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The Top 5 Ministry Excuses You Must Stop Making

2. I don’t have the right people.

Great people don’t randomly assemble.

They are attracted by clear and compelling missions (like the mission of the church). They are challenged, nurtured and inspired by skillful, humble, passionate leaders who have devoted their lives to a cause greater than themselves.

The reason your ‘people’ aren’t like the people of the churches you admire is because you haven’t led them there.

Get on your knees, look in the mirror and start leading or find someone who can. When you lead with all diligence, you call something out in people that God planted within them.

People who have lived ‘ordinarily’ can begin to live ‘extraordinarily’ under the right leadership.