Leadership in Context

God is doing something in our hearts; He is doing something in the hearts of those we lead. He is building Kingdom. He is cleansing the soil. He is sifting our hearts. We need to be alert to the enemy’s plan to distract us to build our own life instead of Kingdom life. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Don’t wait until you are in a religious context to serve God. You don’t want to give into peer pressure and not do what you should do. Loving your neighbor looks like ministering on the way to minister. To be a good neighbor, there has to be an abundance of mercy that we are willing to share. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

If you ask a good question, you have a good chance at getting a good answer. A good question is not one to relieve ourselves of responsibility. A good question will lead us to press into God and bear the responsibility that He wants us to have. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Today we are going to do something a little different and the podcast will be a bit longer than normal. Here is a message Keith gave at Metro Harvest Church in response to the 2020 Presidential election. There were some technical issues during the recording of this message. The audio sounds a little different and it jumps right in mid-sentence during Keith’s intro, but the message is so important and timely that we wanted you to not miss it despite the technical difficulties. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Betrayal, unfortunately, is something that happens in life. It is something that eventually we all will experience. Too many times, out of the depths of hurt, people will write off those who haven’t hurt them. The way to rebound from betrayal is to stay in covenant with the people that haven’t betrayed you. (And if you can’t find anyone, then you are running with the wrong tribe and it’s time to get connected to the right people.) Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

When you read harrowing stories like those of Corrie Ten Boom or Machir taking in Mephibosheth, in those incredible situations there arises a man or woman whose voice is predominant and who sees their position (not their circumstances) as a place where God’s Kingdom should come. They see themselves as ambassadors of God. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Covenant people seek people out. And they seek people out that they might bless and honor. Are we that type of people today who would risk our reputation? We look at the Holocaust and wonder how on earth that happened. It happened because people turned over the Jews for fear that if they didn’t, they would lose their land, their possessions. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Covenant people understand honor, even when they have been hurt. There is no cancel culture in the Bible. There is no cancel culture in great people’s lives. There is no cancel culture in great cultures. Our lives are dotted with flawed people who God still uses. Our history and our circumstances are full of people who had great understanding and revelation in one area, but were devoid of it in another area. That’s why we need one another. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Covenant people are concerned about justice and righteousness. You can’t define what is just without defining what is right. One of the cornerstones of the Christian worldview is that God is the only just law maker. Only God gets to make the laws. God knows what is right and what is wrong. If you fight with God on that, you will never have justice. When you try to have justice outside of what is right and wrong, you end up with more corruption. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Covenant people sense an obligation to the third party. Covenant people are conscious that their obedience to Jesus benefits a third party. There is a sense of stewardship when you understand that. Our covenant with Jesus isn’t just about me and Jesus. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.