Pastoral Quotes
Pastoral Quote of the day
My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives.
Bees blew like cake-crumbs through the golden air, white butterflies like sugared wafers, and when it wasn't raining a diamond dust took over which veiled and yet magnified all things
There is nothing worse for a young convert than to be thrust into leadership without mentoring and ongoing coaching because the devil relishes these vulnerable souls.
Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first.
Our enemy attacks the conscience little by little seeking to wear us down and then wears out a leader's resolve to fight the good fight.
No man is exempted from the subtle deception of doctrinal drift – the man of God expects this temptation.
Missional leaders are comfortable in the own skin.
If a church is good at making disciples it will be good at making leaders because in the end, a good spiritual formation plan will lead to an accelerated spiritual multiplication.
Once you've caught a glimpse of the cosmos through the back doors of your church, it doesn't seem like such a big deal to suggest to a sweet young couple that they quit sleeping with other people.
The aim and the result of faithful, fruitful, and fulfilling service is to make God famous.
If evangelism is really going to be a value that your church embraces, the church will have to embrace the changes that will take place when evangelism is activated in the church.
My Love wakes in a puddle of sunlight.Her hands asleep beside her.Her hair draped on the lawnlike a mantle of cloth.I give her my lifefor our love is wholeI sing her beauty in my soul.
Sometimes all you need is one person with a guilty conscience to come forward and do the right thing. Often, the miracle you need resides inside of yourself, when you humbly ask for forgiveness.
An angry leader is a scared leader or a hurt leader or a frustrated leader but most of all they are a vulnerable leader.
I figured I wasn't supposed to be capable of that kind of thinking, and I felt like an alien. I feel that a lot, actually, in a lot of circumstances. Like I ought to be feeling something I don't.
You must read to lead. Reading feeds. It opens our souls to a long line of counselors.
Cultivating spiritual intimacy is essential for leaders to live a vibrant missional life.
Leaders are passionate learners. Leaders are always seeking ways to improve themselves by sharpening their skills. They fully embrace the fact that growing leaders lead growing organizations.
We don't forget that we are Christians. We forget that we are human, and that one oversight alone can debilitate the potential of our future.
For every Gospel action, there is an opposite and devious demonic reaction. We see this in the book of Acts. It appears in church history. We experience it in our personal journeys.
A prayer culture is fueled by experience not explanation. A passion to seek the Lord in prayer is more caught than taught.