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IT - Craig Groeschel

What is “it” in church that some have and some don’t?
• The “it” is the thing/essence/atmosphere/spirit that people feel @ church.
• Something so special of God that when people encounter “it” they would meet Christ.
• The Spir”it” of God.
• Someone can kill it, it is not a system, not a model, not a purpose deal or seeker deal, not an emergent deal, it can be found in all those types of places. Some can catch it, some can lose it.
• “it” happens, and sometimes it doesn’t.
• Dude falls out of a window when church is boring and dies, then they raise them from the dead, that is “it”.
• Acts 2:42-47 - 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
There are certain qualities that exist when “it” is present:
• Ministries has a Razor Focus.
o Don’t have 287 ministries, that is not better. Better ministries are better.
o To reach people that no ones is reaching then you have to do things that no one is doing. But in order to do things that no one is doing then we can’t do what everyone else is doing.
o What ministries are working and are producing maturing disciples?
o The 5 areas of focus of Lifechurch.tv
• Weekend Worship Experience, Small Group, Kids Ministry, Student Ministry, Missions.
o What are you doing that you need to stop doing?
• They see Obstacles as Opportunities
o You have everything that God needs in order for you to do everything he needs.
o God often guides by what He doesn’t provide.
• They are Willing to Fail.
o Failure is a Necessity.
o When you fail is when you see God.
• If Peter didn’t fail he wouldn’t have believed in Jesus in the way he did.
o God may want you to do something but there may be three steps of failure to get to what God has for you.
• They are lead by people that have “it”.
o Your ministry will not have it if you do not have it.
o We have to be careful to not lose it.
o “I had become a full time pastor and a part-time follower of Christ.”
o If you've lost IT- getting back to center/core is part of the process to get back
o You need to have IT for your ministry to get IT. Ministry can kill IT... when we focus on building our ministry rather than His Kingdom- we can start losing IT. Leaders that have IT seem to draw people because they want to be part of IT.

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