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18 Faith Sermon Illustrations

Belief, Believing, Faith, Hope, Trusting God

Are you preaching on faith? Check out these great illustration ideas that bring biblical truths to life through word pictures, stories, and everyday examples….

God Restores

God's Work, Hope, New Life, Restoration, Salvation, Sanctification, Transformation

In Ephesians 1, Paul emphasizes God’s sovereignty and his work as a master planner who can restore a lost world back to right relationship (vv….

Seeing With New Eyes

Advent, Anticipation, Beauty, Christmas, Glorious, Hope, Isaiah 11:1-10, Isaiah 40:9-11, Isaiah 52:7-9, John 1:1-8, Psalm 89:1-4, Truth, Waiting, Watching, Wonder

Margaret Philbrick, author of Back to the Manger, shares about how seeing the Christmas season through the eyes of her children has opened her…

He’s Done Enough

Blessed, Debt, Ephesians 2:7, God's Kindness, Hope, Love, Prayer, Psalm 17:7, Psalm 36:7, Psalm 63:3, Repay, Source, Titus 3:4-6, Trust, Worship

“Sometimes I go to God and say, ‘God, if Thou dost never answer another prayer while I live on this earth, I will still…

Miraculous Intervention

Belief, Change, Closer to God, Diagnosis, Fate, Hope, Intervention, Luke 18:27, Luke 9:16-17, Mark 10:27, Mark 6:49-50, Miracles, New Life, Psalm 139:13-14, Solitude

Though films about miracles and the miraculous abound, one example is Henry Poole Is Here. Henry, played by Luke Wilson, is diagnosed with a…

Persevering Through Darkness

1 Kings 18:21, Assurance, Choosing Christ, Darkness, Difficulty, Easy, Faithless, Galatians 1:10, Hardship, Hope, James 4:4, Matthew 6:24, Romans 8:7, Security, Trial

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring We know that to choose Christ is not…

The Beauty of Adoption

2 Corinthians 6:18, Adoption, Christ's Love, Commitment, Demonstration, Difference, Family, Future, Hope, Hosea 14:3, James 1:27, Love, Psalm 146: 9, Psalm 82:3, Unique

“It has been said that adoption is more like a marriage than a birth: two (or more) individuals, each with their own unique mix…

A Just Gospel

Acts 20:35, Community, Galatians 2:10, God's Love, Hope, Justice, Justification, Loving the Poor, Loving the Vulnerable, Luke 14:12-14, Matthew 5:42, Neighbor, Proverbs 19:17, Social Justice, The Gospel

In an article for the Reformed African American Network, Charles Holmes Jr. shares how the gospel can inform the church’s call to social justice….

Taking the Long View

1 Corinthians 2:9, Anthem, Covenant, Faith, God's Story, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jeremiah 29:11, Perseverance, Promise, Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 3:5-6, Romans 8:28, The Church, Trials

Keith & Kristyn Getty’s song By Faith is a powerful anthem for Christians to remember the story of our faith and how God calls…

Disenfranchised People

1 Corinthians 12:27, Advocate, Colossians 1:24, Colossians 3:15, Community, Ephesians 2:19-22, Ephesians 4:15-16, Faith, Faithful, Gospel, Hope, Local Church, Love, Pro-Life, Support

In the book, God’s Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights, Charles Marsh shares the stories of men and women of faith and…

Hope Is Powerful

1 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 Timothy 1:1, 1 Timothy 4:10, 1 Timothy 6:17, Colossians 1:23, Comfort, Failure, God's Love, Grace, Hebrews 6:19, Hope, Hopeful, Peace, Purpose, Titus 1:2, Titus 3:7, Unfailing Love

Hope is powerful. In this clip from the film To End All Wars, prisoners of war tell us just how important hope is to…

A Covenant-Keeping Government

Covenant, Ecclesiastes 5:4-5, Equality, Everlasting, Future, Help, Hope, Matthew 5:33, Matthew 5:37, Numbers 30:2, Promise, Proverbs 28:13, Responsibility, Trust, Unchanging

“The State of California has a covenant with the people. State government will foster the conditions for a high quality of life if voters,…

Not the Answer

Contentment, Fame, Fleeting Glory, God's Glory, Good Gifts, Happiness, Hebrews 13:5, Hope, Idolatry, Kingship, Luke 12:15, Matthew 6:25-26, Philippians 4:11-13, Psalm 3:2-6, Thirst

“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.”…

The Tree of Life

1 Corinthians 15:54-58, Blessing, Estrangement, God's Love, God's Plan, Hope, Mark 10:45, Memory, Micah 4:4, Proverbs 13:12, Reconciliation, Redemption, Salvation, Sin, Titus 2:14

The Tree of Life is a film by Terrence Malick about a man’s memory of his childhood, including his mother and father. He becomes…

God Moves

Dependence, Faith, Genesis 50:20, God's Sovereignty, God's Will, Hope, Job 42:2, Miracle, Mystery, Proverbs 16:4, Providence, Psalm 90:2, Psalm 97:9, Refuge, Trust

“God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform He plants His footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm Deep in…

It Is Well With My Soul

1 Peter 5:10, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Acceptance, Courage, Faith, Future Glory, Gratitude, Hope, Humility, Psalm 147:11, Psalm 43:5, Romans 8:18, Suffering, Trial, Trusting God

“Hymnologist Kenneth Osbeck tells the story: ‘Desiring a rest for his wife and four daughters as well as wishing to join and assist Moody…

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