What’s Small, Becomes Big, Feat. John Gray, with Joel Marion – BTI 78
Born to Impact
Joel Marion
4.8 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2020
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Get ready for an inspiring conversation with John Gray.
John Gray is a highly sought after international speaker and the Pastor of Relentless Church in Greenville, South Carolina with thousands of weekly attendees and millions more being impacted by his messages via his online messages and platform.
John was the co-host of the 2016 FOX News show, The Preachers. He and his family were also the focal point of the Oprah Winfrey Network reality TV series, The Book of John Gray. He was also selected by Oprah for her Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 list; a collection of 100 awakened leaders who are using their voices and talent to elevate humanity.
John is also one of the Associate Teaching Pastors at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas under the leadership of Pastor Joel Osteen where he regularly preaches the midweek service to tens of thousands of attendees.
He is the national bestselling author of the books “I am Number 8” and “Win from Within: Finding Yourself by Facing Yourself”.
Even more, John is a loving husband, father of 2 remarkable children, an incredible friend and an all around stellar human being living out a Born To Impact life firsthand.
In this episode, we discuss:
- John’s journey to becoming on-staff at Lakewood Church with Joel Osteen
- The importance of being always real vs. always right
- Aligning your life to God’s calling
- How God’s speed always starts slow and steady
- Why small-time faithfulness comes before big-time success
And so much more.
John’s story will inspire you, encourage you, and pull you even closer to living the life you were born to live ... don't miss it.
Even more, be sure to subscribe to the Born to Impact podcast to ensure you get notified as new episodes release each week!
After listening, connect with John on Instagram @RealJohnGray and be sure to check out www.JohnGrayMinistries.com.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | While I was the youth minister at that time, I was also the janitor because the youth ministry position didn't make enough. |
| 0:08.0 | So when I got finished preaching and all the people left, I would pull out the vacuum and I vacuumed the sanctuary, I polished the pews, they were wooden. |
| 0:17.0 | I'd be there till three in the morning and I'm like, I just got finished preaching and I'm cleaning the church. |
| 0:23.0 | And I didn't know that God was checking my character to see if I was preaching for the applause of people or for the approval of one because it's still the Lord's house. |
| 0:35.0 | And I would, I absolutely believe that I'm sitting at this seat right now because when I was by myself in the basement of that church scrubbing toilets, |
| 0:45.0 | I was as passionate about making sure that the Lord's toilets were clean as I was about preaching the Word. |
| 0:52.0 | All right, what is up guys and welcome back to another exciting episode of Be Born to Impact Podcast. |
| 1:06.0 | I am very excited about today's episode. |
| 1:10.0 | Got a good friend of mine here. His name is John Gray. |
| 1:13.0 | Actually, been wanting John to be on the show for quite some time here and we finally threw quarantine. |
| 1:19.0 | That's found the way to make it happen. |
| 1:22.0 | Now that we've done it. |
| 1:23.0 | You've been talking about John Gray for, I mean, many, many months, man. |
| 1:26.0 | Many months. |
| 1:27.0 | Yeah. So we're definitely very excited to have him available. |
| 1:30.0 | Makes it a little bit easier now that we've transitioned to doing these online and be a zoom. |
| 1:35.0 | People don't have to travel with with all of us traveling all around the world, especially John, his crazy travel schedule minister into people all over the country. |
| 1:44.0 | Every week. |
| 1:45.0 | It's a pleasure to have John here and to make this opportunity available and we are going to have an incredible conversation. |
| 1:51.0 | A conversation that I know is going to bless so many people who are listening has gone to come at the perfect time for so many people. |
| 1:58.0 | I truly believe that and I trust God for that that the words of this or not by accident. |
| 2:04.0 | And if you tuned into this podcast today and you decide to stream this, whether this is in some time in May or June or whether this is May or June of 2025 because this this episode is going to be here for a long time to come. |
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