In Sermon Illustrations: "Poems Of God's Love" showing 401-420 of 20,514

The Love Is The Difference

Contributed by Dale Krueger on Feb 9, 2009

THE LOVE IS THE DIFFERENCE Edward Perry wrote an article entitled, "Where are the People?" It is a summary of his findings on why churches lose or gain members. He concluded that the "key is how people do or do not nurture and support each other in the local congregation." He says, "We ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Denomination: Lutheran

Christ Was Love  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009

CHRIST WAS LOVE I read a story that I thought was a perfect illustration as to what the perfect gift looks like at Christmas. It centered on a school Christmas pageant. Of course there was nothing there to make it religious. Only snowmen, reindeer and the like. And so the kindergarten class was ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Tags: Christmas

Student Of Love

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 17, 2009

STUDENT OF LOVE I know a man named James Bailey, from Marks, Mississippi, who was one of my former deacons. James Bailey was a grown man when he became a Christian. He had only gone to school through the 4th grade and never learned to read when he was in school. James Bailey was a hard man and ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Denomination: Baptist

Love At Last!!!

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 20, 2022

George, age 92 and Edith, age 89 are all excited about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding and on the way, they pass a drugstore. George suggests they go in and he addresses the man behind the counter. "Are you the owner? "The pharmacist answers, ...read more

Tags: Old Age, Love, Marriage, Senior Adults, Humor, Weddings  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Loving Discipline

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 24, 2023

My middle godson has been having some serious discipline problems. While I was visiting his family, I read the file of his interviews with the school specialists in difficult children. The thing that struck me the hardest was when they were exploring whether or not he felt loved by ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:15-17, Hebrews 12:8-10, Proverbs 3:12

Tags: Repentance, Discipline, Correction

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Love Of Money

Contributed by David Swanger on Jan 19, 2024

One day a certain old, rich man of a miserable disposition visited a rabbi, who took the rich man by the hand and lead him to a window. “Look out there,” he said. The rich man looked into the street. “What do you see?” asked the rabbi. “I see men, women and children,” answered the rich man. Again, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:10

Tags: Money, Riches

Sharing Love

Contributed by Rob Roy on May 22, 2024

In Irving Illinois a group purchased the old school building and made it into a long term alcohol recovery program. Some of those started coming to worship at the Irving church, two had met there, Matt and Kim, I and not using their real names. My favorite wife, Lisa and I got to know them, ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-19, Mark 12:30-31

Tags: Service, Hope, Blessings

The Desire For Love

Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Aug 8, 2024

The Desire for Love Humor: A couple who had been chatting online for weeks finally met on their first date. After an expensive meal in an upscale restaurant, the lady plucked a daisy from the flower arrangement on the table, pulling the pedals off one by one. She repeated to herself, “He loves me, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:5, 1 John 5:4-5, 1 John 5:10, James 4:4, John 15:19  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Love, Romance, Humor, Priorities, Love Of World  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Oswald Chambers Confessed, "If I Work For God ...  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 24, 2002

Oswald Chambers confessed, “If I work for God because I know it brings me the good opinion of those whose good opinion I wish to have, I am a Pharisee. If I love Jesus Christ, I will ...read more

Tags: Love For God, Servanthood

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love Received And Love Given Comprise The Best ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

"Love received and love given comprise the best form of therapy." Gordon William Allport (1897-1967) American ...read more

Tags: Romantic Love, Disappointment

Love Is The Key. Joy Is Love Singing; Peace Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Love is the key. Joy is love singing; peace is love resting; long-suffering is love enduring; kindness is love's touch; goodness is love's character; faithfulness is love's habit; gentleness is ...read more

Tags: Character

If We Are To Love Others As We Love Ourselves, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we are to love others as we love ourselves, then we must learn to love the little self which so often needs to be forgiven for doing the things we do not ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

If We Are To Love Others As We Love Ourselves, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we are to love others as we love ourselves, then we must learn to love the little self which so often needs to be forgiven for doing the things we do not ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Love Cannot Be Forced, Love Cannot Be Coaxed ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Love Is Most Divine When It Loves According To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Love is most divine when it loves according to needs, and ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Love Makes Everything Lovely; Hate Concentrates ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Love makes everything lovely; hate concentrates itself on ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Love Is The Key. Joy Is Love Singing. Peace Is ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 17, 2008

Love is the key. Joy is love singing. Peace is love resting. Long-suffering is love enduring. Kindness is love's touch. Goodness is love's character. Faithfulness is love's habit. Gentleness is love's ...read more

Tags: Fruit Of The Spirit

Who's That?

Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Apr 2, 2023

Who’s that ridin’ on a colt? Who’s that lowly and humbly coming- coming into Jerusalem on that glorious Palm Sunday day? Who’s that bringin’ hope with him? Who’s that gracefully offering- offering Himself as the Shepherd to all who’ve gone astray? Who’s that? Isn’t He the Messiah? Isn’t He the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-5, John 1:29

Tags: Palm Sunday Poem, Prophecy About Jesus, Poems For Palm Sunday, Religious Poems, Hosanna  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

It Reminds Me Of A Poem Sent Me Over Five Years ...  PRO

Contributed by Greg Buchner on Mar 28, 2005

It reminds me of a poem sent me over five years ago. Written by a poet named Joann VanDomelen, etntitled "Birth to Rebirth"... This is a story about a boy who was born on Christmas Day, A story of love, pain, sacrifice and what he gave away. As a child he laughed, he played, As all we children ...read more

Scripture: John 4:25-26

Tags: Humanity Of Christ

Denomination: Methodist

I Want To Share In Closing A Poem, Based In Job ...

Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 6, 2005

I want to share in closing a poem, based in Job 13:15, written by a lady named Mary Kimbrough: “Though He slay me, I will trust Him,” Said the sainted Job of old; “Though He try me in the furnace, I shall then come forth as gold. “Though the ‘worms of deep affliction’ Cause this body to ...read more

Tags: Funerals Christian

Denomination: Baptist