Mission – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Mission From God

from God, Light, Mission, Realize, The Blues Brothers

Some characters in pop culture believe that they are on a “mission from God,” even if they don’t have a direct revelation. Some do,…

Connection And Encouragement

Connection, Encouragement, Following God, Love One Another, Mission

At the end of the film Paterson (directed by Jim Jarmusch, Bleecker Street, 2016), the protagonist has given up his dreams of being a…

Making A Statement

Destiny, Donkey, Identity, Jesus' Mission, Mission

One could say that in entering Jerusalem on a donkey, Jesus was making a statement. On October 16, 1968, the same year that MLK…

Cicely Saunders

Calling, Life, Mission, Theme

Cicely Saunders, medical director of St. Christopher’s Hospice in London, “founded the first modern hospice and, more than anybody else, was responsible for establishing…

The Mission Field

Mission, Mission Field, Reaching the Lost, The Church, The Kingdom of God

If the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field or a pearl beyond compare (Matthew 13), then that means the kingdom…

The Church Is Not A Business

Diversity, Evangelism, Inclusion, Mission, The Church, The Gospel

“A small business owner needs demographics to identify the ideal consumer for his product or services and develop marketing strategies such as product packaging,…

Flight Plan

Family, Mission, Priorities, Relationships

Bruce Feiler shares some insights into family life in his article, ‘Want to Give Your Family Value and Purpose?’. ‘Good families—even great families—are off…

God’s Stonemason

2 Timothy 2:21, Believers, Ephesians 2:10, Evangelism, Galatians 2:20, God's Plan, John 14:12, Matthew 5:14-16, Mission, Partnering, Philippians 2:12-13, Purpose, Purpose of the Church

N. T. Wright describes partnering between believers and God through describing a stonemason working on part of a great cathedral. This particular worker is…

Ambassadors

1 Peter 3:15, 1 Timothy 4:10, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Ambassadors, Children of God, Ephesians 2:10, Evangelism, Luke 10:2, Mark 16:15, Matthew 28:19-20, Mission, Psalm 96:3, Reconciliation, Representatives, Salvation, The Church, The Lost, The World, Witnessing

A US government’s ambassador is the President’s highest-ranking representative to a specific nation abroad. She is a spokesperson for the United States to the nation…

God’s Stonemason

2 Timothy 2:21, Believers, Ephesians 2:10, Evangelism, Galatians 2:20, God's Plan, John 14:12, Matthew 5:14-16, Mission, Partnering, Philippians 2:12-13, Purpose, Purpose of the Church

N. T. Wright describes partnering between believers and God through describing a stonemason working on part of a great cathedral. This particular worker is…