Power Points 4U

Unfortunately a sizable portion of the church today has become drunk on its own definition of success. How often does God need to remind his people not to judge true success on the basis of whether something works or it seems not to. Paul and Silas did not appear to be successful when they were put in a Philippian jail, Peter did not appear to be successful when chained between prison guards, the gathering at Lazarus tomb did not have the aura of success and Jesus death on Calvary's cross appeared to be a total failure. However all these situations ended in great victory despite what it looked like on the outside.  When man in his own power and might puts together great programs and buildings in the church world, God reminds us that their success is not always indicative that his presence is in their midst. Remember it was Jesus himself who said in Matthew 10:34 that he came to send a sword and not peace to the earth. What did he mean? I believe Jesus ...

Servant Leaders Seems like everyone today wants to be a leader, but few have the desire or the stomach to be a servant-leader. Today leaders generally look out for themselves while servant leaders sense a responsibility to look out for the well-being of others, usually at the expense of themselves. The church today is suffering for a lack of these servant leaders which has resulted in the church reaching a place of comfortableness of being served instead of serving others. One difference between leaders and servant-leaders can be found in the thought that leaders usually want respect while servant leaders want results. A servant leader immersed in God's love has no time to dwell on past losses or mistakes, but looks for solutions that will heal and bring restoration to the wounded and discouraged among us.  True leadership is not as hard and complex as many people make it out to be today. True leaders simply step up to the plate without grumbling about the pitches th...