Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "Selfish Love"

showing 2,841-2,860 of 7,970
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Category

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Finding Nemo

    Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Feb 5, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,436 views

    Many of you have seen the movie, “Finding Nemo”. •It’s a powerful story of the love and determination of a caring father. •It’s the story of being lost, and then found. •It’s a story that can help us understand our Heavenly Father and His love for us. In the movie, Nemo’s father Marlin loved him ...read more

  • A Woman Read A Book And Stated It Was The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 29, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,634 views

    A woman read a book and stated it was the dullest book she had ever read. Then she fell in love with its author. From then on she found the book fascinating. For the unsaved, the Bible can be dull reading. But ...read more

  • Guy Who Was Getting Married, Had The Ring In His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eldon Reich on Mar 28, 2002
    based on 78 ratings
     | 1,758 views

    Guy who was getting married, had the ring in his hand and said: Sweetheart, I love you so much, I want you to marry me. I don’t have a car like Jonny green, I don’t have a Yacht like him I don’t have a house his size, I don’t have the money of Jonny green But I love you with all my heart. She ...read more

  • Closing Blessing

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Oct 4, 2004
     | 3,168 views

    Closing Blessing You are a child of creation, a reflection of God, No one can steal your beauty or reduce your worth, Unless you let them…don’t let them! You are a miracle of God’s love… Never look at yourself and see anything less! Your life is not a random stroke of chance, You are part of a ...read more

  • A Certain Medieval Monk Announced He Would Be ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Nov 19, 2006
     | 873 views

    A certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on "The Love of God." As the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the monk lighted a candle and carried it to the crucifix. ...read more

  • When We Reach For The Sponge That We Use To Wipe ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 5, 2008
     | 2,534 views

    When we reach for the sponge that we use to wipe off the counter, the first thing we do is get the sponge wet, because the sponge is crispy and crusty and hard and brittle, and we can’t use the sponge for anything until we get it wet. People come with crusty and hard hearts. Take that hard heart ...read more

  • Just One Letter Of The Alphabet Makes All The ...

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 22, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,220 views

    “Just one letter of the alphabet makes all the difference between us now,” said a recently-converted young woman to an unsaved friend, who could not understand the great change that had come ...read more

  • William Gladstone, In Announcing The Death ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,532 views

    ILL: William Gladstone, in announcing the death of Princess Alice to the House of Commons, told a touching story. The little daughter of the Princess was seriously ill with diphtheria. The doctors told the princess not to kiss her little daughter and endanger her life by breathing the child’s ...read more

  • I Read Of A Young Christian Artist Who Painted A ...

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Sep 17, 2006
     | 1,998 views

    I read of a young Christian artist who painted a depiction of hell. In the flames he painted the faces of several of his lost loved ones. He painted his lost father crying out in agony. There was also his lost brother, and a lost neighbor burning in the flames of hell. When he showed it to his ...read more

  • In The Summer Of 1960 The Great Musical Star ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Oct 16, 2006
     | 1,993 views

    . In the summer of 1960 the great musical star Mary Martin was playing the lead role of Maria von Trapp in Rogers and Hammerstein’s musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC on Broadway. Lyrist Oscar Hammerstein, II was on his death bed. “One evening just before Mary went on stage, a note was handed to her. ...read more

  • Bevere's Story, "Now Here Is Where Many In ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 3, 2007
     | 1,621 views

    1. Bevere’s story, “Now here is where many in the church falter. They see the love of God in the light of the temporal, not the eternal. There is love and goodness, which are admired by society and many in the church but determined by human measures, and are contrary to the love of God. Let me ...read more

  • I Give Thee Humble Thanks

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Nov 19, 2007
     | 1,932 views

    “I Give Thee Humble Thanks” I give Thee humble thanks: For all the gifts that Thou dost send, For every kind and loyal friend, For prompt supply of all my need, For all that’s good in word or deed, For gift of health along life’s way. For strength to work from day to day. I give Thee humble ...read more

  • When I Grow Up I Want To Be Like You  PRO

    Contributed by Brent Williams on Jun 19, 2001
    based on 121 ratings
     | 2,990 views

    When I Grow Up I Want To Be Like You As children we all have our heroes The people we want to be like The Mickey Mantle’s and the Michael Jordan’s The person I wanted to be like taught me how to catch a baseball He taught me how to shoot a free throw But he also taught me how to do something ...read more

  • Brother Lawrence Was A French Monk Who Lived From ...  PRO

    Contributed by Carla Powell on Feb 2, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,517 views

    Brother Lawrence was a French monk who lived from 1611 to 1691. You might think that a man who was born nearly 400 years ago would have very little to say to today’s working people, but he had some great insights into our theme of ministry in daily life. Brother Lawrence (The Practice of the ...read more

  • This Past January The Pastors Were At A Retreat ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 10, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,268 views

    This past January the pastors were at a retreat in Duluth and the speaker told of a missionary friend who was trying to reach this group of people in Mexico. They had a difficult time because these villagers had what he phrased “a scarcity mentality.” The missionary said their belief affected ...read more

  • Of George Matheson, As Recorded In ...

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Feb 27, 2008
     | 2,216 views

    Illustration of George Matheson, as recorded in Max Lucado’s book 3:16, Numbers of Hope. Main Idea: People lose love, God loves always “Matheson was only a teenager when doctors told him he was going blind. Not to be denied, he pursued his studies, graduating from the University of Glasgow in ...read more

  • You Know There Are Some Things That I Hate  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 7, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,242 views

    You know there are some things that I hate Like deviled eggs, there is nothing about deviled eggs that I like I don’t like the smell, the looks, or especially the taste Its safe to say I hate deviled eggs Some people dislike boxing or NASCAR or competitive eating as a sport Some hate bell bottom ...read more

  • Kent Hughes, Who Pastored In Chicago, Tells ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Aug 13, 2008
     | 2,640 views

    Kent Hughes, who pastored in Chicago, tells something which happened to a dear friend. This lady was a missionary on furlough after a particularly difficult season of service. Now, for the first time since they had been missionaries, they had bought a place of their own to rest and recover. The ...read more

  • I Remember Reading A Peanuts Cartoon Strip In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 1,680 views

    I remember reading a Peanuts cartoon strip in which Lucy comes up to her brother Charlie Brown and does something that is very unusual for her. She says--I love you. But Charlie Brown keeps responding by saying: no you don’t. And each time Lucy answers a little louder: yes I do, I really love you. ...read more

  • Holy Father, We Gather Together To Ask Your ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 26, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,523 views

    Holy Father, We gather together to ask your blessing this Thanksgiving Day; God bless America, land that I love; You stand beside us in times of need, as of September 11, giving Peace and Love to all; Stand beside her and guide her, through the night with the Light from above; Your ...read more