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What you don't know could be hurting your leadership. In this week's episode, John unpacks why blind spots are inevitable in leadership—and how their unseen impact can shape every decision you make.
After his lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow provide practical strategies and real-life stories to help you recognize and address your own leadership blind spots, starting today.
Key takeaways:
We don't see others as they are; we see others as we are.
The first person we must examine is ourselves.
Followers are inward focused; leaders are outward focused.
Our BONUS resource for this episode is the Be Aware of Your Blind Spots (Part 1) Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John's teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/BeAware and clicking "Download the Bonus Resource."
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If you’re a Christian artist who keeps waiting for more money, more time, more confidence, or for everything to finally line up before moving forward, this video is for you.
Sometimes what we call “waiting on God” is genuine faith. But sometimes, without realizing it, waiting can become an excuse for staying stuck instead of actively cooperating with God in our creative calling.
In this video, I’ll show you how biblical faith moves beyond passivity into practical stewardship—without striving, forcing doors, or trying to manufacture God’s provision.
Using Noah’s story in Hebrews 11, we’ll explore a powerful Kingdom principle: faith prepares for what it sees and believes.
You’ll discover how to:
• Recognize when waiting on God may have turned into passivity
• Steward what God has already placed in your hands
• Move forward without needing perfect certainty
• Trust God’s heart as Father instead of constantly second-guessing yourself
• Begin building your creative life and art business with Him—one faithful step at a time
After more than 30 years as a working artist and years mentoring Christian creatives around the world, I’ve learned that there is rarely a perfect season when everything suddenly lines up.
The invitation is much simpler:
See and agree. Decree and proceed.
Recognize what God is doing, agree with Him in your heart, speak in alignment with His purposes, and begin walking toward it by faith—watching for His provision, ideas, relationships, divine appointments, and opportunities along the way.
You don’t have to manufacture your future.
You get to cooperate with God in the present.
So if you’ve been wondering whether you really can step into God’s calling on your life as an artist, don’t spend another year waiting for the perfect conditions.
Ask Him what faithfulness looks like today—and take the next step.
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QUESTION FOR YOU: What are you waiting on right now that may be keeping you from moving forward in your creative calling? Tell me in the comments.
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Women are all over the Bible, but many of their stories rarely make it into sermons, Sunday school lessons, or children's Bibles. Kaitlyn sits down with Carmen Joy Imes and Nijay Gupta, authors of Fierce and Faithful, to talk about the women we overlook, the hard questions kids ask about Scripture, and why boys and girls alike need to hear these stories.
0:00 - Theme Song
0:40 - Why Focus on the Women of the Bible?
4:48 - The Prophet Huldah
8:18 - Answering Complicated Questions
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16:32 - Favorite Women in the Bible
28:00 - Are Any Books of the Bible Written by a Girl?
32:50 - End Credits
Fierce and Faithful: 25 Women of the Bible Who Dared to Trust God by Carmen Joy Imes and Nijay Gupta: https://amzn.to/3T0t6Ea
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