Step 1: Unfollow negativity Social media us the #1 source of negativity and negative contagious emotions. Unfollow any accounts that bring negativity, spur bad feelings or don’t inspire you. (1 Corinthians 15:33, CEV) Step 2: Cancel plans. Open your calendar and look...
Love Louder and be Wiser
Love louder. (1 Corinthians 13:13, NKJV; 1 Corinthians 13:1-2, CEV) It doesn’t matter how good you teach, preach, sing, or how much faith you have, if you don’t have love, it’s worthless. Love louder, more than anyone else in the room. Be wiser. (Ephesians 5:17, NKJV;...
How the Unknown Becomes Known
God speaks to us. (Luke 1:26-35, NKJV) How to Know God’s Will: God’s Word. God’s Principles. God’s authorities. God’s sovereignty. How to make a Godly Decision: Will this choice bring glory to God? Is this a decision Jesus would make? Will I be proud of this decision...
The Story of Jonah
God is the hero, not Jonah. (Jonah 3:5-6, NKJV; Jonah 3:9-10, NKJV, NLT2; 2 Chronicles 7:14, NKJV) It’s God who does the miracles, not us. What God wills and wants, it will happen. What God really wanted was not to punish and destroy, but to love and forgive. (Jonah...
The Shepherd and the Shadow
The Lord was with Joseph from the pit to the palace. (Genesis 39:2, NKJV) The Lord was with Joseph in his job, but he still had problems. The Lord was with Joseph in prison and showed him favor. (Genesis 39:21-23, NKJV) The Lord was not only with Joseph, but He also...
God Loves You and You Can’t Hate what God Loves and Be Healthy
God’s Word tells us to allow God to love us. (1 John 3:1, AMP, CEV, NCV) The reason that the world does not know us is because it does not know Him. On the good days and bad days God still loves you and you need to allow God to love you. Consequences of not allowing...
Control Your Mind and You will Control Your Life
We are called to fight spiritually more than physically. (2 Corinthians 10:3-5, NIV) We may not do it more because we feel that’s just the way it is and we will have to live with it. Salvation is free, but peace has a price and most people don’t want to pay the price....
Overcoming Anxiety
Pray that God will give patience in the process. (Psalm 40:1-2, GW, NLT2) You can know what the process is, even if you don’t fully understand it. (Jeremiah 29:11, NKJV, NLT2, CEV) Because you know the purpose of the process, it helps you have patience. Be still and...
Thank God
The goodness of God is beyond description. (Psalm 106:1-5, TLB; Psalm 106:5, TLB) Thank Him for loving us continuously and forever. Thank Him for His mercies that are new every morning. Thank Him for sending His Son to die for our sins. Thank Him for giving us the...
Favor with a Purpose
Your purpose is what you live out, not what you just talk about. Even though we have purpose and favor, it does not mean we will not have problems. Jesus had a purpose with favor. (Luke 2:52, NKJV; Hebrews 12:2, NKJV) When our pain has purpose, it makes it easier to...
Favor is for Life
God’s favor is still with us even in the bad times. (Psalm 30:5, NKJV, ESV) Make sure you activate the favor of God. The Holy Spirit never leaves us, but there are things we can do that grieve the Holy Spirit: (Ephesians 4:25-32, NKJV) Bitterness. Rage. Anger. Harsh...
The Favor of a Wife
A true wife brings strength and joy. (Proverbs 18:22, NKJV, AMP; Proverbs 14:1, NCV) A wise woman applies God’s Word and principles to the marriage which strengthens it. A true and wise woman knows that marriage will need repairs and will help do her part to keep it...
Leaders Grow from the Inside Out
Grow from the inside out, be bigger on the inside than the outside. (Psalm 119:11, NKJV) Allow God’s Word to transform you. (Romans 12:2, NKJV; Luke 6:45, NKJV; Matthew 23:25, NKJV) Qualities of leaders who grow from the inside out. They value people more than...
