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.
- Use your authority correctly to build up!
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.