Stories of Divine Success

Michelle had always felt like an outsider in her church — too direct, too intense, always seeing problems others ignored. After attending the Divine Success Seminar and taking the Spiritual Gifts Assessment, she discovered she carries the gift of prophecy. 'For the first time, I didn't feel broken. I felt called.' She now leads a prophetic prayer team at her church.

David had been teaching Sunday school for years but never felt like it was 'enough.' After reading Divine Success, he realized his gift of teaching was exactly what God had designed him for — and that he'd been minimizing it. 'Tom's book helped me see that teaching IS the calling, not a stepping stone to something bigger.' He's since launched a discipleship program that has trained over 40 leaders.

Keisha always felt overlooked because she preferred serving behind the scenes to speaking on a stage. The Gifts Discovery Workshop helped her see that her gift of service was not a lesser calling — it was a divine one. 'I left the workshop with tears in my eyes and a fire in my heart.' She now coordinates care ministry for a congregation of 800.

Robert had a vision for a business that would fund kingdom work, but kept waiting for someone to validate it. At the Divine Success Seminar, Tom's teaching on the gift of leadership was the catalyst he needed. 'I realized I wasn't being arrogant — I was being obedient.' Within a year of the seminar, Robert launched his business and committed 20% of profits to ministry.

Pastor James brought Tom Cronin to lead a Divine Success Seminar for his entire congregation. 'We had people who had been sitting in pews for 20 years suddenly on fire for their calling.' The seminar sparked a gifts-based ministry restructuring that activated over 60 volunteers in roles aligned with their gifts.

Angela had been in ministry leadership for a decade but felt spiritually dry. A friend gave her Divine Success during a difficult season. 'I read it in two days. By the end I was weeping and worshipping.' The book reignited her passion for teaching and led her to launch a women's Bible study that now meets weekly with 30 participants.