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Investing Your Resources Wisely

Every day, we can either spend or invest our time, money, and energy. Learn from Life.Church Oklahoma City Pastor Chris Beall as we discuss how we can best use our resources....

Message Support: Habits

Change isn’t easy, but it isn’t impossible, either. Your future self is a result of the decisions you make each day. Starting a few small Habits can change how you see yourself today and transform you into the person you want to be tomorrow. Join us as we talk with Life.Church Pasto...

Hillsong Training: Language Builds the House

Join Steve Dixon, State Oversight of Hillsong Queensland, and Cass Langton, Global Creative Director, as they discuss the importance of intentionally stewarding the language of your church - knowing that it is either building up or tearing down your culture. Thi...

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Personal Generosity

Several pastors have complained to me that most people in their churches are not generous. I’m guessing that the churches are a reflection of its leaders. If our ministries aren’t generous, it is probably because we aren’t either. Several years ago, God started moving our family toward a muc...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Giving and Receiving Feedback, Part 1

Without a doubt, one of the most important tools to develop in your organization is a consistent culture of feedback. Many of us want to know when we are doing something right, but we might also fear or avoid hearing feedback when we’re not. What’s interesting is that most people don’t know ho...

Campus Building Plans: The Importance of Height

At Life.Church, we strive to honor Christ and His church with integrity. Often integrity is illustrated in the way we spend money. When constructing new buildings there are plenty of variables to keep in mind. These variables drive costs and can create or alleviate friction both...

Improve Communication with Stage Time Drills

At Life.Church, we don’t give “announcements.” We lead people to action. Because of this philosophy, leaders at our campuses set aside time weekly to practice how they’re going to interact with attenders from the stage. We call this Stage Time Drills. A Stage Time Drill begins with a speaker doing...

Get Smart: Using Technology During the Experience

Our Senior Pastor, Craig Groeschel, and many of our campus pastors, will often teach using an iPad, tablet, or smartphone. Here's how they access their notes and related Bible verses...

Letting Go of the Fear of Failure

The fear of failure paralyzes too many people. I’ve found one of the best gifts God can give a leader is the gift of failure. Too many of us are not doing what we feel called to do because we’re afraid to fail. As I observe the people around me, it seems the most effective have failed far m...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Secrets of Superior Decision-Making

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! The small decisions we make every day have a bigger impact on our success than a few big ones. In today's episode, let's take a look at some of the ways we can all improve in our decision-making. Our generation has a growing problem w...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Motivating Your Team

When we think about motivation, it’s easy to start with the wrong assumption about people. People are not unmotivated. Everyone is motivated by something—they’re just not all motivated by the same things. In fact, let’s look at a good leader’s definition of motivation: The art of leading someone...

Leadership Podcast: Institutionalizing Urgency, Part 1

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! In this episode, Craig will discuss the importance of urgency in success. The greatest threat to future success is current success. Success feeds pride, and pride kills urgency: nothing fails like success. In many organizations, urge...

Letting Go of the Know

When you are in the beginning stages of empowering or developing a leader, you probably want to know a lot and control a lot. You are building trust. Once a leader is trained and functioning well, it’s time to “let go of the know.” Here's an example: Sam Roberts oversees all of our Life.Chur...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Leading Up, Part 2

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! In this episode, we're going to continue to tackle our listeners' most commonly asked question: "How do I lead when I'm not in charge?" In Part 1 , we discussed the first two (honor and timing) of five things that matter when you’re l...

Meaningful and Organized: Baptism Weekends at Life.Church

Baptism is one of the most memorable moments in the life of a believer. They’ve made the decision to follow Christ, and they’re ready to show the world what God has done. It’s a beautiful symbol of dying to their old life and being made into a new creation. Since it’s such a special occasion, we...