Honesty in prayer is always best. If you dont feel like praying, tell Him that. Honesty in prayer allows you to admit fears or doubts. He who created you understands tiredness. He can take your admitting that in your prayer. We worship in Spirit and in truth.
Discover what God has done that forever makes you know how special you are and how deeply loved by God you truly are.
The worst part of pastoring isn't the hospitals, funerals, or administration, but rather the unseen hardships of being a pastor. Its not about attacks from the outside world or harassment from those picketing the church because the preacher is taking a stand on some issue from the pulpit. Its none of these things.
Reading the entire Bible in a year is like seeing Europe in a week: You will notice a lot of things you don’t see from ground level, but it’s no way to get to know a country.
Examine the poor decisions that contribute to the decline and demise of churches.
The future is uncharted territory, but we walk forward into it whether we like it or not. Believers have a Lord who dwells in the future as well as the present. We can go confidently into that good night, as one put it. He leadeth me in paths of righteousness, especially when the church is resisting change.
When we learn to love those we had previously written off, we grow and become a little more like Jesus.
Whenever Gods people do the hard thing in the Lords waywhen we love the unlovely, when we forgive our attackers, when we do good things to our enemy, when we soldier on in the face of adversity, when we maintain our joy in the midst of disaster and retaliate with lovetwelve things begin to happen from that moment, revealing key healthy church signs.
Flattery is like perfume, were told. It smells good but will make you sick if you swallow it. Ive known too many preachers who swallow all the flattery they can find, then look around for more. Not wise. This article explores the pastor what not to love pitfalls.
The pastor makes the Scripture seem too complicated when he spends a lot of time digging into the Greek and Hebrew, unintentionally discouraging Bible use. Members go away feeling only the Ph.Ds can grasp its meaning.
