Have you noticed the Bible is often non-specific about certain things? It tells us clearly that by His stripes we were healed (1 Peter 2.24) but doesn’t tell us what to do about it! Some people are healed through anointing of oil, others through laying on of hands, others through a word of knowledge, othersContinue reading “Guidelines for Church 01: Whose the Boss?”
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Just For Pastors 36: You Need Some Discernment!
In my last post, I said pastors need power. It’s true, but you also need some wisdom to use that power. I know many people who have operating in the gifts without wisdom and ended up failing. There are satanic counterfeits of the Spirit of God and His gifts. The only way to avoid beingContinue reading “Just For Pastors 36: You Need Some Discernment!”
Just For Pastors 34: Don’t be a Copycat Clone
Sons of God should be led by the Spirit of God. You need to spend time in the Word and time praying in the Spirit, praying in tongues, so you can learn how to follow the Spirit of God, not something else. I have lost count of how many times people have come to meContinue reading “Just For Pastors 34: Don’t be a Copycat Clone”
Just For Pastors 33: Watch Out for Fake Pastors In Your Church!
I have had several people tell me over the years that they know more than pastoring than I do, but somehow none of them have ever pastored. We had a so-called prophet come to one of our churches and prophesy over me that God had called him to be my pastor and I should payContinue reading “Just For Pastors 33: Watch Out for Fake Pastors In Your Church!”
Just for Pastors 31: Don’t be a Heavy Shepherd
I know I need to lose a few pounds, but that’s not what a heavy shepherd means. The phrase heavy shepherd comes from America, and comes from the seventies, although some church leaders have been involved in this sort of behaviour all over the world, and for much longer than since the seventies. What heavyContinue reading “Just for Pastors 31: Don’t be a Heavy Shepherd”
Just For Pastors 30: Feed the Sheep Spiritual Food!
I’ve spent three years at Bible College, and then I did a Masters in Biblical Languages, and I am currently doing my Th. D. in Apostolic Ministry. But I have never done a course on how to pastor in the spirit! I’ve heard a lot of Bible teaching, a lot of great doctrinal teaching, aContinue reading “Just For Pastors 30: Feed the Sheep Spiritual Food!”
Just For Pastors 29: Choosing an Assistant
One of the most remarkable moments in my life was when Tree of Life Family grew beyond myself and my family. One of the tasks I now have I have never had before is to select and hire staff. Now I genuinely believe that I have the most remarkable pastoral and admin staff in allContinue reading “Just For Pastors 29: Choosing an Assistant”
Just For Pastors 28: Say It Again, Pastor!
We have to take our calling as a pastor seriously – God takes it seriously, so we should. Paul told Timothy to preach the Word. He did not say preach tradition, preach someone’s ideas, preach what you think, preach what you feel. We have to preach the Word. Paul actually said: Preach the word, beContinue reading “Just For Pastors 28: Say It Again, Pastor!”
Just For Pastors 27: Just for Guest Speakers
Today’s blog post is for guest speakers, whether you a travelling evangelist, an associate pastor, or an intern or elder or deacon who is covering the pulpit for a weekend. Whether you are an apostle, prophet, evangellist, teacher – or a pastor but in another church to your own – you should submit yourself toContinue reading “Just For Pastors 27: Just for Guest Speakers”
Just for Pastors 25: Let Them All In!
You don’t have a mandate from the Lord to run a church for one sort of person – a youth church, a Nigerian church, a middle-class church, an elderly church. A church should have a mix of whatever is in the community around it – that is a healthy church. A church should mirror theContinue reading “Just for Pastors 25: Let Them All In!”
Inspiring and Challenging Dreamers 