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• Godly Leadership – Practical Principles – Part 5

  In Faithful, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 1 comment

  (Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) 1 Corinthians 11:1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. (NKJV) We are wrapping up our series on leadership today. The following is a list of leadership principles and reminders that I have developed over the years and given to those whom I have personally managed, mentored, or put into positions of leadership. They are not very “Bible lesson” sounding on the surface because they were developed to be used in a business environment. However, you will find them all to be Biblically sound in principle and concept. Leadership Principles and Reminders By Brent Riggs Don’t “manage.” Lead. Lead by example. Set the standard. Lead by having the best work habits of anyone around [...]

   

• Godly Leadership – Character Traits 3 – Part 4

  In Faithful, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  (Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) 1 Corinthians 11:1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. (NKJV) A Leader Must Have Vision A leader must be able to see the way and know where they are going. If not, then you have the proverbial blind leading the blind. A parent leading their children must have a vision for where they want their children to end up. A teacher leading students must have a vision of what they want the students to learn and how to apply it. A business owner must have a vision for where the company is going and what its goals are. Matthew 15:14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if [...]

   

• No Excuses

  In Faithful, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  Proverbs 24:12 If you say, “Surely we did not know this,” Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his deeds? (NKJV)(Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)As humans we have a natural tendency to make excuses for our failures. That tendency is even more aggravated today in our culture of “victimization.”There is a popular commercial that encapsulates the absurd extreme this has come to. An announcer comes on the screen saying, “Are you overweight? It’s not your fault. Just buy our product and you will get the body you have always deserved!” I was so relieved that the jelly doughnut I was finishing [...]

   

• Fear and Hear

  In Contented, Faithful, Happy, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  Psalm 34:4 I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears. (NKJV) (Previous devotionals can be found at www.seriousfaith.com)One of the great blessings of being a Christian is knowing that when we put our trust in God and fear Him, the Lord hears us and we are never alone. In times of great fear or distress, we can cry out to our God and there is nothing in this world that we have to fear when our hope is in the Lord.King David, who had known his share of troubles, war, family turmoil and personal tragedy was still a “man after God’s own heart”. In Psalms 34 we find his personal testimony and then his teaching on the Lord’s [...]

   

• Knowing the Will of God – Necessity – Part 2

  In Faithful, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  (Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) 1 John 2:17 – And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. (NKJV)“How can you know what God’s will is? Is it even possible?” We began our look at that very common question in the first lesson of this series. Let’s review what we have learned so far. When trying to determine God’s will: First off, does God’s Word contain a plain and direct answer to your question or circumstance? You have to diligently and regularly search God’s Word and do the hard work of finding out God’s revealed, written Word (2Tim 2.15; Acts 17.11) If you find a direct and [...]

   

• Recognize Who You’re Talking To

  In Faithful, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  Isaiah 2:10 Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, From the terror of the Lord And the glory of His majesty. (NKJV) When you approach God in prayer, the first order of business is to contemplate Who you are about to speak to. The world is much too casual today about God describing Him as “the man upstairs” or “the big guy”, whether from embarrassment or ignorance.God is portrayed in Scripture as awesome (Duet 10.17), terrifying (Psa 90.7) and the common response to His presence is to fall flat on your face (Rev 7.11), unable to stand in the presence of His holiness. God is so holy (Lev 11.45), so majestic (Job 37.4), so powerful (Psa 66.1-4) that we should feel like crawling [...]