Governing God's Way with Dorothy Burton

It doesn't matter what title is on your door or if you are sitting in the corner office or how well we are regarded by others or how wonderfully we've been blessed. It's how we see ourselves that will ultimately matter.

As leaders, we can never let the Devil have the last word. Get to really know who this Adversary is and how to defeat him! He is not what many have come to believe. He is real. He is powerful. And he is out to utterly destroy us. Especially leaders. The power to defeat him is not in our politics, or church membership, but in our tongue.

Betrayals are part of the life of every leader. What hurts most is when it comes from the one we least suspect... The one closest to us. How to spot them and what to do when you do.

A conversation with two power couples about what it takes to stay married, happy and hopeful when life happens.

As leaders, we need always consider these 4 key words before moving forward with our plans. Always.

The one thing above all others that will rocket your leadership to the top... INTEGRITY.

If not careful, we will let people and self-doubt talk us right out of our purpose and we will miss "the it" we were given life to fulfill. "You're too old," "You don't know enough..." don't let the doubt in your mind keep you from pursuing what God has purposed in your heart.

They wouldn't be talking if you weren't impactful. Don't let their words worry you. There is never a need to retaliate or try to explain yourself to people who are are not looking for understanding, but who are looking to bring you down!

As a former black evangelical, nothing has been more disappointing in the age of Trump than the discovery by non-white evangelicals that it was never about being sisters and brothers in Christ. It was all a rouse. White evangelicals have proven it by their idol worship of Donald Trump and by their silent consent of the cruelest policies that are in direct contrast to scripture and the teachings of Jesus.

The Adversary will come to us when we have a legitimate need and tempt us to meet that legitimate need in an illegitimate way. Why? To cause our downfall by signing over our God-given authority to him which gives him opportunity to rule over us by using what he knows about us to wield illegitimate authority over us. He doesn't keep secrets and he doesn't fight fair. Let's learn from Jesus how not to fall into this familiar and deadly trap that has taken down and taken out the best of leaders - even the most prominent.