The evening before He was nailed to a cross, Jesus said to His Father “I have finished the work which you gave me to do” (John 17.4). I love that – that’s a prayer I want to pray the evening before I go to Heaven. I did it all Jesus – everything you gave meContinue reading “Just For Pastors 40: Do It All!”
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Just For Pastors 38: Pastors Should Pray in Tongues
When you are speaking in tongues you are speaking to God about things you don’t know about. Trust me – if your church is more than four people there are things happening in people’s lives and relationships and situations that you don’t know about. If you all your prayer for your flock is in English,Continue reading “Just For Pastors 38: Pastors Should Pray in Tongues”
Just For Pastors 37: Do You Feel Led?
We have to be led by the inner witness. Paul was led by the Spirit to preach in certain places and not in others. If you have ever preaching in a place you weren’t led to, you may understand why! The inner witness is an inner traffic light inside you that God placed inside you.Continue reading “Just For Pastors 37: Do You Feel Led?”
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 35: You Need Some Power!
Public speaking is undergoing a real resurgeance. People are watching TED Talks, top comedians can pack out the largest venues in the UK faster than Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift! People do enjoy listening to others talk. But with us the kingdom of God is not just a matter of talk, but a matter ofContinue reading “Just For Pastors 35: You Need Some Power!”
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 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!”
Just For Pastors 24: Take Charge of Your Service!
Every church service should have the power of the Spirit manifest, we should be seeing the gifts happen. It’s that simple. You have to provide a system in which those gifts flow – and you both enable those who have something from God to share, and those who are a little kooky and spooky toContinue reading “Just For Pastors 24: Take Charge of Your Service!”
Just for the Pastors 19: Learn the Power of Withdrawal
For the last month in our Dagenham church, I have been teaching about powers that every Christian has – the power to perceive, the power to give, the power to prepare and the power to receive God’s Word. But today, I want to talk about a super-power that is available to every pastor. If youContinue reading “Just for the Pastors 19: Learn the Power of Withdrawal”
Just for the Pastors 15: God Before People
Part of the pastoral calling is a deep love for people. Now I have been pastoring people for a while, sometimes I get into the middle of that. I might tell one of my pastors that such and such is not doing well, or is not ready to lead worship or whatever, and they willContinue reading “Just for the Pastors 15: God Before People”
Inspiring and Challenging Dreamers 