Lesson #12: Lead with Your Strengths, Never your Weak Side.
#12: Lead with your strengths, never your weak side.
Once you have been down, you tend to become more acutely aware of your strengths...and your...
Lesson #13: Saying Yes Brings Life
#13: Saying Yes Brings Life
Life is difficult after going through a time of death.
One of the fastest ways to make forward progress is to...
Words + Deeds = Amazing Momentum!
Words of love need to be connected with deeds of love. Human nature being what it causes us to gravitate to serving others when...
My Top 10 Outreach Misfires: Mistake #4. Not having patience with...
“How long does it take for someone to come to Christ?” Can we put a timeframe on people’s trek to Jesus? To listen to...
Mistake #6. Not Taking Enough Risks.
We tend to be perfectionists as Believers. It is easy to conclude that if God wants our best effort, then we dare not step...
Mistake #8. Not Enough Mentoring.
The typical way leaders depend on raising up people involvement is to exhort them into service. "If you know what's good for you-you will...
Mistake #9. Not Enough Training.
Training is essential. In the Book of Ephesians Paul wrote of the need for the “equipping of the saints” to take place in the...
Mistake #10. Over-Training.
When we lack confidence we tend to seek out programs that seem to promise easy success. These are fear responses. Success is not so...
Mistake #11: Independence in Church Finances Apart from Outreach
An over-dependence upon church systems for success is not good. This kind of thinking will cause outreach leaders to become bitter, frustrated and eventually...
Mistake #12. Giving Up.
God’s heart is broken over our hearts. His overriding desire is to bring the world into his family. This is simply too important to...