Thursday, May 08, 2008
Yesterday, God spoke to me! Today, God spoke again through Pastor Aries.
Today we learnt about how to gain respect of the people? The start of the lesson stirs up the hunger in me; "Leadership is not just a given position. Leadership is INFLUENCE" How real this sentence is. Some of us maybe given the status as a leader because of our capabilities, but I somehow realized, that such leaders never last long. Either they fought on as a leader by their own strength or they are simply a leader without members.
There are 10 things that we need to gain respect of the people around.
1. Courage (Keep on doing RIGHT)
Courage is the capacity to do what is RIGHT even when it is UNPOPULAR! We just need to do thr RIGHT things because we are all disciplers of Christ, we ought to be like Him.
good actions lead to good results, but what if there is no good responses, will you continue to do?
-Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, NOT absence of fear-
A pondering question : Will you give up praying even when there is nothing that happens when you pray?
--> My answer is ABSOLUTELY NOT.
2. Boldness
Boldness is Confidence. AMEN!
Is not about the talk that we have, is about the confidence that you have to speak.
Courage relates to our CHARACTERS
Boldness, Confidence relates to our PERSONALITY
Build a bold personality if you build in on:
a) The Word of God
b) The Holy Spirit
c) Prayer
--> Pals, continue to grow in the fear of the Lord, for we are have no idea when God is promoting you, thus hold on and fight strong. <--
3. Strength
"Strong leader doesn't give up because of failures for they know, even upon their failures, they had tried their best and they succeed in life because they NEVER GIVE UP in their early setbacks and failures."
I love this: People tend to gravitate toward the strongest leader in their lives for they are drawn by influence and not titles or positions.
Faith is a FACT but certainly faith is also an ACT.
A pondering question : Do you have the ability and strength to bounce back when you are knocked down?
4. Anointing of the Holy Spirit
5. Integrity (Do what you say)
"If you must choose, take a good name rather than great riches; for to be held in loving esteem is better than silver and gold." Proverbs 22:1 (TLB)
Integrity simply means:
a) What you do matches up to what you say
b) You will always do the right thing even when no one is watching
Talents bring you to the top; but it is only characters that maintain you there and to get a good reputation can only be summed up in one word - Character.
6. Humility
"Stay HUMBLE or you will STUMBLE"
What is humility?
a) Humility is serving people
b) Humility is admitting to your weakness when you have to
c) Humility is realizing that your achievement is owed to other people
(Give credit to who credit is due)
d) Humility is realizing that every person you meet is BETTER than you at something
7. Dependability (promotes stability)
"Don't have a long promises and a short delivery"
8. Visions and Goals
Believe your visions will come to pass in Jesus' name!
A pondering question : What can I give to my members that they will forsake their lives to follow the calling of God?
9. Generosity
"No one remembers how much you receive, for people only remembers how much you GIVE!"
10. Spirituality (Genuine Spiritual)
"People are drawn to people who are naturally in love in Jesus"
I felt so charged up after having go through this lesson. I am so ministered by it. I just love my time in SOT more and more, because through every lesson, it seems as if God is speaking directly to me.
Today, I will live for God. I will have the courage to do the right things in Jesus' name, I will have the boldness to stand up and be confidence in what I am tasked to do. I will certainly want to have the strength to bounce back through all obstacles and praying for the anointing of God to flow through me. I want to be discipline to be a person of integrity and the grace to be humble, the power to allow man to depend on. Visions and dreams, I desire you and a heart to give will be what I asked. Yet above all, I want to be where God wants me to be through all the days of my life. (Spirituality)
God's servant
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7:19:00 PM
