In Sermon Illustrations: "God Loves All People"

Your First Love

Contributed by Charles Worth on May 16, 2009

YOUR FIRST LOVE Remember your first love? That innocent time in life when you had fallen "head over heels" for someone? Knowing it is the right thing to do you went to her/him and confessed your undying love; only to be told how much they "like" you as a friend. Jesus must feel that way at times. ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: Baptist

I Love This Book

Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Dec 8, 2009

I LOVE THIS BOOK Dr. Vance Havner says the Bible begins in a garden (Gen.3) and ends in a garden (Rev. 21-22). He says there is no devil, no sin, and no sorrow in the first two chapters of the Bible or in the last two ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Denomination: Baptist

Love That Looks Up Is ...

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010

"Love that looks up is adoration. Love that looks across is affection. Love that ...read more

Tags: Grace

Denomination: Brethren

Marriage Sustains Love

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 17, 2012

MARRIAGE SUSTAINS LOVE Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor, sent to prison in Hitler’s Germany and later martyred for his faith. In 1943, while in his cell, we wrote a wedding sermon that he was never permitted to deliver. In that sermon, he said, "It is not ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:25-33

Tags: Marriage General

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Love Your Neighbor

Contributed by Josh Hunt on Apr 16, 2012

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR I stepped outside my hotel room yesterday and saw a thin elderly woman taking small steps in a circle. She seemed to be mumbling. Our eyes connected. She said, "They left me here and I don't know where they have gone. I don't know what room I am in." I held out my hand. She ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 23:4-5

Tags: Neighbor

Denomination: Baptist

Love Your Enemies  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2012

LOVE YOUR ENEMIES An Armenian nurse had been held captive along with her brother by the Turks. Her brother was slain by a Turkish soldier before her eyes. Somehow she escaped and later became a nurse in a military hospital. One day she was stunned to find that the same man who had killed her ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-48

Tags: Christian Witness

Life, Love And Grief

Contributed by John Mcphail on Oct 23, 2013

Life, Love and Grief "Love is the fabric of a life well lived. Grief is the tapestry of a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:13

Tags: Love, Life, Grief

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Loving One Another.

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020

There is a song where a woman with a flat tire on a cold wet and very dark night, has a man stop to help her change her flat tire. He won't take money for helping her but tells her to pass it on to someone else that she can help. She stops at a dinner and tips the pregnant waitress that looks ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21

Tags: Passing Love Along, Love

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Greatest Act Of Love?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 8, 2022

WHAT IS THE GREATEST ACT OF LOVE? The kiss is mentioned 23 times in the Bible. To hold hands is mentioned 12 times. For a total of 35 times. LISTEN is in the Bible 353 times. HEAR is mentioned 382 times. Listening is 19 times… For a total of 754 times… To hear and listen is mentioned 33 times more ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:9, James 1:19, 2 Timothy 4:3

Tags: Slow To Anger, Listening, Slow To Speak

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Children Need To Be Loved

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 17, 2023

No more convincing evidence of the absence of parental affection exists than that compiled by Rene Spitz. In a South American orphanage, Spitz observed and recorded what happened to 97 children who were deprived of emotional and physical contact with others. Because of a lack of funds, there was ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-5

Tags: Nurture, Touching, Love, Children, Marriage, Parents, Family, Home  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Do Not Love The World

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jan 7, 2025

Now imagine this with me for a second. Let’s say you have a pillow and let’s say the family dog got ahold of that pillow and used it for a litter box… so you took it out and put it in the dumpster, and a family of rats moved into it and used it for a bed. And just before the day the trash truck ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15

Tags: Love Of Jesus, Desire, Love Of The World

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Erma Bombeck Wrote This Essay Entitled, When God ...  PRO

Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Sep 26, 2002

Erma Bombeck wrote this essay entitled, When God Created Women. “By the time the Lord made mothers, he was into his sixth day of working overtime. An Angel appeared and said "Why are you spending so much time on this one?" And the Lord answered and said, "Have you seen the spec sheet on her? She ...read more

Tags: Mother's Day, Parenting, Love, Share

Denomination: Independent/Bible

All Things New

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 16, 2009

ALL THINGS NEW Years ago, I had the classic New Jersey car accident: I was hit from behind as I stopped for someone in a crosswalk. The guy actually got out of his car threw up his hands and exclaimed, "What the blank are you stopping for?" I got out of my car and motioned to the crosswalk, "I ...read more

Tags: Born Again

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Any Concern Too Small To Be A Prayer Is Too Small ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Any concern too small to be a prayer is too small to be a burden. ...read more

Tags: People In Acts, Promises Of God, Prayer Supplication

God Is Not A Genie

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 4, 2010

GOD IS NOT A GENIE She was ferocious and yet frail. When I told her that I was a Chaplain she took the opportunity to bombard me with accusations and questions. "What is the use of prayer if God is going to let those 29 miners die anyway? All those good people prayed around the clock for those ...read more

Tags: Prayer General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What God Can Do With Your Life  PRO

Contributed by Don Hawks on Dec 2, 2003

WHAT GOD CAN DO WITH YOUR LIFE In the recent movie, "About Schmidt" 66-year-old Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) has retired from his job as an insurance actuary. He is miserable, and after his wife (June Squibb) suddenly dies, he is also lost. He travels the country in his RV hoping to stop his ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Tags: Love Of The Disciples, Significance, Depression, Discipleship, Failure, Giving  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

Dear God, So Far Today I've Done All Right. I ...  PRO

Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 17, 2004

Dear God, So far today I’ve done all right. I haven’t gossiped, I haven’t lost my temper, I haven’t been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish or over-indulgent. I’m very thankful for that. But in a few minutes, God, I’m going to get ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Worst-Tempered People I Ever Met Were People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The worst-tempered people I ever met were people who ...read more

Tags: Anger

Listen Carefully  PRO

Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002

LISTEN CAREFULLY Back when the telegraph was the fastest method of long-distance communication, a young man applied for a job as a Morse Code operator. Answering an ad in the newspaper, he went to the office that was listed. When he arrived, he entered a large, busy office filled with noise and ...read more

Tags: People In Acts, Holy Spirit Attributes, Love Of The Disciples

Denomination: Pentecostal

And Then It All Came To An End

Contributed by James Snyder on Dec 28, 2024

Time has a way of getting ahead of me. Just when I think I’ve caught up, I find out I was wrong. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I were sitting down, relaxing after a wonderful Christmas activity with all the kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids. It was a wonderful time, but with my ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:9

Tags: Christmas, Time, New Years

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance