Jesus has a plan for your life. It starts wtih you spending some time with Him. Did you know that He wants to find a place in your life to make things better?

You are so important that God gave His very best, Jesus to give His life to pay for the things you have done. Even if you didn't know it, you are that important to Him.

Nobody's perfect you know, except Jesus. Why should that matter to you? Because we all need a little fixing up and He is the best one to do it.

We hold onto so many things that have nothing to do with our life being better. We hold onto it because no one has taught us to let it go like Jesus can.

When you make this mistake in your church, you are assured of failure. Nothing you do will fix it, but you can avoid it, if you want to.

People are the problem. Face it they have individual wants and desires which always get into the way. How can a leader put the problem of people into a proper way to increase the outreach of the church? Can it be done in a way that would require you not to have to confront? What are the end all solutions? And how can we make them a part of our effort?

Perception is reality. That is the fact that we have to deal with in life. The way we are perceived is the way we are to the person outside of our church. Do you know how you are perceived and are you willing to deal with that perception? Or do you continue to ignore it hoping to make it go away? How is that working?

When you try to tell someone not to do something, isn't it a lot easier to tell them as a friend then to try to beat it into them? Seems that most people thing that the rules are meant to protect us from harm, but in truth many protect us from relationships with others. That keeps us from getting to know people, finding new friends and being mature together. What is stopping relationships?

The bible tells us that we do the work, provide the feed and the water, but ultimately God provides the harvest. Such is the case in church growth. But before we can even consider starting that, we have to be willing to know that the old ways worked then, but new ways are needed now. Not the foundation of change, but the end result of doing the right things.

Everything about church revolves around one person, but that person is not you. It is Jesus Christ. Anything else, even in the smallest manner takes away from His glory and assures you of one thing: that He is not going to bless your church in any way, shape, form or fashion. After all, He is a jealous God.