Trusting God Archives - Sermon Illustration Ideas

Expectations

Disappointment, Expectations, God's Plan, Trusting God

Have you ever seen kid splay pretend? Maybe they are playing super heroes or playing house. Inevitably, you will have one child tell another…

A Quiet Place

Fortress, Peace, Protection, Refuge, Trusting God

The film A Quiet Place (directed by John Krasinski [Paramount Pictures, 2018]) pictures a dystopian future where to be safe, a family must be…

Our Constant

Attributes of God, Change, God's Immutability, Trusting God

Could you imagine being lost at sea? The waves toss your boat back and forth, and as you try to grasp where you are, you…

Embracing Weakness

Christian Life, Dependence, Dependence On God, Trusting God, Weakness

“The ‘Achilles’ heel,’ as it’s called today, has become one of the most popular idioms in Western culture. It refers to a person’s point…

Trust Fall

Belief, Chrsitianity, Confidence, Faith, Trust Fall, Trusting God

Have you ever tried a “trust fall”? It’s when a person will free-fall backward into the arms of someone or a group of people….

Walk The Line

Excellence, Grace, Serving God, Trust, Trusting God

Pastor Juan Carlos Ortiz illustrates working for God while trusting in grace through the imagery of a trapeze artist who trusts in the nets…

Day And Night

Dark Night of the Soul, Darkness, God's presence, Trials, Trusting God

The scholar Walter Brueggemann points out that lots of pivotal events in the Bible take place at night. “Unlike the daytime, the nighttime is…

Never Silent

Dark Night of the Soul, Hearing God, Silence, Trials, Trusting God

The composer John Cage once visited Harvard for the purpose of experiencing an anechoic chamber. An anechoic chamber is completely silent, without even any…

When We Can’t See

Dark Night of the Soul, Darkness, Discouragement, Hearing God, Trials, Trusting God

In a scene from the 2004 film Ray, about the life of Ray Charles, the titular character flashes back to a time in his…

The Good Surgeon

Great Physician, Healing, Job, Sanctification, Suffering, Trusting God

Why do the righteous suffer? John Piper writes about this passage: “Elihu puts the pain of sickness and visions of the night side by…

Hurting Turns Into Healing

Hard times, Healing, Hurt, Psalms, Trusting God

Trusting God in adversity is difficult, but we must do it. Josh Moody gives a great example of how hurting can turn into healing:…

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…

Lost at Sea

Constancy, Faithful, God's Faithfulness, Guidance, Lost, Stability, Trusting God

Can you imagine being lost at sea? The waves are tossing your boat back and forth. As you try to grasp where you are,…

Faithful

Faithful, God's Faithfulness, Trusting God

Old Faithful is a natural example of consistency. This famous geyser erupts an average of every ninety minutes with incredible consistency: http://www.geyserstudy.org/geyser.aspx?pGeyserNo=OLDFAITHFUL. However, even…

The Branch & The Vine

Branch, Christian Life, Dependence, Jesus, Trusting God, Vine

Jesus speaks of this constant dependence in the life of Christian. In the Gospel of John, Jesus describes himself as a vine and believers…

Unexpected Resistance

Obedience, Opposition, Perseverance, Resistance, Trusting God

Sometimes unexpected resistance can stop us from doing something God has asked us to do. Isn’t that the way it always is when you…

Lessons In The Wilderness

Exodus, Fruits of the Spirit, Mana, Obedience, Self-Control, Trusting God

We don’t have to look outside the walls to see the negative consequences of self-control on society—God shows us that in the Bible. One…

Keeping Our Eyes On Jesus

Children of God, Father, Focus, Hearing God, The Voice of God, Trusting God

When a young child visits the dentist for the first time, the dentist’s main goal is to help the child get used to the…

Trusting God In The Midst of Grief

Grief, Pain, Suffering, Trust, Trusting God

There is the great challenge for us as we navigate the valleys of pain, death, suffering, and hardship: not to give ourselves over to…

I’ll Do It Myself!

God's Plan, God's Timing, God's Will, Obedience, Trusting God

Like Thanos putting on the infinity gauntlet and saying, “Fine. I’ll do it myself” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu_hw963AG4), we like to take the reins and make our…