In Sermon Illustrations: "Showing Gods Love"

Mtv Gave Us Our First Ever "Reality Show", A ...

Contributed by Jay Winters on May 30, 2015

MTV gave us our first ever "reality show", a thing called "The Real World" that came out in 1992. The first "Real World" cast sought to show us what happens when you put seven strangers in a house together, and quote, "people stop being polite, and start being real". And the world sat there, glued ...read more

Tags: Reality, Pop Culture

Denomination: Lutheran

Charity Is A Principle Of Prevailing Love To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Charity is a principle of prevailing love to God and goodwill to men, which effectually inclines one endued with it ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Faith Becomes Love In Action

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 5, 2023

FAITH IS AN ACTION WORD… Is this real? I place a metal chair in front of the crowd. I talk about how strong the chair appears to be? Then I ask the crowd do you think this chair is strong enough to hold one of us? We discuss why we think this chair could possibly hold a human’s weight. What would ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-9, John 15:13-16, Luke 24:7

Tags: Faith, Love, Action

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Knowing God, Hearing God  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2002

KNOWING GOD, HEARING GOD God has not bowed to our nervous haste nor embraced the methods of our machine age. The man who would know God must give time to Him. SOURCE: A.W. Tozer as quoted ...read more

God's Work In God's Way  PRO

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 6, 2002

GOD'S WORK IN GOD'S WAY Missionary statesman Hudson Taylor had complete trust in God’s faithfulness. In his journal he wrote: Our heavenly Father is a very experienced One. He knows very well that His children wake up with a good appetite every morning...He sustained 3 million Israelites in the ...read more

Tags: Faith, God's Provision, Descriptions Of God

Denomination: Baptist

Your God Is God" From ...

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 14, 2008

"Your God is God" from wingclips.com In 1994, Heidi and Rolland Baker arrived in Mozambique amidst the hard times following the Mozambique Civil War. Even the Red Cross trucks were not safe and were bombed. During the hard times, sometimes even threatened by death, Heidi and ...read more

Tags: Miracles General

Denomination: Wesleyan

My God, My God

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 13, 2010

MY GOD, MY GOD Jesus' lonely cry of, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me!" is a desperate cry of loneliness. I believe this was the worst and the most horrible part of the crucifixion for Jesus. I believe it was worst than the beatings, the betrayal of Judas, the desertion of the disciples, ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Wood And God's Iron

Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 13, 2010

GOD'S WOOD AND GOD'S IRON Famed evangelist, Billy Kelly, received a donation of some Jack Daniel's aging barrels. He used them to make lemonade at his Greer Baptist Camp Meeting. He quipped that he didn't know if where from the Spirit or the spirits, but that they sure had enjoyed wonderful ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Denomination: Baptist

Faith In God’s Abilities

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Sep 23, 2019

Circumstances will always try to dictate doubt and unbelief every time. Remember this...”Faith isn’t swayed by circumstances, however ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:18-20

Tags: Faith, Doubt, Circumstances, Abilities

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Love Your Neighbor's Broccoli

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR’S BROCCOLI A little girl stayed for dinner at the home of her friend. The vegetable was buttered broccoli, and the mother asked if she liked it. The child replied very politely, "Oh, yes, I love it." But when the bowl of broccoli was passed, she declined to take any. The hostess ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Tags: Christian Love

The Grace Of God

Contributed by James Dina on Oct 25, 2020

THE GRACE OF GOD "But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which [was bestowed] upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." (1 Corinthians 15:10) Grace can be defined as the love and mercy given ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:10

Tags: Grace, Grace Of God, Unmerited Favor

Denomination: Pentecostal

It Is Always Springtime In The Heart That Loves ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is always springtime in the heart ...read more

Tags: Creation

God Is With The Righteous

Contributed by Paul Barreca on Feb 19, 2012

GOD IS WITH THE RIGHTEOUS Listen to a partially embellished STORY of the SERVANT who escaped to Abraham... The sun was just rising in the east. Abram's entourage had grown significantly since Lot departed. They had settled in the land of Mamre the Amorite, finding water and shade in the forest, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 14:1-16

Tags: Sin Bondage To

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Is Not An Assistant  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 23, 2013

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN ASSISTANT? Tim Keller, a pastor in Manhattan, New York, said that in 1970 a Sunday school teacher changed his life with a simple illustration. The teacher said, “Let’s assume the distance between the earth and the sun (92 million miles) was reduced to the thickness of this ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-3

Tags: God's Omnipotence

Meditate On God

Contributed by Kory Labbe on Sep 5, 2025

Joshua. 1:8 Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do . Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:8, Isaiah 26:3

Tags: Present, Yahweh, Breath, Meditate, Stillness, Mindful, Peace  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God's Picture

Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 16, 2008

GOD'S PICTURE There's a story of a third grade student who was asked to draw a picture of what she thinks God looks like. The little girl showed the teacher - teacher said "Wait a minute, that looks like a man - that's not God!" And the little girl said "Well, I don't know what God ...read more

Tags: Father's Day

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Love These Little People; And It Is Not A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are ...read more

Tags: Children

People Will Understand As Much Of The Love Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

People will understand as much of the love of God as they see in our own lives. The first Bible many ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

There Is Love At Christmas Because Christmas ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is love at Christmas because Christmas was born of love. Let us, each one, keep alive ...read more

Tags: Christmas

God's Work, Done God's Way, Will Receive God's ...  PRO

Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jul 1, 2002

“God’s work, done God’s way, will receive God’s ...read more

Tags: God's Provision, God's Omniscience

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational