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18 Faith Sermon Illustrations

Belief, Believing, Faith, Hope, Trusting God

Are you preaching on faith? Check out these great illustration ideas that bring biblical truths to life through word pictures, stories, and everyday examples….

11 Sermon Illustrations on Prayer

Hearing God, Pray, Prayer, Praying, Relationship with God, Spiritual Disciplines, Trusting God

Are you preaching on prayer? Check out these great illustration ideas that bring biblical truths to life through word pictures, stories, and everyday examples….

Kindess Grows

2 Timothy 2:15, Acts 1:8, Boldness, Evangelism, Harvest, Kindness, Love, Mark 16:15, Matthew 28:19-20, Matthew 9:37-38, Paying It Forward, Salvation, The Gospel, Trusting God, Witnessing

The film Pay It Forward imagines what can happen if everyone gave someone an act of kindness that could not be paid back and…

Living Without Fear

1 John 4:18, Boundaries, Condition, Emotion, Fear, Inability, Isaiah 41:10, Joshua 1:9, Limits, No Fear, Proverbs 29:25, Psalm 56:3, Trusting God, Unique, Urbach-Wiethe Disease

What would you do if you had no fear? “NPR podcast Invisibilia tackled that question in its second episode by talking to Antonio Damasio, a…

Mindfulness

Active, Attentive, Distraction, Focus, Luke 12:24-34, Matthew 6:25-34, Meditation, Mindfulness, Philippians 4:6-7, Present, Proverbs 3:5-6, Romans 8:38-39, Sacrifice, Single-Minded, Trusting God

In this time when multi-tasking is so popular, we often forget how valuable being single-minded can be. When we focus on one mission, we…

Anxious Faith

Anxiety, Assurance, Belief, Certainty, Doubt, Faith, John 20:27, John 5:44, Journey, Jude 1:22, Mark 9:24, Matthew 14:31, Sanctification, Trusting God, Word of God

“Surely, while we teach that faith ought to be certain and assured, we cannot imagine any certainty that is not tinged with doubt, or…

Stop, Wait, Don’t Panic

1 Chronicles 29:11-12, Assurance, Isaiah 46:9-10, Panic, Plans, Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 19:21, Providence, Psalm 115:3, Resting in God, Safety, Secure, Sovereignty, Surprise, Trusting God

“There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.” – Corrie ten Boom Even when we are caught by surprise, the Lord…

“The Calling”

Calling, Change, Circumstance, Dreams, Gifts, God's Sovereignty, Isaiah 46:10, Job 42:2, Nehemiah 9:6, Path, Placement, Plans, Psalm 135:6, Trusting God, Zechariah 14:9

One episode of The Jim Gaffigan Show, “The Calling,” examines how one’s calling can vastly differ from one’s gifts or placement. In this video,…

God’s Promises

1 John 1:9, Exodus 14:14, Fulfillment, Gifts, God's Promises, Growth, Happiness, Isaiah 40:29, Isaiah 41:13, James 1:5, Needs, Security, Trusting God, Truth, Wants

“God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself.”…

Adversity

2 Timothy 3:12, Acts 4:20, Adversity, Comfort, Isaiah 43:2, James 1:12, Joy, Luke 9:23-25, Overcoming, Redemption, Suffering, Trial, Trusting God, Victory, Witness

“Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.” – Billy Graham The Lord is able to redeem difficult situations…

The Sanctification Spiral

2 Peter 1:5-8, Change, Circular, Future Glory, Galatians 5:22-23, Good Works, Hebrews 5:12-14, Humility, Matthew 6:33, Process, Sanctification, Spiritual Growth, Titus 2:11-14, Transformation, Trusting God

In an article about sanctification for The Gospel Coalition, Wendy Alsup writes, “When you feel ‘stuck,’ when you feel like you are continually rehearsing…

God Is Worthy

1 Thessalonians 5:18, 2 John 1:6, Faith, God's Will, Holiness, James 1:5, John 15:9, Missions, Obedience, Proverbs 16:4, Sanctification, Suffering, Trial, Trusting God, Unlimited Grace

Elisabeth Elliot was considered one of the most influential Christian women in the 20th century. She was the wife of martyred missionary Jim Elliot…

The Master Storyteller

Conflict, Deuteronomy 32:39, Faith, God's Sovereignty, History, Journey, Justice, Omniscience, Proverbs 16:33, Psalm 135:6, Psalm 139:16, Reliance, Romans 12:19, Trusting God, Walk

“Somehow we realize that great stories are told in conflict, but we are unwilling to embrace the potential greatness of the story we are…

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…

God’s Best

1 Peter 2:1-5, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, 2 Peter 3:9, Doubt, Future Hope, Glory, God's Plan, Isaiah 40:28-31, Outcomes, Proverbs 3:5-6, Providence, Sanctification, Sovereignty, The Future, Trusting God

“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to…

Ex Nihilo

Creation, Ex Nihilo, Faith, Genesis 1:1-2, Hebrews 3:4, Insight, Intelligent Design, Jeremiah 32:17, John 1:1-4, Mystery, Romans 11:36, The Universe, Trusting God, Wonder, Worship

Blow up a balloon, and mark two “X” marks on it with a permanent marker. Place the marks a short distance away from each…

Dramatic Irony

2 Peter 3:10, Acts 1:10-11, Faith, Faithfulness, Hidden Things, Judgment, Luke 21:34-36, Matthew 24:36, Patience, Revelation 20:11-15, Studying Scripture, Surrendering, Thanksgiving, The Second Coming, Trusting God

The video below provides a great definition of dramatic irony—when an audience is in on a secret that the characters in a story don’t…

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…