illustrations
Enhance your next sermon.
The Sunday Announcement No Pastor Wanted to Read
Updated:Use when teaching about conscience, courage, or guarding the church’s message. Takeaway: worship must be shaped by God’s Word, not co-opted by the loudest or most powerful voice—conviction over convenience.
The Only Microphone in Town
Updated:Use to call for discernment and focus in a noisy age. Takeaway: prioritize God’s voice over competing agendas—guard the primary channel of influence in worship and in personal discipleship.
When a Paycheck Says, “Please Leave”
Updated:Use this when addressing discouragement, rejection, or career transitions. The takeaway: contentment anchors in calling, not in people’s approval or compensation—perseverance over wounded pride.
A Wedding Built on a Promise
Updated:Use in sermons on marriage, stewardship, or contentment. Highlight that lasting peace in a home rests on God’s faithful presence, not on perfect circumstances or expanding resources.
The James Bond Poster That Preaches
Updated:Use as a humorous, relatable opener when contrasting worldly ambition with true satisfaction in Christ. It reframes desire and sets up a call to contentment rooted in God’s sufficiency.
“Love Life” vs. Love the Lord
Updated:Use when contrasting cultural slogans with the Great Commandment. It helps listeners rename their restlessness and invites them to worship God rather than chase experiences.
The Moving Target of 'Enough'
Updated:Use during offering talks or messages on stewardship. It exposes the love of money as a moving goalpost and points to contentment in Christ as the only fixed anchor.
When the Day Arrived, So Did the Strength
Updated:Use when teaching anxiety-to-trust or contentment under pressure. Emphasize that God’s grace is not prepaid in bulk; it’s delivered right on time for the day you actually face.
The Cycle of Repentance and Relapse
Updated:Use to encourage strugglers in a message on confession and assurance. Fits well before an invitation to prayer, accountability, or a call to renewed obedience.
Breakfast with Big Promises and a Small Heart
Updated:Use when addressing assurance and emotional ups and downs. Ideal in a message on 1 John or spiritual maturity to free people from emotion-based doubt.