everything everyday
Here are some thoughts from Bill Hybel's opening session at the Leadership Summit.
Bill said that fifteen years ago he was "doing ministry" but he hadn't really stopped to "think about ministry." When he stopped to reflect he came up with five "I Believes":
1. I believe the local church is the most leadership-intensive enterprise in society.
2. I believe in the spiritual gift of leadership
3. I believe most churches unintentionally undermine the expression of the leadership gift
4. I believe that most people love to be led
5. I believe the local church is the hope of the world.
As I listened I thought to myself: the most successful people have the deepest convictions. They are driven by a few beliefs or a few convictions. I see that happening in my own life right now. I have three core convictions that keep growing deeper roots in my soul.
C1: The church ought to be the most creative place on the planet
C2: The Greatest Message deserves the Greatest Marketing
C3: The church belongs in the middle of the marketplace
Here were my closing thoughts at the end of the session:
Throw yourself into every message. Give God everything you've got everyday. Or to shorten it: everything everyday. The only regret any of us will ever have is this: that we didn't give God more sooner. That's it. That we didn't give God every ounce of energy, every second of time, every penny of resources. That's it.
Bill said that fifteen years ago he was "doing ministry" but he hadn't really stopped to "think about ministry." When he stopped to reflect he came up with five "I Believes":
1. I believe the local church is the most leadership-intensive enterprise in society.
2. I believe in the spiritual gift of leadership
3. I believe most churches unintentionally undermine the expression of the leadership gift
4. I believe that most people love to be led
5. I believe the local church is the hope of the world.
As I listened I thought to myself: the most successful people have the deepest convictions. They are driven by a few beliefs or a few convictions. I see that happening in my own life right now. I have three core convictions that keep growing deeper roots in my soul.
C1: The church ought to be the most creative place on the planet
C2: The Greatest Message deserves the Greatest Marketing
C3: The church belongs in the middle of the marketplace
Here were my closing thoughts at the end of the session:
Throw yourself into every message. Give God everything you've got everyday. Or to shorten it: everything everyday. The only regret any of us will ever have is this: that we didn't give God more sooner. That's it. That we didn't give God every ounce of energy, every second of time, every penny of resources. That's it.
7 Comments:
Thanks Mark! Linking to it.
"the most successful people have the deepest convictions."
There are no levels of success in the body of Christ. This is a secular idea. I often struggled with the idea of "success". Until I came upon the realization that my "struggle" was based on a secular idea that has infiltrated itself into the Church. "Successful" can only be found 1 time in the Bible. This is in reference to Joseph and his work in Egypt. Again in a secular context. Of course we should strive to do our best, of course we should have sound Biblical convictions however only God will judge wether we are "successful".
We probably only disagree in semantics.
In my book, success = stewardship and faithfulness = fruitfulness.
God wants our convictions to go deeper and deeper so that he can use us more and more.
For what it's worth, different people will be rewarded in different degrees.
We might not like certain words like "success" because they've been distorted by "the world" but let's not overlook the biblical basis.
I most likely wouldn't have commented if I hadn't read the post above and saw the name Ken Blanchard. "the most successful people have the deepest convictions" would be something I would expect to hear at one of his seminars.
I'd never heard Ken before but I was so impressed by his genuine conversion to Christ and his desire to help people lead like Jesus. Praise God.
Just food for thought.
No one had deeper convictions that Jesus. I think it's epitomized when he walks into the Temple with a whip and turns the place upside down :) The word "zeal" is used which I think translates into conviction.
Ken didn't talk about convictions, but one of my all-time favorite quotes is by William Scolavino. He said, "The height of your acheivements will be determined by the depth of your convictions." I believe that.
Hello,
Interesting that you mentioned the money changers in the Temple. I like the core value:
C3: The church belongs in the middle of the marketplace.
However we must be careful that it doesn't become.
The marketplace belongs in the middle of the Church.
That is what I see the issue that Jesus dealt with.
great thought :)
I think the key to spirituality is not confusing means and ends. To often ends become means and means become ends. That's how we get into trouble.
Very thought-provoking comment
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