Sermons, Outlines, Illustrations and Pastor Resources

How to Have a Happy Valentine's Day by Stan Coffey
One of the greatest opportunities we have to show love for our mates, special friends, and loved ones in our families in on Valentine's Day. It may just be a date on the calendar, but it can be made a very special occasion if we follow the teachings of God's word about what real love really is. Someone has said, "a bell is not a bell 'till you ring it, a song is not a… ( read more )

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (1 of 6) by Jerry Vines
All of us love a love story. Romance novels are perennially on the best-seller's list because everybody likes to read a love story. Movies that have as their theme a love story, sell in the millions because everybody loves a love story. Unfortunately, much of what people in our world today call a love story is really a lust story. I want to tell you a love story here… ( read more )

How To Love And How To Be Loved by Adrian Rogers
Take your Bibles and turn to Galatians chapter 5, and in a moment I want to begin reading in verse 19. I want to talk to you about love, How to Love and How to Be Loved. Now, we have a generation today that talks an awful lot about love, but, very frankly, folks, we have a generation that knows perhaps less about love than any generation since the time of… ( read more )

If You’re Not Loving, You’re Not Living by Dr. James Merritt
1. I am beginning a series of messages that I have entitled: “home sweet home.” These messages are going to deal with the fruit that every family tree ought to bear. I want you to imagine what your marriage would be like, what your kids would be like, what your spouse would be like, what you would be like, if the tree of your home and your heart bore… ( read more )

How To Love As God Loves by David Cook
One of America's most popular T.V. shows over the last few years is, "American Idol." This past years show featured a young lady named Mandisa Hundley...Mandisa is a heavy set woman and Simon had made a sarcastic remark upon seeing her questioning: "Do we have a bigger stage this year?" When she entered the room to learn the judges' verdict of… ( read more )

Understanding Love (3 of 3) by Eddie Snipes
The Bible states, "Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing" (1 Corinthians 13:3). Love is one of the foundational principles of the Christian life. In fact, we can say that love is the foundation of Christianity. Without love, nothing else matters. We can give all that we… ( read more )

I Love You by Dan Rodgers
A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida and spend some time together in celebration of Valentine's Day. Because they both had jobs, they had difficulty coordinating their travel schedules. It was decided that the husband would fly to Florida on a Monday, and his wife would follow him the next day. Upon arriving, the husband checked into the… ( read more )

Have A Heart (3 of 5) by Dennis Marquardt
The Queen Mary was the largest ship to cross the oceans when it was launched in 1936. Through 4 decades and a World War she served until she was retired as an anchored floating hotel and museum in Long Beach, California. During the conversion process her 3 massive smoke stacks were taken off to be scraped down and repainted ... but once on the dock… ( read more )

How To Be A Loveable Valentine by Nelson Price
Jesus Christ said, "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another" (John 13:35). Our culture is one noted for synthetics, substitutes, and simulations. When anything of value is made immediately someone will copy it. It is the most common form of flattery. Gucci scarves, Louis Vuitton handbags, Rolex and Cartier watches, video… ( read more )

Home Improvement: Call For A Deeper Love by Curt Dodd
The Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 5:25: "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her." What are you looking for in your marriage? What do you really expect from your partner? Of all the things that you could have in a marriage and plan to have in a marriage, what do you really desire from that partner? Do… ( read more )