Holy Spirit – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Only Going as Far as We Can Go

Great Commission, Holy Spirit, Leadership

The Star Wars story Andor (2022–, Disney+) follows the budding resistance tothe galactic empire. The characters are not perfect. They are rebels. In season…

Clarity in Silence

God's Silence, Holy Spirit, Silence

“Hello darkness my old friend”; these are the opening lyrics to the song “TheSound of Silence” by Simon and Garfunkel (1965) and the band…

The Holy Spirits Transforming Power

ALone, Holy Spirit, Stress, Transformation

The podcast Radiolab featured a story about competitive bikepacking, a sport inwhich participants must backpack on a bike, across hundreds of miles, while inisolation…

Holy Spirit is the Active Agent

Holy Spirit, Jesus, Salvation

In chemistry, there are catalysts. They are defined as “any substance that increases the rate of a reaction without itself being consumed” (Britannica, s.v….

With The Holy Spirit

God's Plans, Holy Spirit, Leading, Relying on God, With the Spirit, Without the Spirit

The Star Wars story Andor (2022–, Disney+) follows the budding resistance to the galactic empire. The characters are not perfect. They are rebels. In…

The Meaning Of Perfect Joy

Gifts, Hardships, Holy Spirit, Love of Christ, Perfect Joy, Suffering

“In The Little Flowers of St. Francis a delightful story is told about how Francis taught Brother Leo the meaning of perfect joy. As…

Unity

Closeness, God Our Father, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Followers, Trinity, Unity

The unity displayed by the persons of the Trinity is described as homoousios. This word was first used to describe the Trinity by the…

The Holy Spirit Came Over Him

Calling, Following Jesus, Holy Spirit, John The Baptist, Scripture

Before 1930, Joseph Babalola was a young road builder in Nigeria. Then the Holy Spirit came over him. He found himself unable to sleep…

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…

Ears To Hear

Conscience, Conviction, Hearing, Holy Spirit, The Spirit

The Spirit sometimes convicts Christians toward repentance through our pangs of conscience, similar to the Christmas bells in The Polar Express (directed by Robert Zemeckis [Castle…

The Eternal Dance

Father, Holy Spirit, Son, The Trinity

One way to look at the mutual indwelling of the Trinity is to think of the Trinity as being in an eternal dance—a dance…

Empowered By Prayer

Empowered, Holy Spirit, Power, Prayer

“The things in your house work because of electricity. Electricity is an invisible power that gives you visible privileges. It turns the lights on,…

Filled With The Spirit

Freedom, Holy Spirit, Quenching The Spirit, Spirit

“Dr. Handley Moule, the great Anglican bishop of a past generation, used to say: ‘The difference between someone who is quenching the Spirit and…

The Spirit of Adoption

Abba, Adoption, Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit, Salvation

The Holy Spirit is called “the Spirit of adoption” in the Bible. Steve Weaver talks about the nature of adoption in the first century as…

Rollercoaster Ride

Control, Holy Spirit, Power, Rollercoaster, Spirit, Spirit Led, Spiritual Life

Have you ever been on a roller coaster and wondered who was in control? The answer is always the same—not you! There’s something terrifying…

The Force

Beliefs, Holy Spirit, Power, Spirit, The Spirit, The Trinity, Theology

While many Christian might enjoy Star Wars, the Force cannot relate to the personal God of the Bible. However, 59 percent of Americans view…

Shining On Us

Christian Life, Father, Gift, Holy Spirit, Son, Spirit, Trinity

The Christian life is a life of relationship. We fellowship with one another, but we also, importantly, fellowship with the triune God. When we…

Hurdles of Opportunity

Forgiveness, God's Plan, Healing, Holy Spirit, Hurdles of Opportunity, Interruptions, Jesus' Healing, Jesus' Teaching, Ministry, Others, Vision

There are times when our own vision is not aligned with what God actually wants to do in a human heart or situation. Jesus…

A New Temple

1 Timothy 3:15, Acts 20:28, Christian Walk, Corporate, Earth, Ephesians 2:20-22, Equipped, Heaven, Hebrews 3:6, Holy Spirit, Individual, Kingwood of God, New Temple, Romans 12:5, The Church

“Those in whom the Spirit comes to live are God’s new Temple. They are, individually and corporately, places where heaven and earth meet.”– N.T. Wright,…