Celebrate Wins!!

This blog post reminds us to celebrate wins.

from GaryLamb.org by Gary
This morning as I left the gym, I had an email Libby had sent to our staff from a first time guest this past Sunday. In the email they were thanking us for our BRINGING SEXY BACK series and for doing church the way we do it. They shared some other private things about how God was working in their lives and it was a GREAT way to start the day.
It reminded me the importance of Celebrating Wins. Ministry is a thankless job. If you do this gig for the money, for the hours, for the lack of stress or because you think working in a church is easy you will VERY quickly not want to be in ministry anymore.
However every time I hear of someone giving their life to Christ, a marriage being restored, an addict getting cleaned up, etc. it REMINDS me why my family has given their lives to doing what we do. At Revolution, we are very intentional about sharing stories of life change with each other. We forward emails, share stories, and are continually letting each other know how God is working in our various ministry areas.
If you are a church leader, I would encourage you to make sure you’re celebrating wins with your teams. This is what keeps our people going. Our set-up crews don’t get up at 4:30 a.m. to set up a building because they have nothing else to do, they do it because they know it helps lives be changed. If we never share stories with them how would they know?
I think leaders we tend to focus on the negative instead of the positive. Today share with your teams a win that is happening in your ministry area. You’ll see the difference in their attitude on Sunday because of it.