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All In, All the Way?
“All in” is a popular phrase today. It is a casual way to speak of commitment. We might say, “I’m all in on my favorite sports team.” Or, “I’m all in about my spiritual leadership role.”
After Easter
Easter has been a beautiful frustration for me in my years of pastoring. I knew we would have a big crowd, which is always wonderful; but it always felt to me like Jesus’ rising from the dead should make more of a difference on the Monday after Easter than it did.
Humility (First Response)
Last month, I told you that I’m going to write about how a local church can join the current revival movement among students. At Life Action, we have identified six biblical responses to God, which seem to always be precursors to local church revival. So today, here is the first response.
The Tragic Results of Jealousy
It’s a deadly disease. Jealousy has caused untold misery in relationships. We find it in families, churches, businesses, government. Wherever two people are, there is the possibility of jealousy.
Moving from Fear to Faith
I awoke in fear this morning. So much ahead, so much at stake at our church. As a leader, if you are going to worry, the places where the greatest FAITH is needed are always the places where the greatest FEAR is a possibility. And it was all over me this morning. I didn’t invite it in, I just woke up to fears swarming like a hornets’ nest in my mind.
Thirty Questions That Lead to Personal Revival
As a leader, the greatest way to help others to a revived life is to live there yourself. This does not happen automatically. In fact, the pull of the world, flesh, and devil is so strong that we can easily slide into sin and find ourselves in deep need of personal reviving.
Creating Environments for Encountering God
Everything flows from the presence of the Lord. Everything. If you have Him, you have everything you need. Without Him—His life, presence, provision, and power—you have nothing of importance. Our greatest concern as pastors should be simply this: Are we personally encountering God daily?
Sacred Anointing
In His sovereignty, God has ordained preaching as a primary means of transforming lives. He has graciously given us creation, His Word, and most dramatically, Himself, in the person of His Son, so that we might know Him. By these three means God sufficiently reveals Himself.
The Essential of Great Leadership
%%excerpt%% It’s a simple sentence, but amazingly telling. It was the reason David was the greatest king Israel ever knew and that God could entrust such a responsibility into his hands. And, it’s the necessary essential of all great leaders: “David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel” (2 Samuel 5:12 NASB).
Why Pastors Are Discouraged, and What to Do About It
As President of Life Action, I spend much of my time with pastors—listening, encouraging, seeking to be a friend. And I have never seen a time like this in my thirty-eight years in ministry. Pastors are discouraged today at a level that is dangerous to the body of...