In Sermon Illustrations: "Give Love" showing 901-920 of 12,558

If We Follow The Admonition To Love God, And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we follow the admonition to love God, and our neighbors as ourselves, it will lead us to understand that, first of ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

To Love Someone Is To See A Miracle Invisible To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To love someone is to see a miracle ...read more

Tags: Miracles General

Miracles Occur Naturally As Expressions Of Love. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense ...read more

Tags: Miracles General

He That Falls In Love With Himself Will Have No ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

He that falls in love with himself will ...read more

Tags: Temptation Pride

I Love Agitation And Investigation And Glory In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular ...read more

Tags: Truth

It Is The Nature Of Women Not To Love When We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is the nature of women not to love when we love them, and to ...read more

Tags: Women

If I Don't Love This One...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009

"IF I DON’T LOVE THIS ONE..." There was a little girl who had a very large collection of dolls heaped on her bed. A guest in her room one day asked herd "Do you love dolls" Then, with tender loving care, she spread out the whole collection for the guest to inspect and admire. The guest asked her, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-47, Matthew 5:38-48, Micah 5:2-5

Tags: Christian Love

If I Didn't Love Them...  PRO

Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Mar 31, 2009

"IF I DIDN'T LOVE THEM..." A man visited a home where there were five children. He was supposed to be a kind of "godfather" to them and was trying to get involved with them on their level. He asked one of the little girls about her doll collection: "Which one is your favorite?" "Promise you ...read more

Tags: Grace, Love, Mercy, God

Denomination: Baptist

Whom God Loves, He Chastens

Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 15, 2009

WHOM GOD LOVES, HE CHASTENS George MacDonald was a 19th century orator and story-writer who C.S. Lewis once called his master as relates to story-telling and relating truth through fantasy. One of MacDonald’s short stories was titled, "The Gifts of the Child Christ." The main character of the ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Denomination: Orthodox

Love Your Enemies: Forgiveness In Rwanda

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009

Love Your Enemies: Forgiveness in Rwanda Bishop John Rucyahana, a Tutsi Rwandan, found Christ while growing up as an exile from his native Rwanda. I like the way he describes His conversion: "I did not accept Jesus. Jesus graciously met me and accepted me." This is a man who understands how we ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-48

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Let The Love Of Christ Move You

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 14, 2009

LET THE LOVE OF CHRIST MOVE YOU I’ve met this guy that I will call Bob. Bob just recently got out of prison. He got caught up in using and did some stupid stuff. He was sent for prison. He had been trying do right and do good but he just got out of control. He was sorry about what he had done and ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: Church Of God

Object Lesson: Planted In God's Love

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 14, 2009

OBJECT LESSON: PLANTED IN GOD'S LOVE Items needed: Table Seeds (enough for all listeners) Large pot with potting soil Set up the table with the seeds and pot arranged on it where listeners can get to them during the invitation, perhaps in the front of your worship area. Then introduce the ...read more

Tags: God's Love

Denomination: Church Of God

Christian Love Impacts A Heartless World  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009

CHRISTIAN LOVE IMPACTS A HEARTLESS WORLD We live in a heartless world. The last United States census missed at least 5.7 million people who were anonymous even to the census takers. Every year thousands of unidentified and even unidentifiable bodies are found across North America. And only one out ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-2

Tags: Christian Love

Kids Love Family Best At Christmas  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 7, 2009

KIDS LOVE FAMILY BEST AT CHRISTMAS On the TV show, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, they took a poll of 8 to 12 year olds and asked them, "What do you most enjoy about the holidays?" A) Decorating the house B) Spending time with family and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:31-42, Luke 4:18-21

Tags: Bible, Family

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love Me First, Then Witness To Me

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2010

LOVE ME FIRST, THEN WITNESS TO ME In our lesson we have seen that faith without works is useless. It cannot be demonstrated, it cannot change a person, it is not perfected, and it is dead! Our faith does not help us, or others, until it causes us to act. Once a chaplain walked up to a wounded ...read more

Scripture: James 2:21-24

Tags: Christian Witness

In All Knowledge And In Every Act Of Love The ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 17, 2010

In all knowledge and in every act of love the human soul experiences something "over and above," which seems very much like a gift that we receive, or a height to which we are raised. The development of individuals and peoples is likewise located on a height, if we consider the spiritual dimension ...read more

Tags: Human Life

Denomination: Catholic

He Loves You With And Everlasting, Pure, ...

Contributed by Thomas Donelan on May 19, 2010

He loves you with and everlasting, pure, unconditional love but God’s holiness demands sin be paid for. As the old Fram Oil Filter commercial use to say, "You can pay me now, or you can pay me later." We can bow now before Jesus ...read more

Tags: Jesus Christ

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Agape Love: ‘an Unconditional Commitment ...

Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010

Agape love: ‘an unconditional commitment to actively pursue & secure the good of another through sacrificial ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples

Denomination: Baptist

C.s. Lewis On God's Love

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2010

C.S. LEWIS ON GOD'S LOVE C. S. Lewis described God’s love like this: "God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creations in order that He may love and perfect them. He creates the universe, already foreseeing—or should we say ‘seeing’?—the buzzing cloud of flies about the ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-17

Tags: God's Love

Anxiety Is Love's Greatest Killer. It Makes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010

Anxiety is love’s greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might then a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7

Tags: Anxiety