by Bill Elliff | Aug 10, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, O LORD, I shall seek.” Do not hide your face from me (Psalm 27:8-9 NASB). If we are to know God deeply, we must humbly realize that He is the initiator of intimacy. It is not man that first pursues, but...
by John Avant | Aug 6, 2018 | Church Leadership, Humility, Pastors & Leaders Content, Personal Growth, Presidents Column, Six Responses to God
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...
by Bill Elliff | Jul 27, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
When Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been (1 Kings 11:4 NASB). He was the wisest man in the world, made so by God. How could this happen?...
by Bill Elliff | Jul 13, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
All the people were quarreling throughout all the tribes of Israel…. Thus [David] turned the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man (2 Samuel 19:9, 14 NASB). There is a price to leadership. Leaders cannot just do “whatever they want,” because others are...
by John Avant | Jul 2, 2018 | Church Leadership, Humility, Personal Growth, Presidents Column, Six Responses to God
In my first year as president of Life Action, I have been blessed beyond measure by the humility of the servants who give their lives to this ministry. I often say these days that if the culture of Life Action could somehow be transplanted into every local church, we...
by Bill Elliff | Jun 22, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine (1 Samuel 17:48 NASB). David is a stunning example of true faith. While the rest of Israel’s army was cowering at the...
