Dave Ferguson > Quotes

“I cannot change the world.
You cannot change the world.
Even prayer alone doesn't change the world.
Only God can change the world!
However, God uses prayer to change us, and then God uses us to change our world.”
― Dave Ferguson, BLESS: 5 Everyday Ways to Love Your Neighbor and Change the World

“If you don’t have a dream that leads you to greater dependence on God, then you need to get a bigger dream!”
― Dave Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement

“I wait for someone to tell me what to do rather than taking the initiative myself. I spend too much time talking about how things should be different. I blame the context, surroundings, or other people for my current situation. I am more concerned about being cool or accepted than doing the right thing. I seek consensus rather than casting vision for a preferable future. I am not taking any significant risks. I accept the status quo as the way it’s always been and always will be. I start protecting my reputation instead of opening myself up to opposition. I procrastinate to avoid making a tough call. I talk to others about the problem rather than taking it to the person responsible. I don’t feel like my butt is on the line for anything significant. I ask for way too many opinions before taking action.”
― Dave Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement

“then I’ll buy a dozen related books to help me prepare for the teaching component.”
― Dave Ferguson, The Big Idea: Focus the Message---Multiply the Impact

“Discipleship in the church today has more to do with consuming and absorbing cognitive content than it has anything to do with missional action. Being a disciple is more about an individual and his/her ability to get a passing grade on the subject matter, and less about being a follower of Jesus who lives in community with others for the sake of Christ’s mission. I’m convinced that it will take at least another generation for us to recover the meaning of the word disciple so it is heard in the way Jesus meant for it to be heard.”
― Dave Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement

“Things that are important to us are written in our calendars. If you want to be intentional about setting aside time to pray, you need to plan for it.”
― Dave Ferguson, BLESS: 5 Everyday Ways to Love Your Neighbor and Change the World

“Fiz as perguntas erradas, não perguntas para formação de heróis, mas sim sobre como poderia ser o herói.”
― Dave Ferguson, Formador de heróis: 5 práticas essenciais para líderes multiplicarem líderes

“Deep down, our single greatest fear is to live a life of insignificance, to come to the end of our life and feel like we never really did anything that mattered. That is our greatest fear.”
― Dave Ferguson, Finding Your Way Back to God: Five Awakenings to Your New Life

“We first must plant the gospel in the hearts and lives of people and then see what form of ecclesia emerges from the transformed community. If we begin with the premise that we are starting a “church,” it will often come loaded with intuitional and cultural assumptions. Churches should grow out of the mission, not the other way around.”
― Dave Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement

“Discipleship in the church today has more to do with consuming and absorbing cognitive content than it has anything to do with missional action.”
― Dave Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement

“Do the right thing, deliver what you promised, and be consistent in the way you do it no matter what.”
― Dave Ferguson, Boss Or Leader: Are You Leading For A Living, Or Living To Lead?

“Identity always precedes behavior. What you need is someone to come alongside you and help you remember who you are and to whom you belong.”
― Dave Ferguson, Finding Your Way Back to God: Five Awakenings to Your New Life

“Grande Ideia: Formadores de Heróis sabem que se focarmos somente na adição, nunca chegaremos à multiplicação.”
― Dave Ferguson, Formador de heróis: 5 práticas essenciais para líderes multiplicarem líderes

“Developing coaches (leaders of leaders) may be the single most overlooked yet vital task in spreading a missional movement.”
― Dave Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement

“Perseverance is not something that shows up on a job description.  Perseverance is something that comes from within.”
― Dave Ferguson, BOSS OR LEADER: Are You Leading for a Living or Living to Lead?

“Being Spirit led is simply hearing from God and obeying what he says. Sounds simple, right? It is, but it’s also incredibly challenging.”
― Dave Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement