In Sermon Illustrations: "Love Your Neighbor"

Love Obedience And The Law

Contributed by Roger Whipp on Dec 31, 2014

Anyone that has been zapped by a speed camera or pulled over by the Police and gets a fine and endorsement is likely to be a bit more careful in the future, especially if the loss of their driving licence is threatened. Our obedience to the law doesn’t come about by our love for the policeman who ...read more

Scripture: John 14:15-31

Tags: Love, Law, Obedience

Denomination: *other

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

Love For Christ And People

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020

In the early years, Circuit riders were most often lay preachers without formal education. They were young, poor, and, for the most part, single. Traveling thousands of miles a year. Though circuit riders eventually represented many different denominations but none were more aggressive or ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-5

Tags: Service, Servant, Dedication

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Love Is Like Candy

Contributed by John Bright on May 22, 2021

I’m talking about love that is a real, tangible – like candy! Since you are watching on video (or reading this at home), you will have to imagine I have a big bag of Hershey Kisses right here. I have LOTS OF CANDY! So - I can claim to be full of candy. What if this candy is the love we have to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-36

Tags: Love, Enemies

Denomination: Methodist

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

Be Creative In Your Marriage

Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 27, 2005

Be creative in your marriage. Refer to the letter Sullivan Ballou wrote to his wife on july 14, 1861, one week before he died in the first battle of Bull Run: "It is my prayer that I shall return to my loved ones unharmed. If I do not, my dear Sarah, never forget how much I loved you nor that when ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

It Is Easier To Love Humanity As A Whole Than To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Intercessory Prayer Might Be Defined As Loving ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:46-47

Tags: Prayer How To

Intercessory Prayer Might Be Defined As Loving ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbor on our knees. ...read more

Tags: Compassion, Prayer General, Prayer Adoration

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

Free To Be Your Slave

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Sep 5, 2012

FREE TO BE YOUR SLAVE Elisabeth Elliot wrote a beautiful prayer, in "A Lamp for My Feet": "Lord, break the chains that hold me to myself; free me to be Your happy slave – that is, to be the happy foot washer of anyone today who needs his feet washed, his supper cooked, his faults overlooked, his ...read more

Tags: Kindness

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Light Up Your World  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010

LIGHT UP YOUR WORLD There is a mere strip of sand called Castle Island near the eastern end of the Bahamas archipelago. Few people are aware of it - and, as tiny and isolated as it is, Castle Island is important for the lighthouse that is its sole source of humanity! One day, a young man was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:14-16

Tags: Christian Witness

Power Must Be Led By Love. Love Must Mold Power ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 9, 2002

Power must be led by love. Love must mold power into a ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: Church Of God

I Love Books. I Hate Publishing, But I Love ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I love books. I hate publishing, but I love books. Theyre two sides to one ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Write Only What You Love, And Love What You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

I Have Found If You Love Life, Life Will Love ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I have found if you love life, life will ...read more

Tags: Learning

Love Wont Be Tampered With, Love Wont Go Away. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Love wont be tampered with, love wont go away. Push it to one side and ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Age Doesn't Protect You From Love. But Love, To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Age doesn't protect you from love. But love, to some extent, ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

God Is Your Father

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Jul 25, 2018

As a child, before my brothers and sisters and I would sit down for breakfast, we would ask our father what we could do to please him so that he would let us eat breakfast. He’d tell us. If we wanted lunch money for school we would ask our father what would please him. He’d tell us. At supper time, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:24-33

Tags: Father, God, Kingdom, Master, Seek, Gentiles, Reap, Take No Thought, Lillies  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational