Thought on Leadership

TOPIC:         DEALING WITH FEAR AS CHURCH LEADERS

TEXT:           JUDGES 7:1,7, JOSHUA 1:5-9.

INTRODUCTION:

Fear is described as FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL.  It has been established that the word FEAR NOT appears 365 times in the Bible.  By inference, given 365 days in a calendar year, to every true child of God including those saddled with leadership responsibilities, the word of God is fear not for each day in a year – Is. 43:1-3.

Leadership is quiet exciting. It is a platform to transform people and situations through quality service.  It is an opportunity to impact lives through the impartation of inspiration and encouragement.  But as rewarding as leadership is, leaders at all levels, secular and spiritual are sometimes assailed by fears.

The first charge God gave Joshua after assuming leadership role further to the home call of Moses was to be courageous and fearless Josh. 1:5-9.  Like Joshua in his days, leaders today are bedeviled with (A) Fear of Failure (B) Fear of making wrong decisions (c) Fear of criticism (d) Fear of being misunderstood (E) Fear of Persecution  (F) Fear of rejection (G) Fear of the unknown  (I) Fear of  displeasing people (J) Fear of stepping on toes etc

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TOPIC: THE POWER OF URGENCY

DEFINITION OF TERM(S):

URGENT:  Very important and needing immediate attention showing that something is very important and needs immediate attention.

This is synonymous with such words as PRESSING, BURNING, COMPELLING, IMPERATIVE, INSTANT.

INTRODUCTION:

The background to our text has to do with refusal of the three Hebrew men to bow down to the golden image made by King Nebuchadnezzar.

God was with them because they stood their ground for the Most High God.  They refused to BOW yet they were not BURNT.

Our focus however bothers on the URGENCY of the directives of the King.  Today we as privileged members of the standing committee in AVMCC must carry out the instruction of THE KING OF KINGS with the URGENCY it requires vs 22.

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