Kraig Krempa

Yup, that’s Dawn & me with our “good friend” Perry Noble, Senior Pastor of NewSpring Church, who killed it this morning talking about FOUR CONVICTIONS OF VISION!

We are in Atlanta this week on a LEADERSHIP BINGE known as Catalyst. If you’d like a backstage peek at what we’re up to, you can check out Catalyst Backstage.

We thought we’d offer you some of our favorite nuggets from the today…

FROM PERRY NOBLE:

1. “If God gives you a vision, He will continually take you to places that are uncomfortable.”
2. “‘I’m waiting on God’ is one of the stupidest statements a leader can make…Are you using prayer as an excuse to delay obedience?”
3. “If people aren’t leaving — you’re not leading. The church is the ‘body’ & if you close the ‘back door’ — it ends up constipated!”
4. “God gave Satan three opportunities to create, and he made: (1) snakes, (2) spiders, and (3) cats.”
5. Honorable mention to “snow snakes” — trust me, you shoulda been here for that one! 

FROM REGGIE JOINER:

1. “The only thing that will matter 100 years from now is where you are with God.”
2. “Discipleship is service (experience) — not a Sunday School class (instruction).”
3. “Too many times we define success in terms that are impractical and impossible.”
4. “Cooperate with the story of restoration & redemption God is telling through your life.”
5. “The awkward, stuttered prayer of a parent with his/her child will have more impact on that kid than hundreds of prayers from the seasoned, professional pastor each Sunday morning.” [paraphrased]

FROM MARK BATTERSON:

1. “Are you building up altars to God or monuments to yourself?”
2. “An altar is about marking an experience so you have something to go back to.”
3. “You are not appointed by people, you are anointed by God.”
4. “Most of what the Lord does in us, He does in spite of us.”

FROM ANDY CROUCH:

1. “Creative power is the ability to successfully propose a new cultural good; every human being is meant to have it.”
2. “Creative power unlocks the potential in others.”
3. ”Almost everyone that succeeded at creating culture, failed first.”
4. “Past success can propel you to ‘escape velocity from creativity’ & you’ll cease to be creative.”
5. “Privilege is continuing to receive benefits from past successful exercises of power.”
6. “Jesus did not give up power when He came to earth, but He did give up privilege.”

FROM REGGIE MCNEAL:

1. “Missional = people of God partnering with Him in His redemptive mission in the world.”
2. “Church is not a what; it’s a who.”
3. “Learn to ask the question ‘How can I help God to bless you?’”
4. “The Holy Spirit has jumped out of the church and is running wild in the streets.”
5. “Instead of doing church well, learn to be church better.”
6. “The church doesn’t have a mission, the mission has a church.”

FROM JAMIE TWORKOWSKI:

1. “We are called to be a community to help the hurting.”
2. “There is always a purpose for the pain.”
3. “Two-thirds of depression sufferers do NOT seek any type of help.”
4. “Find help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide.”
5. TWLOHA

FROM SCOTT BELSKY:

1. “Having a surplus of ideas is just as dangerous as a drought.”
2. “If you left a meeting with nothing new to do, it probably shouldn’t have been a meeting.”
3. “Learn to distinguish the URGENT from the IMPORTANT.”
4. “Society shuns people before it celebrates them.”
5. “Nothing extraordinary is ever achieved through ordinary means.”
6. “You cannot do it alone, no matter who you are.”

FROM SHANE HIPPS:

1. “Technology shapes the way we form communities.”
2. “Intimacy is what follows the words: ‘I’ve never told this to anyone before…’”
3. “Never share publicly the things you should share privately first.”
4. “It’s possible to have online connection but impossible to have online community.”
5. “Technology is like food, you gotta watch your diet.”
6. ATTENTION PARENTS: 1337 = LEET = Elite = the secret language of texting your kids are using to hide stuff from you. LEARN IT!!

So there you have it, my friends. Tweet away! Tune in tomorrow for another day of leadership nuggets. (Just think of all the money you saved on conference & travel expenses!)

 

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