Find a Friend
The simple truth is that every leader needs a friend. They need someone who will come alongside and encourage them, whether they are at the top of their game or even when they have committed a major misstep.
The simple truth is that every leader needs a friend. They need someone who will come alongside and encourage them, whether they are at the top of their game or even when they have committed a major misstep.
Though it sometimes masquerades as self-care, extended isolation has some dangerous side effects.
We MUST be theologians. This is why every Christian theologian would agree, and I turn to the Apostle Paul to tell us why, specifically in the book of Ephesians.
Toward the end of the day or a week when a leader has had to make too many decisions, he may find himself losing his cool more easily, flying off the handle, or saying thing things he shouldn’t, as decision fatigue takes its toll.
5 almost-universal truths you can expect in your church planting adventure
Work around us, Lord, we seem to say. Not in us and through us. Shame and lukewarm, self-defense mechanisms are all working overtime. If we would be or do anything for the Master, we must face and overcome this gremlin.
“Activity is not the same as productivity. We need to figure out what the right things are.”
Perhaps one day your children about Yahweh will speak back to you what you have written and spoken and lived.