- I like Newspring's worship leader. He's a DUDE! (like our dude, Rob) I get tired of seeing male worship leaders with tight jeans, eyeliner, and hair like my wife's.
- Good music! Perry just took the stage.
- We can't forget why we do what we do -- his name is Jesus!
- (There are currently 900 other online attendees.)
- If you want your church to reach its maximum potential, you've got to have a leader or leadership that's on fire for Christ.
- The last thing the church needs is men and women dropping out of ministry.
- How to stay in the game:
- 1) Who is with me?
- Ex. 33:12 - Moses wants to know who's with him.
- Usually the relationship between the sr. pastor and the staff is normally strained.
- You can't expect people to buy into you until you buy into them.
- Does your church know that you're "there"?
- How do you get people to buy into a vision? Tell'em hell can't get me out of this church.
- Staff members, you're pastor carries a weight on him that you can never imagine.
- Everyone is depending on the pastor not to screw it up. ...to stay faithful, to not fall, etc...
- Your pastor needs to know that you've got his back -- that you're standing with him.
- 2) Am I pleasing you? (God)
- (Man, Noble is funny!)
- Ex. 33:13 - If you are pleased with me, teach me...
- We can't expect the Spirit of God to lead us publicly if we're not yielded to him privately.
- Pastors, if God told you today that you have one sermon left to preach, what would you preach? Preach everyone like it's your last.
- Are you a prophet or a protitute?
- Church work is when you please people; ministry is when you please God.
- --Do I understand that ministry is received, not acheived?
- --Am I placing limits on me that God hasn't placed on me?
- God most often puts his most powerful gifts in his weakest vessels.
- Don't you dare limit yourself, when the unlimited power of God lives inside of you!
- 3) Can we see you?
- When was the last time you were desperate for God to show up?
- Do you want attendance or repentance?
- It's not a bad thing when people leave your church.
- People try to "close the back door" to the church. The church is a body. When you close a body's back door... (laughter)
- 4) What's next?
- We're still asking him what's next. Because we don't want to build a monument, we want to be a part of a movement.
- There's nothing awesome about Newspring except the presence of God. You take him away -- we suck, and so do you.
Great talk! I'm so glad I got to hear this today. Thanks, Newspring!
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I came to know Newspring through one of their pastors on Facebook who randomly found me (or was it so random?? God does work in mysterious ways!)
I think Perry is an awesome pastor, and really knows how to speak to the audience in a way that keeps the audience both interested and entertained, while getting the point across!
Glad you found them as well!
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