Please do me a favor! Seriously…
If you are going to blog—then please write about what God is teaching you. Seriously—there is nothing more refreshing to read the writings of someone who God is stretching and challenging in unique ways.
Please talk about the life change that is happening in your church—those stories NEVER get old—EVER!
Please tell your readers what you are struggling with and inform us on how we can pray for you…seriously, there are people who read your blog that would LOVE to lift you up.
Please use your blog to cast compelling vision regarding your church…share where you feel the Lord is leading you.
But…in the same respect…
Please do not spend all of your time attacking other churches and ministries…it only exposes your insecurity.
Please stop comparing yourself to other churches…God will hold you accountable for being faithful, not for keeping up.
Please stop bragging about all of the things you don’t do that other churches do (or vice versa.) That is nothing more than pride.
Please stop fussing at your church on your blog. People have enough to deal with everyday without reading the writings of a ticked off pastor.
Please stop trying to defend what you do. I did this for WAY too long…and I did nothing but waste time. If you are truly called to plant a church then focus on the Bride and not those who seek to tarnish her beauty!
Be who God called you to be…take risks…pray “stupid” prayers…ask people for commitment…believe in those no one else dared to believe in…PREACH JESUS…listen to the Holy Spirit…give everything your best…spend time BEGGING God to change lives…understand that God wants your church to grow more than you do…stop trying to make people happy…take some time for yourself…hire the people God tells you to hire…LEARN DAILY…spend whatever amount of money you need to spend to grow…develop your strengths, delegate your weaknesses…ignore your critics…STOP trying to be someone else…HONOR GOD’S GIFTING AND CALLING ON YOUR LIFE!!!