Passionate Leadership Confessions
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I though I might post a quick confession I use to keep passionate about my calling
and leadership. Five quick things, that if combined with faith will cause YOU
to stay committed to what you are doing. Also includes a BRILLIANT quote
at the end. I honestly LOVE this quote… and it is from a Orchestra
conductor… HOW MUCH MORE should we, as believers and leaders of children
believe and live out the quote. Check it out below!
1.
Passion demands enthusiasm! :: I am a Dispenser of Enthusiasm
a.
Ps 69:9 �zeal for your house consumes me.
b.
Rom 12:10,11 Be devoted to one another
in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
2.
Passion Demands Truth :: I am a transparent leader.
a.
Jn 17:15-19 My prayer is not that
you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth;
your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the
world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
b.
Ex
from all the people–men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain�
3.
Passion demands People :: People stuff is my ONLY
stuff
a.
GAL 5:13,14 You, my brothers, were
called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature;
rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in a single
command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
b.
1 Pe 4:10 Each one should use whatever
gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace
in its various forms.
4.
Passion demands Fixation:: Everything I do is with all my being.
a.
goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in
b.
LK
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all
your strength and with all your mind�; and, `Love
your neighbor as yourself.’ "
5.
Passion demands Obsession :: I keep my eye on what is important.
a.
Heb 12:2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter
of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its
shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
b.
Heb 11:1 Now faith is being sure
of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
I set as
the goal the maximum capacity that people have � I settle for no less. I make
myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings. �
