Sermon Illustrations

Category: John Mark Comer

  • God’s will

    Pete Scazzero “We find God’s will for our lives in our limitations” John Mark Comer – American Pastor (1980 – )Click to TweetFrom the book “The ruthless elimination of hurry” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Hurry not just a disordered schedule

    John Ortberg “Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.” John Mark Comer – American Pastor (1980 – )Click to TweetFrom the book “The ruthless elimination of hurry” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • What we give attention to

    Because what you give your attention to is the person you become. Put another way: the mind is the portal to the soul, and what you fill your mind with will shape the trajectory of your character. In the end, your life is no more than the sum of what you gave your attention to.…

  • Hurry kills relationships

    Hurry kills relationships. Love takes time; hurry doesn’t have it. John Mark Comer – American Pastor (1980 – )Click to TweetFrom the book “The ruthless elimination of hurry” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Slippage of spiritual disciplines

    If you’re anything like me, when you get overbusy, the things that are truly life giving for your soul are the first to go rather than your first go to—such as a quiet time in the morning, Scripture, prayer, Sabbath, worship on Sunday, a meal with your community, and so on. Because in an ironic…

  • Touching your phone

    A recent study found that the average iPhone user touches his or her phone 2,617 times a day. Each user is on his or her phone for two and a half hours over seventy-six sessions. And that’s for all smartphone users. Another study on millennials put the number at twice that. In every study I…

  • 11 hours of sleep

    Then in 1879 you had Edison and the light bulb, which made it possible to stay up past sunset. Okay, brace yourself for this next stat: before Edison the average person slept eleven hours a night. Yes: eleven. John Mark Comer – American Pastor (1980 – )Click to TweetFrom the book “The ruthless elimination of…

  • Distraction and faith

    John Ortberg “For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it. We will just skim our lives instead of actually living them.” John Mark Comer – American…

  • Walking with Jesus

    Walter Adams “To walk with Jesus is to walk with a slow, unhurried pace. Hurry is the death of prayer and only impedes and spoils our work. It never advances it.” John Mark Comer – American Pastor (1980 – )Click to TweetFrom the book “The ruthless elimination of hurry” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Love, joy, peace

    Love, joy, and peace are the triumvirate at the heart of Jesus’s kingdom vision. John Mark Comer – American Pastor (1980 – )Click to TweetFrom the book “The ruthless elimination of hurry” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*