Craig Groeschel: Trending quotes (page 2)

“Without-it ministries can be filled with very sincere Bible-believing Christians; unfortunately, they're simply more concerned about themselves than the lost.”

Craig Groeschel

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

Sincerity

“Is your ministry becoming more faith-filled or more risk-aversive?”

Craig Groeschel

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

Faith

“A church that has it recognizes that reaching people is not just the pastor's job. It's everyone's job.”

Craig Groeschel

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

People

“Ministries without it are usually the ones playing it safe, doing only what is sure to succeed.”

Craig Groeschel

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

“The spark of passion ignites the fuel for innovation.”

Craig Groeschel

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

Passion

“When our churches look inward instead of outward, we're basically saying to nonbelievers, "You can just go to hell."”

Craig Groeschel

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

Hell

“Those without it can be two-faced. Those with it are true-faced. There is no substitute for being transparent and real. The more real we are, the more likely we'll experience it.”

Craig Groeschel

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

“To have it, we have to care about those who are far from God.”

Craig Groeschel

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

God

“Be careful not to blame yourself if someone rejects Christ. If you do, you might be tempted to take credit when someone accepts him.”

Craig Groeschel

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

Christ

“Those with it recognize that God brings it. It is not found in the things the eye can see.”

Craig Groeschel

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

God

“Who do you love? If you love God, you should love people. If you don't love people, you don't love God. It's that simple.”

Craig Groeschel

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

Love , God , People

“Let God turn fear into faith. Instead of becoming a hesitant leader, ask God to make you bold and aggressive.”

Craig Groeschel

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

God , Fear , Faith

“Sometimes the fruit of your steps of faith is measured not so much by what God does through you as by what God does in you.”

Craig Groeschel

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

God , Faith

“With-it ministries are filled with people so passionate, they're driven to become innovative. They create opportunities.”

Craig Groeschel

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

People , Passion

“The first-century church in Jerusalem clearly had it. And they didn't have any fancy accoutrements. So it can't possibly be stained-glass windows, hand-carved cherubs, custom silk tapestries, gold-inlaid hymnals, thousand-pipe organs, marble floors, mile-high steeples, hand-painted ceilings, mahogany pews, giant cast-iron bells, and a three-piece, thousand dollar suit. It doesn't stick any better to a young, hip, shaved-headed pastor with rimmed glasses, a goatee, and tattoos than it does to an older, stately gentleman in a robe. Nor is it spotlights and lasers, video production, satellite dishes, fog machines, shiny gauze backdrops, four-color glossy brochures, sexy billboards, loud "contemporary" music, free donuts, coffee shops, hip bookstores, break dancing or acrobatics, sermon series named after television shows, a retro-modern matching chair and table onstage, or blue jeans and Heelys. It is not being on television, being on the Internet, or being on book and magazine covers. It is real. It is genuine.”

Craig Groeschel

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

Books , Music , Color , Coffee

“Reflecting God, innovative believers tend to have it. And it is borne out of their passion to please God, reach people, and help those in need.”

Craig Groeschel

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

God , People , Passion , Help

“Doing the wrong new things, things that usurp what God calls us to do, is dangerous. Focus tends to let it breathe. Lack of focus generally suffocates it.”

Craig Groeschel

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

God

“When two parties compete, one loses. That's why in ministry, those who have it don't compete with one another; they work to complete one another.”

Craig Groeschel

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

“When we love deeply, love makes us do things we wouldn't otherwise do.”

Craig Groeschel

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

Love

“Have you ever tasted stale popcorn? The only thing worse is stale vision. If a ministry loses the vision, it's only a matter of time before they lose what made them special in the first place. Without vision, the people will quickly lose it.”

Craig Groeschel

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

People , Time