Tweet Every pastor I know needs a best friend. Don’t we all? Most likely the pastor has a best friend in a spouse. I hope so. I encourage it. My…
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Tweet Be aware of the elasticity of your heart. I’ve learned through hard lessons that a stretched heart never returns exactly the same. The Bible says, “Above all else, guard…
Tweet Cheryl and I were once on a long airplane flight. It wasn’t the longest flight we had been on by far, but it seemed longer than it was. We…
Tweet Do you want to know the fastest way to encourage change? I have practiced this one for years and it almost always triggers change. It has worked in business,…
Tweet I was once talking to a staff member of a large church who was so frustrated he was ready to quit. But he couldn’t. For a multiple of reasons,…
Inactivity rarely produces anything…
Waiting on God doesn’t always mean doing nothing…
Jesus said, “My time has not yet come” (John 2:4)… He was in a time of waiting…yet He continued to act on what He could do…
Do what you know to do today…
Take initiative towards change you know you should make…
In Joshua 3 they had to get in the water before it started to part…You may have to get in the water first, before you start to see results…
Create action…it is often then God begins to reveal the destination He is taking you towards…
What action do you need to take today?
Tweet Every organization and team has times where everyone is stretched, stress abounds, and even times where it seems things are going backwards for a while. It could be in…
Tweet Constructive: Serving a useful purpose; tending to build up. Criticism: The act of passing judgment as to the merits of anything. Constructive Criticism You’ve heard the term. As a…
Tweet I once had a leader who was an emphatic talker. Statements were made with no reservation in them about things – honestly – I simply didn’t believe. He would…
Tweet The leader sets the bar for the organization. If you are a leader of any organization then you have the awesome responsibility of establishing the parameters by which your…