ministry impact – The Pastor's Life

Find the Right Insight at the Right Time

Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another.

Pastor, I know you work hard shepherding & leading your church to fully embrace Jesus’ mission in an impactful way. That means leading through continual changes and challenges that often overwhelm.

There are predictable challenges in a church’s journey. When we don’t navigate them well, churches stall, divide or decline. We’ve all seen pastors leave, problems blow up and churches die when they didn’t need to!

Because of this, We believe Every Pastor could use a strategic mentor. No one should pastor alone!

Giving Attention to Prayer

James 5:16b The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

Where does your attention go in a typical ministry week? Where do you begin? What gets the most attention and time? When the dust settles, how much activity can we say with certainty was powered with spiritual strength? What kind of attention is given to prayer?

^{While we all believe in prayer and understand its importance, we also want to do better. Prayer is something we simultaneously long for and feel guilty about.}

For many in ministry, the ministry tasks and relationships take so much attention that prayer gets left behind. Perhaps that explains why the results of our activity can be so disappointing. We must find a way to give attention to prayer.

The Most Important Thing

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him, and he with me. Rev 3:20

I wonder what 100 pastors would say, if I woke them up from a dead sleep and asked them to quickly answer, “What is the most important thing your church needs from you?” I wonder what a thousand church members would say in the same scenario? I imagine there would a several things on the table: Great leadership, great preaching, great heart for people, great evangelists…

Still, if given a chance to reflect I’m confident your soul already knows. Without this one thing, nothing else has lasting value. Without this one thing, the pace and pressures of ministry in our darkening culture choke us out like an elephant on our air hose. What is this one thing?

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