How To Navigate Your Calling as a Pastor

How to Navigate

Your Calling as a Pastor

How to Navigate

Your Calling as a Pastor

By Pastor Lee McFarland

How does the average pastor

feel on a Monday morning?

How does the average pastor

feel on a Monday morning?


Tired.Tired.1.1.


Researchers say a pastor expends the same amount

of energy delivering one sermon as most people expend

in 30 hours at a regular job.

Researchers say a pastor expends the same amount

of energy delivering one sermon as most people expend

in 30 hours at a regular job.


TOO Busy.

TOO Busy.

2.2.


Most pastors…

•Work 60 hours/week•Have 1 day off/week• Have little time for:

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rest

Most pastors…

•Work 60 hours/week•Have 1 day off/week• Have little time for:

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Pressured.

Pressured.

3.3.


Pastors are expected to be:

• Godly, spiritual & humble• Great communicators

• Brilliant business leaders• Compassionate caregivers

• Friendly and social

Pastors are expected to be:

• Godly, spiritual & humble• Great communicators

• Brilliant business leaders• Compassionate caregivers

• Friendly and social


EXCITED ABOUT

THE Good

THINGS.

EXCITED ABOUT

THE Good

THINGS.

4.4.


Pastors are full of FAITH:

• Expecting great things• Relying on God

“God’s work done God’s way will never lack God’s favor.” - Pastor Rick Warren

Pastors are full of FAITH:

• Expecting great things• Relying on God

“God’s work done God’s way will never lack God’s favor.” - Pastor Rick Warren


BUT, WONDERING

IF IT’S Worth It

All.

BUT, WONDERING

IF IT’S Worth It

All.

5.5.


Charisma magazine poll of 3,000 pastors:Charisma magazine

poll of 3,000 pastors:

80% say that pastoral ministry has had a negative effect on their children.

97% of pastors say they were inadequately trained for the challenges they face.

70% say they constantly fight depression.

80% say that pastoral ministry has had a negative effect on their children.

97% of pastors say they were inadequately trained for the challenges they face.

70% say they constantly fight depression.


Charisma magazinepoll of 3,000 pastors:Charisma magazine

poll of 3,000 pastors:

70% say they feel underpaid. 65% say they have thought

about quitting the ministry within the last 30 days.

70% say they do not have someone they consider a close friend.

70% say they feel underpaid. 65% say they have thought

about quitting the ministry within the last 30 days.

70% say they do not have someone they consider a close friend.


SO…. You might be asking yourself…

Why AM I IN THE

Ministry?

SO…. You might be asking yourself…

Why AM I IN THE

Ministry?


I WILL RENEW MY CALLING

TO THE MINISTRY BY…

I WILL RENEW MY CALLING

TO THE MINISTRY BY…


Submitting MYSELF TO GOD’S Leading.

Submitting MYSELF TO GOD’S Leading.

1.1.


Ephes. 1:11 (Msg)Ephes. 1:11 (Msg)

“It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are

living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our

hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious

living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.”

“It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are

living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our

hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious

living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.”

Opening MYSELF TO GO

D ’S Holy Spirit.

Opening MYSELF TO GO

D ’S Holy Spirit.

2.2.


Romans 8:26-27 (Living)Romans 8:26-27 (Living)

“And in the same way – by our faith – the Holy Spirit helps us with our daily problems and in our praying. For we don’t even know what we should pray for nor how to pray as

we should, but the Holy Spirit prays for us with such feeling that is cannot be expressed

in words.

“And in the same way – by our faith – the Holy Spirit helps us with our daily problems and in our praying. For we don’t even know what we should pray for nor how to pray as

we should, but the Holy Spirit prays for us with such feeling that is cannot be expressed

in words.

Romans 8:26-27 (Living) Romans 8:26-27 (Living)

And the Father who knows all hearts knows, of course, what the Spirit is saying as he pleads for us in harmony

with God’s own will.”

And the Father who knows all hearts knows, of course, what the Spirit is saying as he pleads for us in harmony

with God’s own will.”

Giving MYSELF TO GO

D ’S People.

Giving MYSELF TO GO

D ’S People.

3.3.


John 21:16 (NIV)John 21:16 (NIV)

“Again Jesus said, ‘Simon son of John, do you truly love me?’ He answered, ‘Yes, Lord, you know that I

love you.’ Jesus said, ‘Take care of my sheep.’”

“Again Jesus said, ‘Simon son of John, do you truly love me?’ He answered, ‘Yes, Lord, you know that I

love you.’ Jesus said, ‘Take care of my sheep.’”

Challenging MYSELF

WITH GOD’S

Vision.

Challenging MYSELF

WITH GOD’S

Vision.

4.4.


Luke 14:23 (Msg)Luke 14:23 (Msg)

“The master said, ‘Then go to the country roads.

Whoever you find, drag them in. I

want my house full! ’”

“The master said, ‘Then go to the country roads.

Whoever you find, drag them in. I

want my house full! ’”

Recharging MYSELF

WITH GOD’S Power.

Recharging MYSELF

WITH GOD’S Power.

5.5.


Philip. 2:13 (NLT)Philip. 2:13 (NLT)

“For God is working in you, giving you the

desire to obey him and the power to do what

pleases him.”

“For God is working in you, giving you the

desire to obey him and the power to do what

pleases him.”

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