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BASIC RULES FOR PASTORS

I compiled this list some years ago, to remind myself of what is important. The order is more or less random.

  1. Worship until the joy comes
  2. Surround yourself with prayer
  3. Keep the main thing the main thing
  4. Read, believe and do the Bible
  5. Love the people
  6. Keep a personal Sabbath
  7. Put your family first
  8. Over-communicate
  9. Tithe
  10. Read
  11. Believe
  12. Do more gainers than drainers
  13. Never click “send” after midnight
  14. Remember who you work for
  15. Have fun
  16. Don’t get too comfortable
  17. Never bind yourself with anything that causes you to sweat (Ezekiel 44:18)
  18. Reach out to “the other ones”

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PASTORING: THE NUTS AND BOLTS – EXPANDED EDITION

  1. Remember “faith” is spelled R-I-S-K
  2. Keep your objectivity
  3. Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative
  4. Strengthen yourself in the Lord
  5. Stretch yourself
  6. Exercise your faith
  7. Go on to perfection
  8. Pre-pray the day
  9. Don’t limit God to your theology
  10. Eyes forward
  11. Don’t do good programs, do life-transforming encounters
  12. Go with the flow of the Spirit

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