Live blogging the 2009 Unleash Conference

Session 2: Perry Noble

How to Stay in the Game…

• Exodus 33
• Some say church work is easy/going to be easy
• People in the church can be the meanest people on the planet
• 4 Questions Every Leader Needs to Wrestle With:
  
• 1. Who Is With Me?
• If you want people to buy into you, buy into your people
• Satan doesn’t want to split your church, he wants to split your staff
• If you think you do as much as the Senior Pastor, you don’t have a freaking clue!
• Senior pastor’s carry a weight the staff and members could never imagine!
• The sheep don’t lead the shepherd,the pastor is called to lead
• The Pastor will be the one standing before God at the end of the day.
• 2. [God] Am I Pleasing You?
• (Vs. 13) Moses just wanted to know God and for God to be pleased with him
• We cannot expect God to lead us publicly if we are not yielded to him privately
  
• Pastor, Are you a prostitute or are you a prophet?
• If your goal is to please churched people, you’ll lose every time, they are the ones that killed Jesus. If he could not please them, we cannot!
  
• A) Do I understand that ministry is received not achieved? [Rick Warren]
  
• The mercy of God is that he knew our screws ups before he called us, yet he still called us!
  
• B) Am I placing limits on me that God has not placed on me?
• Ministry leaders, you can do, exactly what God has called you to do.
• Don’t dare limit yourself when the unlimited power of God lives in us.
• 3. Will I See You?
• We kiss toilets all week long and then we try to kiss Jesus
• We cannot provide a Jesus light ministry, where people leave feeling good about themselves, but there is never transformation.
• When Jesus is preached, there is conviction of sin and people brought to repentance!
• Moses wanted God presence. Do WE REALLY want God’s presence as leaders?
  
• Do you want ATTENDANCE or REPENTANCE?
• You don’t need to close the back door to the church…
• The church is a body…if you close the back door to your body…
• When was the last time you as a pastor was desperate for the presence of God?
• 4. What’s Next?
• No matter where you get in ministry, continue to ask, What’s Next?
• Exodus 33:18 “Now Show Me Your Glory!”
• What Does God Want to Do Next In Your Church?