Author Archives: Tree of Life Church

One of the Scriptures you won’t find in a memory box or on a fridge magnet is: Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before. 1 Thess. 4.11 Yet one of the most important things we can do asContinue reading “Jurisdiction 3: Mind Your Own Business”

5.  Pastors have to be thorough in their teaching, realizing there are ditches on both sides of the road and we need to help people steer a course forward. 4.  Celebrate the victories and gifts of other people.  You need each other. 3.  It is up to pastors to teach people the purpose of government.Continue reading “5 Things I Have Learned About Leadership At Andrew Wommack’s Leadership Conference So Far”

I am actually blogging from inside a plane.  The plane has its own wifi!  I have headphones in and I’m watching X-Men, Amanda is sitting next to me and watching a period drama.  In under four hours we will be in Chicago to catch our connection to Denver. It’s been a remarkably pleasant flight withContinue reading “Being On a Plane”

Yoda is over nine hundred years old and was the ruler of an ancient group of Jedi.  An accomplished fighter and leader, he has a great deal of wisdom.  Here is some of the things I have learned from this little green dude:  Don’t attempt something – do it To achieve anything in life youContinue reading “5 Things I Learned From Yoda (About Being a Better Leader)”

True leadership involves doing and modelling what you expect others to do.  Too many leaders – and sadly this includes church pastors – do not get involved with what they want people to do.  They don’t witness, don’t pray, only study the Word to prepare a sermon and so on and so forth.  Some don’tContinue reading “Lead from the Front”

Life is comprised of decisions.  Successful people are people who have made good decisions.  Unsuccessful people are people who have made bad decisions. You are where you are today because of the decisions you have made.  If your life is a mess, it is because you have made poor decisions. As leaders, don’t blame theContinue reading “Priorities vs Willpower”

Both the baker and the cupbearer had displeased their King, their patron and employer. They had both failed to meet his expectations in such a severe way that the only possibility he had was to throw them both in jail. Yet, after time to cool down and reflect, the Pharoah killed the baker and restoredContinue reading “The Baker and the Cupbearer”

One of the things that happens a lot is that people as Christians are told “judge not”.  It’s like a mantra.  The whole world has embraced it now – we must not judge. Now if you take that to logical extremes it’s absurd!  There are two pieces of meat, one is rotten and smells, theContinue reading “Jurisdiction 2: To Judge or Not to Judge”

It’s not a surprise to people who know me that I love the new Marvel films.  Me and my boys were in the cinema watching Age of Ultron as it came out 1 minute past midnight! Now as a film, it’s about a team of heroes who are changing the world – but they areContinue reading “7 Leadership Lessons from Avengers: Age of Ultron”

It’s what you do daily that changes your life, not what you do fanatically and intensely.  It’s consistency that is the key to change. These are five habits that if you do them daily, you will become a great leader. 5. Pray Let’s face it – you don’t have the wisdom and strength in yourselfContinue reading “5 Things Great Leaders Do Daily”