Lessons from R. Kent Hughes

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CrossPoint’s second annual Men’s Weekend Retreat was impressive.  R. Kent Hughes taught us well.  He is, indeed, a spiritual giant, and we were privileged to sit at his feet. I had the joy of spending considerable time with Dr. Hughes throughout the weekend.  I gleaned many lessons from my new friend.

While enjoying lunch with the Retreat’s Sponsor Church Pastors I learned…

…Ministers are dispensable

…Take time to smell the roses with your family

…We are all just a few blinks away from seeing Jesus (see Ron Ethridge’s blog for an explanation of the blinks)

…Humble yourselves

…Love your people

…Discipline yourselves

In a breakfast with three of my four closest pastor friends, I learned…

…Be yourself

…Blessed is the man who has precious friends like mine

…Enjoy your friends

…Read, read, read

…Keep your sense of humor

…Be gracious

…Discipline yourselves

During the Men’s Weekend I learned…

…Discipline yourselves

…Study

…Read the Word

…Meditate on the Word

…COMMITMENT

…Men you are the man of the house, be the man!

…”Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just,   whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is   any excellence, if anything is praiseworthy, think about these things.”

…Each man held a lightening rod in his hand, waiting for God to strike it

…Quit being a hitchhiker in the church

Sunday morning as Dr. Hughes preached from Mark 2:1-2, I learned…

…The paralytic’s four friends were loving, faithful, faith-filled, sacrificial men

…Jesus healing the paralytic was the easy part

…Jesus used His ease of omnipotence to heal the paralytic

…Jesus telling the paralytic, “My son, your sins are forgiven” was the hard part

…Preach the gospel – clearly, simply and repeatedly

And finally, these are the lessons I learned from watching R. Kent Hughes…

…Discipline yourself

…Be thankful

…Speak only good of others

…Be humble

…Be gracious

…Be yourself

…Be prayerful

…Be like Christ

Thank you, Dr. Hughes, for an incredible experience.  Thank you, Lord, for the Men’s Weekend Retreat.