Gregg T. Johnson

#YoungLeader Don’t rush to find a platform—you need formation. Character is essential: humility, integrity, teachability, accountability. If your character is not deep enough to support your calling, your calling will crush your character. GreggTJohnson.com/books

DISCOURAGEMENT has ruined more pastors than moral failure. Do this: REHEARSE YOUR CALLING. Remember you were called by God to this assignment. PROTECT YOUR PEACE. Monitor what/who drains or fuels you. KEEP FEEDING YOUR FAITH. Stay full of Holy Spirit who protects you from “you.”

It’s NOT “Church Hurt” if Your feelings were offended because someone told you “No.” Leadership required character before giving you a platform. You’ve joined & left 3 churches in the past 2 years because they all “hurt” you. Pastors try to correct what others keep ignoring.

Influence can expand faster than character. Visibility can outpace maturity. Leaders can be celebrated publicly while struggling privately. Only those who pursue spiritual health, emotional wellbeing, and character will endure with faithfulness.

There is a movement today that chases “encounters with God” marked by feelings & felt experiences. Yes, we want “His Presence,” but faith built on feelings will rise and fall with your emotions—it’s the seed planted in shallow soil, sown among thorns that is easily uprooted.

#DearPastor If your people love your sermons, but don’t love Scripture… you’re doing it wrong.

The tragedy of preaching watered down, happy-hyped-up, motivational sermons is it creates a church culture where doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness seems harsh, intrusive, unloving and unwelcome. 2 Tim. 3:16 Preach the Word!

When God promoted David, he didn’t give him a crown, He gave him some cheese and told him to serve his brothers. David said yes to the cheese. The cheese brought him to Goliath. Goliath proved his call as a leader. Carry the cheese. The cheese will carry you to your destiny.

THE HEALTHY CHURCH: Scripture is preached Jesus is the center, not a leader Spirit moves with decency & order Prayer is evident in the culture Pastors confront error & compromise Governance provides checks & balances All are welcome & treated with kindness People serve with joy

Shout out to the many pastors—uncelebrated, unknown, unrecognized… who remain faithful in ministry, faithful in marriage, faithful to God everyday without fame, fortune, or social media standing. Many could have had lucrative careers elsewhere, but stayed faithful to the call.

The Church doesn’t need more celebrity pastors, it needs more faithful shepherds. Men and women who… Seek God more than glory, Love people more than platforms, & Pursue holiness more than applause. May God raise up a generation who cannot be corrupted by promotion.

Never lose your hunger for God. Ministry without hunger can teach you: How to preach without having prayed, How to lead without having listened, & How to serve God publicly while neglecting Him privately. Stay hungry. Ministry without His presence must never become routine.

Every day, we face a choice: Take the broad road with the crowd—easy, comfortable, and popular. Or take the narrow way with Christ—difficult, costly, and sometimes lonely. One leads to destruction. The other leads to eternal life. Choose the narrow way. Choose Christ.

God is looking for men and women He can TRUST Not merely gifted people Not merely influential people Not merely talented people But people whose character can carry what their calling attracts Giftedness may open a door. Character determines what happens after you walk thru it

Be careful who has access to your life. You could be opening a door to the enemy.

The best way to end something is to starve it: The flesh The old man The carnal appetites The temptation that snares you Stop feeding it. Stop giving it attention. Stop providing it with substance “Put on Christ, make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.” Rm 13:14

6 Signs You're Getting BAD ADVICE 1. It came from an ungodly source. 2. It has no standing in God’s Word. 3. It was not confirmed in prayer. 4. It contradicts those you respect. 5. It undermines your integrity. 6. It exposes you to temptation.

Talent Titles Anointing Authority Not impressive. Integrity Humility Teachability Kindness Very impressive.

You can be the strongest MALE in the room while also being the weakest MAN in the room.