In Sermon Illustrations: "Loved"

Savior Implies The Image Of A Worried Father ...

Contributed by Jason Powers on May 3, 2003

Savior implies the image of a worried father running into a burning house to save his son or daughter. The child is unable to rescue himself, so the father risks his own ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Have A Question For You That Can Revolutionize ...  PRO

Contributed by Aaron Householder on Sep 30, 2004

I have a question for you that can revolutionize your life and ministry: Are you a sinner who struggles to love God, or are you a lover of God who struggles with ...read more

Tags: Sin Bondage To, Sin Hurtful To God

Denomination: Baptist

Karl Barth, The Great 20th-Century Theologian, ...

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 8, 2007

Karl Barth, the great 20th-century theologian, was once asked the most profound thing he had ever learned. With tears in His eyes he answered, “Jesus ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

What A Cruel Thing Is War: To Separate And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our ...read more

Tags: War

Always, Sir, Set A High Value On Spontaneous ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more ...read more

Tags: Compassion

It Should Be Part Of Our Private Ritual To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It should be part of our private ritual to devote a quarter of an hour every day to the enumeration of the good qualities of our friends. When we are not active we ...read more

Tags: Compassion

As Eucharistic Prayer 4 Prays: Grant In Your ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 3, 2009

As Eucharistic Prayer 4 prays: grant in your loving kindness to all who partake of this one Bread and one Chalice that, gathered into one body by the Holy Spirit, they may truly ...read more

Tags: Transfiguration

Denomination: Catholic

Children's Song Lyrics- ‘oh, Be Careful Little ...

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jan 26, 2009

Children’s song lyrics- ‘Oh, be careful little eyes, what you see, For the Father up above, is looking down in love, So be careful little ...read more

Tags: Sanctification

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

[248]. A Message From A Poem – Starlight Is Always There

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 2, 2026

[248]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – STARLIGHT IS ALWAYS THERE This is a short poem, one just came straightaway to me. I could expand it more but I decided I will not do that. Although the poem was written in 2020, the original thought for this came to me one evening when I was walking home. Here ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 John 1:12

Tags: Christian Poetry, Christian Poems, Unveiled Face, Obscured, Love, Barriers, Stars, Shining, Starlight  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Went Into The Synagogue On The Sabbath And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Jesus went into the synagogue on the Sabbath and saw a man with a crippled hand. He knew that the Pharisees were watching to see what he would do, and he felt angry that they were only out to put him in the wrong. They did not care a scrap for the handicapped man, nor did they want to see the power ...read more

Tags: Emotions

When We Had Abbey Andrews Here For The October ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 2, 2008

When we had Abbey Andrews here for the October meetings with Dr. Nichols she sang a song that she wrote called, “Saturate Me.” The song is a prayer to the Lord to have Him saturate us with His holy presence, His love and His awesome fire. This song has become a favorite of mine and Ashley has ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Chaplains Give Their Lives To Save Sailors During ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010

Chaplains Give Their Lives to Save Sailors during World War II On February 3, 1943, the USS Dorchester would become another casualty of World War II. But unlike others before it, what would take place on the upper deck of the Dorchester would become a testament of brotherly love and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:28

Tags: Sacrifice, Heroism

Driven By Hurt

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 11, 2022

DRIVEN BY HURT! MIGHT I ADD A PREACHER’S PERSPECTIVE TO START THIS LESSON? BE KIND TO EVERY PERSON. PERHAPS YOU DO NOT KNOW THE PROBLEMS AND THE BATTLES OTHERS ARE FACING. A preacher friend of mine was having some self-doubts and fears he was facing. There was a rather large family that had ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 61:3, 1 Peter 5:7

Tags: Bitter, Hurt, Ministry

Denomination: Assembly Of God

People Want To Work. People Are Telling Me ...

Contributed by Fred Mueller on Sep 7, 2005

People WANT to work. People are telling me they’d LOVE to go down to New Orleans to help the people in misery there. People woul dgladly enter the smell and danger to do ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Faith For My Deliverance Is Not Faith In God. ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005

Faith for my deliverance is not faith in God. Faith means, whether I am visibly delivered or not, I will stick to my belief that God is love. There are some things only ...read more

Tags: Daniel

If Your Souls Were Not Immortal, And You In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

“If your souls were not immortal, and you in danger of losing them, I would not thus speak unto you; but the love of your souls constrains me to speak: methinks this would ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

A.w. Tozer Said "Let (The Average Man) Be Forced ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 30, 2007

A.W. Tozer said “Let (the average man) be forced into making a choice between God and money, between God and men, between God and personal ambition, between God and ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

In Italy For Thirty Years Under The Borgias ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed; they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred ...read more

Tags: Peace

Faith For My Deliverance Is Not Faith In God. ...

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Faith for my deliverance is not faith in God. Faith means, whether I am visibly delivered or not, I will stick to my belief that God is love. There are some things only learned ...read more

Tags: Doubt

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Sunday School Teacher Asked Her Young Class, ...  PRO

Contributed by Ken Kersten on Jan 22, 2004

A Sunday School teacher asked her young class, “What’s brown, furry, has a long bushy tail and loves acorns? And one little boy said, “Well it sounds like ...read more

Tags: Jesus Life, Children

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