In Sermon Illustrations: "God Of Love"

One Day C.h. Spurgeon Noticed A Barn With A ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 2, 2002

One day C.H. Spurgeon noticed a barn with a weather vane on its roof. At the top of the vane were these words: God is love. Spurgeon said to his friend that he thought this was an inappropriate place for such a message. He said, "Weather vanes are changeable, but God’s love is constant. His friend ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God, God's Provision

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Chair

Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Feb 26, 2011

GOD'S CHAIR When I was small, I used to play a game with my friends called musical chairs. Do you remember it? The object of the game was to be in possession of a chair when the music stopped. All through life it often seems we’re caught up in this game. There are different kinds of chairs and in ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

Denomination: Baptist

Leadership

Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016

I remember hearing a story about a famous film producer. As a child, he had a fight with another boy and lost. While his mother was bathing his black eye, he told her how it was entirely the fault of the other boy. It was the other boy who had started the fight, he claimed. His mother said ...read more

Scripture: John 13:2-17

Tags: God Is Love, Giving In Love, Jesus Leadership

Denomination: Baptist

Love Loves To Give

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 6, 2025

My first love was my MOM. For Mother’s Day, I worked for a few dollars and we went to Western Auto. They had three little handkerchiefs and a little pearl necklace in a fancy box. I knew I loved my Mom and I wanted to give her a token of my love. The fancy little box was more than I had. I told the ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Tags: Love, Give

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Bible Tells Us This About Love, "So We Know ...  PRO

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Feb 24, 2006

The Bible tells us this about love, “So we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. (1 John 4:16) In the very same epistle we find that Scriptures warn us with, “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (1 ...read more

Scripture: John 13:3-17

Tags: Forgiveness In Jesus

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Persuaded By The Mail

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2014

"I GIVE UP!" In the early 1960s, the publishers of Time Magazine were concerned about their declining circulation, so they designed a campaign to send out thousands of letters making an emotional appeal to potential subscribers. In the past, such mailings had been done manually, at a great cost in ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-17

Tags: God's Love, Surrender, Persuasion

Seeing The Rainbow From God's Side  PRO

Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Jul 19, 2003

SEEING THE RAINBOW FROM GOD’S SIDE Some years ago it was my privilege to be one of the speakers in a large Bible Conference held in Dallas, Texas. Inasmuch as I was conducting a revival meeting in Houston that same week, it was necessary for me to fly to and from the Dallas appointment. My oldest ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 6:16-17, Mark 4:35-41

Tags: God's Love

Denomination: Baptist

To Have The Peculiar Signature Of God's Favor Or ...  PRO

Contributed by Jerry Vargo on Dec 12, 2003

"To have the peculiar signature of God’s FAVOR or honor or cherishing value placed on you so that when he sees you there is a special value he has for you…In other words…God really likes you!" "When He likes you, there is such an influence that comes upon you that the charisma of God himself rubs ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 2:13

Tags: Love Of The Disciples

Denomination: Pentecostal

Good Is No Good, But If It Be Spend: God Giveth ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Good is no good, but if it be spend: God giveth good ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Gods Definition Of Beauty Is A Lot Different ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Gods definition of beauty is a lot different than the worlds. God says that beauty is found in a ...read more

Tags: Romantic Love

God Stops To Hear Your Cry

Contributed by Tony Abram on Sep 11, 2012

GOD STOPS TO HEAR YOUR CRY As a young person sitting in the choir of Kathryn Kuhlman I heard her say many times, "God will stop making ...read more

Tags: God's Love

God Has Something Better For You

Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 10, 2013

GOD HAS SOMETHING BETTER FOR YOU A daddy took his little girl to the park one Saturday afternoon. She was about 4 and was having such a good time in the sun and the presence of her daddy. The ice cream vendor came by and daddy bought her an ice cream cone. Then he noticed that his little girl had ...read more

Tags: God's Love

Denomination: Nazarene

Adrian Rogers: And Idol Is Anything You Love ...  PRO

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Sep 28, 2002

ADRIAN ROGERS: And idol is anything you love more, fear more, value more or serve more than you do ...read more

Tags: Commandments No Gods, God's Omniscience

Our Conduct Never Produces God's Love In Us. But ...

Contributed by Arlyn Shaeffer on Feb 26, 2003

Our conduct never produces God's love in us. But God's love ...read more

Tags: God's Love

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The Selfless Love To Which God Calls You And Me ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2003

The selfless love to which God calls you and me produces a deep joy in our hearts. This joy or happiness of the Spirit has three dimensions. Joy is the assurance of faith that we are acceptable to God and that God’s good providences are working on our behalf. This joy is an inner calm ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-13

Luther Felt That Our Love For God Should Be So ...

Contributed by Eric Vertein on May 10, 2005

Luther felt that our love for God should be so compelling, that when it comes to the commandment to honor our mothers, even if we didn’t have mothers, we ought to ask God to give us mothers erected out of stone or wood, so we would have an avenue by which to keep this commandment. Yet Luther ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Lutheran

Grace Is God Himself, His Loving Energy At Work ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Grace is God himself, his loving energy at work within his ...read more

Tags: Grace

God Loves Each Of Us As If There Were Only One ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

God loves each of us as if there were ...read more

Tags: God The Father

God Proved His Love On The Cross. When Christ ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Do You Know The Love Of God, And Does It Make ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Do you know the Love of God, and does it make you from morning to night sing ...read more

Tags: God The Father