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- 1. Disciple Your Congregation Well With These Powerful Prayer Tools
- Development in prayer does not happen naturally for most people. It needs to be both caught and taught. Churches that recognize this will begin to look for ways to disciple their people in prayer at all ...
- Created on 25 February 2021
- 2. What Keeps You From Stepping Out in Faith? ...
- ... h forward motion. Rhythm and routine get great things accomplished. For many of us, turmoil and storms have us rooted in the past, unable to move forward. God is calling people to step out in faith; ...
- Created on 22 February 2021
- 3. Retired Pastor: So Many Reasons Why Pastors Need Prayer
- A friend and I were having a discussion about preachers. We both love our preachers, and years ago, I was her pastor. So we have a mutual understanding about a lot of things. The conversation went like ...
- Created on 17 February 2021
- 4. This Quality Is Crucial for Ministry Leaders to Go the Distance
- The primary difference between doing a short run and a long run is endurance. COVID is teaching us that no matter how much we want a difficult circumstance to end sooner, it's going to finish its course. ...
- Created on 11 February 2021
- 5. 11 Steps to Keep Your Small Group Outwardly Focused
- ... shares their faith regularly? 2. Expect small group facilitators to be faithful evangelists. To have a facilitator who does not faithfully evangelize is almost to guarantee the group will not be evangelistic. ...
- Created on 05 February 2021
- 6. What Is the Lord Asking You to Give Him Today?
- He was just a little boy with a smudge on his face and a sparkle in his blue eyes. He came to my door and knocked, although there was no need to knock because this was the door of his own home, with one ...
- Created on 04 February 2021
- 7. Remembering the Gentle and Godly Wisdom of Oral Roberts
- As a student at Oral Roberts University in the mid-1970s, I remember clearly the sermons that were preached by some of the giants of the faith of the mid-20th century. Corrie ten Boom, Kathryn Kuhlman, ...
- Created on 28 January 2021
- 8. How to Tell Your Storm to Be Still
- ... d to them, "Why are you so fearful? How is that you have no faith?" This passage comes right after Jesus ministered to a large crowd. His momentum was multiplying! Hope and excitement rustled throu ...
- Created on 19 January 2021
- 9. 3 Traits of Successful Employees in 2021
- 2020 has turned everyone's world upside down. While we can be hopeful that life will soon transition to a "new normal," there will undoubtedly be lasting changes due to the many lessons we've learned during ...
- Created on 15 January 2021
- 10. Holy Spirit Extends Invitation to Believers to 'Kick It up a Notch'
- The entertainment-driven church calculates success as attendance + programs + offerings x short attention span. Now in a COVID-19 era, the church calculates survival as viewers + offerings x short attention ...
- Created on 11 January 2021
- 11. 4 Types of Families for a Changing Church in 2021
- ... t encouraged you during a really tough ministry season. Let them know what you have seen God do in and through their family. The next phase of your ministry will be built on their faithfulness. 2. Famili ...
- Created on 08 January 2021
- 12. Spirit-Filled Pastor: The Lord Says, 'This is the Time to Sing'
- ... injustice and the mockery of our faith; we are not the first, and we won't be the last. So, what do Christians do during these volatile moments in political history? Is there a formula to call the natio ...
- Created on 07 January 2021
- 13. 6 Questions Churches and Ministries Should Ask to Start 2021
- ... ard to document prior corporate decisions that should have been recorded in board meeting minutes. When ratifying prior acts, it is important to make your most accurate, good faith estimates of times and d ...
- Created on 05 January 2021
- 14. How to Structure Your Organizational Chart for Success in 2021
- COVID has moved church online. Before the pandemic, only a small percentage of Protestant churches were streaming their services online, and now it's nearly impossible to reach your audience if you are ...
- Created on 05 January 2021
- 15. Don't Lose Sight of Christmas During Difficult Seasons
- Are you going through something difficult this Christmas season? Has the momentous year of 2020 been a hard year for you? I'd like to remind you of the blessed hope that Christmas brings to all of those ...
- Created on 17 December 2020
- 16. 2 More Ways the Christmas Story Teaches Us About God's Timing
- Note: For part one of this article, click here. Timing is one of the most important parts of leadership. In fact, the difference between a great leader and a poor leader is not just knowing what to ...
- Created on 16 December 2020
- 17. 7 Heartfelt Prayers by Pastors for Their Churches for 2021
- I could begin this article with another cliché about 2020, but I won't. Pastors are ready to move forward. Church members are ready to move forward. Indeed, it's time to move forward. In that light, ...
- Created on 14 December 2020
- 18. What the Christmas Story Teaches Believers About God's Timing
- Like many of you, I've read and preached the Christmas story many times in my life. But a few years ago, I noticed something that I had missed for most of my life. God's timetable is all over the Christmas ...
- Created on 09 December 2020
- 19. Why We Must Put Our Faith Into Action ...
- ... have a role. When believers take action to God's Word, we call that faith. We must not forget that it is not our human effort that draws us to God but faith imparted by grace. Salvation by grace throu ...
- Created on 25 November 2020
- 20. Will You Be Thankful During This Wonderful Time of the Year?
- ... d me. I believe that Jesus is indeed my healer. I believe He has given me power and authority over sickness and pain. I will declare the Word of God when my body is ill, and I will stand in strong fai ...
- Created on 20 November 2020