All Access 2010 ... Greg Surratt

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All Access 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010

How do you grow through conflict? … Greg Surratt

Galatians 6:9 (NLT) --- So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give

Comparison makes you tired in ministry. It sidelines us.

Conflict wears you out in ministry.

Acts 15:1 --- some men came down from Judea to Antioch.

1. Don't let a few vocal critics HIJACK the VISION of the church.

· The best way to predict the future is to invent it. – Alan Key

· Give people what they want, not what they think they want. – Mark Cuban

· The power is the constant but the practice is fluid.

· Every new idea has an expiration date.

2. Don't be afraid to get the issues on the table.

Acts 15:7 ---

· There's a difference between good questions and a questioning spirit.

· What's the evidence of someone filled with the Holy Spirit?

· What issues are so sacred that we can't talk about them?

3. Decide which hills you'd be willing to die on.

3 lists that we must agree on that allows us to grow:

· preferences

· convictions

· essentials

· The number of essentials will determine the size of the harvest. Keep the lists short.

· If you don't allow comparison and conflict to wear you out, you will see the harvest increase around you.

The harvest is coming!

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