Kingdom of God – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Adoption into the Kingdom

Adoption, Kingdom of God, Paul

Adoption is one of the most beautiful ideas in the world. A child who hasexperienced trauma and is left without parents is adopted and…

Accidental Treasures

Community, Kingdom of God, Parables, Personal Commitment, Treasure

Here is a link to a YouTube video that has compiled a list of amazing treasures people found by accident: https://youtu.be/HWVpPer4vtg. It is a grouping…

The Pearl of Great Price

Kingdom of God, Parables, Treasure

The pearl we have found is meant to be a source of encouragement especially in our seasons of doubt or regret. Eighteenth-century songwriter Anne…

Doing Something With Nothing

Calling, Following Jesus, God's power, Good Works, Kingdom of God, Sharing the Gospel, Vessels

In the 1980s, there was a popular TV show called MacGyver. The title character was a genius who could seemingly do anything with nothing…

The Kingdom Of God

Jesus, Kingdom of God, Preparation, Present

Imagine the coming birth of a child. Before the child is born, we cannot see or hold the child, yet it is alive. Its…

Conserved Matter

Creation, Kingdom of God, Unchanging

Science describes a principle known as the “conservation of mass.” “Matter can change form through physical and chemical changes, but through any of these changes matter is…

What’s in the Box?

Kingdom of God, Knowing God, Seeking God, View

A popular game is called “What’s in the Box?” Players reach their hands in two holes in the covered box and describe what they…

Kingdom Chores

Family of God, Identity, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Serving God, Serving Others

Imagine your own family. Did your children—whether born into your family or adopted—do anything to earn their place, to convince you to care for…

True Treasure

Contentment, Kingdom of God, Riches, Treasure, Wealth

Hollywood comedy filmmaker Tom Shadyac was just stepping into his moneymaking prime in the early 2000s when he began having a nagging feeling of…

What Do You See?

Focus, Kingdom of God, Perspective, Seeing

Sometimes our inability to see the kingdom of God properly stems from an inability to look beyond the obvious. Once we get beyond the obvious,…

The Farmer and His Field

Harvest, Heavenly Father, Kingdom of God, Soil

Our dependence on God shows the relationship we have with him. In the movie Gladiator, Maximus, though he is at first a general and then later…

Hope Under Construction

Construction, God's Promises, Inconvenience, Kingdom of God, Present, Purpose, Traffic, Waitinng

It’s hard to not be annoyed by heavy construction in the city or on the roads. Construction, detours, and potholes make travel to our…

In Wonderland

2 Corinthians 5:17, Counter-Cultural, God's Kingdom, John 3:16, John 3:3, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Luke 17:20-21, Mark 1:15, Matthew 5, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:19-21, Matthew 6:33, Paradox, Perspective, Sermon on the Mount, The World, Upside Down, Values

In the very popular film, Alice in Wonderland, Alice, the main character, enters through a rabbit hole into the surprising and upside-down world of Wonderland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNXpnufLVkc&pbjreload=10. Just as…

Power in Numbers

1 Corinthians 12:12, 1 Peter 3:15, 2 Corinthians 5:20, 2 Timothy 2:15, 2 Timothy 4:5, Body of Christ, Ephesians 2:10, Ephesians 4:16, Evangelism, God's Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Unity, Work of God, Working Together

The advancement of the kingdom of God does not occur by the solo efforts of a single individual seeking to be the hero; instead,…

Agents of Change

1 Corinthians 16:13, 2 Timothy 1:7, Bold, Brave, Courageous, Deuteronomy 31:8, Failure, Fear, God's Kingdom, Jeremiah 29:11, Joshua 1:9, Kingdom of God, Purpose

Often, when we decide to be an agent of change for God, fear will rise up against us. Throughout the Scriptures, God encourages his…

Dual Citizenship

1 Peter 1:4, Child of God, Citizenship, Ephesians 2:19, Hebrews 13:14, Inheritance, John 14:2, Kingdom of God, Luke 22:29-30, Philippians 3:20, Salvation

Military children often face an interesting dilemma. When a family is stationed overseas, a newborn child can attain “dual citizenship,” considered a citizen of…