I am often asked by pastors, church planters and missionaries: “What should I look for in potential leaders?” Simple. The starting line for potential leaders is HUNGER and HUMILITY. HUNGER. Spiritual hunger. I’m not interested in someone who is spiritually fat and...
Be careful who you listen to because sometimes the voice of God sounds a lot like the voice of spiritual leaders. I read Deuteronomy on my Manila to Nashville flight yesterday. At the end of the book, Moses is old, and he knows it is time to pass the leadership baton...
I think I blogged about this sometime in the past few years, but since I can’t remember for sure, you probably can’t either. Yesterday I spoke to 30 of our Victory Manila and Every Nation Philippines admin staff about the corporate culture we are trying to create....
I’m back in Manila after a week in the Middle East. I wish I could blog all the amazing stories I heard from our “underground church planters” but our security protocols forbid details. All I can say is that God continues to do miracles and the gospel continues to...
“Moses’ father-in-law replied, ‘What you are doing is not good.’”Exodus 18:17 All leaders—especially leaders with a huge following—need a Jethro, someone older and wiser who is not impressed with their success and who will speak truth, especially painful truth. While...
There are enough MLK quotes to easily make a top 100 list. But, here are my current top 10 with my brief comments: 10. A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. (That helps me.) 9. Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t...
