Cause
Illustration★★★★After Wendell Phillips had given a lecture in Chicago, Henry Ward Beecher, who had attended, went to see his friend. Beecher found Phillips uncomfortable, uneasy, and dissatisfied with the lecture he had given. Finally Phillips said: “I know what the matter was. It was only a speech. I was not fighting for any needy cause; I was not defending any great truth. It was just words, words, words.”
The point
A powerful speaker felt his words empty until he realized he was fighting for something larger than himself—a worthy cause that demanded his full passion.
Scripture
2 Timothy 2:4Colossians 3:17
Audience
Adults
Tone
Inspiring · Purposeful
To tell aloud
under a minute · 68 words