I just started a new book and study entitled “Lead Like Jesus” you can check out the study here. As a pastor I know that one of the most important things is to love the people. Jesus gives us a great example in the life that He led on earth. He was the forerunner and model for servant leadership.
[youversion]Matthew 20:25-28[/youversion] states that Jesus came into this world to serve and not to be served. What a powerful statement!
How are you being a servant in the areas that you lead?
What will you do today to model your leadership style after Jesus?
Filed under: Leadership , God, Jesus, Leadership, Relevant Church Charlotte
I have transferred all of my blog posting to our permanent website. The new location of our blog will be www.relevantnc.com/blog.
Please make sure that you change your rss feed if you have it saved.
We will soon have our church website up at www.relevantnc.com.
Filed under: Uncategorized
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. One of the greatest joys in my life is be the dad of 3 awesome kids. They are truly a blessing in my life.
Dads, God has given us the great responsibility of raising up a generation of men and women that will follow after Him. We should never take lightly the call of fatherhood. Whether you had a great father figure in your life or not, remember the best example we have is our Heavenly Father. He loves us unconditionally and shows us how we can do that with out kids.
I know that this is your day, but take some time to spend it with the people that matter most to us, our family.
Filed under: Uncategorized , dads, Father's day, God, Jesus
Over the last couple of weeks I have really seen how the enemy can really be a punk. I knew that going into the ministry was going to bring the heat, and I was kinda prepared for it. What I wasn’t prepared for was how sneaky and conniving Satan is.
Two weeks ago my family and some of our launch team leaders were going to prayer walk the area we are planting Relevant Church. We had it all planned out; we were going to have the kids play at the park while we prayed. As the kids began to play, it wasn’t 5 minutes and we heard crying a screaming. As I ran over to see what was happening, I saw my 7 year old daughter lying on the ground. She had fallen and broken her arm. Prayer walk was obviously cancelled.
Looking back on it, my wife and I were talking about the timing of it all. We both felt like the enemy used my daughter to break up what was going to be a great time of spiritual warfare.
The application to all of this is that we must be ready for whatever the enemy has for us. When we are doing the work of God, Satan is never happy. He will come after you and in my case my family. We are to put on the full armor of God (Eph. 6). This armor protects us, but we also need to be ready to be on the offensive and help protect those around us. The devil is a punk and he will come after you in whatever way he can.
The end of my story did not end at the hospital, I made a stand and went back to the same park the next day and did some warfare. Take that Satan.
Filed under: My Journal , God, Jesus, Relevant Church Charlotte, satan, spiritual warfare
I just wanted to post something before I go off to bed. It has been a little while since my last post. As I sit here with my eyes closing from another long day, I am reflecting on what God is doing. I am so blessed. God has done so many great things in my life; too many to number.
I am completely overwhelmed at the fact that He has called me into His service. I have a chance to do one of the greatest jobs on the planet. No way do I feel like I deserve this call, but I know that He does not call the qualified, He qualifies the called. Boy do I need the qualifying.
We are only 112 days away from our first preview service at Relevant Church. We have a ton of things to do and very little time to do it in. I know that God is faithful and He will provide all that we need.
So tonight, I will be counting my blessings, not sheep.
Filed under: My Journal , God, god's calling, Jesus, relevant church, Relevant Church Charlotte, Religion, thanksgiving
The best way to start this post is to completely give God the glory for all He does. He is truly the God of all supply. With that being said, I wanted to give a quick update on the status of our “Get Connected” financial campaign. In my last post we told you about the 9 partners we have seen come along side us to help us toward our 40,000 dollar start-up goal.
I am so excited to tell you about how God has blessed us just this past week. We have been meeting with several people to ask them to become a partner of ours, and we have seen one person step up and donate 500 dollars! I told you God was good.
We have also been blessed with someone donating our business card printing, and another 2 people donating 300 dollars.
So far we have seen God move on the hearts of people to get us to 17 partners. These 17 partners have cought the vision of Relevant Church and know that God wants to connect with people in a deep way.
Please continue to pray for Relevant Church as we grow closer to our launch of January 10, 2010.
Blessings
Pastor Kalum
Filed under: Uncategorized , church, finances, God, provision, relevant church, Vision
Recent Comments