Pastors

How To Escape Condemnation

The chase for approval can be crippling. Feelings of condemnation can keep us from becoming who God created us to be.

8 Things To Do When Depression Hits Your Pastor

More and more pastors are dealing with the issue of depression. The pain is often deep, and few pastors have immediate places to turn for guidance and comfort. If that’s your church, here are some thoughts.

4 Battles to Set Boundaries in Ministry

Essentially boundaries in ministry for leaders or pastors are like a property line around your yard, only in this case that yard is your soul.

How the Holy Spirit Transformed a 93-Year-Old Woman into a Messenger of Faith

No one is ever too old or to set in their ways that the Holy Spirit can’t change their hearts. Let’s never give up on our family and friends who don’t know Jesus.

How To Build Hope

To build hope doesn't happen by turning on a switch. A totally rebuilt life doesn't just drop out of the sky.

A Simple Exercise That Will Infuse Life Into Your Church Staff

Some time back our church staff held our annual in-house evaluation retreat when we reviewed the prior year’s goals and plans.

Pour Out Your Heart to God!

If we want to become men and women after God’s own heart, we must learn how to intimately and honestly pour out our hearts to God—to press pause on the madness unfolding around us and express to him our deepest feelings and fears.

Defeating the Demons of Discouragement

Somebody once said there are two things in life we can’t avoid, taxes and death. I’d like to add a third, discouragement.