Trying to do it all will burn out a pastor in short order. The pastor's energy must be focused on growth. I thought I could build on the church's standing in the community. It's taken me a while to see you just should not leave everything intact. A period of feeble health you can expect from an elderly person who recovers from a grave illness.
Resurrection is only possible from a corpse.
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