This list was compiled by a group of ministers on WordShare Forum. Simply Profound...
- Pray always
- Be patient
- Love the Word
- Keep a journal of ideas
- Remember that God is sovereign
- Listen to your wife!
- Nothing happens overnight
- Be a Giver
- You are a servant… never a master
- Take notes on everything, keep every note you take
- Hurting people hurt people
- You can only see 30% of what people are feeling, treat them accordingly
- You are always a leader, whether you are doing well or not
- Every person is valuable and all flesh is designed to fail
- Nothing can take the place of prayer
- Always look for a door of reconciliation… always
- Saints are sheep - they have to be led, they can’t be driven
- Take care of your family – saints will come and go
- Relationships are invaluable, connect with as many peers as you can
- To thine own self be true - don’t copy anyone, develop your own ministry
- Never seek a position or title. If it is God’s will, it will come
- When it comes time to “step down” then step down in the same way as you “stepped up” – with grace, dignity, thankfulness that you had the opportunity to serve the kingdom
- Always leave something better than the way you found it. Leave a legacy for the next person
- There are two primary choices in life: Accept things as they are or accept responsibility for helping to change them.
- Know when to be silent
- Never lose your ability to dream!
- People are not going to understand you and some are not going to like you… get over it!
- Don’t feed people yesterday’s bread
- People resist change, God loves change
- Men who challenge you are not your enemies; they keep you in check and are often sent by God
- Refused to be offended.
- Don’t preach for response
- Talent alone does not justify using someone, a servant's spirit does
- Don’t throw rocks at every dog that barks
- Give the Word the credit it deserves
- The message is more important than the messenger
- There is so much good in the worst of us and so much bad in the best of us, that it does not behoove any of us to talk about the rest of us
- Living a sermon is more important than preaching one
- Prayer accomplishes more than preaching
- Lessons not learned will be repeated
- Spend more time praying over a message than you do preaching it
- Love people; use money - Do not love money; use people
- Trust is the greatest commodity you can give or receive
- Do not accept gifts that make you beholden to the giver
- Do not dwell in an ivory tower and neglect the flock
- Do not dwell with the flock so much that you cannot be a prophet on Sunday
- Stand up straight, speak boldly, and sit down quickly.
- Always leave them wishing you had preached longer opposed to wishing you had quit sooner
- Only say …”I am closing “ once
- Never give a position to appease.
