It happens all of the time. Someone is hurting, overcome in anguish and loss, and the natural response is “Don’t feel that way.” Haven’t we discovered that feelings are not so easily controlled? Don’t feel that way? Too late, I already do! What happens next can be classic. When another does not “receive” our encouragement we can begin to experience… Read more »
Holy leaders are a gift to the people. They are evidence of God’s love for us! Isn’t that striking? When we ponder how much the Lord loves us, one expression is the leaders He places over us! The sacrifice of a leader is an expression of our value! The willingness of a leader to lay down their life (which could… Read more »
Powerful leaders have in their history painful times. The difference is that spiritually powerful leaders have learned that the Lord shows up in those seasons and uses them to catalyze a future that they do not want to miss! Don’t waste your pain! Bring it to the Lord as a sacrifice and allow Him to sanctify it.
Read through I Timothy chapter one – but read it differently. How does Paul “lead” Timothy? This is a personal letter we are invited into by the Lord. Most of us read scripture from the vantage of how we may be taught in our lives without the full power of entering the story and becoming the characters. Sit in Paul’s… Read more »