Craig Groeschel: Trending quotes

“For the sake of those who don't know Christ, think big.”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

Thinking , Christ

“Passion creates motivation, which leads to innovation.”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

Motivation , Passion

“Your prayer for someone may or may not change them, but it always changes YOU.”

Craig Groeschel

Change

“If you're not dead, you're not done.”

Craig Groeschel

The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn't Exist

Dead

“Be different.”

Craig Groeschel

Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working

“What obstacle are you facing? Ask God for breakthrough thinking. Don't think about small changes. Think radically.”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

God , Thinking , Change

“As God blesses your ministry with it, remember that those without it tend to criticize those with it, especially when you do things differently.”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

God

“Have you hit an obstacle that appears impenetrable? Maybe God will guide you to see something that you couldn't have seen if he'd just removed the wall.”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

God , Appearance

“Instead of saying, "It will never work," with-it people say, "What if this does work?"”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

People

“Limitations often reveal opportunities.”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

“Instead of whining, "We can't reach certain people," with-it people exclaim with faith, "We will find a way."”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

People , Faith , Way

“With increasing passion comes increasing creativity to reach people.”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

People , Passion

“While many lament, "We don't have what it takes to make a difference," innovative leaders say, "God is our provider; we have more than enough."”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

God

“There's a huge difference between a good idea and a God-inspired idea.”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

God , Idea

“The it-ish understand: failure is a part of success.”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

Failure , Understanding , Success , Parting

“As long as you're afraid of intimacy and spiritual partnership, you won't likely experience it. To have it, you have to share it with each other. Just as there's no I in team, there's no it in independence.”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

Partnership

“When you increase your focus, you decrease your options. Good things are not necessarily God things.”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

God

“If your ministry has become focused on the already-convinced, I'll bet that your ministry doesn't have it.”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

“Here are a few questions to stir your vision: Why does your organization exist? What can your organization be the best in the world at? If you could do only one thing, what would it be? If you left your organization tomorrow, what would you hope would continue forever? What breaks your heart, keeps you awake at night, wrecks you?”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

World , Hope , Question , Heart

“If you've ever been part of a ministry that had it, you knew you were part of something special. In other words, you knew it when you saw it. And it was an awesome work of God that couldn't be contained, couldn't be harnessed, and couldn't be explained.”

Craig Groeschel

It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)

God , Parting