Sermon Illustrations

Category: Danny Silk

  • Five fold ministries

    apostles govern, prophets guide, evangelists gather, pastors guard, and teachers ground. Danny SilkClick to Tweet

  • Take care of yourself

    If you have ever been on a plane, you have been subjected to the flight attendant’s spiel about what to do if the cabin loses pressure. They explain that oxygen masks will fall from the ceiling and show you how to put them on. Every time, they remind you that if you are traveling with…

  • I feel like…

    If you start to say “I feel like…” you should stop and check yourself – because what is likely to follow is not a feeling but a judgement. And a judgement statement is actually an expression of mistrust not trust. A judgement statement says “I’m too scared to show you what is really going on…

  • Value & Understand

    Only those who value and understand themselves can value and understand others. Only those who can communicate honestly with themselves can communicate honestly with others Danny SilkClick to Tweet

  • Vision

    One of the reasons people perish without a vision (Prov 29:18) is that they cannot endure the pain and cost required to achieve a worthwhile purpose. Danny SilkClick to Tweet

  • Self control

    Self control removes the option of blaming others for our choices. Self control is what allows us to manage increasing levels of freedom in our life and relationships. Danny SilkClick to Tweet

  • Correction with Honour

    Honour is also the practice of calling out the best in one another. This can be expressed both in words of praise – “You are amazing!” and in words of connection – “Hey, you are way too awesome to be acting like that! Remember who you are and stop it!” Danny SilkClick to Tweet

  • Quality of love

    If you want to test the quality of love in a relationship, then you need to ask one another, “Do you feel safe? Do you feel cared for? Do you feel valued and significant? Do you feel protected? Do you feel pursued and known?” Danny SilkClick to Tweet

  • Unconditional Acceptance

    Unconditional acceptance says, “You are not me and I am not you. You get to be you and I get to be me in this relationship.” This does not mean you have to unconditionally accept one another’s behaviours. Rather it means that you do not control one another. Danny SilkClick to Tweet

  • Relational Connections

    It’s amazing how much you can strengthen a relational connection and resolve relational problems by simply speaking in one another’s love languages. Each display of love, no matter how seemingly small, is a powerful act of spiritual warfare that removes anxiety from the environment, replaces it with freedom and safety, and invites each person to…