Struggles – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Fear in Parenting

Parenting, raising a child, Reality, Struggles

Parenting is hard. This is a reality. Even with an abundance of literature on how to raise a human, not one of us has…

Accepting your Calling

Calling, Destiny, personal calling, Struggles, submitting to the destiny

The movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor among Thieves (directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, Paramount Pictures, 2023) centers on a quest to retrieve a…

A New Creation In Christ

Baptism, New Creation, Relationship with Christ, Repentance, Savior, Sin, Struggles

T. B. was homeless after his struggle with alcohol led him to lose multiple jobs and destroy his relationships. But when a believer of…

Endurance And Patience In Marriage

Endurance, Love One Another, Marriage, Patience, Relationship, Struggles, Support

The depiction of the relationship between Jim and Mae Braddock in the movie Cinderella Man (directed by Ron Howard, Universal Pictures, 2005) is an…

Please Remember

God Remembers, Love, Relationships, Remember, Rescue, Struggles

“Please Remember Me” is the sorrowful cry from Tim McGraw’s 1999 single. While the country song describes the love and struggle of human relationships,…

Godforsaken

forsaken, God Remembers, God's Promises, God's Grace, Godforsaken, Struggles

Godforsaken. Have you ever heard that phrase? A rough definition of the phrase is that God turned his back, or forsook, something or someone….

The Product Of Struggle

Fruit, Purpose, Struggles, Suffering

Wine makers state that the best wines come from grapes that struggle and experience stress. “If you take a grapevine and make its physical…

Derek Redman

Dependence On God, Faithfulness, God's Faithfulness, Struggle, Struggles, Trials, Trusting God, Weakness, Weaknesses

During the 1992 Olympic Games, runner Derek Redman was injured as he rounded the final turn and was unable to complete his race, until…

Reassessing Our Struggles

Inspiration, Perspective, Struggles, Suffering, Trials, Trusting God

Inspirational stories about those who have overcome obstacles can motivate us to reassess our own struggles. For nine-year-old Ezra, his struggles are real but…

Our Need For Grace

Forgiveness, God's Love, Grace, Love, New Creation, New Life, Salvation, Sanctification, Sin, Struggles

Brennan Manning was a Franciscan priest who struggled with alcoholism. Eventually, his alcoholism led him out of the priesthood. It may come as a…

When The Storms Come

Following Jesus, Foundation, Luke 6, Obedience, Perseverance, Sand, Storms, Struggles, The Rock

There is a parable many of us are familiar with in Luke 6, about two men who build houses for themselves. One builds on…

Staying Ready

1 Peter 5:8, 1 Timothy 6:12, Battles, Being Ready, Ephesians 6:11, Ephesians 6:12, John 10:10, Luke 12:40, Prepared, Proverbs 20:4, Readiness, Spiritual Attack, Spiritual Life, Strength, Struggles

Clark Kent, also known as Superman, typically discovers that he must leave quickly in order to save the city. His super suit is worn…