Waiting – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Opportunities to Wait

anticipated, Pause, Stand Firm, Waiting

From the pickup line at our school to waiting for much anticipated events and activities, everyday life brings plenty of opportunities to wait. Understanding…

Longing to Reunite

Anticipation, missing someone, reunite, Waiting

We all know the power of waiting for someone we haven’t seen in a while. Years ago, we used to stand at the airport…

The Unknown When Expecting

Certainty, excited, expecting, pregnant, Unknown, Waiting

The arrival of Christ should be on our minds each day as a happy potential. Fifth-century bishop Theodoret of Cyr (Cyyrhus) says as much:…

Ready and Waiting

painful, ready, suffer, timer, Trusting God, Waiting, Waiting on the Lord

We don’t make much of timers counting down until we start getting close to the end. Consider how you felt waiting for a timer…

Patience And Perspective

Injustice, Justice, Patience, Perseverance, Perspective, Waiting, Waiting on God

Whenever we encounter injustice and feel that God is doing nothing about it, we need to spend time in God’s presence to gain his perspective. This…

A Confident Watchman

Confidence, Psalm, Psalm 130, Waiting, Watching, Watchman

Meditating on Psalm 130, Eugene Peterson tells a story about a job he had as a night watchman in a big building. He writes, “If…

Hope To Keep Going

Future Hope, Jesus's Return, Waiting

Going on a diet can help you lose a lot of weight. Typically, diets will get you into a big caloric deficit by limiting…

All Things Right

God's Promises, Hope In Christ, Joy, Waiting

If you’ve ever been on a road trip with small children, you know they relentlessly ask, “How much longer till we get there?” It…

Underpainting

Foundation, Preparation, Waiting, Waiting on God

“In painting, an underpainting is a first layer of paint applied to a canvas or board and it functions as a base for other…

Slacklining

Faith, God's Timing, Support, Waiting, Waiting on God

A popular park or backyard activity is slacklining. A slackline is a three-inch-wide tightrope made from seatbelt material and stretched between two trees in…

Already But Not Yet

Already but not yet, The Kingdom of God, The Kingdom of Heaven, Waiting

In the novel Death Comes for the Deconstructionist, Daniel Taylor provides a great illustration for the “already but not yet” nature of God’s kingdom….

Unwanted Gift

Gifts, Patience, Seasons, Waiting, Waiting on God

As we wait, it sometimes feels like our groom has given us a blender, like fiancé Brian gave his betrothed for their eight-month anniversary…

Waiting Time

Patience, Technology, Time, Waiting, Waiting on God

Generally speaking, we are bad at waiting. Our tech usage is one way we recognize our growing inability to wait for anything, but as…

Patience Is A Fruit

Fruit of the Spirit, Impatience, Patience, Technology, Waiting

A recent study of two thousand British people found that our pursuit of more knowledge has made us impatient. The availability of information at…

A Foretaste

Church, Community, Eternity, Foretaste, Hope, Now And Not Yet, Waiting

Christian communities are a place where we can have a foretaste of heaven here on earth. What’s a foretaste? Have you ever cooked bacon…

Timing Is Everything

Benefit, David Shannon Wooten, Ferrari, God's Timing, Perfect Timing, Preparation, Time, Timing, Timing is Everything, Waiting, Waiting on God, Work of God

Everything is about timing. While some keep going and try to make the most of a situation as they go, others will wait until…

Waiting On God

Challenges, God's Timing, Growth, Hope, James 5:11, Micah 7:7, Overcoming, Proverb 3:5-6, Romans 12:12, Romans 5:3-4, Romans 8:25, Romans 8:28, Spiritual Growth, Testimony, Trials, Waiting, Waiting on God, Waiting on the Lord

Waiting is part of our ongoing walk with Jesus. We aren’t comfortable with waiting, because we feel like it’s pointless—or worse, that we are…

Restless In Waiting

Anchor, Colossians 1:11, Disappointment, Galatians 6:9, God's Character, God's Goodness, God's Promises, God's Sovereignty, God's Timing, Hope, Impatience, Isaiah 40:31, James 5:11, Lamentations 3:25, Micah 7:7, Philippians 4:6-7, Psalm 27:13-14, Psalm 33:20-22, Psalm 35:4-5, Restlessness, Romans 8:25, Timing, Trusting God, Waiting, Waiting on God, Waiting on the Lord

There’s a certain restlessness that comes in those times we find ourselves waiting for God’s promises to be fulfilled. In the article, “Hope For…

Right On Time

2 Peter 3:8, Confidence, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Galatians 6:9, God's Omnipresence, God's Sovereignty, God's Timing, Habakkuk 2:3, Isaiah 40:31, Jeremiah 29:11, Micah 7:7, Psalm 27:14, Psalm 90:4, Time, Timing, Trust, Waiting

If you’ve ever taken a trip out of the country, you’ve noticed that the time changes as you travel across different borders and countries….

Seeing With New Eyes

Advent, Anticipation, Beauty, Christmas, Glorious, Hope, Isaiah 11:1-10, Isaiah 40:9-11, Isaiah 52:7-9, John 1:1-8, Psalm 89:1-4, Truth, Waiting, Watching, Wonder

Margaret Philbrick, author of Back to the Manger, shares about how seeing the Christmas season through the eyes of her children has opened her…