39 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Johnny Hunt And Gov. Mike Huckabee – Johnny Hunt Mens Conference Opening Session

This weekend I am attending the Johnny Hunt Mens Conference at First Baptist Church Woodstock (GA).  Dr. Johnny Hunt is one of America’s great pastors and this conference is dealing with the issue of forgiveness.  

This has become an annual must-attend event for me.  Each year I am coming out of the busy holiday season, trying to get the new year started well, preparing taxes and a number of other obligations.  As a result, I am often burnt out at the end of January.  Candidly, this year was no different.

This weekend is a gift to myself and my family to recharge my batteries and be the leader God has called me to be.

I need forgiveness.  I need to forgive others.  The following are 31 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Dr. Johnny Hunt On The Subject Of Forgivenss.  Gov. Mike Huckabee provided 8 additional comments as he was a special guest at the conference.

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Bonus – A Quote From Dinner Tonight

“We don’t care about your registration.  We’re here to feed you.” – Each year, the men attending this event are treated to a steak (and it’s a large, tender steak) dinner.  Everything is first class.  No skimping on the food.  When I walked up to the food line, I presented my registration form to the gentleman who said those words.  Many leaders attending this conference have given others everything they have.  It is so nice to have people immediately exceeding expectations by reinvesting into you.

Now the comments from Pastor Johnny’s session along with comments from Governor Mike Huckabee who was in attendance:

1. The only way I see an out is for you to take full responsibility. – Speaking to a man considering divorce.
2. What blame did Jesus have when He took the full blame for your sin?
3. When a person is carrying their sin, it can be quite a load…I don’t what else to do with your sin but confess it and ask God to forgive it.
4. My own heart has to be under constant check by Jesus.
5. This is one beggar who has found bread telling others where to find it.
6. We ought to love the sinner and hate OUR sin.
7. The question is not what was different about Bathsheba. The difference was what had become different about David.
8. Anytime you commit sin and God deals with you, you have the opportunity to confess it. If you don’t confess it, you only have one option but to cover it up.
9. It’s very different to live with a mask.
10. When people get drunk they do things they shouldn’t do.
11. Uriah proved to be a better man drunk than David was sober.
12. Before people deal with their own sin, they are always dealing with other people’s sin.
13. Is your transgression forgiven?
14. I’ve never seen so much suicide…The Bible is full of hope.
15. You can’t forgive your sin. Only God can.
16. I think one of the reasons our court system wants to remove The 10 Commandments is because The 10 Commandments reminds us we are sinners.
17. There’s a special place in hell for what some people have done but there’s also a special place in God’s heart for their forgiveness.
18. The word “conviction” means to expose.
19. God exposes your sin…And you see yourself as small as you are in the presence of a holy God.
20. When God brings deep conviction..and I agree with Him about my condition, God restores my confidence in Him.
21. The most miserable man in this room tonight is the Christian who is not right with Him.
22. The beginning of knowledge is to know thyself a sinner. – Augustine
23. You can cross the line but you can also be forgiven.
24. You don’t ever have to teach a kid to do wrong. You have to teach them to do right.
25. If I don’t let God deal with my bentness, I will go the way of my bentness. But Jesus can straighten me out.
26. You can’t receive forgiveness unless you let God deal with your deceit.
27. When you get honest with God, you can exchange the fig leaves you used to cover your sin with the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
28. Any sin you cover, God uncovers. Any sin you uncover, God covers.
29. You can minimize your sin. Rationalize your sin. Justify your sin.
30. God received from me something He didn’t have on His own. My sin. I received something from God I didn’t have on my own. His righteousness.
31. When Jesus Christ forgives you of sin, He never brings it back up.

Gov. Mike Huckabee

1. America’s cultural table is set by the people living in the three bubbles – New York Washington D.C. and Hollywood.
2. There’s a lot of us who do not accept the culture of the bubbles.
3. We have something more reliable than a poll that changes everyday.
4. This room is a testimony that there are men who want to be a man for God and a man of God.
5. I’m not ashamed of the things I believe and why I believe them.
6. There is a difference between people who are educated and people who are smart.
7. I want to be around people smart enough to know God created the heavens and the earth.
8. A 100 years from now the consequences for standing for Jesus will be greater than the consequences of not standing for Jesus today.

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