One of the wisest persons in the Bible wrote the following words that have served me well in my life of ministry : “The righteous choose their friends carefully, But the way of the wicked leads them astray.”  Proverbs 12:26 So important was this principle for his readers to take to heart, that he repeated it in varying ways through the book of Proverbs. “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of…

(11) “ EVERY TIME YOU SAY “YES”, YOU CAN ALSO BE SAYING “NO”.” When I started out in ministry I wrongly believed that I was meant to be a servant to people, and that they had a right to my time. I was a “yes” person. But there came a time when I understood that although I was to be a servant to people, they were not my master. Jesus was my master and as…

It can be lonely at the top. Like the time the Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy from a damp, dark prison cell, on trial in a Roman court, believing that the time for his departure was near. As I recently read this story, I couldn’t help being reminded of one of the great challenges that leaders need to be ready and equipped to face at critical times in their ministry. That being, what to do…