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Are You Focused on the Immediate or the Eternal?

As a pastor, you deal with many immediate needs every day—from counseling issues to leadership concerns to preparing your regular …
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Six Steps to Building Margin in Your Life

Too many church leaders serve out of exhaustion. But leaders need margin. It’s crucial for healthy ministries. In my previous …

Why Margin Matters for Your Ministry

If you’re like most pastors, you are tired. Exhausted may be more like it. One survey said that 84 percent …

To Keep Your Ministry on Track, Watch Your Gauges

We all need renewal from time to time. As pastors, just like anyone else, our spiritual lives can grow stagnant …

Managing Your Mind for More Effective Ministry

  Your mental health is a critical part of your effectiveness in ministry. But it’s easy to think that your …

Rediscovering Your Joy in Ministry

Do you remember the thrill you felt when you first had a relationship with Jesus? Everything was new and exciting. …

Four Ways to Love Others Like Jesus

We can’t shepherd our churches until we learn to love people the way Jesus does.  Jesus is the best model …

Developing a Habit of Personal Discipline

You don’t hear much about discipline these days. Most people only want to talk about what’s fun and what feels …

Three Questions to Help You Discover Your Life Objective

We all need a life objective—a vision of what we believe God wants to do in our lives. Because if …

Six Steps to Get Out of a Rut

We all find ourselves in a rut at times. Whether it’s in our relationships, our ministries, or our spiritual lives, …

How God Spells Success

God wants you to succeed. He didn’t call you into church leadership to fail in what he created you to …

Four Ways to Make God Smile

For many of us, January is a time when we reflect on our life and question whether we’re fulfilling God’s …

8 Steps of Making Wise Decisions

2023 will be full of decisions, and those decisions will largely define your success. But with every decision, there is …

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