Family Regeneration

Catalyst 2011 – Andy Stanley

1. The more successful you are the less accessible you become.

a. Refuse to face this reality and burn out trying to be accessible to everyone

b. We always risk falling into the trap of using our success as an excuse to become more inaccessible than necessary.

Galatians 6:9-10

⁹ Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. ¹⁰ Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.

2. You can’t shut it all out, but you can’t take it all on

“Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone.”

We all grow up hearing – “if I let you than I’d have to let everyone…” This bleeds into the church

“Fairness ended in the Garden of Eden”

“Don’t be fair, be engaged!”

3 Tips

1. Go Deep rather than Wide

2. Go Long-term rather than short-term

3. Go Time not just money

When you do for one what you wish you could do for everyone, you often end up doing for many more than one.

If you like this post you might try these

• Catalyst 2011 – Jim Collins
• Hanging out at the Chick-fil-a Leadercast
• Leaving and Leading (Part 1 – The Introduction
• Lesson Learned

Tags: Andy Stanley, Catalyst, Leadership, Serving

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