Helping others – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Finding Your Gift

Giving, Helping others, nonprofit, Poor, Serving, unhappy

James Barnett knows what it’s like to live with a lot and with a little. Though he grew up attending church and serving on…

Immigration

borders, Gracious, Helping others, immigration, mindset, self-righteous, Uncomfortable

US immigration has been a particularly contentious political issue. Major talking points have centered around the type of immigrants crossing our borders. Inhumane efforts have been implemented to…

Serving Others

Christ's Example, Grateful, Helping others, Serving Others

We need more stories about serving others in our lives. Using crowdsourcing for ideas, Buzzfeed put together a post that included stories about ways…

Prayers And Blessings

Blessing, Helping others, Prayer

In 2019, fourteen-year-old Cameron Cox initiated a fundraising effort for Habitat for Humanity. She called it “A Penny and a Prayer.” It combined fundraising…

Sacrificing For The Sake Of Others

Helping others, Living Like Jesus, Love One Another, Self-Sacrifice

A Town Like Alice tells the story of Jean Paget, who was captured, along with a group of women and children, by the Japanese…

“Almost Like Praying”

Helping others, Pray, Prayer, Serving, Serving Others

After the devastating 2017 Hurricane Maria, Lin-Manuel Miranda wanted to create a song that could bring comfort and raise funds for those who were…

Acting Purposefully

Helping others, Intentionality, Serving God, Work

In the Netflix docuseries Down to Earth,Zac Efron and Darin Olien visit locations all around the world. In Puerto Rico, Zac witnesses the lasting…

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…

Farmers Helping Farmers

Community, Helping others, Outlook, Sacrifice, Working Together

Farmers are notorious for helping each other when times get tough. One North Dakota community of farmers helped one of their own after he…

“Crab Bucket Syndrome”

Helping others, Jealousy, Selflessness, Support

“Crab bucket syndrome,” or “crab mentality,” is observed when crabs struggle to get out of a bucket but are pulled back down by the…

Messy

Evangelism, Helping others, Loving Others, Serving, Serving Others

Pulling someone from a raging river requires us to get muddy too. If we simply toss a rope, the current pulls the rope downstream…

Gaining Perspective

Helping others, Perspective, Selflessness, Serving, Serving Others

In the Netflix docuseries Down to Earth, Zac Efron and Darin Olien visit locations all around the world. In Puerto Rico, Zac witnesses the…

Recognizing An Opportunity

Generosity, Gift, Helping others, Loving Others, Opportunity

The story of Esther is an amazing example of a young woman who wisely took advantage of her resources and influence and, with God’s…

Denying Our Desires

1 John 3:1-3, 2 Peter 1:3, Denying Ourselves, Following Christ, Galatians 2:20, Giving, Helping others, Luke 14:27, Luke 9:23-24, Matthew 16:24, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Serving

In 1986, Alan and Eric Barnhart started a crane-and-rigging company. They viewed their company as God’s company, though, and decided to cap their income…

Unbreakable Services

1 Peter 1:12, 1 Peter 4:10, Acts 26:6-7, Galatians 5:13, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 9:14, Helping others, Loving Others, Matthew 20:27-28, Meekness, Romans 12:1, Romans 12:9-13, Romans 7:6, Servanthood, Serve, Taking care of others

The movie Unbreakable stars Bruce Willis as a man who discovers he is a superhero. In one scene he is lifting weights. His son…

God’s Cosmic Plan

1 Corinthians 13:4-7, 1 Peter 3:8, Bride of Christ, Bridegroom, Comfort Zones, Galatians 5:13, Giving to Others, Helping others, Luke 6:27-28, Mark 12:31, Marriage Supper of the Lamb, Philippians 2:3-4, Romans 12:10, Romans 15:1-3, Self-Sacrifice, Selfless, Uncomfortable

“We are, mysteriously, part of a cosmic plan God has eternally known. And we have an eternal inheritance. The discomfort and disdain we endure…