We are continuing our series on the standards Paul set for leaders in Titus 1. It’s a challenging series, but Paul was a challenging person when it came to church leadership. He expected people to be above suspicion, to be faithful to their marriage and here we add another family based expectation: faithful children. ItContinue reading “Paul’s Standards for Leader 03: Faithful Children”
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Paul’s Standards for Leaders 02: A One Woman Man!
After laying the foundation that part of our role as leaders is to be blameless, to live a life where accusations do not stick, to care for others in our lifestyle, Paul immediately jumps to male-female relationships. I believe more church leaders, whether deacons, small group leaders, or national level leaders, have lost their credibility,Continue reading “Paul’s Standards for Leaders 02: A One Woman Man!”
Paul’s Standards for Leaders 01: Blameless
You know one of the greatest distortions of the glorious message of grace is that there should be no standards for offices of leadership in the body of Christ. That we just pick based on smiles and talent. Worship leaders who don’t read their Bibles or ever listen to sermons. People taking the offering whoContinue reading “Paul’s Standards for Leaders 01: Blameless”
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 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 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”
Inspiring and Challenging Dreamers 