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10 Keys to Being a Healthy Pastor

Healthy pastors lead healthy churches.  Below are keys to being a healthy pastor.  Do not skip over #1.

1. Let God restore your soul daily.

Psalm 23Matthew 11:28.

Worship.  Prayer.  Solitude.  Listening.  Bible reading.

Averill quote: I pray for you to know the REST of Jesus in all things.  The enemy will deceitfully persuade you that you have many things to accomplish in order to keep things running.  I am all too aware of this temptation.  Simplicity in Christ leads us to only one thing to do- let Christ do it.

2.  Give your marriage priority attention.

A bad marriage ruins the rest of life.  (Remember the Proverbs.)

A good marriage fortifies you for the rest of life.

Is your home a tunnel of chaos or an oasis of rest?

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3. Work with your personal rhythms.

For me:  start early, try to leave early.

Creative work in the mornings.

Between 4-7 p.m.–not my best time for mental focus.

4.  Keep your Sabbath rest.

A principle of creation:  rest one day in seven.

Sabbath is a day to pray and play.

Eugene Peterson:  hike all day.

5.  Do the things only you can do – and delegate the rest.

Be ruthless in simplifying your work.

Empower others!

Take some time now to save much time later.