Notes from International Leadership Summit 2023

God will meet you at the level of your expectations.

You measure your impact by your ability to influence.

You don’t always see transition coming.

People who hate change often get left behind.

The anointing you respect is the anointing you receive.

It’s easy to criticize what you don’t have to give an account for.

God will put you in place that is too big for your feet, so will grow into it. (illustration: wearing parent’s shoes) 

You’re in a new place and that requires you to learn new methods.

You will always have a glimpse of it before you take it.

The more you catch the vision, the hungrier you get.

There is no victory without pain.

Maturity sets boundaries, but fear builds walls.

There is nothing as powerful as an idea whose time has come. 

Big walls don’t come down easily.

The wall you built to protect you, now imprisons you. 

Refuse to give up on your dream.

You can’t fight a new war with old weapons.

If I don’t give you my secrets, I haven’t given you me. 

The door in front of you is activated. Stop waiting and take that step, then the door will open.

Go from your truth to the truth 

Stay hungry and stay foolish.

Empathy is different from sympathy.

Your word is your bond.

Be honest, open, and direct. 

Difference between being nice and being kind. 

You cannot lead if you don’t read.

Entertainment is becoming edutainment. (education and entertainment) 

I never had a hater doing better than me.

Fear keeps most people from learning, not inability.

I have everything I need to be everything I need to be. 

What you can’t see, you can’t be.

You can’t serve if you are depleted. 

First commandment in scripture was to produce.

If you are not careful you will let people talk to you out of your favor.

Favor can’t be explained. 

You have favor for a lifetime.

It’s not your job to resurrect (the body of Christ) just to care for it.

Culture is defined by the worst behavior you allow.

Awareness is critical before you make a decision.

Anger makes us make decisions quickly but inaccurately.

Hope begins as a feeling.

Elevate the way you see God.

Do you believe what the Bible says about God? 

Stop feeling guilty for feeling.

Jesus didn’t sin, He felt. (Garden of Gethsemane) 

Anxiety is fear of feeling. 

Emotions aren’t to be controlled but regulated.

Anger is a sign that something needs to be valued better. 

Be daily involved with your feelings. 

Anger protects us from being sad. 

You  need skin in the game. 

God will tie up your blessing so it can’t get away or anyone else takes it. (Abraham and Isaac story) 

It doesn’t matter how you start but how you finish. 

Because you passed the test, you get blessed.

It is time to release the creator life in you. 

You won’t lose, if you don’t quit.

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