Favor Beyond What You Can Fathom
Abraham’s response to God’s representatives help us understand why he finally received the favor he had been waiting on. (Genesis 18:1-15, NCV) When God comes into your presence, do you want to beg Him to stay? Do you see yourself as God’s servant rather than God...
God’s Continuous Favor
Continue to ask God for His favor. (Psalm 90:16-17, NRSV) Can we grow in God’s favor? Yes How do we grow in God’s favor? Salvation and Wisdom. (Proverbs 8:35, NKJV, AMP) Wisdom is knowing the mind of God in a matter and then knowing how to apply it on a day-to-day...
Achieving Leadership Goals
Stop being goal-oriented and be more growth-oriented. Getting promoted past your personal growth is a land mine waiting to happen. Happiness is a by-product of oneness. Trying to be special because of achievement won’t bring happiness, it brings separation, fear, and...
Leaders That Are Followed
Consistency is most important at home. First with your mate: Trust is built by the right actions and reactions repeated over a long period of time. (Luke 16:10, NCV) Second with your children: If you tell them you’re going to do something, do it! (Ephesians 6:4, TEV)...
Know Yourself to Grow Yourself
It’s not desire that causes us to win, grow, or be successful. It’s the design. You have to have both desire and design. Desire starts the fire, but design takes you to the finish line. Desire is about passion, but design is about the pattern. Areas to grow in:...
The Longer You Lead
Every leader needs and wants loyalty. You can’t get loyalty and longevity mixed up with productivity. Business does not equal productivity. You can’t get trust mixed up with truth. You want to trust them or you really don’t need them. You can’t allow the truth about...
Sovereignty of God
God is large and in charge. (Isaiah 46:9-11, NIV; Psalm 115:3, NIV; Daniel 4:35, NIV) He is large enough and in charge enough to take care of whatever we are facing. (Colossians 1:17, NKJV, CEV) God’s permissive will still gives us freedom of choice. (Romans 12:2,...
Peace in any Circumstance
You have to have an impossible situation or problem. (Mark 4:36-41, NKJV, CEV) If we can solve it on our own it would not be a miracle and we wouldn’t have peace. We need God’s peace when the problem is beyond our control. Impossible situations are nothing more than...
Ways to Guard Your Heart
Guard your heart with the words we speak. (Proverbs 4:23-27, Proverbs 18:21) My mouth portrays what’s inside of me. (Matthew 15:18, NIV) SOMEONE WITH IS REVEALING A Harsh Tongue ...
Truths About Temptations
Satan tried to command Jesus what to do. (Matthew 4:1-11, NKJV) The truth is Satan can only try to control you and deceive you. Satan can confuse you but he can’t command or control you unless you allow him. If we focused as much on spiritual food as we do physical...
Heart Checkup
____ Are you reading the Word of God intentionally on a regular basis that reflect in your schedule? It’s all about the heart and what God wants for us. (Proverbs 4:23, NKJV; Joshua 1:8, NKJV) God’s Word leads us to salvation. (1 Peter 1:23, NKJV) God’s Word guides...
Finding God’s Peace in Decision-Making
The first way to make Godly decisions is wisdom. (Proverbs 4:7, NKJV; Proverbs 14:12, NKJV) Wisdom is knowing God’s mind in the matter. Wisdom comes from God’s Word, God’s people, and God’s circumstances. Wisdom does not come from how you feel. The flesh is always...
Relationship Secrets
There’s nothing stressless about long term relationships; you only learn how to better deal with it which will greatly reduce stress. (Ephesians 4:25-32, NCV; John 8:32, NKJV; Proverbs 15:1, NKJV; Proverbs 18:21, NKJV; James 3:10, NKJV) Learn to forgive quickly and...
Stress and Money
Why did Jesus speak so much about money? (Matthew 6:24, NIV; Matthew 6:21, NKJV; Proverbs 4:23, NKJV, TLB) Money problems really start with heart problems. Guard the conversations: What you allow in your heart. What you allow in your mind. What you allow done with...
