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Catalyst Take-Aways #2

October 14, 2009 in change, church philosophy and methods, Conference, contentment, leadership, the church with 3 Comments

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Take-away #2 from Rob Bell

“When you live a life of obedience to God, you will not want anybody else’s life“

  • If I am obeying God, and walking the the path that he has set before me, I will not want anyone else’s life.  I will be satisfied knowing that I am doing all that God has called me to do, whether it is in a church of 50 or 5000.
  • When I am living a life of obedience, I will be satisfied with what God has called me to do, and therefore I will not question the motives or seek to criticize someone else for what they are doing in their church or ministry.  I will be content, knowing that God has placed me where I am.
  • Because I will be content, and because I will not criticize other people’s ministries to try and minimize their success (and God’s blessing) and lift up my ministry, I can celebrate with others when they achieve great things for God, and be happy that the Kingdom is being enlarged through their work (and God’s blessing!).
  • This frees me up to be who I am, who God created me to be, and keeps me from trying to be someone else just because of their size and influence.
  • This also will give me a team mentality.  The church down the street is NOT my competition in any way. If they are preaching the Gospel, they are my team mate, and as such, I will do whatever I can to help them reach people as well.

Catalyst Take-Aways #1

October 13, 2009 in change, church philosophy and methods, Conference with 1 Comment

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I spent last week with some of the pastoral staff at the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta. I have wanted to attend this conference for quite some time, so it was a a blessing to be able to go and learn from so many leaders.  There were many things that struck a cord with me while I was there, so, I thought I would take this week and go over some of the take-aways I had from this meeting.

Take-away #1 from Andy Stanley

“God wants us to be more interested in making His mark than our mark”

  • It is easy to get caught up in trying to build something for our sake rather than God’s sake.  In fact, when we get caught up in building rather than obeying we are missing out on God’s best for our lives and for our church. It is God that builds the church, we are just to walk in obedience to Him as we serve.
  • We should not be concerned about if God is on our side, but rather that we are on God’s side, because His is the only one that matters.
  • Living to make my mark is too small of a thing to give my life to, but God’s mark is worth giving my life to.  No matter how great I am (or think I am), it is but a drop in the bucket compared to the greatness of God!
  • God takes full responsibility for a life wholly devoted to Him.  What a great thought!

I would love to hear some of the take-aways that you got from Catalyst if you attended!  Leave a comment and share!

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