Guilt – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Social Comparisons And Negative Well-Being

Comparison, Envy, Guilt, Mental Health, Negative Emotions, regret, Social Media

“Social media and teens using these platforms for comparison have a big downside: it can be detrimental to self-esteem, self-image, and well-being. In addition,…

Set Free

Calling, Forgiveness, Freedom, Guilt, Jesus' Healing, Set Free, Sharing the Gospel, Sin

Prison is a place a lot of us may feel reluctant to go. But in prison there are many people yearning to be set…

Ghosting

Avoidance, Communication, Confrontation, Guilt

Ghosting is a modern phrase for cutting off all communication with someone without explanation. For example, in an episode of Gilmore Girls, things are…

Tale As Old As Time

Guilt, Hiding, Shame, Sin, The Fall

A boy was told by his father not to play with his father’s watch. While his father was away, the five-year-old initially decided he…

Hand in the Cookie Jar

Consequence, Consequences, Fear, Guilt, Mistakes, regret, Repentance, Wrong

Have you ever been caught in wrongdoing? Maybe it was something small like the age-old stealing a cookie from the cookie jar, or maybe…

The “Anxious Bench”

Anxiety, Anxious, Conviction, Guilt, Repentance, Sin, Sinful Nature, Sorrow

Imagine being in a church service. Everyone is praying or singing songs of praise as the pastor loudly proclaims that people need to get…

Broken Watch

Conviction, Guilt, Mistakes, Shame, Sin, Sinful Nature, Sorrow, Trouble

A boy was told by his father not to play with his father’s watch. While his father was away, the five-year-old initially decided he…

“No Regerts”

Emotional Pain, Guilt, Pain, regret, Shame, Sin, Sorrow

We all have regrets! Or, as this tattoo says: “No Regerts!”: https://www.etsy.com/listing/634856911/funny-no-regrets-tattoo. But there are things in life that make us feel guilt, shame,…

Mine Shaft of Sin

2 Corinthians 3:17, Acts 13:38-39, Colossians 1:21-23, Fear, Freedom, Galatians 5:1, Glorify God, Guilt, John 8:36, Rescue, Romans 6:22, Romans 8:1-4, Salvation, Sin

God repeatedly uses his people not to glorify themselves or to give some advantage to others, but to glorify God. “God has given us…