Napoleon Bonaparte is quoted as saying, “A leader is a dealer in hope.” As biblical leaders, we have the greatest hope there is—in Jesus Christ alone. But what about this extended season we’re in? At times, hope seems hard to find. It feels hard to muster up. It feels hard to deal out.
Do you ever get cynical like the man in this story? Resenting those who have plenty, or who are healthy, or who seem to have opportunities handed to them?
We experience transformation when we know what Jesus says and turn that knowledge into obedient activity.
The burden of leadership is a given but it seems that the weight of it is a little extra daunting right now. A lot is being required of you.
Are you tired? Do you feel like you are running fast and then other days you are running faster?
God created work, He loves work, and He wants to use you in your work to glorify Him and introduce others to Jesus.
Presidents and professors deserve our attention. Preachers and prognosticators each deserve their due Sunday by Sunday as one speaks God's words of truth and life and the other tells us who is going to win football games.
We are what we are now, but we are constantly aware that we could be more. We may be an average leader, but we could become much more effective with work, mentoring, and study.
Who do you need to reach out to today? Take one step to connect with someone, to share what you are going through. God cares about you and so do those around you.
"I'm just drained!" That phrase jumped out at me from an email I received from a discouraged pastor.
You have got to grow if you want to grow your team.
If God needed a good reason today to let you live tomorrow and beyond, what would you offer him? How would you join him in his work of building a better world?
Sometimes a season requires rest to master new movements, new rhythms of grace and wonder.
Young leaders full of ideals and ideas help keep older leaders fresh in their thinking. Older leaders full of experience and wisdom help keep younger leaders from errors that cannot be erased.
A World War II veteran, Ben Merold has shown me how to age with grace and how to finish strong.
Every heart knows its own concerns. Fear returns every day to scare us with worries about something we may lack.
Murray takes the reader into Christ's school of prayer, providing 31 lessons from the life of Jesus on prayer. He also includes additional material at the end on the prayer life of George Muller.
If you're thinking everything is fine now that the pandemic is receding, think again.
