I was listening to a sermon by Mark Warner, lead pastor of the Vineyard Church in Overland Park Kansas, and in his sermon he said two things that hit me.
1. Self control does not come from self but from the Holy Spirit working in you
In my experiences leading men I have
found that those men who rely on their self control end up messed up
again but those who rely on the Holy Spirit giving them self control
mess up less and less.
2. You greatest ministry will come out of your greatest pain.
As Kat and I planned our farm I wanted to combine what I felt God was calling me to do with our farm. Thus the name Restoration Farm. One of my weaknesses is fighting with control by leaders. I am not sure where this wound came from but I often find myself confrontational when leaders rub me the wrong way. Over the past four years I have slowly let God's Spirit change that in me but every now and then I feel it pushing on me again.
Out of that pain is growing Restoration Farm and a healing ministry for leaders.
I want to encourage you to check out the most recent series that Mark Warner as been doing called "50 Days of Transformation". Below is the one I took the two quotes from.
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