Leadership in Context

Jesus was fully man and fully God. God did not send an idea or a plan or a strategy. God clothed Himself in humanity. Jesus coming in the flesh was not just an act of benevolence from God, but a divine act of redemption. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

It is hard to develop strategies when we aren’t going to see some sort of immediate return, but we have to be long-term minded. What is your plan and strategy to connect to your community? While we are focused in-house, winning souls and making disciples, doing all the things we need to do to have a healthy church, it’s important to keep fertilizing the soil around us and finding ways to connect. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Most people’s theology is based on experiences and a few Christian quotes instead of the Bible. They look at God, based on their experience and not through the lens of Truth. We need to identify critical doctrines that need to be preached, extrapolated, and expounded upon so we can be rooted firmly in Truth. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

It is a mistake to just doing something without understanding why you are doing it. Every church has liturgy. Is that liturgy theology? Is it explained? Is it being done in Spirit and in Truth? Do people know what they are doing, why, and how they are doing it as unto the Lord? Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Have you ever in your church life seen someone who was very faithful and grounded, and yet down the road somewhere they got into a tizzy or caused division because of having a strong opinion or idea about something? I’m not referring to a doctrinal issue, but about the way something should be done or the color of the paint—something along those lines. Have you ever wondered how that happened? Maybe we’ve contributed to that DNA. That there is something in the soil that is reproducing itself. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

We should not have leadership teams whose only obligation is to give an opinion, but teams that understand that they are part of the DOING team. That when all hands are called on deck, that they are the first guys to show up. That they are leading not just by wisdom, which is obviously great, but leading by example. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

When we have promoted someone to a leadership position, we can think that we are all on the same page and we see that we have giftings that complement each other, but we often fail to talk about and define the values of the team. Identify those values, clearly define them, and communicate them to every member of the team. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

A common mistake that is made when building a team is putting it on hold and waiting for better people to come along. Start with what you have. Be methodical. Be intentional. Draw out a strategy. Begin to bring people together. Create a pot for that flower to bloom. It has to be organic, but even things that are organic have a biological structure to it—make sure you supply that. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

Generosity is a virtue that is greatly esteemed—even in our culture today, in its current moral tailspin. Our forefathers gave tremendous wealth to the revolutionary cause. That was generosity. Our spiritual forefathers gave everything they could to the establishing of churches, hospitals, and learning institutions. That was generosity. Generosity is esteemed in every culture. One of the ways we glorify God is by being generous. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE. 

God looks at us as a sower. We may look at our needs and feel we don’t have an abundance related to certain things, but when it comes to giving, we always have an abundance because giving is seed. One little seed. We may discount that amount, but God never wants us to discount our obedience. God exalts those acts of obedience, even if they are seemingly small. Show notes (posted every Tuesday) can be found HERE.