Dr. Wayne Cordeiro is senior pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii. I was really looking forward to hearing his message – and I was not disappointed! Remember, for the first few posts in this series I’m just posting the raw notes – in the last post of this series I will summarize my thoughts on everything I heard/experienced at the General Conference this year. Here are the notes I took from that night.
“There is something about vibrant Christians when they are brand new.”
1500 ministers are leaving ministry every month. What is being to replace those who leave?
the whole story of the Old Testament is passing the baton of faith contextually from one generation to the next.
remember God has chosen people and placed them in the times where they live.
races (relay) are won or lost in the passing of the baton.
when you are passing the baton – for a season you need to run together.
It just takes a moment to pass the baton but it takes 5 to 7 years to pass the heart of that baton
In the end we take the victory lap together
What would it have been like if King Saul wasn’t intimidated by David?
God said to David your greatest ministry will be through the next generation.
Everyone has the dream of what they can be for God
What are you going to do with your dream?
Potential is everything you could do but haven’t done yet.
Wayne’s motto “die empty”
Wayne had said to him by a teacher “the Kingdom of God has been waiting for you”
Will you be a dream releaser? (that teacher was a dream releaser)
Dream releasers believe in others sometimes more than they believe in themselves.
God gave you authority to encourage others in their dreams and to “tap on the cages” (illustration of Wayne letting a bird go free out of a cage when young in Japan)
Don’t just love people, love the potential that lies within people.
2 Corinthians 13:10 – authority has been given to build up not tear down.
Dr. Wayne Cordeiro is senior pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii. I was really looking forward to hearing his message – and I was not disappointed! Remember, for the first few posts in this series I’m just posting the raw notes – in the last post of this series I will summarize my thoughts on everything I heard/experienced at the General Conference this year. Here are the notes I took from that night.