Be More Interested Than ‘Awesome’

Be More Interested Than ‘Awesome’

Be More Interested Than ‘Awesome’    5 Minutes Discipleship Lesson: Be More Interested Than ‘Awesome’. I was eating lunch with a pastor recently when the conversation just began to turn weird.  It was slowly dawning on me that he had initiated lunch...
Resisting The Pressure To Make Something Happen

Resisting The Pressure To Make Something Happen

Resisting The Pressure To Make Something Happen    5 Minutes Discipleship Lesson: I don’t have to listen to this, devil. Are you taking on too much pressure for things you CAN’T CONTROL? Let’s face it – no one is at their best when they feel unnecessary pressure to...
Those You Influence Need More Than Your Advice

Those You Influence Need More Than Your Advice

Those You Influence Need More Than Your Advice    5 Minutes People are looking to you for leadership, even though you may not know it.  Or you MAY know it . . . But you don’t know HOW to help those who follow you. Like many of you, I haven’t always had many older,...
Bold Ask: You Should Ignore the Impulse to be Courteous

Bold Ask: You Should Ignore the Impulse to be Courteous

Bold Ask: You Should Ignore the Impulse to be Courteous    5 Minutes Failure to ask is often TIMIDITY wrapped in the guise of COURTESY. You know that thing that tells you to wait a little longer on others to go first, that wants to wait a little longer to respond,...
How to Get Out of a Lust Trap

How to Get Out of a Lust Trap

How to Get Out of a Lust Trap    5 Minutes Like it or not, you have a spiritual enemy who would love to DESTROY your leadership.  And if you have ever struggled with LUST, this will be one of his main strategies to do it.   Sexual lust is the act of entertaining or...
The Devil is Playing the Long Game With You

The Devil is Playing the Long Game With You

The Devil is Playing the Long Game With You    5 Minutes The Apostle Paul didn’t think it was wise to be unaware of Satan’s schemes (see 2 Corinthians 2:11), and we shouldn’t be either. It’s always an advantage to consider the tactics of the enemy, and one often...