Leadership What is Leadership? True Leadership is influence in the beginning, but lasting leadership has to do with managing people and ideas! Insights About True Leadership It begins with It lasts with It’s applied in managing people and It’s successful when we have...

Leadership is walking with Jesus and taking others along for the ride. Leaders can’t empower others until they have first been supernaturally empowered themselves. (Matt. 10:24, NLT) Burned out – started out walking with Jesus, then went to working for Jesus. Before...

Leadership Starts In The Home  Read 1Timothy 3:1-7, TEV; AMP A Church Leader is a calling and a passion rather than an ability. A Church Leader Must: Be without fault. (Does not mean you don’t sin and mess up, it means you don’t want to continue a lifestyle of sin and...

How To Be A Better Leader You Have to Grow Read Matthew 10:24, NKJV If you want your department to grow you will have to grow. Everything rises and falls on Leadership. The speed of the Leader determines the speed of the growth. It takes Discipline (Disciple) and...

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 at the Judgment Seat of Christ? Would I want...

6 Areas of Life Where Successful Leaders Practice Self-Discipline #1 - Successful people master their moods. Read Proverbs 25:28, TLB They live by their commitments not their emotions. #2 - Successful people watch their words. Read Proverbs 13:3, NIV They put their...

Things to Remember About Leadership Older can be Awesome.  (Psalms 71:18, NLT; Isaiah 46:4, NLT; Psalms 92:14) Life many times is not so much about age as it is the stage. Stages of Life: Movement – Experience depths of Movements of God. Museum – Stagnant –living off...

Ladder Holders Ladder Holders are Dream Makers The ladder holder determines the height of the ladder climber. Those who hold the ladder control the ascent of the visionaries. Ultimately, the fulfillment of the vision depends on the people who support the ladder of the...

You’ll Only Grow to the Threshold of Your Pain Types of Leadership Pain The pain of being misunderstood. The pain of people leaving your church. The pain of a staff member leaving and taking others with them. The pain of deep disappointment. The pain of carrying...

Leadership Pain Summary The longer I avoid a problem the bigger the problem gets. Pain is part of the progress. Often the difference between where I am and where God wants me to be is the pain I’m willing to endure. God is always faithful. Growth=Change; Change=Loss;...

Leadership Lessons Learned From Jesus Read Matthew 14:10-21 (NKJV) Many times, our biggest leadership challenges will come up when we are down. If we don’t continue to minister to others when we need to be ministered to, we won’t move past needing to be needed. There...

LEAD Like Jesus, Challenge Those You Lead Jesus consistently challenges his followers. And, because we’re each unique, Jesus knows each of us need a different type of challenge – Jesus will challenge your priorities. Jesus demands to set the agenda in our lives and...

Leading the Way Jesus Did. Read John 10:11-10:19  Leaders are people of good character (v11,14) " I am the good Shepherd." Leaders love those they lead. (v11) "The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. Leaders are never in it for the money(v13) "The man runs...

The Truth About Conflict Conflict – two or more people trying to occupy the same space or control the same resources. Learning to handle conflict correctly is the tunnel to intimacy. (1 Corinthians 14:32-33, NKJV) Every conflict can be resolved if both parties want to...

How to Deal with Conflicts Conflict is Normal, Natural and Neutral What makes up conflict? The distance between Expectations and Reality is conflict. The Greater the distance, the greater the conflict. Expectations always start with, "I thought" Example: Husband...

The Price of Leadership Jesus gave some INCREDIBLE advice in Luke 14:28–30!   Five areas we need to be willing to pay the price as a leader. There Is a Financial Cost – Books cost money.  Conferences cost money.  Putting yourself in a position to be stretched and grow...

Mistakes Leaders Make  We all have sweet spots and blind spots. Sweet Spots are areas we do well and are fruitful and productive in. Blind Spots are those subtle areas that can bring defeat, discouragement, and even death. Read 2 Chronicles 7:14-15, NKJV Allowing...

The Beginning Of Prospering & Success Joshua 1:8 (NKJV) “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way...

Pride Vs. Humility What is Pride? (Proverbs 16:18, KJV) Pride – swelling, until it pops. When pride breaks forth in our life it brings destruction, and it most often hurts those closest to us. How is pride manifested? Pride is manifested in the way we think and then...

Radical Passion What is Passion? An intense urgency to accomplish your God given calling. Passion gives us desire—Desire + Determination = Destiny. Passion is the main difference in success and failure.                      (Colossians 3:23, NKJV) Passion is the...

Radical Heart Condition Serving and Giving is a Heart Condition.  Luke 21:1-4, MSG; NKJV When our heart is right our giving will be right—physically and financially. God looks at the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7, NKJV God knows your heart—when your heart is right your service...

The Danger of Misplaced Passion Judges 14 Seven Stupid Steps Samson took.  He went to the Wrong Place. He was Looking for the Wrong Thing. He Rejected Godly Counsel. He Continued a Wrong Relationship. He Compromised His Commitment. He Ignored His Weaknesses. He’d...

Protecting Your Church Romans 12:16, NIV; Acts 4:32, NCV It is so important that the New Testament gives more attention to the unity of the church than to either heaven or hell. God desires us to experience oneness and harmony with each other. Part of every member’s...

4 Types of People This principle will free you from a lot of frustration and heartache. Do you have a person on your team who consistently doesn’t deliver what you’d like them to deliver? Do you have ongoing frustration because of this? When you go through these...

Standard of Excellence Excellence is simply to do the best you can with what you’ve got and removing as many distractions as possible. Critique is part of excellence.  Be a coach not a critic. How to achieve excellence? GOD #1 - Prayed up People Your heart has to be...

Just a few Pivotal Insights to Remember: True leadershipis Our #1 purposeis to be loved by God; accept His love. You can't give what you don't have. Any goal is reachableif you are Being a Leader comes as a result of a Disciplined life.  Spiritual growthis the only...