Pastor's Meeting
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Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,
and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.
Don't let your adversaries frighten you, because they will assume you are a phony. The courage you display will also increase your own confidence in God's liberating power, and it will be an omen of your adversaries defeat.
Campbell Translation
My attitude Determines My altitude.
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” —Walt Emerson
(1) It is not what happens to me but what happens in me that makes the
difference.
Ultimately, my attitude is my choice. Neither negative people nor negative circumstances can control my attitude. It's ultimately up to me to choose the attitude that I have. -John Maxwell
(2) Every problem has a hidden possibility.
(3) Failure is not final.
(4) Limitations are guidelines not stop signs.
(5) Expect the best. Express the best.
2. Personal Growth precedes Professional Growth.
"You cannot travel without until you first travel within.”—James Allen
The Law of the Lid: Leadership Determines the Level of Effectiveness.
3. Helping others Succeed Helps me Succeed.
"You can get everything in life you want if you help enough other people get what they
want.” —Zig Ziglar
4. Live a Life of integrity.
“I desire to conduct the affairs of this administration in such a way, that at the end when I come to lay down the reigns of power, if I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall have at least one friend left—and that friend shall be down inside me.”
—Abraham Lincoln
The Value of Integrity:
He who walks in integrity, walks securely. But he who perverts his ways will be found out” Proverbs 10:9.
Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.
You are as close to God as you want to be!
Anointing without redemption leads to destruction.
Redemption without anointing leads to weakness, and frailty.
You will never know how Anointed you are until you know how Redeemed you are
“We reap what we sow. Whatever we do in private, or don't do, will come to light in public. Talent will get you somewhere, but to be a champion you need a firm foundation. Cracks will eventually show up.” —Unknown
2 Corinthians 6:3-10 (Phillips) As far as we are concerned we do not wish to stand in anyone's way, nor do we wish to bring discredit on the ministry God has given us. Indeed we want to prove ourselves genuine ministers of God whatever we have to go through—patient endurance of troubles or even disasters, being flogged or imprisoned; being mobbed, having to work like slaves, having to go without food or sleep. All this we want to meet with sincerity, with insight and patience; by sheer kindness and the Holy Spirit; with genuine love, speaking the plain truth, and living by the power of God. Our sole defence, our only weapon, is a life of integrity, whether we meet honour or dishonour, praise or blame. Called "impostors" we must be true, called "nobodies" we must be in the public eye. Never far from death, yet here we are alive, always "going through it" yet never "going under". We know sorrow, yet our joy is inextinguishable. We have "nothing to bless ourselves with" yet we bless many others with true riches. We are penniless, and yet in reality we have everything worth having.
Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,
I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.
Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.