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 the Pastors 18: Help Stop Others Stumbling

9 But you must be careful so that your freedom does not cause others with a weaker conscience to stumble. 10 For if others see you—with your “superior knowledge”—eating in the temple of an idol, won’t they be encouraged to violate their conscience by eating food that has been offered to an idol? 11 So because of your superior knowledge,Continue reading “Just for the Pastors 18: Help Stop Others Stumbling”

Pastors Don’t Do This 10 Become Pastor Pharisee (Part 9 – Manipulate the Poor)

Jesus does not hold back in Matthew 23.14 telling the religious leaders of his day: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation (Matthew 23.14, NKJV). One of the things I have seen far too often is pastors takingContinue reading “Pastors Don’t Do This 10 Become Pastor Pharisee (Part 9 – Manipulate the Poor)”

Role of the Pastor 2: Comfort

Psalm 23 says “The Lord is my shepherd… your rod and your staff they comfort me”.  A shepherd is responsible for comforting the sheep.  I’ve heard pastors say “I’m not here to make you comfortable” which is true in one sense, but at the same time a pastor – a shepherd – is there toContinue reading “Role of the Pastor 2: Comfort”