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How do you spell success?

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What is ministry success? If you work harder, will you be more successful? Do you determine success by the numbers? **how how many people showed up Sunday **the size of the offering **baptisms **hands raised **hours spent counseling **number of congregants NOT in the psych ward Will these determine whether you are successful?

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What God really thinks of failure (and success)

Deep Imprints

Happy Friday! Today, I have a guest post on Mary DeMuth’s great blog Live Uncaged. Please take a moment and check it out, comment and share. This post is a great opportunity for you to see how people in the bible succeeded – and failed. Also, I want to point you to Mary’s new book [.].

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What God really things of failure (and success)

Deep Imprints

Happy Friday! Today, I have a guest post on Mary DeMuth’s great blog Live Uncaged. Please take a moment and check it out, comment and share. This post is a great opportunity for you to see how people in the bible succeeded – and failed. Also, I want to point you to Mary’s new book [.].

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Can you live up to expectations?

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Self Leadership Team Leadership Worship dream expectations failure success' We fear failing to meet expectations, because that is how we make ourselves okay. When we meet expectations, we are acceptable. Jesus didn’t meet expectations. […].

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What makes you okay?

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Coaching Leadership Move Forward Self Leadership encouragement goals Influence success' Some people define themselves by Family relationships Knowing and obeying all the rules Our mistakes and failures In John 8 Jesus and the Pharisees face off about how we define ourselves. Jesus suggests […].

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Are you curious?

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It turns out that successful people leave space for creativity. They don't just do what they are told, they push to improve, think outside the box, and find a new approach. On a connected thought, I listened to this TEDTalk this morning by Adam Grant. After they get started on […].

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Getting your life to click

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What does success look like? If you are successful at serving God as a (wife, mom, worker, friend), what does that look like? What would success in your future dreams look like? What do you want to accomplish in the future? How do you know that you have done a good job at what you do?

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