In Sermon Illustrations: "Spiritual Success"

People Will Listen A Great Deal More Patiently ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

People will listen a great deal more patiently when you explain your mistakes than ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

Leaders Learn From Their Mistakes  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 2, 2002

Leaders Learn from Their Mistakes In his book Managing People is Like Herding Cats, leadership guru Warren Bennis observes that "Almost invariably, great leaders have had a significant setback, crisis or failure in their lives. Many of the leaders I studied faced adversity early in their lives. ...read more

Tags: Leader, Leadership General

Desire Is The Key To Motivation, But Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Desire is the key to motivation, but its determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal a commitment to excellence that ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Good People Are Good Because Theyve Come To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Good people are good because theyve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Delicious Autumn My Very Soul Is Wedded To It, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Delicious autumn My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the ...read more

Tags: Creation

Details Often Kill Initiative, But There Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Details often kill initiative, but there have been few successful men who werent good at ...read more

Tags: Workplace

We Must Choose. Be A Child Of The Past With All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We must choose. Be a child of the past with all its crudities and imperfections, its failures and defeats, or a child of the future, ...read more

Tags: Truth

It Is A Form Of Mediocrity To Succeed Alone - ...

Contributed by David Ibeleme on Jul 8, 2008

It is a form of mediocrity to succeed alone - Rise to the place of excellence where you make or help others to succeed as well. ...read more

Tags: Giving Yourself

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Chris Seay, A Us Pastor Writing In Leadership ...  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 25, 2002

Chris Seay, a US pastor writing in Leadership magazine – a journal for pastors, says “One of our greatest obstacles is that the people we refer to as "the lost" may be more spiritual than most of us pastors. It is difficult to teach spiritual disciplines of prayer, study, and ...read more

Tags: Cults, Disciplines General, Evangelism How To

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Who Took Christ Out Of Christmas? Secular Tv. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Who Took Christ Out of Christmas? Secular TV. During this past December, of 1156 hours TV devoted to the theme of Christmas 90% of the shows did not include a major spiritual theme, 7% had a religious or spiritual theme not specifically dealing with Jesus and ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Preaching Fluff Versus Quality

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 8, 2017

I once lived in a town where there were two preachers who were polar opposites. The one was very charismatic and enthusiastic. But, he did not preach the Bible. I asked him one day why he didn't preach the Bible. His answer was that the people could read their Bibles at home. He preached ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20

Tags: Great Commission, Preach Christ, Teach Jesus

Denomination: Baptist

True Leadership

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Mar 9, 2012

TRUE LEADERSHIP From the pages of “The Essence of True Leadership (Be a Leader and not a Boss)” V.Balu, D.B. Jain College, Chennai - 600 096. T. Nadu, S. India… The legendary Russi Modi of Tata Steel in India, was a phenomenal success with thousands of his company's employees. Revealing the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-15

Tags: Wisdom

Denomination: *other

Lake Speed Has Been One Of The Prominent Racers ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Lake Speed has been one of the prominent racers on the NASCAR circuit. He said “Most of my life I had all the things the world says will make you happy, the big house, the cars and boat and I had also been very successful. But there was still an emptiness inside. And when the Lord asked that ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Character Cannot Be Developed In Ease And Quiet. ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2002

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition ...read more

Tags: Endurance, Discipleship, Hardship Of Life

Character Cannot Be Developed In Ease And ...

Contributed by Tim Burns on Mar 6, 2007

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The More Facts You Tell, The More You Sell. An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The more facts you tell, the more you sell. An advertisements chance for success invariably increases as the number of pertinent ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

Watch Where Jesus Went. The One Dominant Note ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Watch where Jesus went. The one dominant note in His life was to do His Father's will. His was not the way of wisdom or ...read more

Tags: Faith

There Is No Royal Road To Anything. One Thing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Failure Doesn't Consist In Stumbling And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Failure doesn't consist in stumbling and falling. The failure is staying there on the floor. Success is finding something ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

The Important Thing To Recognize Is That It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The important thing to recognize is that it takes a team, and the team ought to get credit for the wins and the losses. ...read more

Tags: Leadership General