As Christian leaders, we want to know God’s heart for our ministries and obey His will. But exactly how do we discern His heart, and how do we know when we’ve received the full download? Let’s lay a little groundwork, and then I’ll share a scenario from our ministry. Our Concealing, Revealing God God knows […]
Leaders are busy. Wise leaders are busy doing the right things. But how do you know what’s right? At the ministry where I serve, we’ve found that what’s “right” is determined not by our own human wisdom, but by God’s higher ways and thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 says, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither […]
As leaders, besides wrongly categorizing our days into ministry and non-ministry segments, we also tend to categorize people. There are the people we relate to on deep level, those we’re just friendly to, and those we typically wouldn’t associate with. Problem is, Jesus didn’t function this way. Yes, there’s wisdom in not putting ourselves in […]
Christian leaders are famous for saying, “We give God all the glory.” And most of them mean it. But is there a deeper place—a place beneath our words—from which God wants to receive honor? And how does that play out in the workplace? Conviction is a funny thing. Until it happens, you think you’re fine. […]
Take yesterday at work, for example. Can you remember praying on your own or with others? If you’re like most leaders, the answer is no. There were back to back meetings in your office, piles of projects on your desk, and unexpected visitors at your door. The title of this blog may well have been: […]
Christian leaders embrace the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the foundation of their life in Him. It’s also the basis for life-giving rebirths within their ministries. Let’s look at the essential elements of ministry resurrections. I experienced a practical resurrection during the renovation of our 35-year-old kitchen. When the estimate on my plans exceeded our […]
The landscape of leadership is dotted with mazes—those crucial decisions that require traversing multiple routes to find the best one. Mazes can be challenging, complicated, and cumbersome. But they don’t have to be. Recently, as I prayed about a crucial ministry decision, God characterized it as a maze and showed me that one of the […]
A few years ago, God used the death of a friend—an everyday evangelist—to spur me to talk with strangers about Jesus. Even though I’ve grown in initiating conversations with others since then, I’ve periodically asked God if it’s just a phase. His recent answer bellowed to me from Scripture. I was reading Luke 5, where […]