The Father gives us authority over time, starting with small areas to oversee as He tests us in stewardship. Steward – A person who manages another’s property or financial affairs. One who administers anything as the agent of another. We represent the Father’s character by doing the work of the Kingdom, as stewards (or servant …
Expedition into Your Territory, Part 1
In November of 2010, I visited with groups of businesspeople in Poland. One very dark and cold Saturday night in my hotel room, the Holy Spirit gave me an exciting message of hope and exhortation to share with the Believers in Poland. Great timing (of course), since I was invited to speak to a local …
Leg #4 The Servant Leader Doesn’t Know it All
Admit it. You know you don’t know everything. Everyone else knows it too. But is it really OK to not have all the answers? Our employees can see when we don’t know what to do next. Here’s the challenge: THAT’S OK! Who said the boss is supposed to have all the answers? We are only …
Servant Leadership Leg #1
Last week, we looked at an introduction to Servant Leadership, and pictured this leadership style as a stepstool. There are four legs to this stepstool, then a step to stand on. Leg #1. The servant leader allows for others’ creativity How does this work in day-to-day life? While giving a great employee their performance review, …
Introducing… Servant Leadership!
Most people don’t line up, waiting eagerly to learn how they can attain the title of “Servant Leader”. Servant leaders will never become the center of attention, and will not receive all the praise for a job well done. The servant leader becomes like a stepstool. A stepstool is not in a position of haughtiness, …
Dig Deeper and Surpass Limits!
Confined to our humanity, we tend to only see the obvious, such as people in ministry are serving the Lord only when they are preaching Christ, planting churches or feeding the starving in wastelands of third world countries. Baloney. Who do we think we are, putting limits on God? My belief is that every commandment …
Perfect, no, the RIGHT People
My friend Jacek is a cosmetics distributor to professional salons in Poland. He is doing well, from my perspective here in the States. Yesterday we had a conversation about the diverse prospects that are being presented to him. He currently has multiple paths to explore, which will take substantial time and capital. It appears that …