February 26, 2009 in
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- 4:25 PM tonymorganlive - Craig just started the first afternoon session. He’s talking about spiritual momentum.
- 4:31 PM tonymorganlive - “i messed up in a significant way” describing story about him and his wife
- 4:31 PM tonymorganlive - his wife asked, “Are you going to be a husband or a pastor?”
- 4:32 PM tonymorganlive - Bill Hybels: “The way I was doing the work of God was destroying the work of God in me.”
- 4:34 PM tonymorganlive - “What do you want to do for the Kingdom of God?”
- 4:34 PM tonymorganlive - “Don’t say build a big church. Because that’s really stupid.”
- 4:34 PM tonymorganlive - “The goal is to make disciples.”
- 4:35 PM tonymorganlive - “Once you answer that question, then ask yourself, ‘What should I do today?’”
- 4:35 PM tonymorganlive - “I will do today what I can do to enable me to do tomorrow what I can’t do today.”
- 4:35 PM tonymorganlive - (Feel free to let your friends know we’re hanging out here. And, feel free to add your comments.)
- 4:36 PM tonymorganlive - “Do something to defeat your dark side.”
- 4:39 PM tonymorganlive - Craig is talking about old Methodist days. Those wacky Methodists.
- 4:41 PM tonymorganlive - I started to think, “What will bring people in?” rather than “What will glorify God?”
- 4:43 PM tonymorganlive - “Find your darkside and figure out what you need to do to get out of it and into the presence of God.”
- 4:46 PM tonymorganlive - “Some of your greatest spiritual strengths can be born out of your darkside” if you let God redeem it.
- 4:48 PM tonymorganlive - Craig just acknowledged that playing golf can, at times, be better than preparing for a message. (I like Craig.)
- 4:50 PM tonymorganlive - “Churches have way too many meetings.”
- 4:50 PM tonymorganlive - (There was a murmur in the auditorium. I think that struck a chord.)
- 4:51 PM tonymorganlive - “Prioritize your ministry around your values. I will not sacrifice my family on the altar of ministry.”
- 4:52 PM tonymorganlive - “Some of you are never able to work on your ministry because you’re working in your ministry.”
- 4:53 PM tonymorganlive - “Delegating responsibilities creates followers. Delegating authority creates leaders.”
- 4:54 PM tonymorganlive - “You will not create or retain great leaders as long as you’re telling them what to do.”
- 4:54 PM tonymorganlive - (That principle is HUGE!!!)
- 4:56 PM tonymorganlive - “Do something only you can do.”
- 4:58 PM tonymorganlive - “Take time off. Your family needs you. Don’t play with your Twitter.”
- 4:59 PM tonymorganlive - “You’re the only one that can be a husband to your wife and a father to your children.”
- 4:59 PM tonymorganlive - “If you don’t set up parameters, your church will abuse you.”
- 5:00 PM tonymorganlive - “You’re the only one that can remain broken before Jesus.”
- 5:02 PM tonymorganlive - “When you’re ‘cool’ God says, ‘I’ll spit you out.’”
- 5:03 PM tonymorganlive - “Get off the gimmicks. It’s not working.”
- 5:03 PM tonymorganlive - “Bring Christ. Bring Christ. Bring Christ.”
- 5:04 PM tonymorganlive - “Be obedient to the promptings of the Spirit.”
- 5:04 PM tonymorganlive - “Some of you need to experience Christ like it’s the first time.”
- 5:05 PM tonymorganlive - “Success for me is hearing from God again.”
- 5:05 PM tonymorganlive - Craig is praying now. That’s the end of his session. I’ll be back in a bit for the final session.
True dat! I hate all those flippin’ meetings. Let’s hold a meeting to discuss this important issue…
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