Craig Groeschel took the main stage before lunch. Here are some of the thoughts that grabbed my attention:
- on tension between generations… “We need each other.”
- “I’m standing on the shoulders of great men and women who have gone before me.”
- “I used to throw up before I spoke every time.”
- “I would beg you not to resist, fear or judge the next generation leaders, but instead believe in them and invest in them.”
- “Don’t resent them because they’re different. They’re supposed to be different.”
- “When you delegate authority, you develop leaders.”
- “It is much worse to be unreal than uncool.”
- “There is nothing worse than a fat 50-year-old wearing skinny jeans. That is wrong, and it’s not of God.”
- “If you are not dead, you are not done.”
- “Your age and your experience are your greatest assets.”
- “Embrace the season you are in.”
- Talking to the younger generation… “You feel very entitled.”
- “You tend to overestimate what God wants to do through you in the short run. When you don’t get it, you grow disillusioned.”
- “You underestimate what God wants to do through you in the long run.”
- “There is spiritual greatness in you. Don’t get discouraged in the short run.”
- Quoting Andy Stanley: “Honor publicly leads to influence privately.”
- “When we truly honor Him, we will honor the authority of the leaders over us.”
- “There’s a difference between respect and honor. Respect is earned, but honor is given.”
- “Be teachable. Be hungry to learn.”
- “When I was your age, we weren’t thinking about people with unclean water.”
- “I believe in you.”
- “Work together. Believe in each other.”
