For the next two days, INJOY Stewardship Solutions has dispatched me to Catalyst ’18 in Atlanta. Catalyst is a 2-day experience to help leaders build great churches, grow strong teams, and be a catalyst for change. This year’s theme is Fully Alive and is based on what the Bible says in John 10:10 – “The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy; I have come that you might have life and have it to the full
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The next speaker was Catalyst favorite Craig Groeschel. Craig is the founding and senior pastor of Life.Church. Launched in 1996, Life.Church has become one of the largest churches in the country, reaching over 70,000 people each weekend through 25 locations. Also, if you have not read the notes from his tour de force messages from this year’s Global Leadership Summit, click 72 Challenging And Truthful Leadership Quotes From Craig Groeschel’s Opening Leadership Summit Session and 50 Leadership Quotes From Craig Groeschel’s Closing Session Of The 2018 Global Leadership Summit. Simply incredible!!!
The following are 28 leadership quotes and lessons from his equally-challenging session:
- Sometimes those who do the most, hurt the most.
- Before you were even born God had divine assignments for you.
- We fall prey to the cancer of comparison.
- The fastest way to kill something special is to compare it to something else.
- Comparing makes you either feel superior or inferior. Neither honors God.
- You cannot faithfully follow Jesus if you are always comparing yourself.
- By nature we are sinful.
- There is no external win to satisfy an internal spiritual need.
- Who or what is going to define my worth? Who are you living for?
- If the answer is anything besides “Jesus”, you will always be running a race you cannot win.
- There is a lane that is mine to run in. There is a diving assignment given to me.
- Becoming obsessed with what people think of you is the fastest way to forget what God thinks of you.
- You can’t please everybody. You can please God.
- We’re not competing against another person. We’re competing against the forces of darkness who come to steal, kill and destroy.
- We’ll do anything short of sin to win people who don’t know Christ.
- To do new things you can’t do the normal things.
- I almost always feel inferior when I look around.
- When I run my race it frees me up to cheer others on.
- God’s not going to judge me by other people’s race.
- God never called me to be important.
- God will never say, “Well done my good and important servant.”
- If I am faithful I am doing things that are important.
- I build churches. I develop leaders.
- When I look around I always feel like a failure. Someone else can always win another race.
- That’s my race.What yours. RUN YOUR RACE!!!
- God did not call you to be important. He called you to be faithful. And if you are faithful, you will do important things for Him.
- Let Jesus determine your wins.
- Nobody can beat you at being you created by God.
Amazing! Check back this afternoon for more leadership posts from Catalyst.
Once again, I want to make it easy to honor your pastor this month. Click HERE or on the image provided and download this done-for-you script. Your Board chair or congregational leader can read it in the service. Trust me, few things will honor your pastor more.