{"id":33187,"date":"2021-12-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=33187"},"modified":"2024-11-28T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T15:59:12","slug":"lead-with-abundant-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2021\/12\/23\/lead-with-abundant-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead with Abundant Joy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706\" data-series-id=\"628\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 23 of 24 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/pastors-hope-and-a-future\/\">Pastors: A Hope and a Future<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pastors, at this point in the series, there may be parts that you have read but haven&#8217;t yet had a chance to work on. That&#8217;s okay. It may take some time to work through every good idea you picked up in this series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when you&#8217;ve worked through the previous posts and made any changes you want to make, or if you&#8217;ve already done all that, here&#8217;s the good news. You have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>reexplored your call and your mission<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>become ever more grateful for all that God has given you<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>refreshed your leadership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>gained a new, more sustainable way of working<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fallen in love with God all over again<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>taken care of your soul<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>held a spiritual retreat to pull it altogether and discern God&#8217;s continuing leadership of your ministry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is left to prepare yourself to reengage pastoral ministry as a revitalized you? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only one thing comes to mind: Make sure you have joy! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not just a little joy, but abundant joy! Joy that fills you to overflowing. Joy that spills over into everyone around you. Joy that makes people want to follow your leadership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enthusiasm, energy, passion, faith: each of these will be supercharged as joy flows throughout every part of your character and personality and makes you a leader who is attractive to the board and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s a post that will help you develop abundant joy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-cccc-blogs wp-block-embed-cccc-blogs\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zBFjJlyxAX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2016\/10\/24\/psalm-100-joy-in-leadership\/\">Psalm 100: Joy in Leadership<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Psalm 100: Joy in Leadership&#8221; &#8212; CCCC Blogs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2016\/10\/24\/psalm-100-joy-in-leadership\/embed\/#?secret=EzLS0rnGP2#?secret=zBFjJlyxAX\" data-secret=\"zBFjJlyxAX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706 pps-series-meta-excerpt\" data-series-id=\"628\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 23 of 24 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/pastors-hope-and-a-future\/\">Pastors: A Hope and a Future<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>Pastors can use their joy to enhance their leadership.  <a href=\"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2021\/12\/23\/lead-with-abundant-joy\/\" class=\"linkbutton\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ts_fic_featured_image_caption":"A pastor having just baptized a young man, both expressing great joy. 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