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God is huge. Like really really big. Like bigger than the whole universe. He is huge, and His thoughts are huge. And He loves you, I mean really loves you. So never be ashamed of how big our God is, how much we win, and how much blessing He wants to pour out on us.Continue reading “Principles of Success 03 Never Be Ashamed of the Size of our God!”

You cannot succeed in life until you see yourself the way God sees you.  Your mind is like soil, it just takes all the seeds sowed into it and reproduces them according to kind. If I took some soil and planted wheat, I would get wheat. I could not get anything else.  The soil hasContinue reading “Principles of Success 02: See You The Way God Sees You”

I recently got an email correcting me for preaching a “success and prosperity” gospel. I thought of replying “well, it’s better than preaching a failure and poverty gospel”. How can failure and poverty be good news? No – being rich and successful is our right as Christians! Our redemption takes care of poverty and bringsContinue reading “Principles of Success 01: Success is Your Right as a Christian (and your responsibility)”

The Christians that win are the Christians who focus on the invisible. The Christians who focus on the visible are those who fail and lose. The Christian who focuses on the invisible has a different world, different peace, different ministry from the Christian who focuses on the visible. This is so important. This is theContinue reading “Principles of Local Church 14 Focus on the Invisible”

One of the nine Tree of Life Churches that I have planted in the UK in the last decade once had what I wrongly called a church split. We had raised the church up to about forty people, and it was thriving. We saw cancers disappear, broken bones healed in the middle of the service,Continue reading “A Church Split? Or Maybe Not.”

When God called Moses into his ministry, Moses did not respond “Great choice God. Good move choosing me. I am not really sure how you managed without me the past few years…” No. He said… Who am I to do this. He wasn’t cocky or arrogant, he was humble. One of my leaders said toContinue reading “Principles of Local Church 13: Be a Bit Less Cocky”

Several times in my life I have had someone in our church that is awesome, kind, servant-hearted, always looking out for others, reliable, faithful. Then when because of those attributes I promote them to a position of leadership, they stop loving. They become bossy, they become territorial, they keep asking for their ministry to beContinue reading “Principles of Local Church 12 Love When You Are Winning”

I don’t want to speak negative ever, but life can be seasonal. Sometimes you are in a great season of growth and peace and abundance, and sadly in that place you are vulnerable to be deceived. You are vulnerable to what John Wesley called the temptations of success. Jesus called it the deceitfulness of riches.Continue reading “Principles of Local Church 11 Handling the Skinny Cows”

Israel loved Joseph more than all his children (Genesis 37.3). There is a real culture in most workplaces that no one wants to be the boss’s favourite, no one wants to be the office creep. But if an organization is functioning properly, being the favourite means you are treating the most important people as theContinue reading “Principles of Local Church 10: Be the Best”

Sometimes it is hard to use your gift. That is a fact of life, a fact of ministry, and definitely a fact of local church. Joseph was in jail, falsely accused of rape, when he only did the right thing. That’s a tough environment. Sometimes we go to church and we feel accused, we feelContinue reading “Principles for Local Church 09 Serve Even When it is Tough”