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Do You Aspire To Be A Leader In The Kingdom Of God? Then Read This, It Is A Most Helpful Insight.
Some more wisdom to share with you from that ever valuable devotional I read. This devotional reading comes to you from, "365 Days of Spiritual Growth and Empowerment Connect With God Volume II" by Jentezen Franklin
A WORD TO LEADERS!
Masters...no abuse, please.
Ephesians 6:9 TM
"Never take advantage of those under you! There's no place in God's kingdom for the domineering, the egocentric, or those motivated by anger toward any individual or group, at any time, under any circumstances! Learn from Pharaoh: when a child of God is abused the Lord will hear their cry, intervene on their behalf, and the offender will pay a high price.
To be a good leader you've first got to learn to be a good follower, for only then will you understand the challenges of serving someone else "as unto the Lord." If you practice doing that when you're at the bottom you'll keep doing it when you reach the top. And that's critically important, for as a leader you must be able to hear, submit to, and obey the leadings of the Holy Spirit.
Joshua was a great leader because he was first a faithful servant of Moses. He remembered the difficulties of submitting to a flawed human being when he himself became a leader. Any time you forget what it's like to walk in the shoes of those who serve under you, you can easily become insensitive to their needs, and abuse your power.
For God to trust you with a position of authority, you must first prove to Him that you can control your need for recognition. God-appointed leaders are servant-leaders! They never lead by threat or force. They lead through a compelling combination of love, vision, and righteousness. Still think you're called to lead?"
A WORD TO LEADERS!
Masters...no abuse, please.
Ephesians 6:9 TM
"Never take advantage of those under you! There's no place in God's kingdom for the domineering, the egocentric, or those motivated by anger toward any individual or group, at any time, under any circumstances! Learn from Pharaoh: when a child of God is abused the Lord will hear their cry, intervene on their behalf, and the offender will pay a high price.
To be a good leader you've first got to learn to be a good follower, for only then will you understand the challenges of serving someone else "as unto the Lord." If you practice doing that when you're at the bottom you'll keep doing it when you reach the top. And that's critically important, for as a leader you must be able to hear, submit to, and obey the leadings of the Holy Spirit.
Joshua was a great leader because he was first a faithful servant of Moses. He remembered the difficulties of submitting to a flawed human being when he himself became a leader. Any time you forget what it's like to walk in the shoes of those who serve under you, you can easily become insensitive to their needs, and abuse your power.
For God to trust you with a position of authority, you must first prove to Him that you can control your need for recognition. God-appointed leaders are servant-leaders! They never lead by threat or force. They lead through a compelling combination of love, vision, and righteousness. Still think you're called to lead?"
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Another Great Song Did You Know I Use to Perform In A Folk Group; Burlap to Cashmere 2011
I love this song. I love the beat and rhythm. I think I did mention before that when I was in grade school and high school I was a member of a folk group. We performed and we had very good choreographers. This song, when I listen to it brings back memories of a season when I was in the group. For a season we had a choreographer/dance instructor that not only taught us dances from various regions of the country of my nationality but they were creative enough to also teach us dances from Russia, Hungary, Israel, and Greece. I enjoyed learning dances from different countries. When we would perform these dances in concerts we would also wear costumes that reflected that country. Sometimes the costumes were heavy in weight due to the amount of material that was needed to create the costume. I think my favorite costumes were the one's they made for us for the Israeli and the Greek dances. When I was in this group we had to learn to play instruments, sing songs in native language and then dance. My least favorite was playing the string instrument and my favorite was learning the dances. I must tell you this, as much as I did not like having to practice playing and memorizing songs for our concerts (when we performed we did not have sheet music before us it was all memorized) I am most thankful that I can read music today because I learned how to while in that group. So, if I am in a church today singing a song out of a hymnal I can follow the notes for the song and know when to hold a note longer or shorter. For that I am most thankful.
Being in this group taught me about perseverance, long rehearsals to get it just so for the performances, and we had fun too. Never look lightly on the things your parents may have made you do while you were young because those very things may have been a training ground for you with what was to come forth in your life. Did I like having to go to weekly rehearsals and longer dress rehearsals, no. I can say this now it was in that structured environment that allows me to still keep rhythm this very day with a percussion instrument. I have the music inside of me it was just not the right style of musical instrument when I was in the folk group. I suppose, if I would have had the opportunity to play some sort of percussion instrument back then I would have been a happier camper.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Burlap to Cashmere - Orchestrated Love Song (Live in the Bing Lounge)
I love the rhythm and the beat of this song. This one listen to it for the musical instruments, very good talent. No flashing stage lights or big audience or things like that just so refreshing to experience the musical and vocal talents of this group.
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