A most familiar verse in the Bible says, “Choose you today whom you will serve… as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15. Joshua led the multitudes into the Promised Land, yet living there required a choice. Their journey could go no further without a decision—one that would influence the…
The best gift you can bring to your new spiritual family is you! This is not merely your personality, or your unique likes or dislikes, abilities or gifting, it is more about your distinctive character qualities that magnify God. Qualities like integrity and sincerity, two traits that will prompt favor with people in your congregation….
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry. I Tim 1:12, NKJV Treat everyone you meet with dignity. Love your spiritual family. I Peter 2:17a The Message Bible Viewing life and ministry from behind the pulpit is different from sitting in a…
Romans 12:2 Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of…
My children were not born into a pastor’s home. Sadly, they knew life with us before Jesus reigned, although I am happy to say that was not too many years. Life where Daddy is in ministry, and in our case, when Daddy is the pastor, was a new learning curve for us all. I was…
II Peter 1:3, 10-12. “seeing that His divine power has granted everything pertaining to life and godliness…therefore, be diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you…therefore, I shall always be ready to remind you of these things…” Have you ever made a list of things that encouraged you? Invest in a review of…
Books I Read Say…. When I was a young minister’s wife, there were few printed materials to offer advice. Books or articles I read seemed to point to some perfection that was so out of reach for me; it seemed unnatural. My life was had changed drastically: I was in the trenches now. My days…
No matter how wonderful a person, place, or thing is, there seems to be something connected to it that is just not fun. Every fulfilling thing has another side, a requirement: it takes effort—I call it grunt work! It’s in the details, and requires you to think-through, organize, plan, prepare—in other words, work. It requires…
Like any other new thing we encounter, we anticipate what we know and plan how to handle the known challenges. The early season of ministry has so many new things for us. As my husband and I entered our formal full time service, it corresponded to his first semester in school. Were we both in…
My husband is THE minister, but hey—what about me? Where do I fit in, and do I even count at all? Seems there are so many expectations, including own expectations, so how do I know what to do, or be? My husband often referred to the “BE” theory – – God created the world and…
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