For the next two days I will be live-blogging the leadership quotes from the main sessions of this year’s Johnny Hunt Men’s Conference. This is one of my favorite events of the year. The following is a letter from Pastor Johnny explaining the why the theme for this year is The Pack:
“If 2020 has made anything more clear in my life it is this simple fact; men spend too much time in isolation. ‘I got this,’ ‘I’m good’, and ‘I don’t need any help’ are all too common responses when friends and loved ones approach us with care and concern. Yes, we can handle a lot all by ourselves but that is never how God intended us to live. We may believe we can survive alone but no man thrives alone. We were designed to live in community, to run with The Pack.
The ‘lone wolf’ label is often worn as a badge of honor but there’s no heroism or adventure for this solitary soldier. He wanders, hungers and eventually dies both foodless and friendless. Without the strength of his community, the lone wolf faces colder cold, darker nights, and more threatening enemies. He may feel strong when he leaves the pack, but his strength won’t last without it.
The good news is that contrary to our modern society, The wolf pack embraces the weak, protects the vulnerable, and gives up the self for the sake of the others. If you feel lost in the woods, this Pack, our brotherhood in Chris, will always welcome you back.”
The following are 42 Leadership Quotes From Johnny Hunt’s Opening Session At The Johnny Hunt Men’s Conference:
- “The church is about the safest place I’ve been during COVID.”
- “We fear Someone far more than we fear COVID-19… We’ve come to worship the One we’re spending eternity with.”
- “You need to be living in light of eternity.”
- “I want to live as long as I live. Some have already checked out and you’re not living. I don’t want to die before my time.”
- “I want to my very last breath I want to remain valuable.”
- “I want to make much of the Gospel and see people come to Christ.”
- “Most men’s wallets have not been baptized.”
- “I want to be led by the Spirit. I want be controlled by the Word and the Word will never contradict the Spirit.”
- “I’d rather believe too much than not enough.”
- “Sanctification is part of your salvation and if there is not sanctification, there is no salvation.”
- “You can’t be filled with the Spirit when you’re full of self.”
- “There is only one person deified in the Bible and His name is Jesus.”
- “Until this life is over your flesh will not be redeemed.”
- “Why don’t men want you talking about money? They don’t want you talking about their God.”
- “I’ve never had a friend commit a sin I’m not capable of.”
- “There’s a lot of people who think they know Him but He doesn’t know them.”
- “It’s one thing to know God. It’s another thing to be known by God.”
- “Preachers who want to develop people must be long-suffering because they were long-suffering with me.”
- “Golden years are just golden.”
- “Some of us won’t persevere long enough to enjoy golden years.”
- “I don’t tip based on my service but on my Savior.”
- “You don’t have to worry about me around your wife if I’m filled with the Spirit of God.”
- “That’s why I go to church. Because He does.”
- “The Spirit direct one’s earthly conduct.”
- “Christianity is not difficult, it’s impossible. I can’t live the Christian life. Christ can.”
- “It’s easy to pray on your knees when you’re desperate.”
- “We’re probably more desperate than we realize.”
- “Faith and fear cannot coexist.”
- “I pray I not live long enough that I’m not afraid to go to church.”
- “The Spirit depresses one’s evil cravings in life.”
- “If you don’t think you can get in trouble with the flesh, you must be godlier than David, smarter than Solomon, and stronger than Samson.”
- “The flesh and lust are selfish expressions of life.”
- “A believer cannot accomplish anything for Lord with his own power and resources.”
- “Talent is never enough. The church is suffering because it has talented leaders but not Spirit-filled leaders.”
- “I cannot view pornography and be filled with the Holy Spirit. If I’m a pastor and watching it, I can’t be preaching on Sunday with the anointing of God.”
- “There’s a high cost for sin.”
- “You can’t produce the Fruit of the Spirit. You can’t work it up. It’s sent down.”
- “God can take a worship service and change it to time and eternity.”
- “There’s a whole lot of ways to die than just to die.”
- “I’ve only got one hope, to be filled with the Spirit of God.”
- “The greatest need in this room is to be saved.”
- “When you get saved three things happen – 1. God forgives all your sin. 2. He knows you can’t live this life. He comes to live in you. He changes your want-to’s. The reason I don’t drink anymore, when I got saved, He set me free from that. I didn’t need it anymore. I don’t need spirits. I need the Spirit. If you’re filled with the Holy Spirit, you don’t need to go to the store and get spirits. 3. When this life is over, he that liveth and believeth in me shall never die. He has a place for me.”
What an incredible way to start the conference. Check back tomorrow morning for more leadership lessons from Pastor Johnny and Pastor Jeremy Morton as we continue with year’s event.
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