“The standard format of evangelism training is you memorize a script and present it like a sales pitch. Nobody wants that. The thing that both Christians and non-Christians have in common is they both hate evangelism because we’ve been taught it in a way that Jesus didn’t do it.”
“We want everyone in the world—listen to this—everyone in the world to be prayed for by name at least one time in the next 10 years.”
“We want every church in the world to plant a church in the next 10 years.”
“Paul would often go into a city as few as two weeks, appoint elders and leave, say, ‘I’ll write you a letter. That’ll be my follow up.’ So his idea of church planting was very different than the very complex way that we think of today.”
“There’s no sin in being a small church. There is a sin in having small vision.”
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“Nothing happens till somebody starts dreaming. We are most like our creator when we’re being creative.”
“God hasn’t promised to bless my dream. God has promised to bless his dream for my life.”
“When you are fulfilling God’s dream for your life…you’re faithful and you’re fruitful…and you’re fulfilled.”
“Coming out of three years of pandemic, God doesn’t want us to resume the old ways. He wants us to do a total reset.”
“People and churches need to get a new dream for their church.”
“If God gives you a dream, it doesn’t mean you have to jump with both feet into the deep end right off the bat. It is okay to wade into a dream. It is okay to test the waters and make sure that you really did hear from God.”
“If you have a dream and nobody thinks you ought to do it, you probably missed the will of God.”
