The Anxiety of Ministry
Caring for souls within a local church can cause anxiety for its leaders. Rely on God’s power to change your church, and don’t settle for what you can do.
Caring for souls within a local church can cause anxiety for its leaders. Rely on God’s power to change your church, and don’t settle for what you can do.
What do you do with all the thoughts that consume you throughout the day? When sinful thoughts swarm your subconscious, acknowledge their presence in God’s presence.
When circumstances confront us and tempt us to worry, we cannot ignore them or hope they will simply go away. God’s Word is clear – we must fight against anxiety and rely on prayer.
Anxiety can be a practical sign of a theological problem. When we become anxious, we are refusing to acknowledge who God is and what God can do.
The Bible makes it clear: we should not remain anxious. When anxiousness hits us, we need to do something with it!
I am so excited about Fusion starting back on Tuesday. Greenwood began to feel normal again when I saw all the Lander students back in church on Sunday, but having everyone together tomorrow night will even be better cause we’ll have some time to catch up! If you are a college student or 20-something in the Greenwood area, we would …
So, in my last post, I talked about what I was preaching about tonight. But I didn’t do it. For some reason, I changed fifteen minutes before Fusion started. I just wasn’t feeling it. I prayed and prayed and just felt God leading me to Malachi 1. So I went there. Fusion was fun tonight getting back together. I got …