“I Will Wait” – Ryan Kondo

Spent some time singing this as a prayer this morning … it was tough and even stopped a couple of times because I didn’t really mean it when I was saying it. But the more I sang it, the more I felt the One who calms the seas, calm me

Jesus lover of my soul
The One who’s in control
When all the world fails me

Jesus the One draws me near
Whose voice I long to hear
The One who is in me

On You who calms the seas
On You who loves to speak to me
On You I will wait, patiently

I will wait … wait to hear Your voice
In the midst of this noise
You’re all I want to hear God
And I will wait … as long as it takes
For the silence to break
You’re all I want to hear, God

You’re all I want to hear, God
You’re all I want to hear, God
You’re all I want to hear, God
You’re all I want to hear, God

On You who calms the seas
On You who loves to speak to me
On You I will wait, patiently

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Craig Groeschel at Catalyst Dallas

To The Older Generation

  • Don’t resent, fear, or judge the emerging generation. Instead, believe in them.
  • You were different at one time from those who went before you.
  • If you aren’t dead, you aren’t done.
  • Don’t be threatened by younger generations. Realize that they need you.
  • Many of us don’t know how to delegate. We think delegating is giving people something to do. Delegating tasks creates followers. Delegating responsibility creates leaders.
  • Younger generations need your wisdom.
  • Just be yourself. Don’t try to be cool. Authenticity trumps cool every single time.

To The Younger Generation

  • You need those who have gone before you.
  • Studies show that the younger generation is most often described by employers as entitled.
  • Because the emerging generation feels entitled, when it comes to ministry, you feel you need to do it all now. You want to be in leadership, but you can’t speed up maturity.
  • You often overestimate what God wants to do through you in the short run, and you often grossly underestimate what God wants to do through you in the long run.
  • Always show your leaders honor. Honor publicly results in influence privately. Do not treat your leaders as common or ordinary. Dishonor and faith in the leaders before you limit your church.
  • Some people need to repent for dishonoring the God-ordained position above them.
  • Your generation is the most cause-driven generation of modern history.You are a chosen generation.
  • I believe that you can do what I couldn’t do.
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