Here are some great thoughts and truths I’ve chewed on in 2010. I hope they’ll help you:
- Discipline is remembering what you want
- God’s word isn’t just instruction, it’s empowerment to do what it says!
- I can be used by God everywhere I go
- Success is always being, not having
- God wants to be as unique with my story as He is with everyone else’s
- Focus on things that will produce fruit – long term
- People’s opinions don’t matter, it’s His Word that matters
- I’m always going to have to choose between people’s approval or God’s approval
- Apart from God, we can’t do anything worth doing!
- Job 23:10 – God knows where I’m at and where I’m going, when I come out, I’ll be like gold!
- II Chronicles 16:9 – I’ll only have victories where I trust God!
- John 21 – 3 Things I need to do if I love God – 1.) Follow Him 2.) Feed His sheep 3.) Don’t worry about how God is using everyone else
- Jesus was never confused. He always knew what to say, where to go, and what to do, and we should be the same.
- The only thing worth giving people is Jesus.
- World class Christians pray for the world
- Only Life Focus: To make Jesus famous one person at a time.
- Wherever I go and whatever I do, I’ll be blessed if I’m following God –Deut. 28:6
- God is who makes you great, you can never make yourself great!
- A “call” is not the same thing as “developed”
- “If God gives you a dream, and the dream comes to life, God shows up, then the dream dies, it may be that God wants to see what’s more important to you – the dream or Him?”
- “The impact God has planned for us doesn’t occur when we’re pursuing impact. It occurs when we’re pursuing God. At long last after a lifetime of striving God was enough. Not God and impact or God and ministry. Just God.”
- We’re educated way beyond our obedience!
- There isn’t a lack of people to minister to, there is a lack of people that have something to say when they minister
- Daily Choice: Am I going to be a leader or a clown?
- Prayer: God, develop me as quickly and as solidly as possible.
- David went from feeding the sheep to serving the King, out of Nowhere
- You can always be bigger on the inside than you are on the outside
- One act is better than a thousand intentions
- Prioritize the relationships that will sit on the front 3 rows of your funeral!
- When you’re lacking resources, God is helping you learn to be resourceful!
- To increase your capacity to receive you need one thing: Faithfulness
- Don’t try to impress, just be impressive!
- Haggai 1 – When your confused and it doesn’t seem like you’re going anywhere, you probably aren’t putting God’s Kingdom first. (Matt. 6:33)
- Stop talking about your goals and start working on them!
- We need to love and serve God for who He is, not what He can do for us.
- Dig Deep Roots (Character)
- Boundaries in Life are Incredibly important!
- Romans 10:11 – No one who believes in Him will ever be put to shame or disappointed!
- Psalm 113:7-8 He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the dung heap. He sets me among princes, even the princes of God’s own people!
- In all labor there is profit, but idle talk leads to poverty. –Proverbs 14:23
- Exalt the Word of God over everything else
- What I love about my heroes (Keith Moore, John Maxwell, etc.) is the God in them!
- Nobody has a step up on me in the Word! The more I value the Word of God, the more I’ll reap!
- God’s correction isn’t just correction, it’s preparation!
- Walk in the light you have, not the light someone else is trying to give you!
- It’s not what you know, it’s what people will receive!
- I’d be more effective if I asked God what I’m supposed to do everyday!
- Anytime you let other people’s opinions fill your heart, you push God out.
- Promotion comes from the Lord
- In life, you will have fruit testers!
- The season you are in is not forever. It will pass and just be a memory of what was!
- The Lord will be your confidence! –Proverbs 3:26
- Always ask yourself: “What’s important” Answer: Less and Less
- If the disciples figured to learn about leadership on the fast track and w/appropriate perks and bonuses, Jesus soon disillusioned them” –J Sanders
- “The application of: Doing it now has led to my success”
- Matthew 11:28 – Move with the UNFORCED rhythms of grace!
- Love God, Love People
- Quit feeding yourself, start feeding your sheep!
- Patient endurance is what I need now! Hebrews 10:35
- Nobody is going to make sure your successful!
- If God wants you to have something nothing will stop that.
- God won’t let you have second hand faith, He wants you to have your own!
- I need to spend unhurried time with God daily!
- We need to get to a place where if God doesn’t show up, we’ll fall flat on our faces!
- Know your worth or no one else will!
