by Bryan Cutshall | Nov 10, 2013 | Leadership Tips
Every week I ask you these three questions: PRAY – INVITE – BRING What initially brought you to church? 6-8% Walked in by own initiative 2-3% Liked a program offered 8-10% Liked the pastor 3-4% Had a need met by the church. 1-2% Were Evangelized 3-4% Attracted by...
by Bryan Cutshall | Nov 5, 2013 | Leadership Tips
What seems to be common to every revival and season of Gospel renewal? People praying. God moves a few people to begin praying, and then he powerfully answers them. Consider Charles Spurgeon, one of the most influential preachers in church history, when asked about...
by Bryan Cutshall | Nov 5, 2013 | Personal Growth
Complacency is one of the most dangerous enemies of the believer because it is so easy to fall into. God is so good and faithful to us in His mercy but it is easy to take His faithfulness for granted in the good times and confuse presumption for faith. I believe that...
by Bryan Cutshall | Oct 28, 2013 | Leadership Tips
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. Proverbs 19:21 Pastor Craig Groschel wrote a blog a few weeks ago and I loved it: “When I started in ministry two decades ago, everyone I knew made five-year plans. While planning...
by Bryan Cutshall | Oct 28, 2013 | Personal Growth
I have always been very healthy and for the most part highly energetic. Some of that is the good DNA I inherited from my grandmother who was still walking on a treadmill at 91. Another part of that is my commitment to taking my vitamins, omega-3’s and eating...
by Bryan Cutshall | Oct 21, 2013 | Leadership Tips
1. Give up your need to always be right. There are so many of us who can’t stand the idea of being wrong – wanting to always be right – even at the risk of ending great relationships or causing a great deal of stress and pain, for us and for others. It’s just not...
by Bryan Cutshall | Oct 20, 2013 | Leadership Blog
It was ONE shepherd boy who turned Israel into a great nation. It was ONE prophet who stopped the rain for three and one-half years. It was ONE man named Samson who fought an entire army of Philistines. It was ONE woman named Rosa Parks who got on a bus and affected...
by Bryan Cutshall | Oct 15, 2013 | Leadership Tips
“Worship is the strategy by which we interrupt our preoccupation with ourselves and attend to the presence of God. “ – Eugene Peterson 1) Worship is led. The Psalmist in Psalm 42.4 (MSG) cries out, “I was always at the head of the worshipping crowd, right out in...
by Bryan Cutshall | Oct 13, 2013 | Leadership Blog
I am definitely a pre-planner. I send my agendas out ahead of time, I plan my calendar in advance, I block off my vacations at the first of the year, I do my taxes early, I send my sermons to the media department by Thursday of each week and I work from a sermon...
by Bryan Cutshall | Oct 7, 2013 | Leadership Blog
For so many years I couldn’t turn off my brain. I was addicted to the busyness of ministry, pastoring and traveling. I didn’t take my days off and never relaxed. This led to a season of burnout that nearly shook every area of my life. Many pastors can’t...
