"Every decision has its costs, rewards, and consequences."
I think this is an important statement for anyone in ministry, and people in general. I remember learning in economics about an opportunity cost. For every decision I make, there is an opportunity cost; I choose to eat chocolate ice cream, my opportunity cost was vanilla ice cream (or any other flavor of ice cream I might have picked). For every decision I make as leader of the youth ministry, there is an opportunity that I am taking out of the picture by doing whatever I decided to do. It puts high priority on the decisions that you make.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Planning to Plan
Another idea:
Planning—the art of leading the voyage to the future—takes energy, savvy, time, courage, and patience.
I think the one that I have the hardest time with in regard to planning is patience. I think it is difficult to execute a plan and wait for the plan to take effect... the other problem is having patience when I don't think the plan is going the way I think it is going. My youth pastor taught me something in high school that has always helped me to remember patience. He taught that God never gives you patience, he gives you the opportunity to practice patience. He told us as Christians it was important to PP (pee-pee), or to "practice patience". So remember when you try to execute a plan and it takes a while to unfold, or it doesn't go the way you plan, you have to remember to pee-pee.
Planning—the art of leading the voyage to the future—takes energy, savvy, time, courage, and patience.
I think the one that I have the hardest time with in regard to planning is patience. I think it is difficult to execute a plan and wait for the plan to take effect... the other problem is having patience when I don't think the plan is going the way I think it is going. My youth pastor taught me something in high school that has always helped me to remember patience. He taught that God never gives you patience, he gives you the opportunity to practice patience. He told us as Christians it was important to PP (pee-pee), or to "practice patience". So remember when you try to execute a plan and it takes a while to unfold, or it doesn't go the way you plan, you have to remember to pee-pee.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Kingdom Building
Another note:
For Kingdom expansion, congregational health, disciples’ spiritual development, and the multiplication of a pastor’s ministry, every lay leader must be challenged to become a member of a ministry team and shown how to do it.
This is an important thing, because if a Pastor can effectively challenge church members, they will take on the work they are called to do, and they will own the work that God has planned out for them. The scary part and the challenge is the reality that if I don't do my part to help lead and equip people to do the work they are called to do, then I am hindering their ability to minister... It is certainly a tall order to be a minister.
For Kingdom expansion, congregational health, disciples’ spiritual development, and the multiplication of a pastor’s ministry, every lay leader must be challenged to become a member of a ministry team and shown how to do it.
This is an important thing, because if a Pastor can effectively challenge church members, they will take on the work they are called to do, and they will own the work that God has planned out for them. The scary part and the challenge is the reality that if I don't do my part to help lead and equip people to do the work they are called to do, then I am hindering their ability to minister... It is certainly a tall order to be a minister.
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