“One of the hard lessons I’ve learned in life and ministry…is that you cannot control or disciple another person’s will. You cannot do that. But what you can do—what you can do is emphasize and model what is core and central to everything and not take it for granted.”
“Brokenness has to do with a permanent sense of God-neediness. God-neediness, that I always need him.”
“God doesn’t so much use what we bring to the table, he uses what we surrender to him. And that’s that posture of reliance. And you gotta be careful that you don’t reach a carnal tipping point where God blesses your ministry, then all of a sudden you wanna leverage that and do double billing. Over time, God does not do double billing.”
“God snatched Moses and used Moses not because he grew up in, you know, Pharaoh’s household. He snatched him and used him because all of his sense of privilege and place and platform and recognition had been taken from him. He said, ‘OK, now, buddy, you’re ready.’”
“The problem is not with recognition. The problem is with the person who’s being recognized.”
“Your time of greatest impact is when you’re detached from how God is using you.”
“Demand can give you a false sense that [you’re] not quite as needy.”
“The truth of the matter is, the more visibility you have, the more that people give you a pass. They do. They don’t ask you the hard questions anymore. They make a set of assumptions about you.”
“There’s got to be a profound appreciation for authentic humility in your heart and life.”
“Never follow anybody that’s not following somebody. Ever. Ever.”
“There’s got to be some people in your life who can tell you no. There has to be.”
Mentioned in the Show
2 Corinthians 12:1-10
2 Samuel 7
1 Timothy 5:19-20
Beyond Our Generation
“Leadership as an Identity: The Four Traits of Those Who Wield Lasting Influence” by Dr. Crawford Loritts
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Charles Spurgeon
Nancy Beach
Ravi Zacharias
“The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” podcast
Tim Keller
