{"id":7411,"date":"2020-05-11T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/?p=7411"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:07:41","slug":"grace-manage-your-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/grace-manage-your-schedule.htm","title":{"rendered":"Grace for These Times and How You Manage Your Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Church leaders we’re used to functioning within certain structures. Undoubtedly, less structure could make it easier for us to slack off rather than make the most of the opportunity in which we find ourselves (Eph. 5:15-16; Col. 4:5). How will you manage your schedule?<\/p>\n

We’re used to lots of meetings, consultations, and other types of people ministry that we often have little time for ourselves. In a time with less contacts, it could be easier to become more self-absorbed rather than purposefully trying to find ways to keep in touch. How will you keep your schedule on track?<\/p>\n

We get into our routines and programmed ways of doing ministry so when we’re forced to change the way we do things, it could become easier to get flustered. The more innovative we must become, the easier it could be to get stressed and overwhelmed by all we must do.<\/p>\n

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These are times we all the more need to rely on the power of God’s grace to manage our schedules. These are times that present opportunities we wouldn’t normally have to revisit who God wants us to be as a Church and realign with His purposes and design in fresh and vibrant ways. These are not times to be wasted.<\/p>\n

Consider God’s Grace in Conjunction with How You Currently Manage Your Schedule<\/h2>\n

God’s grace is what will make your desire to use these times for good a reality.<\/p>\n

With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thess. 1:11-12)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God’s grace is what will teach you how to best manage your schedule in ways that truly are for the good of those you serve and for the glory of God.<\/p>\n

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. (1 Cor. 15:10)<\/p>\n

Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace. (2 Cor. 1:12)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God’s grace is what will give you the strength to face any hurdles or obstacles in your way as you seek to optimize your time in finding new ways to disciple God’s people.<\/p>\n

You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer. Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor\u2019s crown except by competing according to the rules. The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this. (2 Tim. 2:1-7)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God’s grace is what will be your source of encouragement and strength to keep going.<\/p>\n

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. (2 Thess. 2:16-17)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God’s Grace helps with so much more than how you manage your schedule. Read: God’s Power – The Grace of God<\/a><\/p>\n

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