Contentment
4 Main Causes of Stressors: Lack of contentment. Love of money. Not managing money by God’s design. You’re in the middle of something beyond your control. Lack of contentment. (Colossians 3:17, ESV, Colossians 3:18-25, ESV) If you’re not content with what you have...
What’s Urgent and What’s Important?
Is your schedule dictated by what’s urgent or is it designed to accomplish what’s most important? (Matthew 6:33-34, NKJV; Luke 10:40-42, NKJV) Mary chose what was important over what was urgent. If you want to reduce the number of stressors in life and want more of...
How Do I Find God’s Peace in My Schedule?
Time with Jesus has to be intentional and continuous. (Luke 10:38-42, NKJV) Listen with the intention of hearing what Jesus has to say to you, not what you have to say to Him. Some questions to ask yourself: How are you living your day to day level of life, peace or...
A Peace That is Learned Not Earned
Fellowship relationship. (Philippians 4:11-13, NKJV) To talk with Him (Jesus) and hear His voice. Means being aware of His presence every moment of your life. When you are not aware of His presence you are not in living fellowship. Peace has to become a lifestyle you...
Prescription for Peace
How is your peace in God? (Philippians 4:6-7, NKJV) Everything, everything, rises and falls on your fellowship with Christ. The better and stronger the fellowship, the better and stronger you can handle the stressors that come into your life. Do you have God’s peace...
Why Worry?
God does not want you stressed. (Matthew 6:25, NKJV; Philippians 4:6, NKJV) You need to learn to remove worry. When you continue to worry, we are stepping outside the boundaries of God. When you continue to live in stress, worry, and anxiety it not only displeases God...
Fearful Concern Vs. Fearful Concern
Learn the difference between stressors and stress. Stress is what you feel. Stress is fearful concern experienced when life’s demands seem greater than your ability to meet them. Stressors are what you face while stress is what you feel. Avoid stressors: Do the right...
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Genuine Concern vs. Fearful Concern
Learn the difference between stressors and stress. Stress is what you feel. Stress is fearful concern experienced when life’s demands seem greater than your ability to meet them. Stressors are what you face while stress is what you feel. Avoid stressors: Do the right...
What Are Our Marching Orders?
What marching orders has God given us? Do everything we can to see as many people as possible to come to know Jesus. Help as many people as possible learn to live the free and abundant life. What promise does God give us in this matter? (Matthew 28:18-20, NKJV) Jesus...
What Do You Need to Encircle?
What keeps you up at night? (Joshua 6:12-13, NKJV) If it’s to further God’s Kingdom, the answer, provision, and power is available, we just have to hear from God and obey. The purpose of the test is to teach us to trust. (James 1:2-5, NCV) The purpose of trust is to...
Running Circles Around the Enemy
Important insights: It’s one thing to get a word from God, it’s another to carry it out in action. The Israelites walked around Jericho, they didn’t run, strain or struggle. Many times, we struggle, strain, and run when we should be walking with Jesus first. Fruit...
You’re Not in Charge, But Remember Who Is
The message God has for us when we are facing an obstacle or problem: (Joshua 5:13-15, TLB; 2 Kings 19:35, NKJV; Joshua 6:1-2, TLB) Seek to understand the problem. Seek God’s presence and power. Seek God’s solution to the problem. Seek to understand the battle and...
Build a Monument
God wants you to teach your children 2 main things: (Joshua 4:20-24, NKJV) God’s Word. (Proverbs 22:6, NKJV; Deuteronomy 11:19-20, NKJV) Discipline. (Proverbs 23:13-14, GW; Proverbs 22:15, NIV) Your monument will be the lives that have been changed. (3 John 1:4, NKJV)...
What if You Fall into the River?
