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Posts from the ‘Develop and Educate’ Category

6
Mar

Gazing Into Heaven – Acts 1:8-11

Leaders are, by definition, special people. They stand out from the others that follow. Spiritual leaders therefore are destined to be extraordinary individuals. And in knowing that, we can see the potential for both blessing and compromise.

The potential blessing is easy to see and understand. As leaders are given more and more to living the God-given vision for church growth, they will receive more and more of God’s infinite grace, the necessary spiritual resources that support the effort of the body in evangelism. The potential compromise is harder to spot, however.

Unfortunately, a real danger lies in being closely associated with the Spirit of God in the performance of God’s will on the earth. The expansion of the Church is priority number one, and leaders should expect to see the divine intervention of God’s mighty hand in their lives and ministries. Read more

12
May

The Importance of a Name – Luke 1:13

Such a day of contrasts it proved to be!  On the one hand, Zacharias was faithfully discharging his duties as priest that day, offering incense upon the altar in the Holy Place at the Temple.  Nothing much seemed different about the day, nothing extraordinary had happened as he carefully did what countless other priests had done for so long.  In fact, for hundreds of years this practice had been maintained by the Levitical priesthood without any audible or visible presence from heaven at all.  These years had been known as the “silent years,” time during which the Lord God had not answered the petitions of the Israelites, whether by the voice of a prophet or by any supernatural manifestation of His presence and power. Read more »

9
Apr

Developing Leaders While Developing Nations

The challenge of today’s worldwide church is to develop leaders who are capable, anointed, and hungry for the revival and church growth God has promised for the end-time. John Maxwell often says, “Everything rises and falls on leadership!” Leadership studies and development are not only valuable but imperative. We need effective leadership to secure the future of the church. Jesus spent three and a half years developing a leadership team capable—with the Spirit’s empowerment—to lead the church. We are called upon to continue the process; each generation preparing the next for what God has in store.  Read more »

4
Mar

Time Management for Effective Leaders

Accomplishing goals are difficult enough without adding the additional workload of being a spiritual leader into the mix. Time management often proves a daunting task for many leaders around the world both secular and religious. It is a focal stress for people and if properly miss-managed can create harmful stress on the individual, his/her family and those in which they lead. Yet what can be discovered in light of this to help a leader overcome the rigors of time management and become successful? To find such answers the following areas are explored:

  1. The Leader and Time Management
  2. Stress and Time Management
  3. Time Management Tips
  4. Getting Things Done Diagram Read more »
5
Feb

Conflict Management: Ministry in Mentorship

Servant-Leaders will face a variety of conflicts and problems in his/her service: everything from plugged toilets and church mice to Sunday School kids in an all-out fist fight and two church leaders in an all-out silent treatment (or visa versa); not to mention one’s personal conflicts in marriage, family, and relationships in and out of the church. It is imperative that God’s people, especially leaders, know how to manage conflict effectively. After all, we still are humans dealing with humans! Where there are people there is conflict. Conflict is an inevitable part of life. Problems aren’t              . They are                                   . They just need to be handled and solved. Read more »

21
Jan

The Power of Positive Influence

Influencing Effectively

  • Positive Influence is a process that involves appropriate balance between pull, push and move away.
  • Your ability to be flexible in your influencing choices gives you access to a higher level of effectiveness.
  • The key is to be aware of the impact your behavior is having on your workers.
  • If you pull more effectively, your workers will pay more attention to your push. Read more »
19
Aug

Reproducing Leadership

Key Scripture: “And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so” (Genesis 1:24). Also see Genesis 1:11-12; 25.

In Genesis God initiated a principle of life: everything reproduces after its kind.  Whatever talents, skills, and abilities God has graced you with, you should endeavor to pass them on to someone else.  This does not have to be your children. As a pastor, church leader, or organizational official, you should pass the wisdom, knowledge, commitment, and character that have made you successful, on to someone else. This is not a choice. It is ordained by God. Read more »