THERE IS A PRICE TAG

THERE IS A PRICE TAG

Recently, I was in a major city, so I decided to do some shopping. As I entered one of the stores, I noticed some of the items had tags on them. I moved closer to check what’s on them; it was the price tags. The merchants were detailed enough to communicate the...
TRUE LEADERS EMPOWER PEOPLE

TRUE LEADERS EMPOWER PEOPLE

I was in a conversation with a pastor the other day. As we ruminated on church work, he made a remark that got me thinking; “With the kind of things you teach, training and empowering people for ministry, won’t people want to leave you and go do ministry...
FAITHFULNESS VS. FRUITFULNESS

FAITHFULNESS VS. FRUITFULNESS

A question came up during one of our leadership meetings sometime ago; “Who is better, a pastor who is cutting corners and the church is growing, or another who is faithfully doing the work and there is no commensurate growth?” After listening to all the...
FOUNDATION MATTERS

FOUNDATION MATTERS

I visited one of the tallest buildings in a city years ago. As I listened to the leader of the organisation, he made a remark that provided timely insight for me. He said; “What went down into the foundation of this building is perhaps more than what you see on...
NO INSTANT SUCCESS

NO INSTANT SUCCESS

My father in the Lord once said in one of his teachings to pastors that you should not consider yourself a failure yet in life or ministry until you have done church work for a minimum of six years. I understood it better after our church clocked six years. This truth...
YOU CANNOT COPY GRACE

YOU CANNOT COPY GRACE

I heard the story of a man who went to measure the crusade tent of a healing Evangelist in America. He told his builder to erect something bigger than the Evangelist’s. He thought he could do better than the Evangelist. What he failed to realise is that the...