God is faithful even when we are not faithful. (Psalm 18:16, NIV; Proverbs 24:16, NIV) God wants to focus on our faithfulness, not our failures. (Luke 15:11-14, 17-32, NKJV) God is faithful when we are caught doing things we should not be doing. (John 8:3-11, NKJV) He...
What if the River Doesn’t Part?
We will pass through the waters. (Isaiah 43:1-2, NKJV) You don’t have to fear, but you do need to fight. Passing through the water is seasonal. (Ecclesiastes 3:1, NKJV) When we pass through the waters, we all remember that most of the time it’s seasonal. What we don’t...
Theres is Still Much Land to Possess
There’s a prayer to pray. (Joshua 13:1, NKJV; 1 Chronicles 4:10, NKJV) Jabez asked God to bless him and to bless him indeed. Jabez wanted God to enlarge his territory. Jabez wanted God’s hand upon him because that would keep him from evil and pain. Why God granted...
4 Steps to Help You Conquer Insecurity.
Don’t despise your insecurity. The greatest trap is to be insecure about your insecurities—relax and own it. Owning is the first step to conquering it. Take a risk and talk about it. Talking about it with a wise and trusted friend helps keep our insecurities at...
5 Signs of an Insecure Leader
Imposter Behavior. You pose as someone or something that you perceive as better than the real you. While the real you is imperfect, it is the best you. Work in progress but you can’t make progress if you don’t give yourself permission to be the real you. Defensive...
Trust God to Turn Problems into Pathways
Learn to walk by faith. (Joshua 3:15-17, NKJV; 1 Corinthians 10:11, NKJV;2 Corinthians 5:7, NKJV) Keep your mind on the Lord and His power, not the problem. (Isaiah 26:3-4, NKJV) Ask God to increase your faith. (Luke 17:5, NKJV) Look to Jesus not people, places or...
The Lord Will Do Wonders Among You Tomorrow
The power and purpose. The purpose of the power is to witness. (Colossians 1:29, NKJV, CEV, AMP) Christ was the only way to live. God’s Word was the only way to wisdom. God’s plan and purpose was to bring honor and glory to God. The right rest can be a weapon, but...
Sanctification and Saints
There are 2 Sanctifications: Positional sanctification – happens at salvation through the blood of Jesus Christ. Progressive sanctification – happens as we become more and more like Jesus as the Holy Spirit prompts us. Being saved and serving by the prompting of the...
How Does God Build Us?
Be teachable; Your goals are reachable if you are teachable. (Psalm 37:23-25, NKJV; Psalm 32:8-9, NKJV; Proverbs 21:29-31, NCV; Proverbs 28:14, NCV; Proverbs 29:1, NCV) North (nearness or staying close). (Psalm 73:23-24, NIV) Everything rises and falls on your...
Expect God to Guide You Where You’ve Never Been Before
Going places you have not gone. (Joshua 3:3-4a, NIV) Without Jesus and Him crucified we cannot go to new places and learn new insights. (1 Corinthians 2:1-14, NKJV) You don’t get your faith in man but in God. As you mature you learn, gain wisdom, and receive more...
The Truth About Kindness
The scarlet cord is a visual example of the blood of Jesus. (Joshua 2:17-21, NKJV) Just as we have never sinned, we have been acquitted. (Romans 5:9, NKJV; Ephesians 1:7, NKJV) When we are saved, the blood cleanses our conscience. But we have to learn to continue to...
The Gift of Kindness Part 2
True kindness is both words and actions. Jesus’ words were kind, encouraging, and challenging. Just because we challenge someone’s faith and action does not mean we are not kind. Sometimes the kindest thing we can do is challenge someone’s faith that causes them to...
The Gift of Kindness Part 1
Kindness. (Ephesians 4:32, NKJV) Kindness means being more concerned with WHO a person is becoming than WHAT they’re doing. Kindness is expressed by listening. How do you know who to listen to and who not to listen to? You have to consider the source. You have to ask...
