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Part of your job as a leader is to speed it up when it needs speeding up. That is something we must have the skills to do. Some people, maybe most people, will go too slow when doing something essential and if we perceive something is going too slow we need to pace set asContinue reading “Set the Pace 02 Speed It Up!”

One of the tasks of leadership is setting the pace for the community or group that you lead. For example, as we went into lockdown and came out of lockdown, my job as leader of the Tree of Life Family was to set the pace. We cannot run off, charging wildly, but we cannot stayContinue reading “Set the Pace 01 Leaders Set the Pace!”

I am wrapping up this series today with a short post on discretion with your house. This is really important! Let’s jump straight into God’s Word: 12 Soon after this, Merodach-baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick. 13 Hezekiah receivedContinue reading “Pastors Behaving Badly 07: Keep Some Discretion!”

In the Genesis song, Jesus He Knows Me, whenever Genesis perform it live, Phil Collins starts with a long drawn out offering for millions. The stereotype of a pastor behaving badly with money sadly has a lot of examples that back it up. We need to realize that the love of money is the rootContinue reading “Pastors Behaving Badly 06: Behaving Badly with the Money”

Pastors are not the only ministers who behave badly – sometimes guest speakers do too. I have in the ten years I have been running the Tree of Life Family had guest speakers bring their own buckets and receive their own sneaky little offering, preach messages I told them not to preach, lied about otherContinue reading “Pastors Behaving Badly 05: Guest Speakers Sometimes Behave Badly Too!”

And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee (1 Cor. 12.21 KJV) One of the places you are going to have to relate to other ministers is when you invite them to come and minister at one of your churches or conferences. As much as you can, build aContinue reading “Pastors Behaving Badly 04: Putting the “Guest” into Guest Speaker”

The eye cannot tell the hand I don’t need you! And we, as pastors, are placed in towns and cities with other pastors. They don’t go to your church, they don’t think like you think, they have different ideas than you, your church doesn’t look like their church. Sometimes people who you rely on walkContinue reading “Pastors Behaving Badly 03: Dealing With Other Pastors in Your Town”

Sometimes pastors have to go to church when you are not preaching or leading. If you are a travelling minister you have to go to church when you are not travelling, or you are setting a terrible example to people. In these situations I have seen some terrible behaviour from people, who are just terribleContinue reading “Pastors Behaving Badly 02: Behaving in the Service”

Having just finished the series on thriving in the battle, I was praying about what to say to all you wonderful leaders and pastors and I heard one word in my spirit very gently spoke: behave! We as leaders must behave! What chaos has happened in the world, how many people have given up onContinue reading “Pastors Behaving Badly 01: It’s Important Pastors Behave!”

The truth is that although there are many times that war is essential to protect what we love and walk in victory, battles always have a cost. Jesus Himself said that before you go to war – before you engage in a battle, pick a fight, confront someone – there will always be a costContinue reading “Thriving in the Battle 12: Sometimes the Best Fight is the One You Avoid”