Self Leadership

I don't know what the new year has been like for you but for me I feel like I'm moving at warp speed. In the next month we are launching our Elevate (highschool) and Reverb (18-25's) services, getting life groups off the ground, having our first Internationals O'Week dinner, our big O' Week push at the Uni and our combined camp. WHEW!

In all this craziness I came across a great quote that I really resonated with:

"We often think that self leadership is the making of good decisions every day, when the reality is that we need to make a few critical decisions in major areas of life and then manage those decisions day to day."
Dr. John Maxwell

It has been this way in my life, and my struggles have always come when I have taken my eye off of ensuring that those key decisions were managed well. Like having a daily devotion for instance. Or spending time with the family or friends. Like sharing my faith with people.

What are your key critical decisions that you have made or need to make for your life?
I look forward to hearing about yours.

My Next Messages

These are the thoughts I have lined up for the next few messages.
I'd love your thoughts and input into my messages!

SHAPE:
Tackling the subject of burnout... and self leadership.
Is burnout caused by working too hard... or is it something else all together?
What is the cost of leading a visionary life?

Jer 12:5 CEV
(5) Jeremiah, if you get tired in a race against people, how can you possibly run against horses? If you fall in open fields, what will happen in the forest along the Jordan River?

Mat 10:37-39 CEV
(37) If you love your father or mother or even your sons and daughters more than me, you are not fit to be my disciples.
(38) And unless you are willing to take up your cross and come with me, you are not fit to be my disciples.
(39) If you try to save your life, you will lose it. But if you give it up for me, you will surely find it.


7pm SERVICE PERP:
Grace but not as you know it... I'm not talking about the forgiveness stuff... I'm talking about having the KAZAM to live life out of God's strength and not ours! Stop trying in your own human wisdom and strength to live right... and live out of God's wisdom and strength.
How do we do this?

Php 2:12-13 CEV
(12) My dear friends, you always obeyed when I was with you. Now that I am away, you should obey even more. So work with fear and trembling to discover what it really means to be saved.
(13) God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him.

2Co 12:9 MSG
(9) and then he told me, My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness. Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness.


7pm SERVICE PERP:
What am I ministering to the world... my moods or the fruit of the Spirit?
What I feel... I serve.
How can I get over myself and walk in these fruits of the Holy Spirit?

Gal 5:22-23 ESV
(22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
(23) gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.




Please don't forget to share your thoughts and input into my messages! ie. COMMENT!