The Art of Waiting Part 2
The art of waiting is based on your lifestyle. (James 5:16, NKJV, Proverbs 15:29, NKJV) The art of waiting is based on action. (Joshua 1:8, NKJV) Read the Word. Meditate on the Word. Spread the Word. Accept the Word to bring success. The art of waiting is based on...
The Art of Waiting Part 1
The art of waiting prayerfully. (Joshua 1:11, NKJV; Isaiah 40:29-31, NKJV; Psalm 46:10-11, NKJV, CEV, 1 John 5:14-15, NKJV) If we know it’s His will we can pray expectantly, consistently, and accordingly to His word. The art of waiting is based on the relationship...
Discouragement – Part 2
Questions: Are you being disciplined, pruned or scourged? Do you have fruit? If you have no fruit, you are being disciplined. If you have some fruit God wants you to have more fruit. Fruit leads to pruning which should lead to more fruit if you respond to pruning...
Discouragement – Part 1
Causes of discouragement: Looking at yourself. Looking at your own goals. Looking at your hopes and dreams. Looking at your drive and desires. Discipline is about sin while pruning is about self. When Christians don’t understand the difference, they can get...
God Means for You to Move Forward
This promise is for you today. (Joshua 1:5-9, NKJV; Hebrews 13:5-6, NKJV) Enjoy all that God is doing. Whatever God calls you to do and wherever God calls you to go, you are going to prosper. (Joshua 1:7-8, NKJV) What you do on a day to day basis and in your private...
Lord, Do It Again
Dry up whatever is stopping you from going forward. (Joshua 13:1, NKJV) You are only old when God tells you that you’re old. The Lord can remove your problem. (Joshua 4:23, NKJV) The water of the Jordan is a type of impossible problem you might be facing. (Joshua...
The Greatest Need in Your Life
The greatest need for everyone is relationships. (Mark 12:30-31, NKJV) Relationship with God. Relationship with your mate. Relationship with your kids. Relationship with friends/staff. When we get these out of order, we have disorder. The #1 most important need in...
Serving it Up
There is great reward in serving the Lord. (1 Corinthians 15:58, NKJV) Service is an act of Love. Jesus came to serve. (Matthew 20:28, NKJV) When Jesus healed the sick, made the blind to see, fed 5,000 people, He served and showed His love. His death on the cross was...
How to Make Great Decisions
Every Invitation, every opportunity, every relationship, and every major purpose. It costs you giving your time and energy. Leadership is influence and the greater the influences you have for Jesus the greater influence you will have for the church. God does not want...
Addressing Internal Conflict
Song of Songs 2:15, NKJV The longer you avoid the problem, the bigger the problem gets. Pain is part of the progress. Often, the difference between where you are and where God wants you to be is the pain you’re willing to endure. Remember the reason to confront the...
Why Your Team Feels Inadequate
There is a big difference between feeling inadequate and feeling inferior. To feel inadequate means to feel the lack of necessary qualities. Inferiority - lower state of dignity, value or worth. Reasons why many people feel inferior. Consistent disapproval: some...
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Feedback is ongoing, correction should not be. Feedback is to help each other grow. Correction is to change wrong behavior. Questions to ask when giving and receiving feedback: Am I doing this out of love? Do I have peace about it? (Colossians 3:14-15, NKJV) Do I want...
The Truth About Being Transparent
Transparency: (Philippians 1:10, WNT, TLB) The state or property of a body by which it suffers rays of light to pass through it, so that objects can be distinctly seen through it. When the clay is broken or cracked, what’s on the inside comes out. (Isaiah 64:8, NKJV)...
How to Gain Influence (Part 2)
U – Understands people. To understand the mind of a person, look at what he has already achieved. To understand the heart of a person, look at what he or she has dreamed of becoming. 2 basic reasons why relationships fail: Fear – causes us to erect barriers....
