JANUARY 27 • TRUE LEADERSHIP Authenticity For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Romans 7:15 This is a difficult one because to be authentic, we need to act in a way that shows how we really feel, […]
JANUARY 26 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 26 Compassion Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience… Colossians 3:12 According to author A.W. Tozer, “the goodness of God disposes Him to be kind, cordial, benevolent, and full of good will toward men. He is tenderhearted […]
JANUARY 25 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 25 Respectfulness Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; Romans 12:10 This is a good definition of respect — to give preference to one another in honor. The American Heritage® Dictionary defines it as, to feel or show deferential […]
JANUARY 24 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 24 Productivity Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. Proverbs 6:6-8 The ant is incredibly industrious and doesn’t have a Leader over her […]
JANUARY 23 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 23 Loyalty Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 I love the story of Ruth: “But Ruth said, ‘Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I […]
JANUARY 22 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 22 Work Ethic Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men. Colossians 3:23 In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty. Proverbs 14:23 We are created for work! We are created in God’s image and He worked […]
JANUARY 21 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 21 Dependability Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 Who comes to mind when you say the word, dependable? Who is it that you feel […]
JANUARY 20 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 20 Humility I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love… Ephesians 4:1-2 Strongs NT Greek definition of humility — ταπεινοφροσύνη (tapeinophrosynē) humiliation of mind, […]
JANUARY 19 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 19 Integrity For we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord’s sight but also in the sight of man. 2 Corinthians 8:21 In her book Integrity, author Barbara Killinger defines integrity as, “… a personal choice, an uncompromising and predictably consistent commitment to honor […]
JANUARY 18 • TRUE LEADERSHIP • EPISODE 18 Patience Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. Proverbs 16:32 The person who rules their spirit is better than the person who conquers a city! Wow. Take a moment and meditate […]