Why do Christians feel compelled to say this to each other?
Don’t we realize that it cancels out the encouragement we’re about to offer?
What if I encouraged Holly like this?
Before we went out to eat last night, what if I said:
“Baby, don’t let this go to your head, but you look nice tonight. I don’t want [...]
We had Volunteer Leader Training (we’re working on a catchier name) last night.
It was our first time having this meeting. I wanted a format to pour into some of the volunteers who pour so much into Elevation.
Larry Brey did a great job setting it up (complete with pipe and drape… of course!)
And I poured it [...]
Every Tuesday and Thursday our staff starts the morning off together with prayer.
And almost every time we do, I look the staff in the eyes and say something like: “Can you believe we get to do this?”
I mean a couple of things when I say that:
1. Can you believe we get to be [...]
For all of you who took me up on the challenge to pray extra hard for services today… I bring you 2 highlights… the fruit of your labor:
1. 20 people gave their lives to Jesus for the first time today!
2. 148 people showed up for our Newcomers Lunch, and most walked away plugged into volunteer [...]
Attention all Elevators:
I felt compelled to post and ask you to carve out at least a half hour today to pray and claim God’s promises before our services tomorrow.
People are going to have a perfect opportunity to receive Christ tomorrow. This series has surfaced a lot of issues, and brought us a lot of new [...]
I enjoyed writing about leaders being inaccessible via my Andy Stanley example yesterday.
Andy emailed and said he liked it too. I was honored.
It’s a helpful, thought provoking discussion, worthy of another installment.
I want to share a powerful leadership secret with all of you who want to take Proverbs 4:7 seriously. Nobody taught me this. I [...]
A seminary student told me this one time. He was whining about it.
He had called North Point Community Church and asked Andy’s assistant for a phone appointment.
She told him that wouldn’t be possible, although he was welcome to speak with someone else on staff.
He was mad. He called Andy Stanley inaccessible.
He’s an idiot. I’ll tell [...]
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Pastor Steven Furtick is the Lead Pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The Life You've Always Wanted |
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On Writing |
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Spurgeon: A New Biography |
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The Houdini Solution |
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Execution |
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Mavericks at Work |
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The Very Large Church |
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