Joy – Page 2 – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Faithful Marriage

1 Corinthians 13:4-8, Commitment, Deuteronomy 23:21-23, Endurance, Faithful, Faithfulness, God's Glory, Hosea 2:20, Image of God, Joy, Love, Marriage, Pixar, Proverbs 3:5-6, Romans 12:9

In the opening scenes of the Pixar movie Up, Carl and Ellie’s marriage is summed up by just a few moments, with no one…

The Stockdale Paradox

2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Comfort, Confidence, Endurance, Isaiah 40:29-31, Joy, Perseverance, Psalm 119:50, Psalm 22:24, Psalm 23:4, Running The Race, Seeking Truth, Suffering, Trust

In this video (3 minute mark), Dr. Dennis Charney explains the “Stockdale Paradox,” a way of thinking that acknowledges the challenge being faced while…

Adversity

2 Timothy 3:12, Acts 4:20, Adversity, Comfort, Isaiah 43:2, James 1:12, Joy, Luke 9:23-25, Overcoming, Redemption, Suffering, Trial, Trusting God, Victory, Witness

“Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.” – Billy Graham The Lord is able to redeem difficult situations…

Power In The Blood

1 John 5:6, Colossians 4:2-6, Common Grace, Creation, Crucifixion, Freedom, God's Love, Hebrews 13:12, Intentionality, Joy, Power, Redemption, Romans 5:9, Romans 6:14, Wonder

“More recently, Horace Smith, a clinical hematologist as well as the pastor of Chicago’s Apostolic Faith Church and a former World Vision board member,…

An Act of Worship

1 Peter 3:15, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Acts 8:30-35, Colossians 4:4-6, Disobedience, Faith, Gospel, Grace, Joy, Mark 5:18-19, Praise, Sin, Wisdom, Witness, Worship

In May 2016, Chance the Rapper, a hip hop artist from Chicago, released the album Coloring Book. It contained a unique exploration of his…

The Privilege of Suffering

1 Peter 4:13, Endurance, Faith, Faithfulness, Joshua 1:9, Joy, Overcoming, Philippians 3:10, Psalm 27:1, Romans 8:17, Sacrifice, Submission, Suffering, Surrender, Trust

Helen Roseveare was an English missionary who served in the Congo, enduring imprisonment and torture during its civil war. Of that traumatic time, she…

We Have Jesus

1 John 5:4, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Contentment, Ephesians 3:16-17, Faith, Happiness, Joy, Loss, Pain, Presence, Romans 15:13, Romans 5:3-5, Suffering, Trials, Trusting God

“You don’t really know Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.”- Timothy Keller, Walking with God through Pain and Suffering When…

The Center of His Will

Constancy, God As Refuge, God's Immutability, God's Omniscience, God's Will, Isaiah 25:4, James 1:2-3, Joy, Prayer, Proverbs 10:28, Psalm 46:1-3, Psalm 71:3, Safety, Seeking God, Trials

“There are no ‘if’s’ in God’s world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only…

A Song Lived Out

1 Chronicles 29:14, 2 Corinthians 8:12, 2 Corinthians 9:7, Authenticity, Commitment, Delight, Emulate, Giving, Hymn, Integrity, Joy, Legitimacy, Luke 6:38, Proverbs 18:16, Sacrifice

The hymn “Take My Life and Let It Be” contains the line “Take my silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold.”…