Leading Your Ego Part 1

Being a pastor can provoke many thoughts and emotions. Perhaps one of the most common emotions that a pastor can feel is pride. When you preach a good sermon, experience rapid growth, or lead your church in significant generosity, it can be tempting to feel personally responsible. This leads to a sense of pride that you were never meant to have. If you let yourself go to a place in your mind where you allow yourself to take credit for the ministry, you’ve missed the mark.

The first thing you can begin to do as you lead your ego is to assess your level of ego. As you begin to contemplate your leadership, understanding where you stand in terms of ego is crucial in combatting it. Do you often find yourself feeding off of the compliments of others? Do you have prideful thoughts as you lead the church? Do you find yourself focusing on how you will look as you do events or services? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, you may need to assess your ego.

In this first part of leading your ego, we are talking about five things you can do to lead yourself in a way that combats pride. These tips are fine-tuned to help you recognize your ego and keep yourself in check. When you do not lead your ego, your ego will lead you. This is a reality within church leadership that you do not want to experience. Pride kills the purpose you have in ministry. So, what are you going to do to prioritize leading your ego in ministry?

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We are unpacking ego in ministry and how to combat it. Ego can lead a pastor to act in many ways that are contrary to the mission of the Church. We want to help you lead your ego so that it does not lead you.