Read our curated selection of sermon illustration for your next sermon. Preaching with an illustration will make your sermon memorable and help drive the point home.
Illustration: Prayer
One young girl knew the power of specific prayer when she faced death head-on. In the midst of her sickness, she went to her pastor and asked what more she could do for Jesus in the short time she had to live.
Illustration: Cross
In a recent issue of his Key Life magazine, Steve Brown observed, "The source of almost all spiritual problems is an inappropriate effort to avoid the cross. When we, as the Church, turn away from the cross, we miss the path that God has given us -- the path to freedom, joy, faithfulness and forgiveness.
To Illustrate: Success
Cavett Robert used to tell of the time he met Will Rogers.
To Illustrate: Resurrection
An American visiting churches in Hungary worshipped one Sunday in a little house church near Budapest.
To Illustrate: Repentance
In Johnstown, Pa., a tool-supply company received in the mail a $45 check to pay for a stolen hammer.
To Illustrate: Ressurection
Why didn't they just lock up Jesus? That would have stopped Him from teaching, preaching and gathering followers.
To Illustrate: Marriage
Lee Wehua and Yang Hongxia were married in China in 2009.
To Illustrate: Eternal Life
Abraham Lincoln was instrumental in freeing the slaves in the United States, but it was William Wilberforce who was instrumental in freeing the slaves in the British Empire.
Illustration: Confusion
A pediatrician in town always plays a game with some of his young patients to put them at ease and test their knowledge of body parts.