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Spiritual Leadership — Imparting gifts
Paul had the leading of the Spirit to see Timothy and invite him to come alongside in ministry. Paul had watched Timothy develop. He could see the potential and the gifts flowing in Timothy’s life and ministry.
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Spiritual Leadership — Discerning the Times
I’m not so much into the “prophetic” in our American charismatic model. That has soured me to the point where I haven’t really put much stock in trying to figure out “what’s ahead.” It’s a fear of “looking wacky.”
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Spiritual Leadership — Correction and Rebuke
There are some who seem to revel in the ability to rebuke. They attack like a machine gun. No prisoners taken. Spiritual leadership has a necessity to be strong, but there is a level of gentleness that is applied as well.
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When the desert comes
I love the Gospel of Mark. He’s in such a hurry. In four short verses we get the baptism of Jesus AND the 40 days in the wilderness. Here is a lesson I was meditating on this morning in prayer.
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Spiritual Leadership — Show the Way
Some thoughts on spiritual leadership from 2 Timothy. Before, I looked at the prayer life of a spiritual leader, and the encouragement of a spiritual leader. Spiritual leaders should also live as “Exhibit A.” Spiritual leaders don’t “teach” the way. They show the way.
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Spiritual Leadership — Encouragement
I am reflecting on some key principles of spiritual leadership as I reflected on 2 Timothy last week in a personal retreat. The first key was prayer. The second principle is encouragement. Paul was one to call out spiritual gifts and help develop those gifts in others.
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Spiritual Leadership — The Prayer Life
On a retreat this past week, the Lord walked me through several New Testament letters, but he had me plant myself in 2 Timothy the most. There are some great thoughts on spiritual leadership I will build on. To be honest, it was also a brutal walk through a letter for me. It was personal and the Spirit really had…
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Jack Hayford — Confessions of a Stiff-Necked, Godly, Backslider
Listening to this message earlier this week, I was so deeply convicted by the Spirit and this word propelled my time away in prayer.
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Thoughts on Mentoring
I know we use terms like “coaching,” but we also use terms in the church like “leadership,” too. I miss other words with slightly different connotations, like “mentoring” and “pastoring.”
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2017.07.23 – Tune my Heart – Psalm 51
“2017.07.23 – Tune my Heart – Psalm 51” A sermon from Heights Church. More information at HeightsChurchMN.org Notes and discussion questions here Subscribe in an RSS reader or on iTunes
