Quotes from a mentor

John Maxwell was a mentor to me before he was actually my mentor. That may sound crazy but its true. I gleaned so much from his books that I felt I knew his heart before meeting him for the very first time. As part of the John Maxwell Team, I have the pleasure of connecting with him and Mark Cole on a regular basis.

Here are a few quotes from a recent conference.

These quotes are fresh and reveal his heart about the church, people and our calling.

• I have had a couple of times in my life when I forgot what it was like in Egypt… I forgot the deliverance in my life Christ has done for me.

• I was so busy as a pastor doing church stuff I wasn’t reaching people for Christ.

• If you lose your way you have to have a blueprint.

• What are we going to do about the 53% of the people who never come to our church? They’re never coming to church.

• Are we called to a church or are we called to a community? Is my passion as great for people not coming to our church as those who are coming to our church?

• We must be intentional to add value to lost people. Paul did it by serving people.

Here are a few more to ponder:

• I have to add value to people first before having the credibility to share Christ.

• Before we share our faith let’s get people to like us

• God is love. We would rather correct people than connect with people. God doesn’t change us to accept us. He accepts us to change us.

• The 101% Principle – Find the 1% you agree on and give it 100% of our effort.

• We must know who we are in Christ.

• I don’t have to be like them to reach them but I do have to like them to reach them.

• You got to out there where the people are.

• You have to be intentional to enter their world

These books by John Maxwell should be on every leaders Kindle and/or bookshelf! #leadersarereaders