Session 9: Bill Hybels- "Relentless"

re·lent·less Session 9: Bill Hybels- "Relentless"
–adjective
that does not relent; unyieldingly severe, strict, or harsh; unrelenting:

• God searches the whole world looking for hearts fully committed to Him.. there He sends His strength and power...
• Mother Theresa decided to "refuse Him nothing"... What does it look like in my life to give God cart blanche' authority in my life?
• Takes steps to move time and resources out of day to day worldly pursuits and more into His work...
• Embrace callings from God without delay- Lives are lived with regret with "If only I had listened", "If only I had acted"... reflections in life...
• Every leader can tell stories about how their dream almost died... It should come as no surprise when this happens to you (obstacles beyond your control, overwhelming circumstances)
• How do I know when I hit obstacles if I missed what God called me to do or when God is working on His own time line? Be very careful when in this era....
• Mother Theresa was amazingly relentless... just to be allowed to "start" her calling...
• Outlast the problems, the obstacles, the people in the way- Who knows what God may do if you hang onto the calling- We must endure... Sometimes the calling may only come once in a lifetime...
• Be relentless about becoming a Godly leader... be relentless to be someone worth following.
• Mother Theresa: "I will seek to love Him as He has never been loved"- said in one of her "dry" times in her life...
• Much of life can be lived without feeling the "presence" of God. Mother Theresa felt this... Hybels is honest about the same feelings..
• Very powerful video.... "Here am I, send me..."-
• "What life are you waiting for to finally step up and step into God's call for your life?"-BH

Thoughts:

• Am I living in a way that will allow me to hear God's call for me and His purpose in my life?
• There are some phenominal "causes" I've seen in this summit... yet I don't feel any nudging to jump into them- When do you know a trigger has been pulled in your life? When do you know when it's YOUR calling?
• I think one of the hardest challenges of a vision/call/idea is having the persistance to go on while many people close to you are telling you all the reasons why it doesn't make sense...
• Why does God's presence seem absent so much of the time?
• God.... "Here am I.... send me...."
• So... is it us? Do we sit back waiting for God to just do stuff, say stuff, and take care of stuff....or... are we really His plan?