Spiritual Disciplines to Maintain Your Ministry
Years ago, one of my mentors, Jim Wideman, asked me an all important question.
“Are you closer to Jesus right now than you’ve been? If you’re answer is no, who’s fault is that?”
It was a wake-up call for me. And has become a driver of everything I do in my spiritual life. It is too easy to do the work of the ministry, serving God week in and week out, and forget about our own relationship with Him.
4 Steps to Rediscover Hope and Rebuild Faith After Ministry
Last year, I lost my ministry job. I was at a church hoping to become the next senior pastor, and I didn’t get enough votes. The following day, I resigned. The subsequent 6 months have been some of the hardest months of my life. But now looking back I see it was also a gift. Let me show you what I mean.