Spiritual Life – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Living with His Dwelling

Death, Dwell, Dwelling, living, Spiritual Life

Video game characters provide an interesting analogy for how Paul talks aboutGod’s Spirit in this passage. In a video game, the characters aren’t alive….

Do Not Live According to Flesh

Death, Flesh, Paul, Sacrifice, Spiritual Life

Junior high is an especially difficult time in life. Teenagers are trying to figure outwho they are. During these years, they will often try…

Growing Spiritually Through Easy And Tough Times

God's Plan, Hard times, Seasons, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Life, Spiritual Maturity, Uncomfortable

Our spiritual life endures different seasons. Some feel like hard work, and some seem simple and sweet. Those hard, uncomfortable times often bring the…

Choosing The Right Type Of Clay

Disciples, Following Jesus, God's Plan, Purpose, Spiritual Life

Artists choose the type of clay for a project based on the end product, cost, kiln type, skill level, and construction methods to be…

The Pursuit of Holiness

Burdens, Holiness, Living for God, Spiritual Life

In J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings series, Frodo is tasked with destroying a ring in its place of origin—a volcano….

New Year’s Day

Burnout, Motivation, New, Spiritual Life

When we look at New Year’s Day, we often see it as a fresh start, a time to begin anew. As the weeks wear…

Visible Changes

Change, Christian Life, Faith, Life, Spiritual Life

When believers commit to being real about their faith, visible changes eventually happen. Their behaviors change, their vocabulary changes, their goals and dreams change,…

Changing Landscapes

Change, Christian Life, Faith, Growth, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Life

A stream or river visibly changes the land around it over the course of time. Just as our faith in Jesus requires us to…

Soul Cultivation

Growth, Preparation, Spiritual Life, The Heart, The Soul

A great deal of effort is needed to properly prepare a plot of land to become a cultivated garden. This PDF explains the steps…

Freedom In Surrender

Freedom, Grace, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Life, Surrender, Weakness

We can learn an important lesson about the spiritual life through the Chinese Finger Trap. It is constructed simply of woven paper, but when…

The Mirror of the Spirit

Spiritual Life, The Heart, The Holy Spirit, The Spirit

One of the Spirit’s main roles is to transform us more into the likeness of Christ. He does this by showing us the reality…

Growth Is Endless

Growing, Growth, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Life

Most believers are familiar with the biblical metaphor of the new birth (John 3:7), but birth or belief is just the beginning for the…

Growing In Our Faith

Growth, Learning, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Life

Babies are not born speaking, walking, or able to do much of anything for themselves. They grow and learn by using their senses. Research…

A Stage Behind The Stage

Life, Reality, Seen, Spiritual Life, Unseen

Artist and writer Makoto Fujimura, in a commencement address at Belhaven University, described the experience of seeing Our Town by Thornton Wilder in New York City….

Navigating Our World

Christian Walk, Corporate Worship, Spiritual Life, The World, Worship

When you walk in a room in your home, you don’t usually have to think about where the furniture is. Your brain doesn’t have…

Well Wrapped

Christian Life, Faith, Hypocracy, Spiritual Life, The Heart

“One year at Christmastime, my wife wanted some wrapped boxes to use for decoration. She took eight empty boxes and had them wrapped to…

Inward Health

Growth, Spiritual Health, Spiritual Life, The Heart

Inward health is a natural byproduct of a healthy diet. As this funny commercial from the American Heart Association illustrates, superficially attaching something does…

Imitations

Imitations, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Life, The Heart

In our highly processed food society, it is easy to find goods that are cheap, fast, and lack any nutritional substance. You can get imitation…

Rollercoaster Ride

Control, Holy Spirit, Power, Rollercoaster, Spirit, Spirit Led, Spiritual Life

Have you ever been on a roller coaster and wondered who was in control? The answer is always the same—not you! There’s something terrifying…

Fishing For You

1 Corinthians 10:13, Bait, Ephesians 4:27, Ephesians 6:11, Fishing, Hebrews 2:18, James 1:12, James 4:7, Lure, Mark 14:38, Matthew 26:41, Patience, Spiritual Life, Temptation, The Devil

Have you ever been fishing? Patience is a key virtue to good fishermen. It’s hard to be a good fisherman and have “fisherman’s ADD.”…