Pursue Excellence
Sermon • Submitted
0 ratings
· 5 viewsNotes
Transcript
Sermon Tone Analysis
A
D
F
J
S
Emotion
A
C
T
Language
O
C
E
A
E
Social
A Bias for Action
A Bias for Action
There is profit in all hard work, but endless talk leads only to poverty.
• Talk is cheap.
• Actio
“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 who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
What are a few factors that lead to more talk than action?
• We're in the arena.
Where
A Desire for Accountability
A Desire for Accountability
In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
• First, we have to want accountability. It begins with us...
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (Eleventh Edition) Accountability
the quality or state of being accountable especially: an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions
accountability: an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions
an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions
Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary.
Merriam-Webster, I. (2003). Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary.
Galatians
Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle spirit, watching out for yourselves so that you also won’t be tempted. Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
• What is the purpose of accountability? (temptations - pride, power, comparison, control)
a. Punitive vs. Corrective
inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment
intended to correct
3.
A Culture of Affirmation
A Culture of Affirmation
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing. Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to give recognition to those who labor among you and lead you in the Lord and admonish you, and to regard them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. And we exhort you, brothers and sisters: warn those who are idle, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
“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 who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
1 Thess 5:11-14
Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, but a good word cheers it up.
― Theodore Roosevelt
But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.
Questions
Questions
What are a few factors that lead to more talk than action?
Can you think of a time when a lack of accountability has led to diminished results?
What are some elements of an environment that encourages accountability?
\
What are a few factors that lead to more talk than action?