Prayer for Leadership

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Let Your Light go forth and shine so that all may know You, O God of redemption.
We will praise You, O Lord, our Rock, Our Shield, our Hightower;
We will tell of You, Lord, of Your mightiness.
We will rejoice and be glad in You, Lord, Our Redeemer, our Salvation, our Light;
We will sing praise to Your grace and enduring love.
Order our hearts, minds, and our bodies for Your purpose, O God.

Let Your favor go before us for Your glory, O God of all righteousness.
We will look to You, O Lord to prepare our hearts for Grace-full leadership;
We will yield our hearts to You, Lord, we are Yours.
We will draw upon Your divine wisdom, Lord, to guide our hearts;
We will look to You to fill us with Your strength.
Keep our hearts close to Your bosom, O God.

Let Your Spirit flow…

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You’re Made for Adventure

You’re Made for Adventure

. . . how long will they not believe in me,
in spite of all the signs that I have done?—Numbers 14:11

The Heavenly Father designed us for adventures . . . for his adventures. Listen for his call. Imagine a boy awakened early by his father: “Hey, buddy . . . up for an adventure today?” Trust him. Imagine the son, nervous with anticipation of what the day might hold: “Yeah, dad. Totally.” Go with him. Imagine the father and son gearing-up together, maybe for fishing, or hunting, or backpacking, and heading off into the wild. Now, imagine if the boy instead replied, “Nah, dad. Gonna stay home today. Just too risky.” Or, “I’ve got more important things to do today. Thanks for asking. Maybe next time.”

The Heavenly Father whispered (through Moses) to twelve men in the Wilderness of Paran: “spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel” (Numbers 13:2). The men did, and they saw good land . . . but they also saw large foes, whom they’d have to defeat. Ten of them took the “just too risky” tack: “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are” (Numbers 13:31). They felt like “grasshoppers,” they said, compared to the huge men of Canaan. (Numbers 13:33). Only two—Joshua and Caleb—mustered courage and trusted in God’s adventure. Only they were willing to go:

“. . . he will bring us into this land and give it to us . . . And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them” (Numbers 14:7-9).

[Translation: “Yeah, dad. Totally.”]

Okay, so what do we do?

When God invites you into an adventure it’s a special moment, a divine moment . . . an eternal moment. You won’t get many. So, be prepared. Be ready with a quick, “Yeah, dad, Totally”

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Bridging the Gap for Unity in the Multicultural Church: Ten Leadership Traits

Awesome Ten Leadership Traits

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Jan Paron, PhD | November 5, 2021

Over the last year, I researched six bridging the gap actions for biblical unity in different multicultural churches from urban regions across the country. The actions involved intentionality, openness, adaptability, calling, and impartiality/inclusion and communication.[1]  My goal was to uncover trends and practices of thriving, heterogeneous multicultural churches that had experienced renewal or turnaround. Along the way, I noticed patterns in leadership qualities emerge from pastors of these churches. These traits supported the fifth bridging the gap action, the call to the all, ministering to the all of society.[2]  In all, ten initial qualities emerged that distinguished leaders of uncommon character. Pastoring a multicultural church comes with challenges and successes, said and unsaid in current writings. Even though these findings represent preliminary research, they give insight for further research in multicultural church turnaround and discussion for training program development of future leaders…

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We are always..,

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We are always looking for something. There is a drive in us to seek out and search for true meaning in our lives. When I was in high school, I had a lot of questions:

When I leave high school, what will I be doing? 

College?

But what about after college?

Will I defeat the  feelings of being alone or insecure?

Will I have a happy life?

Will I be successful?

Will I ever pass my math class?

Will I ever get over that girl?

Why do my parents misunderstand me?

Why am I so hungry for food right now?

I definitely was searching when I was in high school. Seeking and searching was what one did in high school. I had multiple friends. I never did have a best friend. My 9^th grade year I hung out with a senior who was a neighborhood friend.

Entering my 10-grade…

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4 Tips for evaluating “Christain” Books

A Twisted Crown of Thorns ®

Are you about to read a book? Does the author say it is a “Christian” book? Here are 4 tips from Richard Baxter that will help you evaluate any “Christian” book…

1. Could I spend this time no better?
2. Are there better books that would edify me more?
3. Are the lovers of such a book as this the greatest lovers of the Book of God and of a holy life?
4. Does this book increase my love to the Word of God, kill my sin, and prepare me for the life to come?
[ Furthermore, Baxter adds] make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy scriptures ever have the pre-eminence, and, next to them, those solid, lively, heavenly treatises which best expound and apply the scriptures, and next, credible histories, especially of the Church . . . but take heed of false teachers who…

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What Students Need From Their Youth Leaders

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