Pastor Johnny Hunt’s 10 Characteristics of Pastors And Men Who Finish Well

Tonight’s Man Church at First Baptist Church Woodstock – 4 of these men gave their life to Christ tonight!!!

On Sunday, September 16th the iconic senior pastor of First Baptist Church Woodstock (Ga) Johnny Hunt announced the church’s new senior pastor will be Jeremy Morton.  After being personally discipled by Pastor Johnny for three years, the 36-year-old Morton is the perfect selection to succeed him.

Before going any further, Pastor Johnny has faithfully served the city I live in for 30 years.  He has been and is the spiritual leader of our city for the entire time.  One of the reasons I feel God has so blessed the city of Woodstock is because Pastor Johnny has been its most prominent pastor and prophetic voice.  Thank you my friend.  It has been an honor to live in a city under your spiritual leadership.  Well done.

Tonight, I attended a special event put on at the church by Real Momentum entitled “Man Church”.  Led by Keith Boggs, this ministry offers tailored men’s ministry coaching, local church events and strategic mission partnerships.  Bottom line, they help churches develop an effective disciple-making for men.  I love this organization.

Pastor Johnny was tonight’s speaker.  He spoke on 10 Characteristics Of Those Who Finish Well.  The following are his thoughts with the 10 Characteristics in bold:

1. Regardless of what you went through, don’t waste your sorrow.
2. 85% of men that have graduated from high school, will never read an entire book again.
3. Reading makes me better.
4. If I read and you don’t, I’m going to be better than you.
5. Men are the untapped reservoir of useful energy for the Kingdom of God.
6. There is no such thing as God building a great work on a campus without Godly men.
7. When a woman comes to faith in Christ, 17% of the time the husband and children then come to Christ. When a man comes to Christ first, 85% of the time the wife and children follow suit.
8. Your son will go to hell with you if you head in that direction.
9. One day this beggar will die but until then I’ll keep begging to (financially) support God’s work.
10. If you die with testimony intact and finish well, the day you die is better than the day you were born.
11. We want to finish well.
12. They oozed with humility.
13. Nehemiah said, “I am doing a great work.” It kept him from such great distractions.
14. Anytime you decide you want to be a man of God and do the will of God, the enemy will do everything he can to distrct you.
15. In Matthew 11:29 Jesus said, “I am meek and
16. They always knew they could be steps away from a fall.
17. “Can you believe they did that?” Yes I can.
18. The body is not going to Heaven…. It is not redeemable…. It is not fit for Heaven…. That body cannot be redeemed.
19. At the same time, the thought of failing Jesus was almost a foreign thought.
20. The people in our City Of Refuge all committed unintentional sin. Now they take responsibility for it but it was unintentional sin.
21. You have to be intentional that you will finish well. You have to have guardrails in your life.
22. There are 17,000 members that call me pastor and I’ve never had to go to dinner with any of them (women).
23. They planned to finish well.  They didn’t end well by accident.  They planned to finish well every day.  Faithful days became faithful years.  Faithful years became a faithful life.
24. They were firmly committed to their families.  The men that finished well adored their wives and children and everyone knew it.
25. If I didn’t keep it right with Janet I may lose the opportunity to talk about Jesus.
26. If you’re a Christian, you ought to be praying with your wife.
27. They had some kind of mentor in their lives.
28. Within an hour of drive of every preacher in the United States, there is a man of God who can invest in their life.
29. These relationships aren’t always formal, but they are intentional.
30. Always have a general in your life. Generals have been there before.  Generals have stripes and scars.
31. They live in the Word and on their knees.
32. Charles Stanley told me, “Johnny, I’ve not found a struggle in my life I can’t conquer on my knees.”
33. The Hebrew word for worship is bow…. If you want to worship – get on your knees.
34. They were committed to integrity.  Integrity is made up of two words – “through” and “corruption”.
35. They evangelized regularly. People who evangelize finish well.
36. When’s the last time you made the Gospel known with the intention of making a decision for Jesus. I don’t count preaching.  I count being a plane or a restaurant.
37. Evangelizing keeps taking you back to your story of being evangelized.
38. Too many men have gotten over being saved.
39. God will take you from the guttermost to the uttermost.
40. Their only ambition was to honor Jesus.
41. The One who really matters and the One whose keeping score really is keeping score.
42. God, help me to finish well.
43. Psalm 101:3 “I will put nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away, It shall not cling to me.”
44. The International Mission Board no longer asks if you look at pornography. They ask how long has it been?
45. I cannot love fully if I am lusting partially.
46. When I became a Christian, everyone lived like I did before I got saved.
47. There are two pursuits in the Bible – God is hot on your trail. When you decide to become a man of God, sin pursues you, sets up an ambush for you so God cannot get glory through your life.
48. God will not only save you. God will save you wherever you are.
49. You’re either saved or you need to be.

Also, Pastor Jeremy and I have emailed back and forth many times at the recommendation of a mutual friend but I was privileged to meet him face-to-face for the first time tonight.  FBCW is lucky to have him.  He is the REAL DEAL!!!

Pastor Johnny’s thoughts are simply incredible!  What is one thing you learned by Pastor Johnny which will help you finish well.

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