Self-Sacrifice – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Greatness In God’s Kingdom

God's Kingdom, Greatness, Self-Sacrifice, Servanthood

To illustrate this point about greatness in God’s Kingdom, refer to the life of Mother Teresa. She was a complicated figure, as recent information…

Sacrificing For The Sake Of Others

Helping others, Living Like Jesus, Love One Another, Self-Sacrifice

A Town Like Alice tells the story of Jean Paget, who was captured, along with a group of women and children, by the Japanese…

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…

Caring For Strangers

Caring for Others, Loving Others, Loving Our Neighbor, Self-Sacrifice

Folk tales throughout the ages have been told to express the sacred human duty of caring sacrificially for strangers. In these tales, a god,…

Love in Action

Love, Power, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice

Although she doesn’t die in the movie, Belle from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise [Buena Vista Pictures,…

Denying Our Desires

1 John 3:1-3, 2 Peter 1:3, Denying Ourselves, Following Christ, Galatians 2:20, Giving, Helping others, Luke 14:27, Luke 9:23-24, Matthew 16:24, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Serving

In 1986, Alan and Eric Barnhart started a crane-and-rigging company. They viewed their company as God’s company, though, and decided to cap their income…

Oncoming Sacrifice

1 Corinthians 13:13, 1 John 4:11, 1 John 4:19-21, 1 Peter 1:2, 2 Chronicles 15:7, Colossians 1:18, Ephesians 5:21, Galatians 5:12, Galatians 5:13, Husband, Love, Marriage, Proverbs 10:12, Redemption, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice, Spouse, Wife

Brian Wood made the ultimate sacrifice for his wife and unborn child when he saw a twenty-one-year-old driver about to collide with the car…

Open Your Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:12, 1 Corinthians 12:28, 1 Peter 4:10-11, Active, Blessing, Ephesians 4:11, Gifted, Joy, Minister, Opportunity, Romans 12:6-8, Self-Sacrifice, Spiritual Gifts, The Church, Willing

Every Christian is spiritually gifted in one area or another. In an article for Lifeway, Tom Blackaby describes how to use your spiritual gifts…

God’s Cosmic Plan

1 Corinthians 13:4-7, 1 Peter 3:8, Bride of Christ, Bridegroom, Comfort Zones, Galatians 5:13, Giving to Others, Helping others, Luke 6:27-28, Mark 12:31, Marriage Supper of the Lamb, Philippians 2:3-4, Romans 12:10, Romans 15:1-3, Self-Sacrifice, Selfless, Uncomfortable

“We are, mysteriously, part of a cosmic plan God has eternally known. And we have an eternal inheritance. The discomfort and disdain we endure…