Suffering – Page 3 – Sermon Illustration Ideas

“What Christians Get Wrong About Discipleship”

Discipleship, Discipline, Faith, Growth, Guidance, John 13:34, Luke 9:23, Mark 1:15, Matthew 4:19, Obedience, Partnership, Philippians 2:5, Suffering, The Holy Spirit, Trials

“What is discipleship? Put simply, discipleship means intentionally partnering with another Christian in order to help that person obey Jesus and grow in relationship…

The Privilege of Suffering

1 Peter 4:13, Endurance, Faith, Faithfulness, Joshua 1:9, Joy, Overcoming, Philippians 3:10, Psalm 27:1, Romans 8:17, Sacrifice, Submission, Suffering, Surrender, Trust

Helen Roseveare was an English missionary who served in the Congo, enduring imprisonment and torture during its civil war. Of that traumatic time, she…

We Have Jesus

1 John 5:4, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Contentment, Ephesians 3:16-17, Faith, Happiness, Joy, Loss, Pain, Presence, Romans 15:13, Romans 5:3-5, Suffering, Trials, Trusting God

“You don’t really know Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.”- Timothy Keller, Walking with God through Pain and Suffering When…

When Trials Come

1 Peter 4:12, 1 Peter 5:10, Comfort, Faith, God's Faithfulness, James 1:12, James 1:2-8, John 16:33, Love, Refine, Remembrance, Suffering, Trials, Trusting God, Witness

“When trials come no longer fear For in the pain our God draws near To fire a faith worth more than gold And there…

Forgotten Truth

1 Peter 4:1, 1 Peter 5:10, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Comfort, Faithful, Pain, Philippians 3:10, Remember, Restoration, Romans 5:3-4, Romans 8:18, Romans 8:35, Scripture Memorization, Suffering

In the film The Fellowship of the Ring, the elf queen Galadriel says, “And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost….

It Is Well With My Soul

1 Peter 5:10, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Acceptance, Courage, Faith, Future Glory, Gratitude, Hope, Humility, Psalm 147:11, Psalm 43:5, Romans 8:18, Suffering, Trial, Trusting God

“Hymnologist Kenneth Osbeck tells the story: ‘Desiring a rest for his wife and four daughters as well as wishing to join and assist Moody…

Thy Will

2 Corinthians 1:3-8, Broken-Hearted, Comfort, Comforter, Galatians 3:6-9, Genesis 15:6-10, Hope, Hurting, Jeremiah 29:11, John 12:37-43, Loss, Pain, Psalm 147:3, Psalm 23, Psalm 33:4-6, Psalm 34:18, Revelation 21:4, Suffering

The idea of trusting God despite the pains of are echoed in the hit song “Thy Will” by Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott. The singer-songwriter…