Leadership and Being Grace Dependent

In October of 2023, Pastor John visited a couple in Maine whom he mentors as part of our Northeast expansion initiative.  In this podcast, Pastor John details the story of what happened during this visit, which allowed the couple to purchase a building, renovate it, and have services in it within one year.   A grace came alongside and accelerated them.  

The question that was then raised to Pastor John was, “Why aren’t you doing this here?”  We have two campuses that need buildings, and although one is purchased already, things seem to be on hold.  It was then that Pastor John realized that although he has amazingly gifted people around him, it is Pastor John who has the calling and grace to build.   Grace opens doors.  

All believers have received a very specific grace deposit from God to do their part in the Body of Christ (Ephesians 4:7). Yet as leaders, we are tempted to live apart from that grace.  We have to discover our grace and then live by it.  

What has God graced you to do?  Are you doing things you are not graced to do?  Have you asked others to do things they are not graced to do?  As you listen, you will discover the answers to these questions and have a better understanding of divine enablement to do your part in the Body of Christ.