In Sermon Illustrations: "Perfect Love"

Love Of God

Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010

LOVE OF GOD Let’s say you had a child who kept getting in trouble, you kept bailing him out as a child, and eventually as he grew up even you couldn’t bail him out anymore, you had to let him go live his life the way he was choosing because nothing you or anyone else did could stop ...read more

Tags: God's Love

In Praising Or Loving A Child, We Love And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, ...read more

Tags: Children

The Fruit Of The Spirit Begins With Love...love ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The fruit of the Spirit begins with love...love is the first thing, the first in that precious cluster of fruit. Someone has said that all other eight can be put in terms of love. Joy is love exulting; peace is love in repose; long-suffering is love on trial; gentleness is love in society; ...read more

Tags: Character

Agape Love, The Highest Form Of Love, Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Charles Mallory on Feb 9, 2001

AGAPE LOVE, THE HIGHEST FORM OF LOVE, IS REFERENCED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 137 TIMES AS ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Tags: Christian Love, God's Provision

Denomination: Free Methodist

Love God Like Loving A Cow?

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 16, 2007

Love God like Loving a Cow? Meister Eckhart: Some people want to love God in the same way as they love a cow. You love it for the milk and the cheese and for your own profit. So do those who love God for the sake of outward riches or inward consolation. But they do not love God correctly, for ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Loving Mean To Love That Which Is Unlovable Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Loving mean to love that which is unlovable or it is no virtue at all; forgiving means to pardon the unpardonable or it is no virtue at all; and to hope means ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

God's Love For Us Is Not A Love That Always ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"God's love for us is not a love that always exempts us from trials, but rather, a ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Love That Reaches Up Is Adoration. Love That ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Love that reaches up is adoration. Love that reaches out is affection. Love ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Loving Mean To Love That Which Is Unlovable Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Loving mean to love that which is unlovable or it ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

The Secret Of Being Loved Is Being Lovely; And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The secret of being loved is being lovely; and the secret of being ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

To Love And Be Loved Is To Feel The Sun From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To love and be loved is to feel the sun ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Bacon And Eggs

Contributed by Silas Eke on Feb 26, 2015

The story is told of the pig and the chicken that went to Church and heard the Pastor was going to do his birthday. Each offered to donate towards the birthday. The Chicken offered to donate eggs and asked the pig to give bacon so that the pastor would have a good breakfast. The pig looked at the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 24:24

Tags: Sacrificial Giving, Perfect Sacrifice

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Grew Up In The 80's And Had A Perfect Outfit

Contributed by James Chandler on Feb 26, 2007

I grew up in the 80’s and had a perfect outfit: White Nike shoes with a red stripe. Lee jeans with the big patch, or parachute pants. Pink Izod shirt with a green aligator on it. My black "Members Only" jacket. Labels mean alot in clothes. Labels also mean alot in spiritual ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Life More Often Teaches Us How To Perfect Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Life more often teaches us how to perfect our weaknesses than how ...read more

Tags: Learning

For The Love Of Work  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 18, 2006

The story goes that when the company founded by Andrew Carnegie was taken over by the U.S. Steel Corporation in 1901 it acquired as one of its obligations a contract to pay the top Carnegie executive, Charles M. Schwab, the then unheard of minimum sum of $1,000,000. J.P. Morgan of U.S. Steel was in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:21

Tags: Workplace

Denomination: Lutheran

God's Love

Contributed by David Ward on Jan 23, 2006

Frederick Buechner in "The Magnificent Defeat": ß “The love for equals is a human thing—of friend for friend, brother for brother. It is to love what is loving and lovely. The world smiles. ß The love for the less fortunate is a beautiful thing—the love for those who suffer, for those who are ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: Baptist

Love And Friendship  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

Love is blind; friendship closes its ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

Bouquet Of Love

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Attention is like a daily bouquet of love. Bob Keeshan, ...read more

Tags: Children

Unconditional Love  PRO

Contributed by Marc Carr on Aug 7, 2006

Unconditional Love Floyd Landis, embroiled in a doping scandal since winning this year’s Tour de France, raised a Mennonite in Pennsylvania, leans on his mother for support. “She’s the one that no matter what happens, to me or to anyone else in life, she will remain unchanged,” he said. “When ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:8, Romans 5:15-19

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Loving Teddy  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2002

LOVING TEDDY Miss Thompson taught Teddy Stallard in the fourth grade. He was a slow, unkempt student, a loner shunned by his classmates. The previous year his mother died, and what little motivation for school he may have once had was now gone. Miss Thompson didn’t particularly care for Teddy ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-20

Tags: Compassion, Christian Love, Encouragement, Longsuffering, Love Of The Disciples, Patience, Perseverance  (view more)  (view less)