Catalyst 2008 Andy Stanley

From Andys talk:
-Nehemiah 5:6-18 the reason Nehemiah could stand up and lead like he did was because his deeds and his creeds were aligned.

-the best leadership decision Nehemiah ever made was when first arrived on the scene and said “I’m not going to take my fair share.”

-we don’t have positional authority in ministry. We can’t make anyone do anything because our people are volunteers.

-we have a better kind of authority…moral authority.

-we have to align our creeds and deeds. When we do that we gain influence.

-we aren’t talking about being perfect…there’s no such thing. We ARE talking about being aligned.

The three most important ways we can apply this:

In our forgiveness, our family, and our finances.