Don’t just pray, but reach out in prayer to get an understanding of God’s plan, of His revelation and vision for your life.
We mustn’t just simply pray, but rather ask God about His desires and plans. This is the prayer of enquiry
A good pastor knows how to trust people and how to give them authority to fulfill all kinds of tasks. He tries to make himself unnoticed and unnecessary. Don’t be indispensable!
God always gives grace to the person who knows how to humble himself before Him and who sets his hopes on Him. God only gives grace to humble people.
People who want to get everything all at once, usually end up getting nothing in life.
Jesus preached to crowds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people, in order to make only twelve of them into His disciples, He took time to work with each person individually
If you go deeper into the details of your calling, finding out new things about it, seeking wisdom and understanding from God on it, this in itself will cause you to be successful. He that tills his land will be satisfied with bread.
Start focusing your attention on the people that God puts you with, even if they hate you, even if they persecute you and speak bad things about you. Work with them and pray for them!
A real pastor will always show respect for people.
Learn to wait on the Lord! That will help you to walk your pathway in life in the power and glory of God.
You should not fast just to get the anointing. That won’t be very effective. Fasting is rather a means of abasing yourselves for the service of God and man.
Do not seek popularity or self-affirmation; just show people God’s love and mercy, and help them to prosper and succeed. Simply serve God
Only a real pastor and a true leader will be looking for ways to train and equip his people to develop their potential.
A good shepherd encourages and inspires each one that works alongside him.
A real pastor — a good shepherd — is always concerned about the personal development of every individual person in his church.
A good shepherd has a positive influence on his people through “inward work”, i.e. working on them from the inside.
You have to become a ladder that other people climb up in their path to success. If you are not ready for that, then you are not ready to be a pastor.