising to return a phone call,…

Always With Us

God's presence, God's Promises, Suffering, Trials

Joni Eareckson Tada, who has lived as a quadriplegic for fifty years, shares her answer to the question “If you have enough faith, will…

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,…