Passion Point

LifeChurch.tv : swerve has a post today relating to your passion point and then drifting from it and losing your passion for leading your small group. It begs the question, what is your passion point? Are you following it or have you been led another bureaucratic direction...in your faith or professionally.

...are you following your Hedgehog Concept...being the best at what you can be the best...

Here is the post...

Guest Blog - Stay Connected to Your Source (Kruckenberg)

Let me introduce you to Brian Kruckenberg, affectionately known as Kruck. Kruck is in charge of LifeGroups/Missions in Phoenix at the Mesa Campus.

He writes…

I’ve had some conversations lately with leaders of small groups about their struggles with keeping their LifeGroups effective. Many told me that while their groups once were actively engaged in study, prayer and service, they had become apathetic.

There are many factors that can contribute to group apathy, but one I’ve found most common comes from drifting away from the leader’s passion point. Leaders set the tone for the people they lead and when they become disconnected from their source of passion, their groups begin to atrophy and slowly die.

If a group is struggling I always ask the leader what fueled their desire to lead in the beginning. In nearly every case, the leader discovered that the group had strayed from its original purpose for beginning, which was the leader’s source of passion.

As leaders we have to stay connected to our passion point. Drift from it and the people you lead will shrivel up and eventually leave. But, if you stay connected to it and lead with passion, you will draw people who will follow you with the same level of intensity. In the immortal words of John Wesley, “When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.”