Illustrations
Need a great story to support your points? From this page you can search for key terms like TRUST and see all of our Illustrations dealing with the topic of trust. Check back often as we regularly add to this archive.
Focus
Illustrations, apple, focus, minimalism, simplicity, simplifyIf you’ve ever used an Apple product or benefited from their stock, then you can appreciate focus. Co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) said, “Focus and simplicity…Once you get there, you can move mountains.” But in the same breath he...
Fear
Illustrations, comparison, doubt, Fear, opinions, potential, selfRenowned sports psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais claims, “One of the greatest threats in modern life is the irrational and unproductive obsession with what other people are thinking of us.” He also calls FOPO (Fear of Other People’s...
Faith
Illustrations, Blessings, broken, faith, fixate, understandingAn 8-year-old boy breaks his favorite toy truck and becomes inconsolable. As he cries, his father tries to change his disposition by telling him a relative died and left the boy $100 million. But the news makes no difference for th...
Emotions
Illustrations, Anger, emotions, feelings, Happiness, sadnessResearch shows the average person can identify just three emotions as they actually experience them: happiness, sadness, and anger. Brene Brown has created a list of 87 different emotional responses to foster a greater understanding...
Discipleship
appendix, discipleship, surgery, surrenderIf you want to live in the King George Island Villas Las Estrellas settlement of Antarctica, you’re required to have your appendix removed before arriving. There are only about 100 residents in the community that boasts a bank, chur...
Communication
Illustrations, Andy Stanley, Building up, communication, discouragement, encouragement, tearing downAndy Stanley notes, “Every conversation is a construction zone and we’re either building or tearing down with our words.” The Weight of Your Words, Andy Stanley, 3/12/23...
Bible
Illustrations, Bible, hallowed, Jeopardy, matthew, our fatherAn engineer, a physics grad student, and a nonprofit fundraiser were all stumped. Sounds like some joke, but this was reality TV on June 13, 2023. The $200 prompt on Jeopardy was, “Matthew 6:9 says, ‘Our Father which art in hea...
