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What You Do Every Day Matters More Than What You Do Once in a While

"What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while." What we do as church leaders MATTERS!

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Do what matters... TODAY.

I read this quote the other day and it really hit me.

"What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while."

What we do as church leaders matters.

 

What profession could you have chosen that matters more?

 

The impact of our work, when done well, is eternal. Grasp that for a second. It should take your breath away.

 

So… what we do every day matters. And it’s the things that we do every day that will make the greatest impact for eternity in the lives of people that we minister to.

 

Can I make a confession? Sometimes I feel like Paul when he says “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” If I really look at my schedule, at my routines, at my day-to-day work… there’s a lot of fat to be trimmed. The things that I KNOW make the biggest difference are being done once in a while. Not nearly as often as they should be. Probably because that’s hard, risky work. The easy, the mundane, the comfortable… those are the things I repeat over and over and over.

 

And I wonder why I get frustrated at the lack of progress on the big Kingdom Impact items I’m working on. I’m trying to get better. Repetition in the BIG things is much more important than merely getting through each day. It’s tough.

 

What is the one BIG thing that you KNOW makes a difference, but you haven’t done it for a long time?

 

Stop what you’re doing and do it now!

 

And again tomorrow.

 

You’ll be glad you did!

 

What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while!

 

Todd-Signature-2019

 

PS - Maybe one of the things you’ve been putting off is pulling the trigger on that new staff hire that you’ve been thinking about. It’s tough to know when, what, and who to hire. We’d love to have a conversation with you about anything related to your staff or team. Just click here to schedule your free 30-minute video call.

 

HT: Gretchen Rubin in the book Manage your Day-to-Day

Todd Rhoades

Todd Rhoades

Todd has invested over 30 years in serving churches, having served as a worship pastor for over 15 years, a church elder for more than a decade, and in various ministry leadership roles in both the business and non-profit sectors. As the original founder and developer of ChurchStaffing.com, Todd fundamentally changed the way thousands of churches search for pastors and staff on the internet. Todd is a graduate of Cedarville University, and lives in Bryan, OH with his wife, Dawn.

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