Failure has a way of getting into our heads if we’re not careful. It sneaks in through the side door, whispering things like “You’re not enough” or “You’ll never get it right.”
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Mary Lane Moore added that many in their small church of 50 members cannot go to the missions field due to health or work, but that didn’t stop God from calling them to be a part of it in some capacity.
As I’ve reflected on the first year of shepherding my congregation, here are four confessions that in the Lord’s kindness may benefit every pastor, minister, leader, and lay person.
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