The 5 Mistakes That Terrible Team Mates Make 

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1. They Make Team All About Them

Philippians 2:3 NLT

'Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. '

We make everything about US, whenever things feel out of control, we take control....Because i feels safer…BUT this makes everything was about me.

This response our own insecurity never brings stability or leadership, it brings control and manipulation. 

Here is the truth. It is very hard to know where we are getting it wrong, because We are inherently flawed and broken and selfish...We need to ask, and I need to listen to the the answers....

1. They Keep Their Challenges  In The Dark 

Thinking that a crisis will cure itself, that tensions would work themselves out, and that time would heal all wounds.... are all of ideas that are completely unhelpful. 

The key to moving our teams forward is to be accountable to each other. 

1. They Put Their Life Into Autopilot 

Being a great team member is never Set and Forget 

People change and people grow … even if we don’t…when WE set our lives in Autopilot and don’t adjust 2 things happen 

1. We keep treating others like the people that they used to be AND 

1. Stop treating ourselves like the person we should be becoming (stop expecting better from ourselves, we get stuck, then we become discouraged) 

1. They Chose To Endure Their Team Instead Of Enjoy It. 

Psalms 16:11

'You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.'

We are not at our best, in any area if our lives, when we can’t enjoy time with one another. 

1. They Make Jesus Their Last Resort Not Their First Call. 

As team serving the mission of the Local Church, we actually have a super power which often goes untapped! 

Matthew 11:28-30 TPT

'“Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Then come to me. I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis. Simply join your life with mine. Learn my ways and you’ll discover that I’m gentle, humble, easy to please. You will find refreshment and rest in me. For all that I require of you will be pleasant and easy to bear.”'

Every GREAT team actually achieving GREAT things will undergo pressure, tension and stress.

Who is your first call in a crisis? 

What do you LOVE about working in a team?