Love – Page 2 – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Success In Relationships Requires Truth

Godly Relationships, Love, Relationships, Requirements, Successful Relationships, Truth

The film Crazy Rich Asians (directed by Jon M. Chu, Warner Bros., 2018) depicts the relationship of mega-rich Nick Young with not-so-rich professor Rachel…

Love Takes Time To Grow

Commitment, Family, Love, Trust

In families, friendships, or romantic relationships, love takes time to grow as we learn how to love and how to be loved. A sermon…

Love Is More Than Words

Love, Love One Another, Relationships, Serving

Love is celebrated in Christian hymns and praise songs, as well as an avalanche of popular music. One song includes the refrain, “And they’ll…

A Safe Place Built On Love

Gentleness, Love, Marriage, Sacrificial Love, Safety, Security, Spouse

In the movie Guardians of the Galaxy (directed by James Gunn [Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2014]), Groot is a walking, talking tree. He…

It Takes Strength To Be Gentle

Arguments, Gentle, Hurt, Love, Marriage, Strength

It takes more strength to be gentle. Consider a disagreement with your partner. It’s easy to let loose and allow your frustration, emotion, anger,…

Unwavering Love

Attitude, Love, Love of Others, Loving Ourselves, Unwavering Love

Daniel James Brown’s book The Boys in the Boat is the story of the University of Washington’s 1936 Olympic victory in rowing and of…

Walk In Love

Love, Loving Others, Sacrifice, Walking In Love

Here is a story that exemplifies what it means to walk in love, regardless of whatever else happens: “A man saw a snake being…

A Meaningful Gift

Gift of God, Gifts, God's Love, Jesus' Death, Jesus's Love, Love, Meaningful

Have you ever opened an especially meaningful present on Christmas morning? As you unwrap the paper, you discover an extravagant gift that you wouldn’t…

Greatness

God's Greatness, His greatness, Humility, Love, Lowliness, Power, Pride, Pursuit, Selfishness

Jesus’s understanding of greatness differs greatly from his disciples’ understanding of greatness. According to Jesus, greatness in the kingdom of heaven is defined by…

Hope Through Love

Grief, Hope, Love, Sacrificial Love

In the movie Spider-Man: No Way Home (directed by Jon Watts [Columbia Pictures, 2021]), Peter Parker realizes that the only way to save the…

Priority Of Christmas

Christ's Birth, Christmas, Family, Friends, Love, Meaning, Priorities

The 2000 film version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas stars comedian Jim Carrey (directed by Ron Howard [Universal Pictures, 2000]). The movie asks…

“Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood”

God's Love, Image of God, Love, Ministry, Spiritual Gifts

One such example of a person who felt a call to fill a pastoral role in a nontraditional sense was Mr. Rogers. Although he…

Please Remember

God Remembers, Love, Relationships, Remember, Rescue, Struggles

“Please Remember Me” is the sorrowful cry from Tim McGraw’s 1999 single. While the country song describes the love and struggle of human relationships,…

Faithful Friends

Faithful, Friends, Friendship, Love, Loyalty, Naomi, Ruth

In Anne of Green Gables (directed by Kevin Sullivan [Sullivan Entertainment: 1985]), Anne and Diana become “bosom friends” who remain close throughout their lives….

“Happy In The Midst Of Dangers And Inconveniences”

Danger, God's Presence, Inconvenience, Life in Christ, Love, Love One Another, Trials, Tribulation

In his autobiography, Daniel Boone wrote about his explorations of the Kentucky wilderness. As he remembered fondly the nights of constant wolf howls and…

Forgiving Enemies, Becoming Friends

Christ's Example, Enemies, Forgiveness, Friends, Friendship, Healing, Love, Prayer

After a twenty-four-hour shift, firefighter and EMT Matt Swatzell fell asleep at the wheel, crashing into another vehicle. As a result, June Fitzgerald was…

A Sacrificial Act On Behalf Of Another

Christ's Sacrifice, Jesus' Death, Love, Self-Sacrifice, Selflessness

In the novel The Hunger Games, the nation of Panem has a Capitol that rules over twelve districts. Every year a lottery is held…

Love Overcomes

Forgiveness, Forgiving Others, Journey, Love, Loving Others, Loving Our Neighbor, Peace, Truth

NPR interviewed Koko Kondo, a woman who was just eight months old when the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on her city, Hiroshima….

Love Your Neighbor

Care, Community, Family, Love, Loving Our Neighbor, Neighbor

Writing for Plough magazine, Gerhard Lohfink claims that “the topic of love forneighbor is widely misunderstood.” He goes on to explain what it meant…

Good Samaritan

Awareness, Good Samaritan, Living Like Jesus, Love, Parable, Patience

In 1971, two Princeton psychologists staged an experiment. They took forty seminarians and told them they were going to record their sermons. Half were…