Got intercessors? What’s stopping you?  

Got intercessors? What’s stopping you?  

Leadership, Prioritizing

No matter what your ministry looks like, having a team of intercessors provides essential support—for both you and your ministry. Yet so many leaders don’t have an intercession team. What can that look like and how can you mobilize one?  Working with intercessors  Get...
What’s positive about spiritual warfare? 

What’s positive about spiritual warfare? 

Leadership

Spiritual warfare is a reality. We may use different images or metaphors to describe it—war certainly doesn’t work for everyone—but there’s a constant struggle in this life between the powers of good and the powers of evil. Ephesians 6:12: For our struggle is not...
Don’t shy away from asking God questions

Don’t shy away from asking God questions

Leadership, Teambuilding

Are prayer times with your team feeling stale or forced? A listening prayer practice of asking God questions can help break that cycle and breathe fresh and unifying life into corporate prayer.  Each time we practiced this kind of prayer, we were surprised by the...

A prayer for mission

Missional, Outreach

The Rev. Jonathan Hunnicutt, of The Table Church, sent me this prayer recently and I thought I would share it with you. It is a prayer for mission from Morning Prayer Rite II. 1979 Book of Common Prayer, page 101: Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love...

A discipleship assessment retreat

Discipleship, Leadership

When we were in the beta testing phase of our discipleship assessment instrument, Tad Blackburn, pastor with The Vineyard Church, decided to try out the assessment in a retreat setting. He shares here from his experience:    When we started with the discipleship...

Reframing your perspective

Missional

A friend of mine, Dennis Easter, is recovering from cancer with an excellent prognosis. He shared with me one of the learnings he has gained through this process: “To leverage my healing journey, God showed me how my treatment center could be a house of healing....

Don’t underestimate the Holy Spirit

Missional

People can listen to the Holy Spirit better than you think they can. At a recent consultation I did, I started out the way I usually do: meeting with the leaders to unpack their strengths, concerns, and vision. Then I led them into a time of questions and listening to...

Strongholds vs. stronghabits

Coaching

  Are certain sins or struggles in your life strongholds? Or are they stronghabits? A stronghold has a spiritual component to it. There is more spiritual warfare involved and we need to pray (and receive prayer) for deliverance. Some other areas of our lives may...