Leadership Growth

Ten Insights or Warning to all millionaires Mark 10:23-25 (NKJV) 23  Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" 24  And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered...

Forgotten secret of our true purpose. When we find and live out our true purpose it greatly reduces our worries, problems, and pains. Jesus is our only true source of meeting all our needs, and anybody and everything else is simply a conduit God uses. Our purpose...

Proverbs 19:18 - Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. Vision – A mental picture of what could be, fueled by the passion of what should be. A preferred future, where we want to end up. Vision is where we want to go, but...

High achievers usually have one obvious thing in common: personal discipline. Successful people are willing to do things that most people are unwilling to do. Successful people master their moods. They live by their commitments, not their emotions. People who do the...

Being filled with the Holy Spirit brings about Boldness, Power, and Unity (Oneness)! (Psalms 133:1, NKJV) Unity comes as a result of having the same vision and same language—goals & plans. Focus on what we share in common, not our differences. (Amos 3:3) Have...

I think it’s so vital as leaders that we recognize the importance of Duplicating ourselves. If you notice in Matthew 4, when Jesus returned from the wilderness after being Tempted He began his ministry. 8 verses into Jesus’ ministry he says to Peter and Andrew follow...

Sacrifice Can Be Satisfying You have to Sacrifice Good—Where You can Experience the BEST. God was asking Abram to Sacrifice the Familiar for Faith. So many times we miss the best because we are not willing to get out of our comfort zone. Sacrifice is giving up...

Key Scripture: Acts 3:1-26 Great Expectations and Participation Don’t let your expectations cause us to miss what God wants you to experience. Don’t allow your preference cause us to miss out on God’s Presence. Next time you offended because of unmet expectations,...

If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret. But if there is no one to interpret, let each of them keep silent in church and speak to himself and to God. 1 Corinthians 14:27-28 I thank God that I speak...

Key Scriptures: Acts 2:1-47 Insights to Remember: Pray God gives you more dreams and bigger dreams than you ever had when you were young. The closer the last days come at least three things will happen. A great out pouring of the Holy Spirit—people will be getting...

Culture – is simply “this is how we do things here”—you do it so much it becomes automatic and second nature. Communication is only as effective as well as it’s received. Communication is a 2-way conversation between Communicator and Listener. For the Communicator:...

The Past: The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen, to whom He also presented Himself alive...

True leadership flows from love! God is love—apart from Him we can do nothing! 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 tells us what love is—Everywhere you see love, replace it with leadership! The toughest part of leading with love is in times of conflict. It is not the absence of...

How Can the Vision—Goal Start With Me?  Realize you are not where you want to be, but thank God your not where you used to be. Be willing to PRESS on, it does not mean you will not have problems. Many times pressing on brings pressure—We are knocked down, but not...

Key Scripture: Nehemiah 2:17-20 Nehemiah knew how to communicate. He knew why, when, where, and who to communicate God’s Vision to. Do you know how to communicate? Let's talk about the why, when, where, and who's of communicating: Can you communicate the WHY?  If you...

Key Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:40 Passive—Aggressive Behavior: When asked to do a job, we don’t like to do –instead of doing our best or addressing the problem, we just do it half way. How can you eliminate this? Unresolved Conflict: First, this can be at church with...

The 5 P's: God’s way is PERFECT.   The rock is to remind us that God’s way is perfect and He is our strength and power. God is our PROTECTOR. The rock is to remind us of God’s protection. This rock is to remind us we are doing this to Glorify God. Listen to me and...

Key Scripture: Genesis 48:14-16 There are 3 purposes of laying on of hands: To ask God’s blessings upon them. Meaning the blessings of God’s protection, guidance, and provision. It is also that they would bring honor to God’s name, and that they would become a mighty...

Here are some simple yet profound truths that all leaders need to know: People do not do what is expected, they do what is inspected. Delegation without investigation is an abomination. We measure what really matters. Communication has to line up with delegation or...

Key Scripture: Nehemiah 12:27-30 'Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings and singing, with cymbals and stringed...

The first is a Pure Heart. We all need times we are purified—examine our hearts and confess our sins. Hearing and obeying God’s Word brings joy. God wants us to live in the world, just not be like the world—to do so we must enjoy the fruit of the spirit while in the...

Key Scripture: Nehemiah 11:1-3 Leaders are always willing to go first, lead first, and sacrifice first. Sacrifice is giving up something you love for something you love more. Sacrifice is the most overlooked essential in spiritual leadership! When we Sacrifice to...

Within and Outside the Walls We need the right people within the walls. We need the right people within the church protecting the unity, direction, and discipleship. When we forget where we came from and how we got to where we are, the walls and gate get broken down...

#1. Stop letting guilt misdirect your time and energy. Without even knowing it we often make decisions based on guilt we feel from people or about people instead of God. Leaders often run in circles and exhaust themselves trying to make people happy instead of God...

Here are some vital leadership lessons to remember: The right position will beat the opposition. We must be right with God, right with our physical family, and right with our spiritual family. 'Therefore I positioned men behind the lower parts of the wall, at the...

Here are things that can cause us to lose our passion: An unclear purpose will cause us to lose our passion. ' But I said, “I have worked hard for nothing. I have used my strength, but I didn’t accomplish anything. Yet, certainly my case is in the L ord ’s hands, and...

Whether you are a pastor, minister, leader, business owner, etc., we all experience growth barriers from time to time. Sometimes we feel that there is no possible way to overcome these barriers, and we are often defeated by our fear and frustration. However, there is...

We make decisions everyday, big or small, and sometimes we may not always make the right decision. However, there a simple truths from God's Word that show us exactly how to make the right decisions. Here are 4 questions to ask yourself before making any decision:...

What is really the only thing you can control? YOU. We can only control ourselves, not anyone else. The simple truth is this: the more we try to control other people, circumstances and outcomes, the more out of control we get. We need to learn to be still and know we...

Here is a list of things that leaders who consistently perform at a high level know: They learn that nobody really cares you had a bad night, your head hurts, stomach ache, etc. They know the truth is they perform in spirit; "I will get it done, in spite of what else...

Key Scriptures: Titus 3:5, Isaiah 61:4 'he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, ' Titus 3:5 'And they shall rebuild the old ruins, They shall raise...

Key Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14-15 Distractions that Lead to Destruction: Wanting worldly power, prestige, and popularity—more than God’s power, peace, promises, and promotion. Another distraction is pleasures of sin. Anything we put before God will lead to...

Key Scripture: Jonah 2:7 Why was Jonah’s soul fainting within him—why did he feel so overwhelmed?  Because he had rebelled against God. Rebellion is a result of stubbornness, it is rejecting God’s Word and will for your will and wants. Often it is a result of thinking...

Key Scripture: Nehemiah 2:9-20 It was the favor of God that was allowing Nehemiah to be used by God in a great and mighty way. 'And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the...