Here’s a fun question to think about and visualize, What would it look like if your church doubled? What would your staff be like? What would it look like if your service doubled? If this is hard for you to envision it may be because God would never give us more than we are prepared to receive. The related law to … Read More
Don’t overthink it. Simplify it.
It’s no wonder overthinking leaves you drained. It’s mental exhaustion on the level of running a marathon every day. Most of all there is a danger in making slow decisions! Here are 3 dangers of SLOW: 1) One is paralysis by analysis. 2) MORE stress. 3) Missed opportunity. Sometimes you don’t need more information to make a decision. Colin Powell … Read More
Are you stuck in a comfort zone?
It’s really easy to stuck in our comfort zone. It’s easy to keep doing what you are doing this year, because of what you were doing last year. There’s a legitimate reason to do that. There’s a legitimate reason to say, “We did our big day in February this year, we should do a big day in February last year.” … Read More
The Benefits of Strategic Concepts
Today, I want to show you the benefits of implementing strategic concepts, but first you need to understand just what a strategic concept is. Let me explain: A strategic concept is an easy to understand idea that has been PROVEN over time. It’s been worked out and thought out over time. I thought about how to basically define that for … Read More
20 Habits to Quit In the Next Year
I found this blog post that I thought was interesting about habits and routines. According to this post (click here) here are 10 of the 20 habits to work on dropping: 1. Comparing Yourself to Others – Kick the habit of wishing your life was more exciting and go out and live it instead. 2. Putting Off That Project You Keep … Read More
Know your strengths and weaknesses – A Saturday Quote
“God will allow us to follow self-help, self-improvement programs until we have tried them all, until we finally come to the honest confession, ‘I can’t do it. I can’t be righteous in my own strength!’ It is then, when we admit our utter powerlessness, that we find hope. For it is then when the Lord intervenes to do a work that we … Read More
The Renegade Pastor – Abandon Average! New Hardcover Book – Just $1
As a leader you must continually position yourself for growth – the health of your ministry depends on it. And as a leader you bear full responsibility for that growth. Just like you can’t force the people in your church to grow, no one can force you. The choice to keep growing is yours – and yours alone. Attendance at … Read More
What is a Renegade Pastor?
What exactly is a renegade pastor? A renegade is someone who has abandoned average in favor of excellence. He is a rebel with a purpose– someone who rises up against resistance, mediocrity, and conformity. A renegade is not a lawbreaker. He’s is not contrarian for contrarianism’s sake. He is not looking for a fight with other church leaders, but with … Read More
You CAN Write a Book! AND with Less Stress, Time, and Energy than you think.
You can write a book! I’m sure that the sentence above mustered up some level of anxiety in you. That’s actually a GOOD thing! Some anxiety about writing a book is good because it’s a sign that you care about what you want to write. If this motivates you to devote thought and effort to your writing, your stress-induced attitude actually has a certain … Read More
LAST CHANCE – Keep your Easter momentum going! Over 115 resources on sale – low as $7.95
I hope you’re still busy today following up on all of your new believers and first time guests from Sunday. I want you to keep that Easter momentum going! Today is the best day to stock up on resources because it is the LAST DAY of the BIG EASTER SALE! Invest in bestselling resources as low as $7.95! You’ll have … Read More