Once again, thanks to all you guys who prayed for me while I was at C3 last week. I had a GREAT time. Here are some of the key thoughts I jotted down from the speakers that God used…
Ed Young
- God is preparing you for what He has prepared for you!
- You need to break out from where you are so that you can breakthrough!
- My enemies cannot betray me, only those who are close to me can!
- Betrayal is fueled by envy and jealousy
- The favor of God isn’t fair—I need to clap and cheer for others who experience the favor of God.
- When we are in a pit we either hang out with adders (snakes) or ladders (people who help us climb out.)
- You can be disloyal & slander someone through silence and facial expressions.
- We will meet our sin again.
- Whenever you are successful it will always bring out negative, critical people.
Mac Rishard
- Leaders have a tension between community and responsibility.
- Leaders usually get shaped with a hammer and heat.
- A leaders job is lonely.
Brian Houston (I met him for the first time…one of the finest human beings on the planet!)
- The capacity to empower people is the greatest gift a leader has.
- When I (the leader) get too big the one thing that suffers is the empowerment of the people.
- He said that many people say to him, “I wish I had your worship team in my church.” He always says back to them, “Could you, as a leader, handle people in your church that are more known than you!” DANG! (He didn’t say “dang”—I did!)
- You cannot lead out of your negative experiences.
- Building the church is NOT ABOUT ME!
- Honor is not a silent thing—it is a spoken thing.