I've Been Thinking About This…

Craig Groeschel:
3 things that God has been working on at LifeChurch.tv:

1. Working hard to let people become spiritual inovators. Values are constant, but culture must evolve.
2. Recruiting volunteers. Tend to delegate tasks and developing followers. Want to delegate authority to develop leaders.
3. Want to ensure that ministry is done by overflow rather than pass-thru. Done by seeking God more intently.

Leonard Sweet:

Sept 8, 1504 – Michelangelo unveiled David. Gave David a bigger head than normal – how do you deal with you big head?

David’s confrontation with God via Nathan listed in Psalm 51.

The “Jesus spirit” – confidence (we can do this – no limits) and humility (only with you). All things through Christ.

Teresa McBean:

Challenge your assumptions if you want to reach others for Christ

You can only be a transformer if you tell yourself the truth. Many church leaders do not run the race well – are we allowing God to speak into our lives with the truth? How can we tell addicts to trust God to transform them if we won’t trust Him ourselves?

Gregg Surratt:

Innovation grows out of desperation.

When something broken or it’s a barrier, how do you get around it? You have to innovate:

1. You get discouraged.
2. Trust God. Ask the barrier-breaking questions… He can break through barriers.
3. Brainstorming: green-light thinking – there are no bad ideas.
4. Every idea fits into the matrix: Easy vs Hard; big-win vs small win
5. Every new idea has an expiration date. Somebody shepherds it for a time. Every idea dies when it is given up on.
6. If we do not quit, God will bring the harvest.

Rick Rusaw:

Shift in the question we’re asking in church: from “How can we be the best church in the coummunity?” to ‘How can we be the best church for the community?”

Holy shoddy is still shoddy.

When we didn’t like the public schools or politics, we started our own – but it disengaged us from culture.

We’ve got to re-engaged. Get back into the stream that goes by the front door.

David Swanson:

John 10:10 – I came that they might have life, and have it to the full.

So many ministry leaders and pastors today who are dropping out. We can be our own worst enemies.

As communicators, we can manipulate people to give us the strokes. We get followed, so we think we’re great. We love how people look at us, but we don’t want them to find out who we are, so we isolate ourselves and fail to build into our lives the structures we should have for authenticity.

We hurt the Church.

Eph 5:27 – so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

We should protect the Bride in every thing we do.

Public persona and who you are in private must draw together. The closer these are, the more authentic you are.

1. What’s your time with the Lord like? Are you disciplining yourself?
2. What accountability do you have? Who can get into your business and into your face?
3. Who do you have that mentors you?
4. What are you doing to protect your marriage?
5. What are you doing to build into the lives of your children? Are they priorities?
6. What are you doing in secret that needs to be brought to light?

One of the great gifts you give to the Lord is a boundless life in Christ.

Bill Cornelius:

Talking about the “power of mentoring”.

Ex 33 – Joshua being mentored by Moses.

1. Getting and keeping a mentor. Make sure input comes from experience, not academics.
2. Going to conferences – don’t assume the big ones are the right ones.
3. Coaching – more expensive, but worth it. Meet with leaders on the rung you’re going for.
4. Have lunch with leaders, even if you have to travel. Then do the things they say you need to before you meet with them again.
5. Pray for your mentors.

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