HOLY UTILITY BELT #2

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If you read my first blog about the HOLY UTILITY BELT you had to figure I would add a picture of BATMAN somewhere along the line!  Honestly how cool is this picture, lol!

So we are talking through what every KINGDOM IMPACT LEADER needs to have on the HOLY UTILITY BELT!  The truth is we have to constantly look at what we are carrying around because over time we pick up a lot of things that CLUTTER UP and GET IN THE WAY of the things we really need to be EFFECTIVE in ministry.  

The first was THE MATRIX!  Every leader needs to have in their possession  THEIR MATRIX and they need to know how to use it.  For more information on the power and purpose of THE MATRIX refer to the previous blog.

So lets talk about the second tool that GAME CHANGING LEADERS need.  Its what we call THE BLACK BOOK!  Sounds mysterious doesn't it, but make no mistake about it there is no mystery about THE BLACK BOOK.  Before I tell you what it is, let me tell you what is does!  THE BLACK BOOK brings things like FOCUS, CLARITY, and A DEFINED PROCESS all of which help us help people become FULLY DEVOTED FOLLOWERS OF JESUS!  

So what is THE BLACK BOOK?  This is going to blow your mind, ready, wait for it, its A BLACK BOOK!  Whats inside THE BLACK BOOK?  Well remember THE MATRIX is full of the names of people WHO ARE CONNECTED TO JESUS and CONNECTED TO GRANITE/MINISTRY TEAM.

THE BLACK BOOK also contains names, the names of people WHO WE WANT TO CONNECT TO JESUS and CONNECT TO THE CHURCH.  

THE BLACK BOOK...
  • HELPS US TO STAY FOCUSED on guests who have been and continue to come to our services.  It helps keep our guests in front of us and so that we can PRAY for them as we work to CONNECT THEM TO JESUS and CONNECT THEM TO GRANITE.  
  • BRINGS CLARITY to where someone is on their journey so that we can IDENTIFY and KNOW what their NEXT STEP IS.  This is huge because we are in the disciple making business.  This also means we are taking notes, marking down milestones, which leads me to the next point...
  • GIVES US A DEFINED PROCESS meaning as we take down notes and watch over people we know where the person is in the process of CONNECTING TO JESUS and CONNECTING TO GRANITE.  
So there is power in THE BLACK BOOK.  If you are part of the GRANITE LEADERSHIP TEAM we want you to ALWAYS bring your MATRIX and BLACK BOOK to staff meeting.  Why?  Because we are not about programs we are about people!  
  1. So where is your BLACK BOOK
  2. Who's in your BLACK BOOK
  3. When was the last time you used your BLACK BOOK in your meeting as a team
  4. What celebrations can you share from your BLACK BOOK of people who were once DISCONNECTED TO JESUS and GRANITE but now ARE CONNECTED?

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