Can't Do It Alone

God never called us to do ministry alone. For many of us, we have hit a ceiling in our leadership because we try to run this race in sprint fashion rather than as a marathon and on top of that, we try to do it alone. There was a guy named Jethro in Exodus 18 that gave some incredible leadership advice to a guy named Moses. My prayer for all of us is that we become modern day Moses' who listen to modern day Jethro's. Check this out...

• What you are doing isn't good
• You will wear yourself out and wear out the people you are leading
• The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone
• Select CAPABLE men/women from all the people (invite people from your church to join the team, every week we have an awesome privilege of inviting others on the journey with us!)
• Select men/women who are not only capable, but are always available (dedicated to the vision, maybe on paper it's part time, but the heart screams full time with passion!) and are able to decide on the small matters...we should empower our people to lead and be proactive, we are one person, what are you doing to build the team that can make it happen together?
• Appoint them as leaders over groups (maybe the early model for small group ministry???)
• Guess what? This will make your load lighter; they will share it with you
• You will be able to endure the pressure! ENDURE!
• The people will go home in peace (resolution!)