Adrenaline Addiction – Part 5

#5: 3 Ways to Combat “Adrenaline Addiction:”

As leaders, we are always going to be tempted to become addicted to the Adrenaline of Progress. I want to conclude this series of blogs with 3 ways to Combat it:

1. Protect your Sabbath. Taking a day off means shutting off the phone. No e-mail. No Voice-Mail. Saying No to Progress for 24 hours. This will be hard for some of us who are addicted to progress. God understood this and made the people of God trust Him as their source, not their own hard work or efforts for 1 whole day. Do it.

2. Ask yourself, “When was the last time we intentionally rested as an organization?” If you can’t think SPECIFICALLY of the season or time period, then you didn’t. Every church should plan in 3 times a year where the focus IS NOT growth.

3. Block out a half a day and be silent.

• You’ll be amazed at what you’ll hear.
• You’ll be amazed at how loud God’s voice gets.
• You’ll be amazed at how tired you feel.
• You’ll be amazed at what you think about.

Final Question: “What if God is just as Present in the stillness as He is in the Adrenaline?” How would that change the way we lead?

Just a bloggish thought,

Matt