Text: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16
Truth: Our ministry can only be successful if our focus is on pleasing God, not people or ourselves.
Thrust: We must work to honor God above all else.
Thesis: Since our ministry can only be successful if our focus is on pleasing God, not people or ourselves, we must work to honor God above all else.
Turning Point: True success in ministry is based on our integrity.
Theme: Success in Ministry
Topic: How to be really successful in ministry
Title: True Success
Tagline: Guard your heart.
Thoughts:
- No one wants to fail at anything.
- People naturally strive for success in whatever they’re doing.
- Those who serve in the ministry also want to be successful.
- Often the basis of measuring success in ministry is external.
- But God shows us through His word that the true basis of success is internal.
- True success in ministry is based on our integrity.
- Our ministry can only be successful if we’re focusing on pleasing God, not others or ourselves. (1 Thess 2:1-16)
- We must work to honor God above all else.
- The result of this is that people will really be helped, and they themselves will glorify God.
- True success in ministry is based on our integrity. Guard your heart.