I Need a Dreamer and a Doer

The ministry can one of the toughest lives there is to live.  We have to be strong when we feel week, honest even when it will hurt us, and have a moral character that is impeccable.  

I know there are a lot of things that one can do to help themselves in these areas, but one of the greatest keys is to, "Surround myself with  dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround myself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.”

You are who you hang with

In ministry, you will need other people to help you achieve your goals. Whether you are the boss of many or the boss of few -- or just part of the few -- you will need others to become successful. This is a fact of life that is undeniable.  The "Me and Jesus" theory DOES NOT WORK!

The bottom line is that to achieve great heights, you must fly with the best. And others will judge you based on those that surround you. So choose your lieutenants carefully.

If you choose men and women of quality, competence and integrity to work with and you are able to work well together, you will come off looking brilliant from the onset. By picking the right crew, you will gain respect. By picking the wrong crew, you will be derided as someone that can't even pick the right people to work with, let alone manage them or organizations of any sort.

Becoming more successful

As your organization grows and you become more and more successful, you want to make sure to spread the anointing . The last thing you want is for your lieutenants and soldiers to start whispering behind your back and starting rumors that undermine your position.

Thus, you must make sure to keep them happy -- but not too happy. A fully content man is never as effective as a man with hunger in his eyes. So remember to keep your guys happy by praising them and giving them material rewards as a show of appreciation.

Don't spoil them, though, lest they become ingrates. Let them know you actually care and want God's best for them and will help them in their ministry as well.  For those of you who are wondering what exactly a man of quality consists of, I'm about to let you know.

You want to have a strong right hand man, a man with a good reputation, a man who can hold his tongue, and, finally, you want good friends on your side when you need them to be there.

Please feel free to share this with others.

Apostle TJ and Rhonda Tipton 

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Praise the Lord I got my tent stretched with little droop. I am praying and believing for a new tent. I can purchase a brand new one for $6500.00 I have over half of it saved and we have been saving for the last 3 months. I am believing God to give the increase so we can take our tent revivals to a new limit. I bought 125 new chairs a couple of months ago and have 80 more to go with them.

I am also looking at buying a couple of tent heaters for $700.00 each. They will bring a tent to over 70 degrees F when it is 30 degrees outside. There is such freedom in a tent and I can follow after God instead of the rules and regulations of man.

In our next monthly newsletter I am going to bring it to my covenant partners that we need $3000.00 for our new tent. I know many of them will give towards the new tent. There is a great need besides how much easier it will be to put up, the new tent will be more impressive.

I am trying to post a picture of a tent but the system seems to be down right now. Tomorrow will get the rest of the tent set up and the chairs back in place. I washed the tent down tonight. Keep us in prayer and be praying with us about the tent.

Revivalist TJ Tipton

OK i admit it I love to preach. Yeah I know your a revivalist so you have to like to preach. If you really believe that then you ought to preach in some of the places that I have had to preach in. I still like to preach. One of my favorite times was when I was in Uganda and a factory allowed me to come in and preach to their workers. I preached twice and wow the Word of God changed the lives of so many.


We are currently at home preaching at "The Country Church." The pastors are Jerry and Linda Watts (my inlaws). When Rhonda and I resigned as pastors a year and half ago we turned the church over to her parents and I must say they have done a great job.


Though I am the apostle over the church, I love to preach there. Tonight we had around 30 people present. We are having an Easter Miracle Service this weekend. I will finish up Sunday AM. I preached tonight, How To Change Your Destiny. If you want the notes on that service please email me. apostletj@gmail.com


There was great singing. My dad and mom drove from Tahlequah and my dad sung tonight. I dont get to play or sing with him much but when I do I am always blessed. He has taught me a lot and I appreciate his abilities.


There was several there who needed to be delivered and many came forward to release God's destiny in their lives. I praise God for His anointing to change the schemes of satan and turn our greatest defeats into victories.


I hope to keep these blogs short and sweet so many will read them.

Please pray for my trip to Uganda I wont be leaving until the end of November 2008, but there is over $12000.00 to still raise and arrangements to be made.


Please read yesterdays post to understand why I am writing these posts everyday.