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Leader Lead Yourself 06: The Basketful of Fragments

I have been teaching and training you how to lead yourself for a while now – and I have some thoughts that I am not right now able to make a whole blog post from, so I put them all in this last one on this subject. I called it basketful of fragments – allContinue reading “Leader Lead Yourself 06: The Basketful of Fragments”

Leader Lead Yourself 05: Margin

The lesson I am going to teach you today is one that took me a long time to grasp was important and a while to get good at now, but I am getting much better at it nowadays, and I absolutely see how important it is now. I call this margin, other people may haveContinue reading “Leader Lead Yourself 05: Margin”

Leader Lead Yourself 04: The Pareto Principle

One of the most important business principles that I believe every single pastor and ministry leader should be aware of is called the Pareto Principle. It’s a key into helping you set priorities and being a more effective leader of people. It’s definitely a principle I used in many different situations. It may take aContinue reading “Leader Lead Yourself 04: The Pareto Principle”

Leader Lead Yourself 03: Ask Yourself the Hard Questions

Something that has helped me as a leader is that I have developed over the years the skill of being hard on myself and soft on others. You see if you want to be the leader you have to set standards for yourself that you do not set on others. You don’t perceive others asContinue reading “Leader Lead Yourself 03: Ask Yourself the Hard Questions”

Leader Lead Yourself 02: The Main Skill of Leadership is Setting Priorities

I studied Computing Science at university before starting Bible College, and for a brief while I wrote code for ATM machines. After Bible College, I worked for minimum wage at a fast-food restaurant, then I sold mobile phones, then I worked in recruitment, then I worked as a teacher, then I went back to recruitment,Continue reading “Leader Lead Yourself 02: The Main Skill of Leadership is Setting Priorities”

Leader Lead Yourself 01: Deal with Blind Spots!

If you cannot lead yourself, everything in your life is going to be hard. It amazes me how many people want to go into ministry to effectively lead others in how to live their lives and their own lives are far from being orderly. This is a new series on how to lead yourself toContinue reading “Leader Lead Yourself 01: Deal with Blind Spots!”

Leadership and Prayer 05 Prayer and Revelation

One of the things that happens when we spend time in prayer is revelation. Kenneth Hagin said that the Lord has prepared treasures of wisdom for the church that they do not know because they do not pray. 1 Cor 2.9 says: 9 But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,Nor haveContinue reading “Leadership and Prayer 05 Prayer and Revelation”

Leadership and Prayer 04

Hear the note of victory! When you are praying for something, it is good to learn to pray until you hear the note of victory. Maybe you are suddenly aware someone is in danger, pray until you feel a breakthrough. It’s often that when you are praying for someone it is intense, it is aContinue reading “Leadership and Prayer 04”

Leadership and Prayer 03 The Second Hour

One of the things that helps me a lot listening to Kenneth Hagin is he talks a lot about when he was a pastor. As a pastor, that’s really helpful. He was a pastor in the 1940s and he used to regularly pray for hours in tongues. Once he had prayed in tongues one hour,Continue reading “Leadership and Prayer 03 The Second Hour”

Leadership and Prayer 02 Kenneth Hagin and Tongues

I said in the last post that Oral Roberts prayed in tongues a lot. So did Kenneth Hagin. People would pull up next to him at traffic lights and he would be in his car praying in tongues. He would be heard at restaurants praying in tongues. He said “most victories come from praying inContinue reading “Leadership and Prayer 02 Kenneth Hagin and Tongues”