How to Gain Influence (Part 1)
An influencer has: I – Integrity with people. Once trust is betrayed, moving to the top of the ladder is out of the question. It is always easy to do right when you know ahead of time what you stand for. A crisis reveals the character. N – Nurtures people. Nurturing...
How to Become Fearless
Learn to push through fears. (2 Timothy 1:7, NKJV) Depend on the Spirit, Power, and Love of God by controlling your mind. Make the choice to obey in spite of how you feel. (Jeremiah 17:9-10, NKJV) As Christians, we have learned that we can’t make decisions based on...
The Truth About Influence
Everybody has influence. What you do with the influence you currently have will determine whether or not your influence grows more. And you have far more influence than you realize. You influence people everyday through your smile, conversation, email, voting, etc. In...
Relationships
Trust. (Proverbs 3:5-6, NKJV) The right trust brings confidence and security that brings about a boldness and refuge. Trust is earned over time. When we learn to trust over time, that trust results in loyalty. Time + Trust + Loyalty = Intimacy. God wired us to have...
The Next Step Could Be Your Best Step
Learn to know Jesus better and better. (2 Peter 1:2-8, TLB) This is the true way to have everything we need and live a truly good life. This is a result of what God does through His power and promises. Work hard to be good. (Genesis 2:9, NKJV; Genesis 2:17, NKJV)...
How to Improve Your Alignment
Trust. (Proverbs 3:5-6, NKJV) The right trust brings confidence and security which brings about boldness and refuge. Trust is earned over time. When you learn over time to trust, that trust results in loyalty. Time + trust + loyalty = intimacy. God wired us to have...
Don’t Let Anyone Dress You
Choices we make. We make choices every day. Choices start before we open our eyes. It’s a choice to open our eyes. Life is made of choices. The kind of life we live is due to the choices we make. The clothes we wear are due to a choice. The food we eat is due to a...
5 Ways to Lead Well Through Destabilizing Circumstances (Part 2)
Beware of the “fatal mistake.” If you fail, stumble or fall, get back up and try again. In our leadership practice, we all make mistakes, but the “fatal mistake” is when you give up quit trying. It’s tough to lead now, more than ever. It’s appropriate to acknowledge...
5 Ways to Lead Well Through Destabilizing Circumstances (Part 1)
Learn to trust your leadership intuition and instincts at a deeper level. God has placed leadership intuition within you through the Holy Spirit. Learn to fully sense it, trust it, and act on it. Intuition and instinct have an important distinction. Intuition –...
5 Ways Your Life as a Disciple Shapes Your Effectiveness as A Leader (Part 2)
Our purpose here on earth has alignment in heaven. Our purpose is very clear, to make disciples, which of course includes evangelism first. If we don’t first introduce someone to Christ and see that relationship begin, how can we disciple them? Our purpose as a...
5 Ways Your Life as a Disciple Shapes Your Effectiveness as A Leader (Part 1)
In order to lead well, you must first be willing to follow. There is no leadership apart from followership. “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” (Luke 9:23) As Christians, our leadership starts with our ability...
4 Questions
Leadership is influence, everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. Am I investing in myself? If you’re not investing in yourself, you don’t have anything to invest in others. This is a personal growth question. There are 4 types of people: The...
4 Insights to Help You Successfully Go the Distance
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. Set your values and pre-decide. If you don’t know your values as a leader, it’s like running a race without knowing the course. If you literally don’t know where to run, you can’t possibly...
Fire For Jesus
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. The world can be loud about sin, Journey Church is being loud about Jesus. If the world can be loud about sin, why can’t the church be loud about salvation? Sometimes we live too timid, too...
3 Signs You’re Resisting the Holy Spirit
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. Isaiah 11:2, NKJV Burnout Results when we try to live in the flesh instead of following the Spirit. (Romans 8:12-15, NKJV) When you are burned out, you are fearful. (2 Timothy 1:7, NKJV) In...
