- 1. Do You Know Someone From Your Past Who Might Need Jesus?
- ... five decades. "I have been forgiven by Him so I am compelled to forgive others." We were all wiping our eyes by then with our dinner napkins and expressing silent gratitude for the gift of friendship ...
- Created on 24 June 2021
- 2. What a Friend We Have in Jesus!
- ... I will be the beneficiary of uncommon friendship, heartfelt encouragement and delightful hugs! A friend brings personality; you know precisely what to expect when you are with a certain friend. But ...
- Created on 08 June 2021
- 3. 15 Characteristics of Genuinely Friendly Churches
- As churches begin to regather for in-person services, some areas of guest friendliness will change at least for the short-term. For example, for precautionary reasons, we likely will not be giving guests ...
- Created on 14 July 2020
- 4. 10 Reasons Why Pastors Lose Friendships ...
- I write this post not to create heartache for pastors, but for just the opposite reason: to help pastors and laity work harder at growing and preserving friendships that facilitate faithfulness and ministry. ...
- Created on 30 October 2019
- 5. 4 Ways Pastors Can Discern Their True Friends
- ... ct, pastors should lead their churches with friendship in the same way they lead with theology, vision and spiritual disciplines. But being a pastor can be lonely. This loneliness is especially true for ...
- Created on 16 September 2019
- 6. This One Act of Pastoral Kindness May Bring Guests Back to Your Church
- ... er involvement in the church and building friendships with the newcomers. Don't just invite the overworked elder who doesn't have space for any more commitments. Remember, you are helping to build relations ...
- Created on 29 July 2019
- 7. Fumigate Toxic Friends From Your Life
- ... ents just to follow her friend. She ignored her mother and father's words of caution but, now in retrospect, she realizes how the friendship trained her to be dangerously complaisant. "Not until many yea ...
- Created on 21 November 2018
- 8. 5 Levels of Friendship and How to Know Who to Trust ...
- ... four years ago on friendship. I taught it to a group of young ladies. Many of them shared how it changed their perspective on relationships. I wanted to put it in an article that might help others, eve ...
- Created on 01 October 2018
- 9. Ronnie Floyd: The Best Way to Develop Your Staff Team
- There are many ways a leader can develop a staff team, but I have never found a better way than allocating time away from the office together. In fact, whether it be days or hours, the end will result ...
- Created on 08 August 2018
- 10. Do You Want Deeper Friendships? Adjust Your Attitude ...
- ... has no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13). Real friendship is always sacrificial. We tend to want friendship on our terms; we want to be loved and encouraged and ...
- Created on 05 July 2018
- 11. 10 Great Relationship Principles I Learned From John Maxwell
- ... ivation, but it is the blessing. If you don't invest in friendships, you may end up traveling through life alone. The encouraging truth is that great relationships are not too difficult. They require ...
- Created on 24 April 2018
- 12. Why Every Pastor Needs a Good Pastor Friend
- ... know them well enough to speak into their lives. Perhaps even sadder is some don't seem to want one until they really need one. And, I don't know all the reasons pastors avoid close friendships. (I know ...
- Created on 22 February 2018
- 13. One of the Greatest Gifts God Can Give You
- ... from Smackover, Arkansas, impressed me immediately. We were polar opposites and yet felt drawn to each other in a miraculous type of friendship. She had short, black, curly hair; my long blonde hair touche ...
- Created on 10 February 2017