Do you know your own limitations? Do you know your strengths? As we lead, it’s important to know both. When we know our strengths, we can focus our time and effort in that direction. When we know our weaknesses, we can surround ourselves with people who can help us in those areas. Take a ...
When we look at the New Testament, we see that the believers in the early church loved each other well. They met together regularly and cared for each other. They pooled their resources to help those in need. They loved in the way that Jesus loved. In the book of Acts, we read ...
Leading can be exciting. It can even be glamorous at times. The spotlight can captivate people in leadership positions. When I was in college, a classmate negatively referred to some people as “neon junkies.” What he meant by this designation is that people were seeking the spotlight. They wanted the attention. They wanted to have the ...
In Romans 12:1-2, Paul exhorts us to present ourselves as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, which is our spiritual worship. But what does it look like to live that way? Later in the same chapter of Romans, we see a great description that helps to answer that question. In this ...
Are you known for your love? When people look at your life, what you post on social media, how you speak to people, how you minister to people’s needs, how you share the good news of the gospel, do they see the love of Jesus Christ? How we love other ...
One of my favorite of Paul's epistles is Philippians. It was actually the first book I ever preached through, years ago, when I had started a worship service at a retirement village in my town. Whether or not my sermons fell on deaf ears (sometimes quite literally), just about all ...
What kind of leaders are we? Do we lead by demanding or by demonstrating? Do we lead with an attitude of pride or one of humility? Do we motivate with sternness or with grace? Jesus led out of grace, demonstrating what He wanted His followers to do, and serving them in humility. If we ...
Loving like Jesus can be painful. Sometimes it hurts. Loving other people sometimes means telling them what they need to hear, rather than what they might want to hear, and it may break our hearts to do so. Loving others often means walking through difficult times with them and grieving ...
As we recently celebrated Christmas, we heard about Jesus coming to earth as a baby, but have we really considered what He sacrificed to show us love in the Incarnation? Jesus came from the perfection and glory of heaven to the humility of a manger feeding-trough in order to rescue us. He ...