Tried and True Practices to Lead Up Well (Part 2)
Do what you’ve been asked to do before you ask for what you want to do. It’s essential to allow your growth to catch up with your aspirations and give others room to see your value. It’s unwise to attempt to force this process. Thoroughly love what you’ve been asked...
Tried and True Practices to Lead Up Well (Part 1)
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. Earn your voice. You have leadership voice. Your team, especially your boss, wants to hear what you think. But it’s wise to earn your voice in the process. When it comes to your leadership...
How Do We Go Where We Have Not Been?
The harvest is still plentiful. Joshua had been a faithful servant to Moses and to the Lord. (Joshua 1:1-2, NKJV) Joshua, up to this point, served God by serving Moses. It was time for Joshua and the Israelites to move forward to a new place they had never been, yet...
Blessed with Every Spiritual Blessing
Grace allows us to have peace that only come from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ in any and every situation. Grace is the desire and power to do what God has called us to do and do it with great Joy. Because of God’s grace we can have God’s peace in all things....
Rewards We Will Get In Heaven
The crown of rejoicing for winning souls. 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20, NKJV; Philippians 4:1, NKJV; Daniel 12:3, NKJV; Proverbs 11:30, NKJV; 1 Corinthians 15:40-44, NLT The crown of life for enduring trials and tribulations. Do not get discouraged easily in the midst of...
3 Important Things to Remember
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. How to Have Peace in Any Situation: Saved + Total Dependence + Represent Christ in the Situation = Peace in the situation How to Have the Abundant Life: Love God Promptly Obey God's Word...
5 Levels of Communication
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. Level 1 - People listen to you because they have to. When people have to listen to you that’s the lowest form of communication and leadership. When those that are teaching and leading,...
The Difference Between Desire, Lust, and Surrender?
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. Surrender: to become preoccupied & completely dependent upon Christ that reflect in our behavior. Lust: to become preoccupied with the wrong thing that leads to the wrong behavior. Lust...
Beware of the Wiles of the Devil
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. Ephesians 6:10-18, NKJV What are the wiles of the Devil? The devil is planning, strategizing, developing a specific and special (wile) just for you. The goal of this strategy is to take...
Successful People Stick to Their Schedule
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. If you determine how you will spend your time, you can be sure that others will decide it for you. (Ephesians 5:15-17, NKJV, NLT2) Insights: Do you have a schedule? Without a scheduled...
Successful People Manage Their Money
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. Proverbs 21:20, TLB; Matthew 25:14, NIV The first foundation for financial fitness. The Law of Possession: Everything I have belongs to God. (Matthew 25:15, NRSV. You have to know what you...
Be Very Careful Who You Allow to Represent You
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. Proverbs 26:1-28, NKJV; Proverbs 26;2, TLB Example of Disloyalty (Absalom) 2 Samuel 15;1-6, NKJV Absalom - King David’s son Signs of disloyalty: When someone starts talking about how they...
6 Areas of Life Where Successful Leaders Practice Self-Discipline
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. Successful people master their moods. (Proverbs 25:28, TLB) They live by their commitments, not their emotions. Successful people watch their words. (Proverbs 13:3, NIV) They put their...
How to Lead the 5 Most Difficult People
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. As a church leader, I’m sure you love and care about people, but if you have been leading for more than one week, you have encountered a difficult person or two. We all can be difficult or...
Proverbs 27 Insights
Proverbs 27:1-27, NKJV Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. If today was your last day what would you do? Important insight, those who love us will tell us the truth even if it hurts. Someone that is giving you...
Speak for Those Who Can’t
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. Leadership is influence. One of the main purposes of influence is to speak up for those who don't have it. Psalm 72:12-14 ~ Solomon asked God for influence so he could use it to help the...
5 Ways to Discern a Leader’s Dilemma
Leadership is influence. Everything rises and falls on leadership, everything. Is “good enough” an acceptable leadership idea? Or should you ALWAYS do the ultimate and “very best”? As a leader, you mostly have three cherished, invaluable resources: Time Finances...