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10 Reminders for Every Pastor

• Get the best preparation you can (education). Degrees are like keys on a key chain—the more you have, the more doors you can open. God forbid that there be some door you want to walk through one day but don’t have the key to open. At this point your ability to minister and lead is limited.

• Be a lifelong learner. Read, read, read. NEVER believe that you’ve learned it all.

• Marry a woman called to be the wife of a pastor. Who a pastor marries will determine the level of ministry effectiveness he will have. Yes, God calls women to be pastors’ wives just as He calls pastors. For those already married, lead and cultivate health with your wife as a pastor’s wife. Just as it can be lonely for the pastor, it can be lonely for the pastor’s wife. You are in it together.

• Be sensitive to other people. Sensitive of the previous generation(s) and the next generation. This balance is extremely difficult, but necessary.

• Be willing to go anywhere God wants you to go. “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof” (Psalm 24:1). Don’t limit God.

• Be willing to do anything God wants you to do. Count on it—God will call you to do things that you believe are too big for you. And God will call you to do things you believe are too small for you.

• Teach your children to love Jesus and love the church. Family first, ministry second. Don’t let your children hate God and the church because they stole Daddy from them. Remember, if you lose your family, you will lose your ministry.

Remember your calling, pastor. Remember those who believed in you when you were ordained. And remember the God who equips you for every good work.

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