By Carey Nieuwhof
How would feel if all of your dreams came true? I don’t know what your dreams are. Maybe they’re dreams for your church. Or your family. Or for success. Whatever are your dreams, imagine they came true. How do you think you would feel?
When I ...
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Emotional Health
4 Unmet Emotional Needs of Pastors
By Joy Allmond
It’s no secret that pastoring is a calling that comes with many demands—pressure to please everyone in the congregation, a burden to keep church finances healthy, and carrying the weight of church growth.
And while pastors work to meet these demands, many of ...
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Practice What You Preach: Turning to Jesus In Exhaustion –
by Adam Weber
I became a pastor and started Embrace when I was twenty-four years old. It wasn’t my idea. I was available and God had a plan. We sent a couple of emails to see if anyone might be interested in coming to a meeting to hear about the possibility of starting a new ...
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3 Proper Ways to React to the Mysteries of God –
A.W. Tozer once wrote in The Pursuit of God:
“The believing man does not claim to understand. He falls to his knees and whispers, ‘God.’ The man of earth kneels also, but not to worship. He kneels to examine, to search, to find the cause and the how of things.”
What Tozer is ...
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3 Questions That Will Increase Clarity and Reduce Stress –
by Wes Gay
A few days ago, I remembered something I heard last year. I went to a men’s breakfast and heard a keynote speaker from Chick-fil-A. This gentleman is a brilliant businessman, and he’s one of the top executives in the company.
He made a number of memorable comments ...
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Are You A Healthy Leader? Take The Assessment –
Most of us get an annual health assessment (if you don’t, this is the year to start!). It’s easier to stay healthy when you get regular checkups and don’t wait until a serious issue arises to take action.
Likewise, it’s good for you to take a healthy-leader assessment annually. ...
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