The Top 10 Leadership Principles of Jesus: 1. Leadership is servanthood 2. Let your purpose prioritize your life. 3. You must live the life before you can lead others. 4. Walk slowly through the crowd. 5. Replenish yourself. 6. Great leaders call for great commitment. 7. Show security and strength when handling tough times. 8. Lead on a higher level. 9. Choose your key people. 10. There is no success without a successor. Source: John Maxwell
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I just came across this quote from Ben Franklin and thought I'd pass it along: "He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner." -- Benjamin Franklin
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When Philip K. Wrigley succeeded his father as chairman of the Chicago-based chewing gum company, he continued the firm's practice of heavily spending money on advertising to create and maintain consumer demand. During an airline flight one day, a seatmate asked him why he continued to spend so much money on advertising a product that was already one of the best-known in the world. Wrigley quickly replied, "For the same reason the pilot of this plane keeps the engine running when we're already 29,000 feet up." (Source: Louis E. Boone, "Quotable Business," Random House). What engine do you need to keep running? For the church to stay in flight, individual believers must stay on mission. Putting in a good word for Jesus is the fuel that keeps the engine running. For a marriage to stay in flight, husbands and wives must work on the little things and deal quickly…
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Have you ever second-guessed yourself? Second-guessed God? Most of us have had a time when we've made a decision ... began living the decision ... and came to a point where we wondered if we made the right decision. In some ways, it may be natural. As finite beings with limited access to knowledge of the future, we make decisions (hopefully) based upon the best available information at hand. In so doing, we recognize our limitations and choose to live with a less than perfect knowledge of what may or may not happen. Second-guessing may be natural and, at times, helpful. If it means we pause to clarify where we are -- contrasted with where we hoped we would be -- then it can be helpful. It may lead to a mid-course correction or lane change. In fact, it may be another way God guides and directs us. At other…
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"I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand" (Psalm 40:1-2). Mud and mire. While playing in the mud was fun as children, most of us have spent our adult lives trying to avoid it. And not just the dirt mixed with water type of mud. Verbal mud. Emotional mud. Habits. Behaviors. Messy relationships. Toxic environments. Ironically, apart from mud-slinging (where someone else throws mud at you), I have to assume responsibility for generating a good amount of the mud that has entered my life. I make poor choices or get sloppy with words. I am a maker of mud. Not only has God offered rescue from the mud, but he can lift us out of…
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