needed time to feed your church members both the milk and the solid food that they need. And don’t let it get stale! 4. Focus your ministry on your own growth. Ministers who stop growing are ministers who do not remain relevant in reaching people. 2 Peter 1:5–8 insists that you “make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to