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    The Power of Uniqueness: Why You Can't Be Anything You Want To Be
    by Arthur F Miller, William D Hendricks
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Wednesday
Dec122007

How to have power in your life as a pastor

DateWednesday, December 12, 2007 at 6:02PM

This post is from the defunct blog "Dying Church"

To have power in your life as a pastor, it is supremely important that you make it a first order of business for the rest of your life not to do things to impress people or gain a reputation or protect your reputation. It is very clear from the Gospels that Jesus is calling us to deny some basic things in our personality--things that need to die. Jesus says in Matthew 16:24 to deny yourself; take up your cross and follow me. And I think that means dying to our fleshly love of impressing people in this way for glory for ourselves. (Jack Miller)

quoted at Buzzard Blog

AuthorDarryl Dash | Comment1 Comment | | Print ArticlePrint Article |
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Reader Comments (1)

Darryl, This is such a wonderful quote. He really does speak to one of the very real temptations of ministry. This is one I will read again. Thanks for posting this.

December 14, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterJimMartin

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