The Three Most Important Words in Ministry

Ready? Here they are:
  1. Boundaries
  2. Boundaries
  3. Boundaries

Sometimes the most loving thing  you can do for someone is toss them behind a 100-ft. wall and ask them to never come back.

1 Corintians 5:5: You must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed and he himself will be saved on the day the Lord returns.

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8 Responses to “The Three Most Important Words in Ministry”

  1. Matt January 21, 2010 at 12:53 am #

    Tough words. But you're right, they're important.

  2. facebook-500838439 January 21, 2010 at 10:51 am #

    What boundaries have you found most useful to set in ministry? I find boundaries in general in ministry to be very difficult to set…My husband and I are pastors…

  3. Justin Wise January 21, 2010 at 5:38 pm #

    Love them boundaries! The book is pretty good too.

  4. Justin Wise January 21, 2010 at 5:44 pm #

    Here are the ones that work best for me and my ministry setting:

    1. No more than two nights away from the home per week (there are exceptions, of course, but this is the norm.)
    2. My home is my sanctuary. There is no revolving door. The people who come over are invited over after careful consideration.
    3. I work no more than 45 hours per week. If it can't get done in that amount of time, it needs to wait.

    That's what works for me and my family.

  5. Justa Givner January 21, 2010 at 8:30 pm #

    Whoa! Now that's “thinking differently.”

    When I think of the years I spent putting up with the ones who should have been tossed behind the fence. Yikes. It's enough to make a grown man cry.

    Freedom!

    Thanks for blowing the box to smitherines, Justin.

  6. Justin Wise January 21, 2010 at 11:38 pm #

    Love them boundaries! The book is pretty good too.

  7. Justin Wise January 21, 2010 at 11:44 pm #

    Here are the ones that work best for me and my ministry setting:

    1. No more than two nights away from the home per week (there are exceptions, of course, but this is the norm.)
    2. My home is my sanctuary. There is no revolving door. The people who come over are invited over after careful consideration.
    3. I work no more than 45 hours per week. If it can't get done in that amount of time, it needs to wait.

    That's what works for me and my family.

  8. Justa Givner January 22, 2010 at 2:30 am #

    Whoa! Now that's “thinking differently.”

    When I think of the years I spent putting up with the ones who should have been tossed behind the fence. Yikes. It's enough to make a grown man cry.

    Freedom!

    Thanks for blowing the box to smitherines, Justin.