Working With God’s Seasons

by Craig Groeschel

Proverbs 20:4 says, “If you are too lazy to plow in the right season, you will have no food at the harvest.”

In ministry it is so important to work with God’s seasons. Instead of always wishing for the next season, we should embrace the season we’re in.

Here are a few examples of how to work with the seasons:

1. If you’re a church planter, you won’t be any more of a real church when you have a real building. Enjoy the ride in portable facilities. You’re in a special season.

2. If you’re 50 years old and not naturally a cool person, you’ll look silly trying to act and dress 28. Embrace your season and be a mentor instead of a buddy to the next generation.

3. If your church is debt free and strong, don’t pretend like everything you have is for you. During this season, your greatest calling might be to fund the next generation’s vision.

4. If you had a singles ministry that worked for 9 years, but is no longer effective, celebrate the 9 years of success. Close it down and do something different. Don’t keep something on life support once its season has passed.

Because I was 28 years old when I started Life Church, I always felt like I was the young guy with everything in front of me. I’m not the young guy any more. (It happened so fast.) Now rather than just building our church, I embrace this season of lifting the next generation to do more than I’m able to do.

How can you better embrace this season?

Maybe it's time to re-evaluate what you are doing and where. Maybe a change is in the wind and you should embrace it with the knowledge that it is God's time for you to change but maybe you need to accept the place where you are at. Consider it as you seek the will of God.

Blessings On Ya!
Pastor Kitner

How to Have Positive Relationships

Do you want to build positive relationships and ministry opportunities? Then you must desire to understand people so that this can happen. In the book “Today Matters by John C. Maxwell” there are some things listed by John that will help to get this goal accomplished and as he says, bridge the gap that exists between you and them.
1. People are insecure – give them confidence.
2. People want to feel special – sincerely compliment them.
3. People desire a better tomorrow – show them hope.
4. People need to be understood – listen to them.
5. People are selfish – speak to their needs first.
6. People get emotionally low – encourage them.
7. People want to be associated with success – help them win.
When you begin to look at the potential of people instead of their failures you are in a place or position to help them succeed and cause your relationship to be good.

Blessings on ya!
Pastor Kitner

PS: I would recommend that you get the book and read it all because
"Today Matters"