If anyone in the local church should be dreaming God's dreams, it should at least be the pastor.
If anyone should have a vision for the ministry of the local church (local and global), it should at least be the pastor.
The dreams and visions God gives to the pastor should be embraced and shared by the mature, spiritually minded parishioners (leadership and fellowship).
The pastor's dreams and visions must be God-given, God-centered, God glorifying, world evangelizing, believer edifying.
A healthy church loves God's light and walks in His light.
A healthy church does not need to be revived (yearly, quarterly, monthly, weekly).
A healthy church is fed and led by a faithful pastor.
A healthy church hungers and thirsts after righteousness.
A healthy church is growing in grace and knowledge.
A healthy church "goes about, doing good."
A healthy church abides, continues, follows, pursues, and keeps itself in the way of God.
A healthy church has its lamps trimmed and filled with oil.
A healthy church is asking God for "another mountain."
A healthy church is self-denying, self-sacrificing, self-effacing.
A healthy church kneels..., sits..., stands..., walks..., runs..., fights..., and charges the gates of hell.
Pastoring a healthy church is not running a nursery.
Pastoring a healthy church is not overseeing a feud.
Pastoring a healthy church is not pampering the spoiled.
Pastoring a healthy church is not "sitting a death watch."
Pastoring a healthy church is not trapsing around the wilderness.
It is better to be Baptized with Holy Spirit Fire than to be thrown into the Lake of Fire. It is your choice.
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