Dear Pastor

1. Today, I am praying for PASTORS everywhere.  May the LORD continue to ENCOURAGE your heart, as you lead! #YouAreLoved

2. Social media is a great evangelist, but a poor PASTOR. Find a SHEPHERD that loves you enough to tell you the truth...even when you don’t want to hear it. #TheyKeepWatchForYourSoul

3. #DearPastor - The PASTORAL CALL is a unique blessing - the bond between a pastor & a church is a MIRACLE impossible to explain.

4. #DearPastor - Thank you!

5. #DearPastor - Every Pastor needs a pastor. Who is yours?

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Humility: All Great Leaders Possess It

PRIDE is a sneaky enemy. No matter who you are, it can creep up on you.  It pops it's ugly head up in various stages & forms.  Wherever you see PRIDE...GRACE is absent. 

Leaders, especially those who are in supportive roles, must learn to stay HUMBLE. Every leader will be tempted to rely on their CHARISMA or GIFTS. This is why we may stay HUMBLE.

Proverbs 16:18 "Pride goeth before destruction & a haughty spirit before a fall."

To stay HUMBLE...you must CONTROL yourself.  Don't think more of yourself than you should. No matter what GIFTS God has given you, we must allow God to BREAK us else we will struggle with HUMILITY.

Your GIFTS came from God but satan can try to use them to CONTROL your mind and spirit to bring about your destruction.

CHECK yourself.  See if you have any of the following PRIDEFUL TENDENCIES:

1. You are OFFENDED when your superior talks to you.
2. You don't take NOTES when your leader is speaking, teaching or preaching.
3. You feel you know the TOPIC better than your leaders.
4. You feel you have more REVELATION than your leaders and others.
5. You try to get people to TAKE YOUR SIDE and tell 1/2 of the story, neglecting to tell about your willful disobedience or issues.
6. You model DISRESPECT to others toward your leaders.
7. You PROMOTE yourself more than your leaders.
8. You feel you DESERVE more ENTITLEMENT and a better POSITION than what you have presently been given.
9. You feel you DESERVE the same PERKS as your leaders do.

If you have any of these thoughts or feelings...you are in PRIDE, and you need a SPIRITUAL PURGING so that you will be able to LAST in ministry.

1. Begin working on yourself
2. Stay Humble

How you respond to the INSTRUCTION of your leaders shows how much HONOR you have for them and the type of VICTORY that will follow you.

Remember this:

• You'll never be GRATEFUL for what you feel ENTITLED to.
• Don't take for GRANTED the opportunities you've been AFFORDED.
• If you feel like you're MISSING out, find out what you're MISSING and make it right.
• Remain in PRAYER. 
• Crucify your FLESH.
• HONOR. 
• SERVE.
• Do what you do with JOY and be THANKFUL for the OPPORTUNITY.

If you're going to do well, you must always thank God and appreciate Him for counting you worthy and putting you in the ministry.  

Realise this:  Your call and calling is not a right of yours; it is a privilege given to you by God and by your leadership.

When you realize that this is a privilege rather than a right, you will be GRATEFUL and ever humble like Apostle Paul...

1 Timothy 1:12 "I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, and accounted me faithful, putting me into the ministry."

Be Yourself

Single & Dating

FIVE THINGS FOR THURSDAY

1. Dating websites scare me because marketing has become so deceptive. Bad people can do great marketing jobs. Talk to God about a mate.

2. Dating a bad attitude is one thing but marrying one is a decision you'll live to regret. A wedding won't cure a negative frame of mind.

3. Don't underestimate the power of crazy when dating. Some people aren't playing. Their door really doesn't open all the way.

4. Dear single women: choosing the company of a man over raising your children is wrong. Your loneliness is not a priority. Your kids development is.

5. Dear single men; Never underestimate the power of the wrong woman, to derail your destiny. Choose right & you're set for life.

Worth

1. You are WORTH it! Say this with me, "I am WORTH it!"

2. Never tie your self-WORTH to relationships, assignments, compliments or criticisms. They're too unstable to control your value.

3. Don't quit now! One day a stronger, more mature version of yourself will look back & say, "It was all WORTH it."

4. If you are called to the work, It will be inspiring, challenging, exciting & tiring. But it will also be WORTH every minute of it!

5. When your friends are under attack, stand with them. Be there for them! Don't have friends who aren't WORTH your stand. 

Be Yourself

FIVE THINGS FOR FRIDAY

1. You will never make an IMPACT, if your intent is to IMPRESS. #BeYourself

2. It's WEIRD to watch grown men spend their whole life impersonating Elvis. What a WASTE of life. #BeYourself

3. It's WEIRD to watch ministers/pastors spend their whole ministry impersonating TV pastors. What a WASTE of life. #BeYourself

4. Don't be great at being SOMEONE else. #BeYourself

5. Don't change your FLAVOR. God gave it to you for a REASON. The flavor that's in SEASON now won't last forever. #BeYourself