I don’t think anyone ever told Chuck Dennie you just can’t come in and just start all willy nilly changing things around.  He hasn’t even been on staff 90 days.  Everyone knows that you’re supposed to just chill the first 90. Check things out; make sure you get past that 90 day mark. Then you make slow subtle changes, you don’t want to shake things up to much. You don’t want to get on anybodies radar in the wrong way.

Now whether or not all that might be true Chuck doesn’t live by mans Standards, he lives by Gods. Not one change Chuck has made benefits him or points to him; they all point to God.  Whether it was him no longer standing in the middle of the stage or letting a 15 year old lead worship while he baptized his wife.(or any of the 5000 other changes he has made)

Chuck recognizes that God has called him to a place, to do Gods will not mans. That God is the final authority not man. God has blessed Chuck with many talents and abilities and he uses those to give our Great, Glorious and Holy God praise.

So I encourage you not to be like Chuck but to do what God has called you to do.  To live by Holy God standards not mans.

Disclaimer: I know Chuck Dennie he is a co-worker, friend and truly an inspiration of a God centered life. And No not in anyway to I think Chuck Dennie should be fired

Chuck Dennie is the Worship Pastor @ Lifechurch.tv Northwest Oklahoma City  campus.

This week’s video is from Mark Driscoll preaching pastor at Mars Hill Church in Seattle. This is an incredible message Pastor Mark hit a grand slam with this one.

I believe it’s important that we should continually learn. One of the ways we can do that is thru reading. So I thought I would share some books with you I have read (some i’m still reading) over the past few months.

• Axiom – Bill Hybels

• Tribes – Seth Godin

• The four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive – Patrick Lencioni

• Chazown- Craig Groeschel.

• First , Break All the Rules –Marcus Buckingham &Curt Coffman

• Confessions of a Pastor – Craig Groeschel

• Type Talk at Work – Otto Kroeger with Janet Thuesen & Hile Rutledge

• The Servant – James Hunter

• More Precious than Gold – Sam Storms

• The Celebration of Discipline – Richard Foster

• The Screwtape Letters – C S Lewis

• Going All The Way – Craig Groeschel

• Inside the Magic Kingdom – Tom Connellan
• Vintage Church – Mark Driscoll & Gerry Breshears

I am not @scottwilliams; you are probably saying to yourself I know that. I know it too (i’m much taller than he is) but from time to time I have to remind myself that I am who God created me to be. See I noticed in my own life that it’s easy to get caught up in trying to be like someone in certain areas. I remember when I first started to Twitter and @scottwilliams had only a few followers like 3000(he’s got like 20,000 now) I was like I gotta catch him or when I first started blogging I was sure I could have as many readers as Bigisthenewsmall.com.

Then God had to check me on that. See God may want me to Twitter and blog but it doesn’t mean he has the same plan for me as he does Scott. God has a plan for each of us so if you’re called to be a pastor it doesn’t mean he has the same plan for you as Craig Groeschel or Mark Driscoll. Be who God called you to be not who he called someone else to be.

Disclaimer: Yes I do know Scott he is my boss, my mentor and my friend.

What an amazing night at Switch! I learned so much about leadership in the past 48 hrs. Allow me to share with you. It all started about 3 o’clock on Tuesday I called one of my amazing leaders and asked her to lead or leader meeting. By noon on Wednesday I had given away the entire night to our wonderful leaders from the meeting, all the stage time including the close and call to Christ.

Don’t get me wrong it’s not that I didn’t want to all that stuff I just felt like I was supposed to give it away. Turned out to be an unbelievable night and it was all thanks to some truly amazing leaders. I suppose I could have tried to do it all on my own, yet not even Jesus tried to do it on his own.

He frequently gave his disciples opportunities to show their leadership. Then why would I assume only I can do it. Why would I just assign my leaders simple task. They are capable of far more.
Leaders don’t limit those they lead
Leaders challenge those around them
Leaders admit when they don’t know it all
Leaders can’t be afraid to go against the grain
Leaders help others become leaders
Leaders don’t keep all the fun jobs for themselves