44 Things I Learned The Hard Way: Part 4
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Here are the final 11 Lessons:
34. Develop a priestly ministry to your people; write one-fiftieth of your people each week and tell them you are going to be praying for them in th upcoming week; ask them to send you their specific prayer requests. ÂÂ
35. Set a goal to write down a few Biblical insights and/or sermon illustrations every day; develop a system of keeping up with these resources.
36. If you have to choose between failing your family or your congregation;always fail your congregation.
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37. The most essential spiritual gift that a senior pastor can have is discerning of spirits.
38. The senior pastor is the most morally vulnerable person in the congregation; if Satan can destroy the pastor, evil will prevail in the congregation.
39. If you are not intentional and structured in your devotional life, it will be sacrificed on the altar of busyness and you will become a spiritual hypocrite.
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40. It is important to prayerfully reconsider your core written documents (mission statement, life-time goals, five-year goals, one-year goals, quarterly goals, etc.) at least once a week.
41,   You are only as sick as your secrets; intimacy is healing.
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42.  As you do ministry remember you are not the Holy Spirit; it is your job to love people, not to convict them of their sins.
43.   Read at least fifty books a year and see fifty movies/DVDs a year.
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44.  Never close your door or share meals alone with members of the opposite sex.
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