Sermon Illustrations

Category: PJ Smyth

  • Lead from the front

    Lead from the front

    When Lord Tennyson wrote his epic poem about the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War, he neglected to report one vital thing: as the 600 riders rode fearlessly towards the enemy with their captains at the front leading the charge with their swords drawn, they soon came into range of the enemy…

  • Take responsibility

    In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility (Micheal Korda, Editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster) PJ SmythClick to Tweet

  • Go for it

    Teddy Roosevelt: It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly…who knows the…

  • Reading well

    Reading well

    But don’t feel that you have to read every book in great depth. Francis Bacon summed it up well saying, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read but not…

  • Pressure

    Don’t let the pressure of the current crowd prevent you from prioritising raising up other leaders PJ SmythClick to Tweet

  • Get burning

    Get burning

    Paul described Timothy’s leadership wattage as a flame (2 Tim 1:6). Wattage or ‘flame’ refers to a leader’s quotient of character, gifting, skill and calling that together determine the size of his leadership gift. Wattage is determined both by God-factors and Man-factors. The God-factor: How much grace gifting God has given the man? Is he…

  • Lead-ers

    Lead-ers

    Building team, great management, and building consensus are all valid aspects of leadership, but overstate these and you are left with a generation of Ers instead of Lead-ers. And true to their name they wander around saying ‘er, um, er’ instead of giving a bold and rousing lead. PJ SmythClick to TweetWebsite: http://godfirst.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Raising_Leaders_Rapidly_Notes.pdf