Session 2 at Unleash is beginning now… and Perry Noble is speaking in this session to the church leadership. I’ll share his points from this talk via the blog.
To the Pastors: Aren’t there days that you just want to quit?
Perry told a story that allowed him to address how hard church work, and how discouraging it can be for the leader.
FOUR QUESTIONS THAT EVERY LEADER NEEDS TO WRESTLE WITH? (from the life of Moses in Exodus 33
1. Who is with me? - Exodus 33:12
- The average stay of pastors is only 22 months at any given church…. is it possible that some preachers are actually church-hoppers too?
- Does the church know you’re there… that you belong to them and are committed to them?
- To the Staff: Satan doesn’t want to split your church.. he wants to split your staff.. and begins when the staff member begins to think about his pastor.. “I do as much as he does”
- When you think you’re going through spiritual warfare… your pastor is going through the same thing 100-fold. You have no idea the weight he carries.
- most pastors carry a weight that you will never understand unless you are a pastor.
- You need to understand that the pastor is called to lead… Sheep don’t lead the Shepherd…. he has to know that you have his back.
2. Am I pleasing You? (We must constantly ask God this question) Exodus 33:13
- If God told you that this Sunday would be your last Sunday what would you preach? Then go preach it Sunday because it may be your last.
- Don’t be a prostitute that preaches for a paycheck and please people, but be a minister that pleases God.
- DO I UNDERSTAND THAT MINISTRY IS RECEIVED, NOT ACHIEVED?
- We try to do way to much on our own rather than receive what God wants to do.
- God knew every stupid mistake we would make as leaders before we even make it… that’s the mercy of God.
- AM I PLACING LIMITS ON ME THAT GOD DOESN’T PLACE ON ME?
- God often puts his most powerful gifts in his weakest vessels
- What is the thing in your heart that you won’t speak about because you’re afraid people will think you’re crazy or afraid God might not come through?
3. Will we see God? Exodus 33:14-17
- Are we creating an environment in church where people can live lives full of sin, come to church, and leave unconvicted and feeling good about themselves?
- Moses told God that he wanted God’s presence over anything else.
- Do you want attendence or repentence? It takes a pastor, a leader that will proclaim the Bible as the Word of God without apology.
- It’s not always a bad thing when people leave your church… especially if they leave because they are offended by the Gospel.
4. What’s next? Exodus 33:18
- We don’t want to be a monument, and we don’t want to be a museum… we want to be in motion asking God to show us, what’s next?
- What would happen if the leadership’s sole passion was to get ahold of God and ask him “What’s next?”.
- What would happen if those in the church would partner with the vision God has planted into the leader to pursue what’s next?
- We would be able to reverse the current trend of the decline of religious affiliation.
- Lord help us to be people that want the ball in order to effect change rather than people who are on the sideline criticizing those are trying to move the ball.
COACH MARK’S THOUGHTS
Lord, help me to lean more fully into you. Help me to find peace in the fact that it is YOUR church… and I will never love nor care for the people you have entrusted to my leadership more than you do. Lord, I want to know more of who you are so that I can know more of what you desire for our church. Give me the courage to be fearless in following your call on my life. Help me to never be swayed by the criticism of men, but to rest confidently in who I am in you and what you are calling me to do. May my leadership flow through your power and your strength and may that allow us, at Second Chance Church, to be a force for you glory in advancing the Kingdom of God.
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