The Attitude of Gratitude Provides Motivation We are considering how to remain motivated to go on preaching and ministering. Here’s the first post in this series. In this post we will reflect on the truth that the attitude of gratitude provides motivation for preaching and ministry. Paul’s Attitude of Gratitude I Corinthians 15 is the […]
A Sense of Privilege Gives Motivation As we saw in the last post, a compelled person has motivation to preach and minister. A sense of privilege gives motivation to preachers as well. What do I mean by a sense of privilege? Many years ago Stuart Briscoe spoke on the passage below, and I return to […]
Compelled to Preach as a Motivation We are considering our motivation to preach and minister. The last several posts dealt with negative motivations, ones that don’t serve God or us very well. In this post we turn to some positive, Biblical motivations to continue in preaching and ministry effectively. Compelled to preach as a motivation […]
Motivations for Preaching Aren’t Always Clear By this point, if you are a regular reader of this blog, you may be wondering why you preach at all. And, if you have examined your motives, as suggested, you probably have found the need for approval in your list, as well as the desire for validation, and […]
Longing for Intimacy as a Motivation So the need for approval and the desire for validation are wrong motivations for entering upon a preaching ministry. Longing for intimacy as a motivation for preaching is also a wrong. We’re going to explore that in this post. Explanation of a Longing for Intimacy I had been in […]
Another Wrong Motive for Preaching In the last post we considered how some preachers need approval, and one of the ways they try to get it is to choose a public kind of work, like preaching, where people will tell them how good they are. That’s a wrong motive for preaching. Another wrong motive for […]
A Wrong Motivation For Being A Preacher Two times in my years of active ministry I had six or more months away from the pulpit. One time it was for a study leave, so that I could research what became a book on the revival periods in the United States. The other time, I was […]
Three More Ways To Spiritual Renewal In the last two posts we explored the following pathways to spiritual renewal: worship; engaging in creation; serving; and engaging people. This post will focus on three more ways to spiritual renewal for the preacher and for anyone else. The Intellectual Pathway to Spiritual Renewal Some people experience great […]
Renewing Spiritual Energy Through Worship and Serving In the last post we considered how to renew your spiritual energy through being with people and through creation. In this post we will explore how to go about renewing spiritual energy through worship and serving people. The Worship Pathway to Renewal There are seasons when ministry drains […]
Renewing Spiritual Energy Through Seven Pathways In the last several posts we have been considering how to recover when drained as a result of preaching and ministry. In this post we start a continuation of that series, talking about seven ways to renew your spiritual energy for ministry and life. This morning I had the […]