In Sermon Illustrations: "Selfish Love"

Fear, Love, Joy  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2003

FEAR, LOVE, JOY In the movie First Knight, Lancelot (played by Richard Gere) is a wanderer and highly skilled swordsman who fights for whoever will pay him. Seeing a princess and her entourage under attack in the woods, he decides to save her. Attracted to the princess, Guinevere, he later visits ...read more

Tags: God Brings Hope, Love Of The Disciples, Joy

No One Thanked Him.

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020

Back in 1860, an excursion boat on Lake Michigan collided with a freighter and began to sink less than a mile from the shore. Hundreds of passengers began screaming as they leaped into the icy water. Edward Spencer was a student at a nearby seminary, and he ran down to the beach to see what he ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Tags: Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Selfishness, Depression

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Better To Love God And Die Unknown Than To Love ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero; better to be content with poverty than to die a slave to wealth; better to have taken some risks and lost than to ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment, God Brings Purpose, Kingdom Of God

Love Is Not Blind. Love Sees Yet Covers Over, ...  PRO

Contributed by Victor Nazareth on Apr 6, 2002

Love is not blind. Love sees yet covers over, love experiences yet keeps no record of wrongs. However, lovers ...read more

Tags: Marriage General, Romantic Love

Denomination: Charismatic

God Loves With A Great Love The Man Whose Heart ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

God loves with a great love the man whose heart is bursting with a passion for the ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

If You Have A Friend Worth Loving, Love Him, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you have a friend worth loving, Love him, Yes, and let him know That you love him, ere lifes evening Tinge his brow with sunset glow. Why should ...read more

Tags: Compassion

I Love Good Credible Acquaintance; I Love To Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I love good credible acquaintance; I love to be the ...read more

Tags: Compassion

True Love Never Nags; It Trusts. Love Does Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"True love never nags; it trusts. Love does not have to be tethered, ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Love Is Not Blind; Love Sees A Great Deal More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Love is not blind; love sees a great deal more than the actual, it sees the ideal in the actual, consequently ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Love Grows By Giving. The Love We Give Away Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Ones Love For God Is Equal To The Love One Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Ones love for God is equal to the love one has for the ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Love Doesnt Make The World Go Round. Love Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Love doesnt make the world go round. Love is what makes ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Love Endures Only When The Lovers Love Many ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Love endures only when the lovers love many things together and ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Better To Love God And Die Unknown Than To Love ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Better to love God and die unknown than to love the ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

The Heart Which Truly Loves Puts Not Its Love ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The heart which truly loves puts not its love aside...but grows stronger for ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Let Those That Love Us, Love Us. And Those That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let those that love us, love us. And those that don't, may God turn their hearts. And, if He cannot turn their hearts, May He turn ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

I Love Writing. I Love The Swirl And Swing Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Love Your Children With All Your Hearts, Love ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Love your children with all your hearts, love them enough to discipline them before it is too latePraise them for important things, even if you have to stretch them a bit. Praise them a lot. They live on ...read more

Tags: Children

Once Youve Loved A Child, You Love All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Once youve loved a child, you love all children. You give your love away to one, and you find that by the giving you have ...read more

Tags: Children

The Wise Want Love; And Those Who Love Want ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The wise want love; and those who ...read more

Tags: Wisdom