Imagine how much more invigorated you would feel, what a sharper tool you’d be in the hand of the Redeemer if you address your bad habits.
Spiritual Disciplines
In our focus on the personal spiritual disciplines, we have said the two most important disciplines are the intake of the Word and prayer.
Rather than make New Year’s resolutions that last, we can learn faithful endurance to complete what we start by the grace of God.
Join Alistair Begg every day of the year with a brief Scripture reading followed by exposition of the passage and encouragement for everyday.
Pastors must care for their own souls before they can care for the souls of others. This looks like reading the Bible and meditating on it.
In your anxiety, turn to God, remember his faithfulness, cast your anxiety on him, thank him for his love, and find rest for your soul.
As all Christians are commanded to bear much fruit, pastors should be concerned with productivity and time management to be fruitful for God.
Brother, don’t let the ministry keep you from Jesus. Spiritual discipline as a means to godliness will help you maintain perseverance and joy in ministry and keep you in Jesus.
Pornography is especially harmful to pastors. If you sin and give in to temptation, repent. There is deliverance and victory in Christ.
Church leaders can speak the truth in love about pornography and offer hope for repentance and restoration.