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3 Characteristics of Christian sacrifice

What do you sacrifice? What have you sacrificed as a Christian? A sacrifice means giving something up and it entails letting go of something in exchange for less or even nothing at all. In fact, it may be an exchange that costs you more in the end. For myself, and for many Christian leaders sacrifice is not foreign ground on which to walk. If the path of sacrifice in ministry had a daily step…

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3 Words for Every Christian; The Word of God is Alive

The Word of God is alive; but what if it doesn’t always feel so alive to me?

What if I can’t make it to the bottom of the page without my eyes crossing and my head bobbing? How do people fall in love with reading the Word of God? Often times I don’t even love reading the entire menu at my favorite restaurant if it comes complete with a prologue, tiny print and no pictures.

3 Words: The living Word

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One of the greatest lies about passion every Christian believes

“One of the greatest lies in life is to follow your passion,” says Mark Cuban, multi-billionaire, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and host on ABC’s reality hit series Shark Tank. “You may not excel at what you’re passionate about,” says Cuban. He suggests that instead you, “…pay attention to those things that you devote time to.” Pay attention to the things that you treasure. Read more about what…

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Three legs you and I stand on

An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between the two wolves. One is evil- he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego.” He continued, “The other is good- he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,…

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You can start a resolution

Resolution “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” Benjamin Franklin Re-solution: A solution solves a problem and with every passing year and with each new resolution we make yet another attempt to re-solve a problem that hasn’t been resolved. So why do you and I set goals and why do we choose to start resolutions? (more…)

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Lessons in leadership from the mountain; the fight of a lifetime

It’s been said that if you’re unsure if you’re a leader, look over your shoulder and see if anyone is following you. Jesus was undoubtedly a leader from birth; there were even three Magi wise men following after Him and He had King Herod on his trail. He was the kind of leader that kept a few close, attracted many and offended even more. He preached forgiveness, compassion, humility and patience.…

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Decisions of direction; a process in making the biggest decisions

I don’t like a lot of options; and perhaps you do but when I look at a menu, I like to see one list of options and less than ten ideally. Don’t overwhelm me with a chapter book of menu items to choose from or I’ll downshift to a screeching halt in decision making. Undoubtedly you’ve faced some hard choices in your life and if you haven’t faced a decision that will change your direction; just hold…

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Shake your fist at God, just be sure you have a fist full of promises; six promises every Christian needs

You’ve got to be able to pray aggressively and you must be able to pray with promises. Don’t expect aggressive answers to passive prayers. There’s nothing more powerful than placing a word or a promise back in the hands of God, after all His Word won’t return void [Isaiah 55:11]. Something void carries no weight; it’s empty and like a bad check, it’s something that can’t be used. Live long enough…

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A field ministry, why do Christians walk away?

Living for God means that at some point you will need to make a choice. You will have to make a choice of no return and one of no going back. God is after the kind of followers who will say, “God, I have no plan B, you’re it…you’re my only option and I have no back up plan.” He wants each of us to come to a point of no return and undoubtedly you can think of a few things in your own life that you…

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3 hard questions you should ask yourself

Humans have a lot of questions; you and I have a lot of questions. There are questions we ask of people we look up to. How did you end up…? When did you first get to…? How did you ever meet…? We have questions for people that we don’t so much look up to. What were you…? How did you ever…? Who asked you to…? Why…? Life is full of questions and often the hardest questions are the ones that we ask…

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Relationship advice; your relationships look like this

Relationship advice comes in many forms and perhaps that’s because relationships have taken on so many different forms. Undoubtedly you’ve formed relationships that have taken on the shape of a mistake. You’ve seen the formation of relationships that have enduring qualities like friendships that can always be picked up as though they had never been interrupted by life. By now, you’ve formed…

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Control issues

You might have some control issues if you can answer yes to two or more of these questions: (more…)

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It's all about who you know; but who knows you?

It’s all about who you know; but who knows you?

How many followers do you have; because it’s all about who you know. Do you have those close-up kind of loyal followers? The ones that faithfully ‘like,’ ‘comment,’ and ‘share,’ even your most insignificant posts and rants. Do you have any shadow followers? Ghost followers? The ones that follow you but they follow at a distance. Sometimes they toss you a courtesy like or you realize they follow…

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A cure for loss aversion; give up and take a loss

There are some things you should give up. Many non-Christians shy away from living for God and a great percentage of Christians in general shy away from ministry because they know there are some things they’ll have to give up. You’re more persuaded by what you’ll lose than what you have to gain. Learn more about loss aversion and your personal eccentricities when it comes to decision making…

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Serves You Right: InsideOut

This post from six hours on a tree was featured on Inside Out, the community blog of the General Youth Division. Head over to Inside Out to read “Serves You Right,” and find more great content for young Apostolic leaders.

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Shiny object syndrome; you should focus on these three things

What catches your eye? What’s alluring to you? A fisherman knows that a good lure will attract both the simple and the most intelligent sea life. Often it’s the shiny object that attracts the greatest attention; or the biggest fish. Is there a shiny object that steals your attention away from your own ministry? Are you always looking around? Does someone else have a lure of ministry that keeps…

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Leaders serve and servants lead- A lesson for Christian leaders

“Well, you deserved that. That serves you right.” Have you been told that? I’m glad that Jesus didn’t come to “Serve me right,” and serve me with what I really deserve. The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve [Mark 10:45]. He came to serve you and the point is this; serving people will not cause you to serve God, but serving God will cause you to serve people. Loving people will not…

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