Surrender – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Theme Song

bono, born to sing, Devotion, magnificent, sing, Surrender, theme song

Bono wrote a celebration of both his wife and of God’s power in the song “Magnificent,” from the 2016 U2 album, No Line on the…

Surrendering Our Whole Hearts

Christian Living, Heart, Jesus, Surrender, Whole

IKEA is known for their simple yet effective organization ideas. This short video shows how to organize your wardrobe using compartments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cls7PNlpm0. Compartmentalizing is…

Career Changes

Calling, God's Will, Purpose, Sacrifice, Surrender

Find someone in the congregation who has made difficult career changes based on what God has asked them to do. Other than those who…

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…

Behind The Music

Meaning, Sacrifice, Song, Surrender, Switchfoot

Jon Foreman is a singer–songwriter best known for his work with the band Switchfoot. On a series of solo albums entitled Seasons, Foreman penned a…

Letting Go

Following Jesus, Surrender, Trusting God

Toward the end of the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones is hanging perilously over a cliff, with his dad holding on to…

Trapped

Freedom, Possessions, Surrender, Treasure

So often our possessions possess us. In the novel Where the Red Fern Grows, a grandfather builds a raccoon trap for his grandson. He…

Room In The Jar

Desires, God's Plan, God's Will, Heart, Loving God, Luke 10:38-42, Luke 12:34, Mark 8:36-37, Matthew 22:37-38, Matthew 6:33, Plans, Priorities, Proverbs 21:21, Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 37:4, Putting God First, Romans 12:2, Surrender, Trust, Will

We cannot pursue both God’s will and our own independent will. We have to empty ourselves of one in order to fully embrace the…

Leave It To God

1 Thessalonians 5:15, Ephesians 4:26-27, Ephesians 4:32, Getting Back, God's Judgment, Hebrews 10:30, Judgment, Leviticus 19:18, Mark 11:25, Matthew 18:21-22, Matthew 5:38-39, Mercy, Retribution, Revenge, Romans 12:19, Submission, Surrender, Vengeance

At the end of the movie, Matilda, the main antagonist, Ms. Trunchbull gets what she deserves, after spending the entire movie harassing the children and…

Man of Sorrows

1 Corinthians 15:31, Dying to Self, Faith, Galatians 2:20, Galatians 5:24, God's Will, John 12:24, Lamb of God, Luke 9:23, Mark 8:35, Matthew 10:38, Philippians 2:1-30, Righteousness, Romans 6:1-23, Sacrifice, Sin, Suffered, Surrender

Now Jesus, the perfect and final sacrifice, would die for the sins of all humanity in order to deliver all who believe from sin…

Falling Into Trust

Character, Confidence, Control, Faith, Giving, God's Sovereignty, Isaiah 14:24, Jeremiah 32:27, Prayer, Proverbs 16:9, Psalm 135:6, Psalm 97:9, Surrender, Trust, Vulnerability

Trust falls are an important way to build confidence between two people. See this awkwardly humorous video about trust falls. While trust falls are…

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…

God’s Work

Awareness, Faith, Fighting Sin, Galatians 6:1-3, Humility, James 4:10, Kingship, Obedience, Pride, Proverbs 13:10, Proverbs 8:13, Romas 12:3, Spiritual Growth, Surrender, Trusting God

“The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven’t yet come to the end of…

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…