One woman slept nightly with her pet python sprawled across her body. Eventually, the snake stopped eating so she was worried about it. A vet discovered the snake was curling itself around her to size her up, and starving itself as preparation to devour her!
The poor, the lost, the hurting, and the broken are not problems to be solved or burdens to be borne; they are gifts to us, because they help us experience God’s grace afresh as we meet Jesus in their faces
The old way Pastors used to brag was how many people I have in my church (newsflash – it’s not yours). The new way in the circles I move in is ‘how many churches I’ve planted….’
But what if the true measure of success in ministry isn’t about numbers or achievements?
Heaven’s desire and decree is for 2025 to be a year of EXPANSION as the Lord is calling us to stretch wider, dig deeper, and expand beyond what we have yet experienced or ever imagined.
Here’s how I want this vision to inspire and shape my own leadership in 2025 and I invite you to consider it too.
Church is not a place you go; it’s a people you belong to and a mission you live out.
This isn’t about what you aspire to do; it’s about what matters so much you’ll perspire to get it done.
If we love in the truth,
And are faithful to one another in the truth
And walk together in the truth
We will work together for the truth.
Every time someone mentions a name to me, I put them on a matrix of character and competence. Can you be trusted?
Ex police officer interviews his ex criminal (allegedly) friend.
Self evaluate – How are you doing in these 5 vital areas uncovered in his Doctoral research?