Sometimes Kingdom leadership involves allowing followers to choose unwisely. Shepherds do not drive sheep, they lead them, and stubborn sheep have to occasionally learn for themselves why they should trust the godly counsel of their leaders. Not even God chooses to resist every sinful desire of His children.
Shepherding Stubborn Souls
1st Samuel 8:4-22
August 31, 2016 • Jeff Lyle
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Kings, Witches & Ghosts
October 19, 2016 • Jeff Lyle
Not too many people in the Old Testament have a postmortem appearance. Samuel's life on earth had ended, but he had one more cameo before leaving us for good. This scene sounds more like Halloween than Holy bible. What can we learn from that moment when the king, the witch and the ghost come together?
Favor and Forfeiture
October 12, 2016 • Jeff Lyle
It’s an amazing thing to receive an anointing from God. It’s an awful thing to lose an anointing from God. It’s the rarest thing to watch these two things happen in the same handful of verses. Listen and learn. Decide which part of the equation you would rather live in.
The Underbelly of Leadership
October 5, 2016 • Jeff Lyle
Committing to being a leader is a tangled blessing. Leadership roles are some of the most misunderstood facets of God’s Kingdom. To the casual observer, Kingdom leadership can look glamorous, privileged and immensely rewarding. Yet for nay who have faithfully lived out a call to leadership, there is a sobering acknowledgement of an underbelly. Samuel shows us the cost of leadership. All of us should know the cost before we assume the reward.