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Leadership Is Observable

April 5, 2020September 11, 2024 by southwestdistrict

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Oh, Duh! If one’s leadership is not observable, then by what means does one’s leadership convey influence for others? However, how many holding leadership roles attempt to lead without being transparent and observable. Being observable in leadership is essential during difficult circumstances. The ever insightful C.S. Lewis once wrote, “Hardships…

Sabbath Anyone?

April 4, 2020September 11, 2024 by southwestdistrict

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Rest: Recover, Reflect, Rekindle In the General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day) USA and Canada, a Spirit-formed, Christ-centered, Grace-oriented, Sabbath-celebrating, Bible-based group of believers, is there anyone who does not understand the value of rest? Perhaps a better question for us would be, does anyone understand the…

Model Your Leadership Openly Before Your Leaders

April 3, 2020September 11, 2024 by southwestdistrict

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Having the Light, Shine It Brightly For Those Coming After You Let others see your successes, your failures, your do’s and your redo’s. Then they will have an established path to avoid the pitfalls you had to discover on your own. To be sure, they will discover other pitfalls you…

Building A Legacy of Leadership

April 2, 2020September 11, 2024 by southwestdistrict

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As We Focus On Jesus and Follow His Plan Note: The following was shared with the SWD Board and SWD Ministry Directors along with other presenters and workers in the 2020 Annual Leadership Meeting in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday evening March 7th, just before the COVID-19 pandemic grew into…

Now That I Am A Leader, What Now?

March 31, 2020September 11, 2024 by southwestdistrict

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Having discovered being a leader is a calling of God through obedience to the Great Commission and the compelling spirit of the believer’s new nature in Christ Jesus, the question of whether to be a leader or not passes away. But a new question emerges. What kind of leader will…

You Want Me To Become A Leader?

March 30, 2020September 11, 2024 by southwestdistrict

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Why? Without understanding and applying the why of becoming a leader, a person may do great things. But that person will never reach the full potential of their leadership. Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action is a book by Simon Sinek. Through his work, I began…

An Overnight Success

March 29, 2020September 11, 2024 by southwestdistrict

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Becoming A Great Leader Overnight When you consider your leadership, do you think of it as a vocation, a science, a skill anyone can acquire or as something that some just happen to be gifted to do, and others without that special gifting have no hope of attaining? Neither picture…

Resting and Praying

March 28, 2020September 11, 2024 by southwestdistrict

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Lord, Teach Us To Pray March 28, 2020 has been set aside by President Stacy as a day for corporate prayer. Even though we cannot be together in one place, we can all be praying together on this day. Today, I am resting and praying. There is no higher authority…

CODE BLUE!

March 27, 2020September 11, 2024 by southwestdistrict

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BLUE RESPONSE TEAM, SECTOR C, STAT! What About That New Testament Commandment? What shall we do? Hi, Pastors and Fellow Leaders. Of course, I’m using familiar signals for emergency medical teams. Yes, Sector C is the Church. Please be careful using such language with your members, it could through them into cardiac…

Checking Our Fellowship Thermometer

March 26, 2020September 11, 2024 by southwestdistrict

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Hi, Everyone. Greetings and peace in the name of Jesus. As a small child we often recited verses from memory. Memory work was always a challenge for me. So, I would choose the shortest ones I could find. You know the ones, “Jesus wept.”, “Rejoice evermore.”, “Pray without ceasing.”, “He that loveth not…

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