In this episode we discuss...

• our five points on the priorities of rural pastors!
  1. Bowling is better than ping-pong.
     • We need to be more like bowling balls: empowered by God, filled with the Spirit, speeding toward the target He’s set up for us.  
  2. You are just one part of the body.
     • Pastors are called by God to fulfill a specific function. You’re part of the body that needs to function like only that part of the body does. 
     • Don’t be the superhero.  
     • Be humble enough to do what you’re called to do.
       • Yes, you’ll do other things. You ever cleaned a church toilet?  
     • You need to set your priorities according to Scripture!
  3. You may have forgotten your first priority.
     • Love for Christ, His Word, and His people must be your first priority.
     • God has equipped you fully to do everything he wants you to do as a Christian, a husband, a father, and a minister of the gospel.
       • If you’re love for Him, His Word, and His people is not primary, you’ll burn out trying to do all these things!
  4. You have a primary job: the ministry of the Word!
     • 1 Timothy 4:13, 16
     • 2 Timothy 4:1-4
  5. You are meant to empower others.
     • Ephesians 4.

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Our Quote of the Day:

• "Stick with your work. Do not flinch because the lion roars. Do not stop to stone the devil’s dogs. Do not fool away your time chasing the devil’s rabbits. Do your work. Let liars lie. Let sectarians quarrel. Let critics malign. Let enemies accuse. Let the devil do his worst. But see to it nothing hinders you from fulfilling with joy the work God has given you. He has not commanded you to be admired or esteemed. He has never bidden you defend your character. He has not set you at work to contradict falsehood (about yourself) which Satan’s or God’s servants may start to peddle, or to track down every rumor that threatens your reputation. If you do these things, you will do nothing else. You will be at work for yourself and not for the Lord. Keep at your work. Let your aim be as steady as a star. You may be assaulted, wronged, insulted, slandered, wounded and rejected, misunderstood, or assigned impure motives; You may be abused by foes, forsaken by friends, and despised and rejected of men. But see to it with steadfast determination, with unfaltering zeal, that you pursue the great purpose of your life and object of your being until at last you can say, 'I have finished the work which Thou gavest me to do.'" Anonymous

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