Weakness is when you act against your will, your better judgment in order to please another. The fault that creates a bad outcome doesn’t lie in our stars but within us. We sometimes refuse to do what we know to be right because we are influenced by the body language of others.
To Ministers of the gospel, that something is popular doesn’t mean it is right. That your members or partners threaten to leave if you don’t do what they desire of you doesn’t mean with their exit you will die. On the contrary, to bow to pressure and force yourself to act is what is deadly you lose your authority in…
In the final analysis, no matter what we do, our success will be dependent on how we treat people. When I say success, I don’t just mean material wealth, yes our personal advancement is included but the weightier matters are whether we have true joy, inner peace, and have found our purpose in life. Those who are vindictive, who seek…
A major sign of maturity is the ability to remain objective when in a debate with someone whose ideology or actions you may vehemently oppose. Getting overtly emotional and stepping into hatred where you are incapable of seeing anything good in the other borders on demonic space.
Recently I heard of the pledge you had to sign up to, in order to join the civil rights movement. The Birmingham campaign pledge was a commitment card that, according to Martin Luther King, all volunteers were “required” to sign in order to participate in the movement. The card consisted of ten commandments, including: Meditate daily on the teachings and…
If as Pastors we do not teach our people to ask honest questions when they have a problem with our teachings and about their faith, if we teach them to embrace the attitude of “my pastor said it, I believe it and that settles it” even though they have unanswered questions in their hearts. If we deny them the opportunity…