In Sermon Illustrations: "Greatest Love" showing 461-480 of 8,412

Love Is Self-Sacrifice For Others. In The ...

Contributed by Scott Jensen on Sep 11, 2008

Love is self-sacrifice for others. In the magazine The Christian Leader, Don Ratzlaff retells a story from Ernest Gordon’s Miracle on the River Kwai, a story based on World War II events. The Scottish soldiers, forced by their Japanese captors to labor on a jungle railroad, had degenerated to ...read more

Tags: Sacrifices

Denomination: Lutheran

I Love You Already

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Sep 16, 2008

I Love You Already There was an elderly man who lost his wife of 70 years. He was blind and could barely walk with assistance. He was being moved to a nursing home because his bride was no longer able to care for him. As the nurse led the old gent down the hallway to his new room, he started ...read more

Tags: Attitude General

Denomination: United Methodist

Love In Deed And Truth: A Young ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 22, 2008

Illustration: Love in Deed and Truth: A young man spent an entire evening telling a girl how much he loved her. He said that he could not live without her; that he would go to the ends of the earth for her; yes, go through fire for her, or die for her. However, on leaving, he said, “I’ll see you ...read more

Tags: Romantic Love

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Is Love, As Defined By The Online ...

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 17, 2009

“What is love, as defined by the online world? Resisting a YouTube video of the 1993 hit song, the first click plunges you into a world of pink carnation- tainted tackiness. The website’s designer no doubt spends all afternoon baking cookies, sending chain emails and sighing at the "Home Sweet ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples

Denomination: Baptist

Redemptive Love Changes People

Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009

REDEMPTIVE LOVE CHANGES PEOPLE John Ed Mathison, former pastor of Frazier Memorial UMC, tells the story of Tommy Waite, an African-American man serving time in jail and converted through Frazier’s Prison Ministry. They didn’t stop there though. They discipled him and even helped him to get his ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Methodist

Love Your Heart Attack?

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009

LOVE YOUR HEART ATTACK? Bob Benson, in his book, "See You At The House," tells of a good friend who had a severe heart attack and almost died, but was now well on the road to recovery. Visiting him, Bob asked, "Bill, how do you feel about your heart attack?" Bill answered, "I hate it. It nearly ...read more

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Love Is Unselfishly Choosing For Another's ...

Contributed by Deborah Guptill on Jun 11, 2007

Love is unselfishly choosing for another’s ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

Poem: Love For Others By Anonymous

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Poem: Love For Others by Anonymous Lord, let me live from day to day In such a self-forgetful way, That, even when I kneel to pray, My prayer shall be for others. Help me, in all the work I do, Ever to be sincere and true, And know that all I’d do for Thee, Must needs be done for Others. Let “self” ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

To Be Grateful Is To Recognize The Love Of God ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us and He has given us everything. ...read more

Tags: Joy

It Is A Lovely Thing To Live With Courage And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Charity Is A Principle Of Prevailing Love To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Charity is a principle of prevailing love to God and goodwill to men, which effectually inclines one endued with it ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

There Is More Hunger For Love And Appreciation ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this ...read more

People Will Understand As Much Of The Love Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

People will understand as much of the love of God as they see in our own lives. The first Bible many ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

To Have A Loving Relationship With A Sister Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy or a confidante it ...read more

Tags: Family

The Love Of Anything Is The Fruit Of Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The love of anything is the fruit of our knowledge of it, and grows ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God

Love Is An Image Of God, And Not A Lifeless ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature ...read more

Tags: God The Father

There Is Love At Christmas Because Christmas ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is love at Christmas because Christmas was born of love. Let us, each one, keep alive ...read more

Tags: Christmas

The Kingdom Of God Is A Kingdom Of Love; And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The kingdom of God is a kingdom of love; and love is ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

Friendship Is A Plant That Loves The Sun, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friendship is a plant that loves the sun, thrives ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Love Is The Expansion Of Two Natures In Such ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, ...read more

Tags: Christian Love