Live Blog From Catalyst 2019 – 47 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Andy Stanley Opening Session

For the next two days I have been dispatched by INJOY Stewardship Solutions to attend Catalyst 2019.  Over the last two decades leaders who love the Church have gathered in Atlanta for a shared experience, connection to something greater than themselves, and to foster change in their teams, communities, and culture.  This year should be no different.

We are #FORPastors!  Therefore, as a special gift to you and in honor of Pastor Appreciation Month, INJOY Stewardship is offering you a FREE DONE-FOR-YOU PASTOR APPRECIATION script which your staff or key lay leaders could read during the church service in honor of your pastor.  Here’s what I guarantee, your pastor will get a well-deserved standing ovation after reading this.  Whatever you do, click HERE or on the image provided and get your service.  Your pastor needs this more than you know.

As is the Catalyst custom, the first speaker was Andy Stanley.  Andy founded Atlanta-based North Point Ministries in 1995.  Today, NPM consists of six churches in the Atlanta area and a network of more than 90 churches around the globe that collectively serve nearly 185,000 people weekly.

The following are 47 Leadership Quotes And Lessons from his convicting session on trusting God for our daily bread from Matthew 6:

1. John Maxwell had this idea that you had to be under 40 to come to Catalyst.
2. The church is the greatest thing in the world because we are the jars of clay with the light of the world.
3. There is nothing like showing up on a Sunday morning at a church.
4. I’m so thrilled we’re meeting in a church.
5. It’s tough to get through today because of what we have to do tomorrow.
6. It is most important for us leading the local church to be in the day.
7. Jesus never seemed to be in a hurry except at the end to go to Jerusalem.
8. You can’t serve God and your goals. You can’t serve God and your growth.  You can’t serve God and anything the competes for mastery over your life.
9. There’s competition for our hearts.
10. You can only have one Master. You cannot serve God and anything else.
11. What you worry about eventually becomes your master or what you worry about reveals your master and you can only have one master.
12. No one should try to serve two masters. Church leaders have to get this right.
13. Don’t be so consumed by what must take place tomorrow.
14. The concerns of tomorrow are not your master.
15. Isn’t there more to life than whatever we worry about?
16. Can anyone of you obsessing over what you have no control over influence what you have no control over?
17. Because what you worry about competes for mastery of our life. And you can only have one master.
18. God has done a pretty good job before I got here. He’ll do a pretty good job after I’m gone.  He’s got this.
19. “I will build my church.” He didn’t say, “You will do it.”
20. It is so easy to trust God with my soul. That’s easy, who else are we doing to trust?  But who are we going to trust with tomorrow?
21. I have a personality where I like things to work like they’re supposed to work… Nothing ever works the way it’s supposed to all the time.
22. When I begin to care too much, when I would begin to take everything personally, I would treat people the wrong way. And I would serve the wrong master.
23. If you knew with 100% confidence that God knew everything you needed personally, it would change our leadership.
24. Priority determines capacity.
25. What you put in first determines your capacity.
26. Your capacity to be capacity to be used by God is determined by my priority to be used by Jesus.
27. What are you seeking first? If you’re a church leader or a Jesus follower, you don’t get to decide.  You get to recognize.
28. Here’s how you keep the Kingdom of God first – When you pray….
29. Do you pray?
30. Do you pray the way Jesus instructed us to pray?
31. It is impossible to put in the thoughts and agenda of our Heavenly Father if you do not pray the way Jesus instructed us to pray.
32. When is the last time you walk in a room and closed the door to pray?
33. If you are too busy to pray… No one can serve two masters. You will love one and despise the other.
34. The reward is you will be fully-utilized because your capacity will be fully-realized by God.
35. You are here because you want to be used by God.
36. When you pray close the door and make it evident to yourself and your Heavenly Father that’s He’s the master.
37. Who told you prayer was about getting stuff?!
38. O great God what else could I possibly do but surrender everything to you?
39. What else can I do but worship in light of Who you are?
40. God, You’re first and I’m a distant second.
41. You’re the great God. What option do I have?  I’m completely dependent on You for every area of provision for my family.
42. The more successful I am the stupider I can become. The more well-known I man the more I am setup for failure.
43. Protect me from temptation.
44. It’s all about Your Kingdom and glory forever.
45. If you don’t have a re-centering routine, you have to get one.
46. Your capacity for ministry and life is determined by your priorities.  Get this right and you will be more productive and less stressed.
47. You can only serve one master and there is only one Master worth serving.

What an incredible to start the event!  Check back tomorrow beginning mid-morning for more speakers and leadership lessons.

Once again, if you have not downloaded the DONE-FOR-YOU PASTOR APPRECIATION SCRIPT, simply click HERE or on the image provided.  #FORPastors