Beyond Church | Raising Leaders

The Stones I Carry - Building a LIFE Culture


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The stones are not the WIN, the crossing is the WIN, but the stones point to the WIN..The stones point to what Joshua wanted the people to value, what he wanted them to remember. (Joshua 4:1-4, 19-24 )


Just like all other ancient nations…it is these memorials, these

What are these stones for?
Stones = Culture / this is who we are and this is the kind of people we always want to be!


1. The leaders carried the stones

We carry the culture
What are you carrying today? What is the culture of your heart? Is it full of LOVE, INSPIRATION, are you having FUN? Are you carrying excellence?

As leaders WE CARRY the culture into the room. If the room is not full of LIFE…that won’t change unless we change it…AND…we cant’t change it unless we are CARRYING IT….AND..we cant carry it unless we have picked it UP!…

How do we pick it UP?
- we have to position ourselves to pick it up…(LANGUAGE CARRIED CULTURE)
How will you PICK UP, the LIFE CULTURE, God has called us to carry?

1. You are doing it now by being in this call with me!

2. You can do it by keeping your heart soft toward leadership and asking lots of questions…AND

3. You can do it by applying principles not just learning about them

Be where the culture is and allow it to affect you! How can you find yourself in a position this week to be filling your life wth Kingdom Culture?


2. The leaders built with the stones

We build the culture

Building culture, is taking the culture we CARRY and making it FUNCTION as a measurable reality in our world.
How do we build with our LIFE CULTURE
- We don’t build teams so we can run events/services…we run service so we can build teams…because building teams, raises leaders.
Who could you invite to do this week to build this Kingdom Culture with you?

3. The leaders pointed to the stones

We call people to the culture
This is where we challenge counter cultural behaviours and celebrate cultural victories.
People will report what is rewarded - It is so important that we are always celebrating the culture we want other to carry, and build with. We point to the cultural conviction that a behaviour is reflecting. BECAUSE we don’t want people to simply follow instructions, we the to be moved by convictions.
This is why, when our team are on time, we don’t say thanks for being on time, we say thanks for honouring the team (LOVE)
When we have a full roster of team, we don’t say thanks for being on team, we say thanks for saying yes to God’s call on your life. (INSPIRATION)
Who could you celebrate this week, for living their cultural convictions?

4. The Cornerstone is Jesus!

Psalm 118:22

The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;

Rejection is actually a privilege

We are a counter cultural people
We need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable
What ‘uncomfortable action’ have you been putting off, that you could do this week?
Lets carry the cultural, build the culture, call people to the culture and get comfortable with being uncomfortable……

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