You know you’re onto something when…

• the powers that be (doing nothing for years) are nervous about you.
• people from the church start leaving tracts and books on your desk anonymously.
• an old lady cusses at you and about you.
• country club members decide to worship elsewhere.
• tattoos and pick-up trucks outnumber lattes and minivans in the parking lot.
• you get sued.
• your building gets tagged.
• you get a “performance improvement plan” and are assigned to take the Strength Finders test.
• a week later the Senior Pastor confesses that he’s jealous of your ministry.
• the janitor starts covering for you.
• a ministry magazine and an investigative reporter want an interview on the same day.
• you schedule volunteer meetings and everyone shows up.
• your budget gets slashed.
• you can’t remember whose graduation party or wedding reception you’re at anymore.
• the fellowship hall you booked for a fundraiser is suddenly being used for a knitting conference.
• you get called a heretic.
• you can’t sleep at night.
• the discouragement is unbearable.
• the walls of the church seem paper thin.
• you are exhausted, weary, blurry eyed, but can’t imagine yourself doing anything else.

Remember: Discouragement does not come from the Lord. When you’re onto something our enemy attacks. The closer you get, the more you can expect to be attacked.