HOW TO BE SIGNIFICANT AND SUCCESSFUL GOD'S WAY
by Ike Reighard
How to Be Significant and Successful God's Way
Ike Reighard
Joshua 1:8; I Timothy 6:17-19
Introduction: Many of you have read in the ''how to'' books about the most successful businessmen of America in the 1920s.
**They controlled more wealth than the U.S. Treasury.
The question asked is, ''Is this success?''
Charles Schwab -- President of the largest independent steel company. Lived the last 5 years on borrowed money and died broke. Richard Whitney -- President, New York Stock Exchange. Went to Sing Sing Prison.
Albert Fall -- Part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Cabinet. Pardoned from prison to die at home.
Jesse Livermore -- Wall Street's greatest bear. Committed suicide.
Leon Fraser -- President of International Bank. Committed suicide.
Ivan K -- Headed the world's largest monopoly. Committed suicide.
I. What success is not -- The Myths. A. Success is not material prosperity -- Self-aggrandizement. Mark 8:36 -- ''For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?''
B. Success is not selfishness -- Lone Wolf or Soaring Eagle. Parable of the farmer.
C. Success is not ego mania -- Self-centered. Galatians 6:3 -- ''For if a man thinks himself to be someone when he is nothing, he deceives himself.''
D. Success is not self-confidence. Philippians 4:13 -- ''I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.''
II. Where success starts -- The Method.
A. The process starts with God. 1. God recognizes our needs. 2. God knows what success ...
Ike Reighard
Joshua 1:8; I Timothy 6:17-19
Introduction: Many of you have read in the ''how to'' books about the most successful businessmen of America in the 1920s.
**They controlled more wealth than the U.S. Treasury.
The question asked is, ''Is this success?''
Charles Schwab -- President of the largest independent steel company. Lived the last 5 years on borrowed money and died broke. Richard Whitney -- President, New York Stock Exchange. Went to Sing Sing Prison.
Albert Fall -- Part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Cabinet. Pardoned from prison to die at home.
Jesse Livermore -- Wall Street's greatest bear. Committed suicide.
Leon Fraser -- President of International Bank. Committed suicide.
Ivan K -- Headed the world's largest monopoly. Committed suicide.
I. What success is not -- The Myths. A. Success is not material prosperity -- Self-aggrandizement. Mark 8:36 -- ''For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?''
B. Success is not selfishness -- Lone Wolf or Soaring Eagle. Parable of the farmer.
C. Success is not ego mania -- Self-centered. Galatians 6:3 -- ''For if a man thinks himself to be someone when he is nothing, he deceives himself.''
D. Success is not self-confidence. Philippians 4:13 -- ''I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.''
II. Where success starts -- The Method.
A. The process starts with God. 1. God recognizes our needs. 2. God knows what success ...
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