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1. 3 Ways Your Mantle Gets Damaged

Many times in prayer lines, I see in the spirit people's mantles torn, stained or otherwise damaged. In this video, I share three ways your mantle can be damaged.

Created on 17 July 2019

2. Significant Questions to Ask Before Becoming a Lead Pastor

As we all know by now, thousands of lead pastors leave full-time church ministry every year. Along those same lines, a high percentage of new church plants never make it past three years! One reason is ...

Created on 26 June 2019

3. Blatant Signs of a Power-Hungry Leader

God-ordained public service should never be about a person's desire for power and prestige, but should arise out of a servant's heart to meet the needs of the people they represent. Jesus modeled this ...

Created on 29 May 2019

4. Let Them Hear Your Help

In last week's newsletter, I asked the question, "Do you want to help people?" I hope you've been thinking deeply about that question this week. Once we establish that we have the "want to," we must then ...

Created on 09 May 2019

5. Asia's Churches Empower Women—So Should We

... pture. Conservatives who bar women from leadership typically cite 1 Timothy 2:12 or 1 Corinthians 14:34 (NASB) ("women are to keep silent in the churches"), and yet they ignore verses affirming women's  ...

Created on 08 May 2019

6. Brazilian President Bolsonaro Tells Christian Leaders He Wants to Move Country in New Direction

American Christians seem so self-absorbed with what's going on here that we often fail to see what God is doing in other parts of the world. In our country, I believe God raised up a flawed leader named ...

Created on 22 April 2019

7. This Is the Only Leadership Goal That Matters ...

... t. 23:11, NLT). I keep a piece of a towel on my desk to remind myself how Jesus was willing to wash the disciples' feet. Real leadership is driven by how well we serve others because that's what people willi ...

Created on 05 March 2019

8. Prophet: Holy Spirit Ready to Anoint Godly Leaders to Depose Jezebel in Last-Days Battle

...  die" (1 Kings 21:8-10). Jezebel usurps her husband's or her leader's authority and often acts in their name. She manipulates and controls leadership and attempts to fill the Ahab vacuum with power pla ...

Created on 22 March 2019

9. How Leaders With Hidden Sin Can Fake It Until Revealed

Caution: Being spiritually gifted can be hazardous to your spiritual health. Why? Because your success might lead you to conclude you have God's approval. The last thing you or I want is to become yesterday's ...

Created on 14 January 2019

10. Why So Many Christian Leaders Don't Practice What They Preach

During my leadership journey since the early 1980s, I have noticed various gifts among leaders that are not necessarily understood or even taught in seminary nor in theological or leadership books. For ...

Created on 28 November 2018

11. Prophecy: God Is Recalling Leaders Who Have Quit Ministry

...  a member of Bridge of Life Church in Hagerstown, Maryland, for the past 40 years and is in leadership. He faithfully served in prison ministry at Mount Hope Inc. for 23 years and now travels full time, m ...

Created on 05 November 2018

12. How the Devil Wants to Sabotage Your Impact on the Kingdom of God

... gation, the leadership!" When Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and indeed, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they were extremely terrified, so the children of Isra ...

Created on 02 November 2018

13. Major Christian Leaders, Including Joel C. Rosenberg, Meet With Saudi Crown Prince in Groundbreaking Gathering

... Arab Emirates. "There's a lot of people who would say this is the wrong time to go to Saudi Arabia and meet with the leadership there," author Joel Rosenberg told CBN News. "I understand that criticism,  ...

Created on 02 November 2018

14. 'The Message' Author Eugene Peterson Under Hospice Care

Eugene Peterson, the bestselling author of "The Message" and longtime pastor praised as a "shepherd's shepherd," is moving into hospice and receiving palliative medical care. Peterson, 85, was hospitalized ...

Created on 15 October 2018

15. Called as a Woman in Leadership? Follow These Bold, Biblical Examples ...

Women in leadership—what a trendy topic! Although I guess it would only be this trendy because we think it's something new and scandalous. Various societal systems of the past have implied that it's unsuitab ...

Created on 18 October 2018

16. Could This Tool Save Pastors From Experiencing Burnout, Depression?

... no one prepared them for the practical leadership challenges of pastoring a church. LifeWay Research found in 2016 that 25 percent of U.S. pastors who leave the pastorate do so due to conflict in the church ...

Created on 17 September 2018

17. What to Do When You Have a Toxic, Abusive Leader

We all have the stories of horrible leadership. They were controlling, they were manipulative, they were dictators, they were abusive, they were (fill in the blank). And now because of everything you have ...

Created on 12 September 2018

18. Jentezen Franklin: What the World Understands About Leadership That Christians Always Miss ...

Jentezen Franklin says the church needs to start evaluating leaders by their results and by their fruit, not just by their desire to lead or good intentions. Franklin points to Moses and Jesus as examples ...

Created on 30 August 2018

19. Don't Let the Popular 'Authority' Myth Hold You Captive When It Comes to Teaching in the Church

... The truth is that neither Paul nor any New Testament writer ever made "authority" the issue when it came to women serving in leadership roles in the church. The New Testament Greek word for "authority" is ex ...

Created on 07 August 2018

20. Team Breakers Break Dreams

I had the privilege to interview T.D. Jakes on my podcast yesterday. Many of his sermons have moved me over the years, as have his writings. Along the way, I learned that Bishop Jakes is a successful entrepreneur ...

Created on 25 July 2018