Purpose – Page 3 – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Pearl Of Great Price

1 Timothy 6:18, Idols, Kingdom, Luke 12:33, Luke 12:34, Luke 18:22, Mark 10:21, Matthew 19:21, Matthew 6:20, Matthew 6:21, Purpose, Relationship with Christ, Treasure, Treasure in Heaven, Worship

Our hearts’ treasure is revealed by how much value we place on someone or something. This article shows the world’s most expensive pearls, one…

Side By Side

1 Corinthians 12:27, Colossians 1:24, Community, Engagement, Ephesians 1:22, Ephesians 2:19-22, Local Church, Ministry, Parachurch, Partnership, Plan, Purpose, Romans 12:4-5, Unity, Vision

When speaking of churches, parachurches come to mind, as well. Parachurches are meant to work alongside the local church to help reach a wider…

Where Are You Going

Captain, Choice, Christian Life, Direction, Goal, God's Will, James 1:5, Moving Forward, Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 25:4-5, Psalm 31:3, Psalm 5:8, Purpose, Steer, Wind

“When a captain is without direction no wind on Earth will take him there.”- Ami Ayalon, Source: NPR.org, All Things Considered, October 27, 2003…

Who Are You?

1 Corinthians 12:27, 1 John 3:1-3, 1 Peter 2:9, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Answer, Certainty, Challenge, Confidence in Christ, Confrontation, Galatians 2:20, Identity, Proposal, Purpose, Response, Thoughtful

A priest was confronted by a soldier while he was walking down a road in pre-revolutionary Russia. The soldier, aiming his rifle at the…

Selfish Service

1 Peter 1:12, Burnout, Dependency, Discernment, Fear of Man, Galatians 5:13, Hebrews 9:14, Leadership, Love, Purpose, Romans 12:1, Romans 7:6, Selfishness, Service, Wisdom

In an article for Leadership Journal, Amy Simpson expands on the idea that service sometimes stems from selfishness. She writes, “But sometimes serving others…

Shifting Identity

1 Corinthians 12:27, Accomplishments, Colossians 2:9-10, Ephesians 1:5, Genesis 1:27, Identity, Identity in Christ, Insecure, Jeremiah 1:5, John 1:12, Purpose, Romans 15:7, Self-Confidence, Value, Worth

All other sources for our value, worth, and purpose are transient and unstable except for our identity in Christ. We might be tempted to…

God Uses Unlikely People

Calling, Course, Ecclesiastes 8:6, Ezra 1:1-4, Ezra 5:6-12, Ezra 7:11-26, Friendship, God's Plan, Life Path, Luke 10:34, Path of Life, Proverbs 16:4, Purpose, Romans 8:28, Romans 9:17

Sometimes God will use people in our lives to change our course. Some of those people won’t be part of our community of faith. …

Hope Is Powerful

1 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 Timothy 1:1, 1 Timothy 4:10, 1 Timothy 6:17, Colossians 1:23, Comfort, Failure, God's Love, Grace, Hebrews 6:19, Hope, Hopeful, Peace, Purpose, Titus 1:2, Titus 3:7, Unfailing Love

Hope is powerful. In this clip from the film To End All Wars, prisoners of war tell us just how important hope is to…

Chekov’s Gun

Devotional, Gun, James 4:8, Matthew 6:33, Memory, Psalm 119:9, Psalm 62:1, Psalm 91:1, Purpose, Quiet time, Reading, Relevant, Rules, Storytelling, Truth

Playwright Anton Chekov had a rule in writing that if the audience sees a gun in the first scene, it has to go off…

A Wasted Life

Christian Life, Complacency, Discipline, Eternity, Investment, Luke 19:12-28, Luke 6:48, Matthew 25:14-30, Matthew 7:25, Prioritizing, Proverbs 24:3, Purpose, Service, Spiritual Gifts

“Someone once observed that a wasted life is really nothing more than a collection of wasted days. As God gives us life, each one…

A Poured Out Life

1 Timothy 6:18, Comfort, Devotion, Generosity, Giving, James 2:5, John 12, Luke 12:21, Luke 12:34, Matthew 13:45, Matthew 5, Money, Poor, Proverbs 16:8, Purpose, Sacrifice, Wealth, Worship

In an article titled “When Wasting Your Life Is Worship,” Jon Bloom compares how Mary and Judas each responded to Jesus in John 12….

Absolute Surrender

Colossians 1:9, Control, Ephesians 5:18, Faith, Galatians 2:20, God's Will, Hebrews 11:6, Isaiah 64:8, Mark 10:28, Mark 8:35, Matthew 16:24-25, Psalm 37:7, Purpose, Surrender, Trusting God

“When a soldier bows to his general, or a scholar to his teacher, he is yielding his will—his life—he gives himself to the rule…