by Paul Chappell | Sep 29, 2016 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
Would you like your ministry to be full of grace? Your life? Your relationships? Over the past few posts, I’ve shared the importance of motivating by grace, letting God’s grace work, and hindering grace. This is the last in what has turned into a mini-series on grace....
by Paul Chappell | Sep 26, 2016 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
We often talk about what God’s grace does for us. And, truly, it is abundant. We talk about how greatly we need it in ministry. And we do. But have you ever considered if you might be preventing God’s grace from working in your heart? If you might be blocking its flow...
by Paul Chappell | Sep 21, 2016 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
The grace of God is an incredible gift. It not only brings salvation (Titus 2:11), but it is the ongoing provision for our Christian walk. It’s a peculiar thing about grace, however: it seems practically every Christian has their “angle” on the best way to use God’s...
by Paul Chappell | Sep 12, 2016 | Christian Life
Do you ever have a day go differently than you planned? Or a year? Or an entire season of your life? I’m a planner, and although I know in theory that God may change my plans and, in fact, has every right to intervene, I don’t always see His hand in the unplanned...
by Paul Chappell | Aug 29, 2016 | Christian Life, Ministry Leadership
You can’t miss the urgency and passion with which Jesus carried out His ministry. Throughout His ministry, He spoke of musts, such as, “I must work the works of Him that sent me” (John 9:4). As spiritual leaders, we know there is urgency to our labor, but we don’t...