Workaholics have damaged and destroyed more families than alcoholics, especially among leaders in the local church. I meet pastors all the time who work incessantly at building God’s house while ignoring their own. All the while they justify their long hours with phrases like “this is just a season and will not always be like [...]
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine …” - Ephesians 3:20
I have a pretty big imagination and I have some friends who are crazy creative, but I wonder if any of us are asking for the big stuff like we did when we [...]
I have a list of stuff that I am praying for on a regular basis. Some of these are personal and some affect all of us. I am making these things public because I think there is tremendous strength when believers pray in unity.
I am praying for my kiddos to be filled with the Holy [...]
Every great team has three types of leaders. This is true for churches or companies of any size. If any of the three types are missing, there will be stagnation, chaos and ultimately, failure. If a team has the right balance of the three, there will be growth and productivity.
Visionaries are people who see the [...]
I just took three Sundays in a row off from the pulpit at New Life Church and it may have saved my life. That may be a bit dramatic, but let me explain why I am not the speaker at New Life every Sunday.
Sermons on the weekends are not just 30-minute talks. A 30-minute message [...]
“Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.” Proverbs 4:25 NIV
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV
Have you noticed how easy it is for our kids to get distracted? [...]
Last week, I asked 1500 pastors and leaders who attended our Ascent and Enter conferences to make a list of leaders from local churches or ministries who were at least 60 years old, still had passion for Jesus, loved their spouses and had raised children who also followed Jesus. Most of us had a short [...]
