Love – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Faith Not Luck

Acceptance, Community, experience forgiveness, Faith, have faith, Love

In his novel The River We Remember, William Kent Krueger explores the pasts of multiple characters and how in the present they struggle with…

Weakness

Love, Strength, Trust, Vulnerable, weak

If you’re a fan of nature documentaries, then you’ve seen at least one hunt on the Serengeti or in the woods of North America….

Can’t Fix It

encourage, Friend, Listening, Love

In this letter, a pastor begins to truly see Laura, a member of the congregation who has Tourette’s: “I realize now that when I…

He Loves Me

Doubt, Gods Love, Love

Janice Hansen uses the illustration of young girls saying, “He loves me… he loves me not” as they pluck petals from a flower. In…

The Transformational Power of Love

Love, Love Story, transformational love, true love

The rich histories of literature and cinema provide us with many profound love stories, stories that speak to the transformational power of true love. Pride and Prejudice, Forrest…

He Loves Us All

Love, Love For God, love your enemies

Have you ever had a family member that you really didn’t like? You dread seeing them at Thanksgiving and Christmas or any family gathering,…

Transformational Love

Character, Love, Relationships, transformational love, Unconditional Love

In Disney’s remake of Beauty and the Beast (directed by Bill Condon, Walt Disney Pictures, 2017), the cursed prince, the Beast, is slowly transformed by the…

Act of Generosity

generous, Love, share, together, Treasure

Using our treasures to bless others is a critical way of learning how to measure the worth of God’s treasure to us. When we…

Our Job

aimless, Belonging, God's Love, instructions, Love, Prepared

Imagine you get hired for a job, you show up, and you have nothing to do. There are no instructions, no one there to…

Music of Love

1 Corinthians, Destiny, Future, Life, Love, Paul

“When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a young man, living with his father Leopold (himself a fine musician) in Vienna, he is said to have…

Whole Heart

Faithful, Love, Soul, Unfailing Love

“His heart is just not in it.” That’s an accusation some sports pundits throw at players when their effort doesn’t match the intensity of…

A Powerful Love

Father, Love, Pride, Struggle

. In the children’s book Sidney and Norman: A Tale of Two Pigs, Norman is tidyand organized. Sidney struggles, and Norman judges him for…

See Them, Serve Them, Love Them

Community, Grace, Jesus, Love, Serve, Service

In China Miéville’s The City & The City, two cities coexist at the same time andplace. The residents of each dislike the other and…

Under God’s Wing

God, God's Faithfulness, Love

John Piper on seeking to be covered under the wings of God: “God is not anemployer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking…

God’s Love for Us

Faith, God's Love, God's Intervention, Love

Brennan Manning tells a great story about a woman who was in desperate need of God’s intervention. At a silent retreat Manning hosted, the…

Power of Love of Money

Finances, Love, Love of Money, Trusting God

Search online for the word embezzlement and see what comes up. When preparing this guide, the top result returned was a Catholic priest accused…

God Our Father

Adoption, Chosen, Foster Care, God Our Father, God's Love, Love, Orphan, Salvation

After moving through a dozen different foster and group homes during her childhood, Tori Hope Peterson found God to be the Father she could…

The People We Least Expect

Acceptance, Love, Redemption, Testimony, Unlikely

In his guest blog post, Scott Sauls tells the story of a recovering addict who brought her two boys to worship, only to embarrass…

Diversity, Unity, and the Love of God

Community, Diversity, Family, God's Love, Love, The Body of Christ, The Family of God, Unity

We can demonstrate the love of God well when we act as an aggregate, a whole formed by collecting many parts into one group,…

Love Covers A Multitude Of Sins

Genuine Love, God is Love, Love, Mistakes, Overcome Sin, Relationships

As long as we possess a genuine love for one another, we can have all kinds of miscues and mistakes and yet still experience…