Craig Groeschel on Furtick: “He doesn’t know what cannot be done. He’ll call me and say ‘I’m praying for 2,000 people to come to Christ this weekend. And I treat it like my son saying he wants to be an astronaut when he grows up. Then he calls the next week and says 2,400 people came to the Lord.”
“One thing I believe I’m an expert at is being ‘dumb enough’ to believe God can do anything. That is one of the blessings of youth. The other faculty members here will help you get the wisdom you need, and I’ll help you believe you can do anything he’s written in his word.”
“I want to help you raise your faith today. Audacious faith, believing God for the impossible, is the theme of my life.”
At 16 he read a sentence in Jim Cymbala’s book Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire that said “I despaired at the thought that my life could pass without God showing up in a big way. I knew then that God wanted me to plant a church.”
“I don’t just want to have a comfortable life and good retirement account. I want to have stories to tell of God showing up in a big way.”
(You can find Furtick”s blog here.)