Friday, May 17, 2013

Introduction to Pitfalls of a leader



This week’s contribution on the theme of developing your spiritual base is a collection of quotes from the book on Spiritual Leadership by Henry & Richard Blackaby, ‘Pitfalls of a leader’.  It is a great outline for reflection on our character and our attitudes as leaders of spiritual movements, whether in a church or on campus. 

One of the quotes from the book that really stood out to me is: "Leaders who surrender their positive attitude have resigned themselves to be mediocre leaders at best.”   I think this list of quotes is a great place to start in reflecting on your personal attitude.  As a leader, all that is within you will become visible sooner or later, so I would encourage you to take regular times apart with the Lord to do an assessment of your heart and relationship with God.

I would encourage you to set aside a significant portion of time to spend with the Lord reflecting on these thoughts and questions (there are a set of good questions at the end) and spend some time meditating on the passages listed at the end.  I know I need to do this myself.  Let’s pray for one another that we would  "nurture a strong relationship with almighty God which would allow us the freedom to follow our God-given convictions and to bring glory to God." 

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