Garth Leno

Church-planter pastor in Windsor, Ontario. Pastor of The Gathering. President of WORDfirst Ministries of Canada. Husband of one, father of three.

[Brian Croft @PastorCroft]

I have heard from several pastors recently who were fired from their churches without cause and forced to sign an NDA to get severance pay. Church is told nothing.

Most pastors are in shock, hurt, broke and cannot fight it.

This is not ok. And those who do this are cowards.

[Garth Leno @garthleno]

"God never intended for us to simply be the objects of His love. We are also called to be the instruments of that love in the lives of others." ~ Paul David Tripp

[Garth Leno @garthleno]

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Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Proverbs 28:13 ESV

[Garth Leno @garthleno]

It’s one thing to believe that your sin has been removed from you; it’s quite another to believe that there is a divine love that can never be removed from you.

[Garth Leno @garthleno]

What kind of pastor do you want?

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[Garth Leno @garthleno]

The temporary pleasures of this present world are meant to point you to the lasting pleasures of knowing God. - Paul Tripp

[Garth Leno @garthleno]

If you're a pastor or church leader, you need a friend!

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[Garth Leno @garthleno]

@brianbloye @sendnetwork @DetroitRedWings I'm all in!

[Garth Leno @garthleno]

@brianbloye @sendnetwork @DetroitRedWings Brian Bloye?? Great choice! Go Leafs!

[Garth Leno @garthleno]

My friends in Michigan posted this article on their website for all to read. I'm grateful.
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[NAMB @NAMB_SBC]

6 Lessons from Ministering out of Brokenness (@garthleno)

🔹 Keep Calm in the Midst of Suffering
🔹 Cherish God’s Purposes
🔹 Trust God to Cure Indifference
🔹 Rejoice in God's Design
🔹 Learn to Live with Mystery
🔹 Trust God's Character

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[Garth Leno @garthleno]

I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears. Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.
Psalms 34:4-5 NLT

[Garth Leno @garthleno]

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. ---2 Thess. 2:16-17 ESV

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A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
Proverbs 11:25 NIV

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And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
John 17:3 ESV

[Garth Leno @garthleno]

Take my life and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to thee.
Take my moments and my days;
let them flow in endless praise,
let them flow in endless praise.

[Garth Leno @garthleno]

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 ESV

[Garth Leno @garthleno]

Theological pride can masquerade as a commitment to God's truth.