Others – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Absorbing Others Pain

Empathy, Others, Pain

Empathy is often defined as being able to put yourself in someone else’s shoes. But it means much more when we actually work to…

Hideaway

Church, Darkness, Evangelism, Hiding, isolation, Light, Others, The World, Witness

Fear divides people into two categories: us and them. This polarized thinking is more combative than missional because of its tendency to isolate. A…

Child’s Play

Child, Child-like, Child's Play, Children, Father, Humble Ourselves, Interruptions, Joy, Mother, Others

Children have the uncanny ability to express the most sincere and basic reactions to what we might perceive as an insincere and complicated world….

Blind To The Need

Bartimaeus, Blind to the need, blindness, Disability, Healing, Jesus, Leader, Leadership, Needs, Others, Value

It can be uncomfortable to be confronted by someone who is hurting or has an obvious need, but it only takes one leader to…

Hurdles of Opportunity

Forgiveness, God's Plan, Healing, Holy Spirit, Hurdles of Opportunity, Interruptions, Jesus' Healing, Jesus' Teaching, Ministry, Others, Vision

There are times when our own vision is not aligned with what God actually wants to do in a human heart or situation. Jesus…

18 Illustrations On Forgiveness

Forgiveness, Forgiving Others, God's Faithfulness, Grace, Jesus, Others, Seeking Forgiveness

Are you preaching on forgiveness? Check out these great illustration ideas that bring biblical truths to life through word pictures, stories, and everyday examples….

People Are The Point

Brad Paisley, Distractions, Instagram, Interruptions, Jesus, Nathan Alexander, Netflix, Others, People, People Are The POint, Priorities, Productivity, Time Well Wasted

Sometimes before you can get to “the point,” you have to meet the need first. Professor Nathan Alexander did just that when a student…

Into The Fire

Abuse, Addiction, Community, Death, Faith, God's Plan, Into The Fire, Others, Perseverance, Poverty, Preemeptive Love Coalition, Spiritual Growth, Testing, War

It is simple to talk about faith through the fire, but are we equipping ourselves now with the determination and willingness to advance His…

Divine Interruptions

1 Corinthians 13:4-7, 1 John 4:19-21, 1 Peter 4:10, Divine Interruptions, God's Plan, God's Timing, Interruptions, John 13:34, John 15:12, Matthew 20:28, Neighbors, Others, People, Philippians 2:3-4, Priorities, Romans 12:10, Time

To love and serve others you have to be willing to be interrupted. Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, “We must be ready to allow ourselves to…

Competitive Nature

1 Peter 4:10, 1 Samuel 18:7-9, Character, Colossians 3:23, Comparison, Envy, Gifts, James 3:16, Jealousy, John 3:27, Matthew 25:14-30, Others, Perspective, Philippians 2:3, Proverbs 14:30, Proverbs 27:4, Sin, Stewardship, Talents

There are some crazy competitions out there, like pumpkin sailing and outhouse racing. See this article for more ridiculous competitions: https://www.si.com/more-sports/photos/2009/07/08-1most-ridiculous-competitions#21 . These competitions seem so…

Submission Is Not…

1 Corinthians 15:27-28, Colossians 1:18, Ephesians 1:22-23, Ephesians 5:21, Ephesians 5:24, Hebrews 13:17, Interaction, Love, Loving, Marriage, Others, Philippians 2:5-7, Relationship with God, Relationships, Romans 13:1, Submission, Titus 3:1, Unconditional Love

John Piper says, “I dealt with a couple one time. The wife said he demanded that she get permission to go to the bathroom. ……