The Phil Files

My daily reading today placed me in Proverbs 6:1-35 (CEV). Wow, how amazingly frank the truths in this one chapter truly are. With powerful imagery and down-to-earth language, the Holy Spirit powerfully reminds us of simple truths about real life situations — co-signing a loan, laziness, lying, kinds of people God hates, obeying parents, and infidelity.

I am thankful that God is so clear about so many things we tend to “fuzzy up” a little bit so that we can feel better about our “little” rebellions agains our heavenly Father.

I’d love to hear from you about your take on my Heartlight.org article on leadership and maturity. Please look at the following questions and share your responses below. (Be sure and put in the security code so your answer can be seen!)

Do you think I’m off base when I suggest that we expect our spiritual leaders to be the customer service department of our churches?

Clearly there are other things leaders do to “shepherd our souls” other than these three things from Colossians. What one other thing has a leader done to bless your walk in the Lord?

Reading Hebrews 13:7 (CEV), Hebrews 13:17 (RSV), and Hebrews 13:24 (CEV), what should we do to help honor and encourage godly leadership in our churches?