Complaints Requested

SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 10; 2 Chronicles 22-23; 1 Timothy 5 1 Timothy 5:19 19Don’t listen to a complaint against a leader that isn’t backed up by two or three responsible witnesses. OBSERVATIONS: At times, I’ve used this defensively to turn away the...

The Job

SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 8-9; 2 Chronicles 21; 1 Timothy 4 1 Timothy 4:12-14 Teach believers with your life: by word, by demeanor, by love, by faith, by integrity. Stay at your post reading Scripture, giving counsel, teaching. And that special gift of ministry you were...

Traits of the Leader

SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 6-7; 2 Chr. 20; 1 Tim. 3 1 Timothy 3:1-7 If anyone wants to provide leadership in the church, good! But there are preconditions: A leader must be well-thought-of, committed to his wife, cool and collected, accessible, and hospitable. He must know...

Unity, Harmony, and Choreography

SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 20-21; 2 Chronicles 17; Colossians 3 Colossians 3:15-17 15-17Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christ—the...

Leading Leaders

SCRIPTURE: 1 Kings 17-19; Colossians 2 1 Kings 19:15-18 15-18 God said, “Go back the way you came through the desert to Damascus. When you get there anoint Hazael; make him king over Aram. Then anoint Jehu son of Nimshi; make him king over Israel. Finally,...

No More Less-Than Prayers

SCRIPTURE:Jer. 52; Ps. 143,144; Rev. 1 Psalm 144:15  15 How blessed the people who have all this!    How blessed the people who have God for God! OBSERVATIONS: God blesses us when we recognize that God is God, and not a genie who grants wishes, or a confidant who...