Finish Every Day And Be Done With

Be Willing To Absorb Some Risk And Failures To Allow People Freedom To Express Themselves.

Why Would God Send People To Our Church If We Don't Have A Great Dream? Why Would God Give A Multigifted, Multitalented, And Multifinancially Wealthy Person To A Church If The Biggest Thing You Are Going To Do Is Paint The Restrooms Next Year? That's Bad Stewardship.

Without Failure There Is No Achievement.

There Is Something To Be Said About A Pastor And A Church That Develop A Missions Statement And The People Take Ownership Of It. They Get Their Identity, Purpose, And Energy From The Unique Place Their Church Is To Be In That Community.

Openness By The Leader Paves The Way For Ownership By The People. Without Ownership, Changes Will Be Short Term. Changing People's Habits And Ways Of Thinking Is Like Writing Instructions In The Snow During A Snowstorm. Every Twenty Minutes The Instructions Must Be Rewritten, Unless Ownership Is Given Along With Instructions.