How Is Your Soul? A Guide to Caring for Your Soul
Caring for your soul means caring for the unique, God-breathed identity that includes your mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and relational self. Learn how to begin caring for your soul today.
Caring for your soul means caring for the unique, God-breathed identity that includes your mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and relational self. Learn how to begin caring for your soul today.
The most effective strategy for moving people forward in their journey of faith is biblical engagement. Not just getting people into the Bible when theyre in churchbut helping them engage the Bible on their own outside of church, which is key to developing spiritual fruit in church.
Disagreements in years past would have been kept inside the church, but with the advent of social media, negative feelings spread like wildfire to a broader audience. While leaders cannot control what others say, they can control how they react when learning to lead through adversity.
Ask yourself, "Who is in my neighborhood thats not in my church, and what are the barriers keeping them from feeling welcome in our multiethnic ministry culture?"
But what about when everything in life doesnt make sense? What about when we get sick and pray to be healed, and we are not? What about when someone dies? Where is the good then? Where is the expected end? Finding hope through hardship can seem impossible.
The biggest statistical change noted between 2020 and 2023 among U.S. adults overall was a staggering 20-percentage point decline in those who believe they have a unique, God-given calling or purpose for their life, highlighting shifts in the American church post-COVID.
The fact is, who you sit next to at work matters. Are they negative? Are they positive? Are they needy?
The churchs emphasis on youth is one of the many factors that spurs the couple to model co-pastoring ministry. Our co-leadership is intentional because we want to model for our young people that a mom and dad could equally work together in spiritual ministry, How says.
When inspiration for a sermon or an article comes in the middle of the night, it must be recorded then or, count on it, you'll never remember it. Act promptly when inspired and keep a pad by the bedside.
We have to train ordinary people in the relational skills to be Spirit-led in helping others be changed by Jesus through ordinary discipleship.