Mastering Personal Growth
Overview
Has the heat of ministry left you spiritually dry?
Are you feeling parched and weak, as if you’re withering away? That’s a common experience in the pastorate. The fast-paced, never-ending routine of meetings, management, classes, and counseling can hinder those in ministry from taking spiritual root in Christ.
Many pastors find themselves barely able to maintain the status quo. Still, they feel a longing for more: deep-rootedness in Christ, hearts and minds filled with new life, and a ministry that bears abundant fruit—even in the midst of apparent spiritual drought.
Gordon MacDonald, Maxie Dunnam, and Donald McCullough know the intense pressures of the pastorate, and they know how to grow in spite of them. In this book, which completes the twelve-volume Mastering Ministry series, the authors discuss how nurturing relationships can energize pastors for ministry, emphasize the importance of finding time for the things that matter, and explain how to monitor body, mind and soul for long-term effectiveness and joy. This valuable book explains how, in spite of appearances, the soil of the pastorate can be fertile ground for rewarding spiritual growth.
Top Highlights
“But sometimes when you begin to rebuild, you have to first clear away some rubble. Habits, motives, illusions, ambitions, and forms of pride have to be named and renounced. This activity is called repentance. I suspect it’s the most powerful exercise of the inner spirit that God has given us. It’s God’s weapon against deceit, which, in turn, is the most powerful weapon in the arsenal of the Evil One.” (Page 17)
“Only the man or woman who baptizes his or her motivations every day will have any hope that things will not turn sour down the road.” (Pages 23–24)
“• I feel depressed about my spirituality for a significant period of time.” (Page 30)
“It illustrates what it means to me to be close to God: at the core, it means having an internal sense of harmony with what God wants me to do.” (Page 29)
“ask the questions of motivation (what was driving me?) and maintenance (what would keep me going?).” (Page 17)
- Title: Mastering Personal Growth
- Authors: Gordon MacDonald, Donald W. McCullough, Maxie Dunnam
- Series: Mastering Ministry Series
- Publisher: Multnomah
- Print Publication Date: 1992
- Logos Release Date: 2001
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Clergy › Religious life; Spiritual life › Christianity; Handbooks
- Resource ID: LLS:34.0.50
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T07:39:31Z