Leadership 101 – Part 4 – Disciplined
Love Example Accountable Disciplined Paul, writing to Timothy, urged him to “train [i.e., discipline] yourself for the purpose of godliness.” (1 Timothy 4:7) Paul knew how vitally important it was for his young protege to develop the habits of self-control, restraint, and order. Without those qualities his character and his ministry would suffer greatly. Harry Truman offered this analysis, “In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first.” Discipline is essential. Aristotle once said, “What lies in our power to do lies in our …
Leadership 101 – Part 3 – Accountable
Love Example Accountable Henry Blackaby nails this one… “The time to buy the smoke alarm is when you build the house, not after the fire starts. The time to enlist friends as partners in accountability is not when [ fill in the blank ] temptation is already a raging inferno but before the first spark. Time after time, disgraced leaders admit that, although they were surrounded by people, they had not close friends with whom they were transparent and who were in a position to hold them accountable. They rarely cite the lack of available people or the unwillingness of …
Leadership 101 – Part 2 – Example
Love [ see March 5 entry ] Example Charles Barkely once proclaimed, “I’m not a role model. Hey parents, you should be raising your own kids. Don’t rely on me to do it.” Sorry Charles, you are a role model. And you are a leader whether you accept the responsibility or not… because you’ve been given a position of tremendous influence. Hey men, we’re leaders too… as husbands and dads we’re in a position of great influence. So what should we be doing? Warren Wiersbe says that “[Shepherds and leaders] must imitate the great Example, the Lord Jesus, and, by …
Leadership 101 – Part 1 – Love
Webster defines leadership as “the office or position of a leader,” “the capacity to lead,” or “the act or an instance of leading.” Based on these definitions, leadership can be viewed as a position, an ability, and an activity. But what characteristics do godly leaders possess? What exactly is a leader? And what does a leader do? Over the next several days I’ll post a simple acrostic, one letter at a time, that will hopefully help to describe what biblical leadership is all about. Here we go! Love – Leaders love people… it’s that simple. Says Richard Swenson, “We were …
He'll Take Your Breath Away
“Take a good look at God’s wonders – they’ll take your breath away.” –Psalm 66:5, The Message “My God is so big, so strong and so mighty, there’s nothing my God cannot do. My God is so big so strong and so mighty, there’s nothing my God cannot do. “The mountains are His, the valleys are His, the stars are His handiwork too. “My God is so big, so strong and so mighty, there’s nothing my God cannot do.” So, I woke up this morning and took little Summer downstairs with me so that Nicol could get some sleep…and this …
