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HUSBANDS LOVE YOUR WIVES

Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them. Colossians 3:19 REFERENCE Colossians 3:18 - 4:1 One good measure of a married man is how he treats his wife. I like to say, “That man is a successful failure, who succeeds on his job, but fails in his marriage.” Every Christian man has been called to be a reflection of Christ to his wife. The word “Husband” is from an old English word, meaning, “House bond.” It supposes that the man is like the mortar that holds building blocks together; that is, the ‘bonding’ of the family depends...
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CHRISTIANITY IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS

And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’  Matthew 22:39 REFERENCE Matthew 22:35-40 Christianity is a religion of relationships. The very root of Christianity is in God’s great love for humanity, which motivated Him to send His Son to die for us (John 3:16). In fact, looking at the Ten Commandments, one notices that six of them deal with relating with people, i.e. not steal, kill, covet their properties, etc., but rather, to respect and treat them right. The heart of the New Testament church, likewise, is one of relating well with others, for Jesus...
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I CAN – Part 2

 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”. – Exodus 3:11   REFERENCE Exodus 3:7-11, 4:1-10 We left off yesterday with the thought that many people believe God can do great things, but aren’t sure He will do it through them. God has to address the mindset of this class of people in order to do anything meaningful in their lives. A case in point can be seen in today’s passage. God gave Moses an assignment – ‘Deliver the children of Israel from their...
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I CAN – PART 1

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. – Philippians 4:13   REFERENCE Philippians 4:13   It is possible to succeed in life if nobody believes in you, but it will be difficult to if you don’t think you can. You (working with God) must take your destiny in your hands. Putting Philippians 4:13 in context, Paul was speaking of God’s ability in him to go through times of plenty or lack without any change in his determination for the work of the Kingdom. However, I use the phrase ‘I can’ as today’s topic to reveal God’s ability in...
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LEAD LIKE A PRO: PROBLEM SOLVING

When a dispute arises, they come to me, and I am the one who settles the case between the quarreling parties. I inform the people of God’s decrees and give them His instructions. Exodus 18:16 REFERENCE Exodus 18:13-27 A leader’s primary job is to provide solutions to the many leadership challenges that arise in the course of dispensing his tasks. It is a function of thinking. It is because there are problems to be solved that there is a need for leadership. If a person cannot solve problems, he cannot be a leader. Ultimately, A LEADER IS A PROBLEM SOLVER....
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LEAD LIKE A PRO: DISCIPLINE

A man without self-control is as defenseless as a city with broken-down walls. Proverbs 25:28 (TLB)   REFERENCE Proverbs 25:28 (TLB) If a leader lacks the indispensable quality of ‘discipline’, all other leadership gifts he may have will never fully develop. Before one can conquer the world, he must first conquer ‘himself.’ Jackson Brown, Jr. said, “Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates; there is plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.” To be a successful leader, you must submit yourself to some imposed discipline from without (demands...
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LEAD LIKE A PRO: INTEGRITY

So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands. Psalm 78:72 REFERENCE Psalm 78:70-72 Nothing evokes myriads of emotions from people more than hearing about the moral failure of business, political and even religious leaders. It makes the media go abuzz, it becomes breaking news, newspapers sell extra, and blogs and social media platforms have them as trending. The moral failures of leaders have closed down many organizations and put families in jeopardy. Integrity is defined as the consistency between what a leader says and what the leader does....
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LEAD LIKE A PRO: SERVANTHOOD

And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. Mark 10:44-45 REFERENCE Mark 10:35-45 In our 21st century, the world is beginning to realign with the biblical qualifications of who a true leader is. There is an increased awareness that true leadership is ‘servanthood,’ and we now hear terms like servant-leadership. Many today, are like James and John – they like to be preferred. For such ones, the definition of leadership is...
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LEAD LIKE A PRO

To aspire to leadership is an honorable ambition.” I Timothy 3:1 (NEB) REFERENCE I Timothy 3:1 (NEB) Christians are called to be leaders because we are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. John Maxwell said, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” When the righteous are in authority (leadership) the people rejoice; because in the place where they lead – businesses, families, associations, nations, etc., will be advanced as a result of their wholesome leadership practices. Real leaders are in short supply and constantly people and groups search for them. Throughout the Bible, God searched for...
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WORK WHILE IT IS DAY

I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. - John‬ ‭9:4   REFERENCE John 9:4-5   Jesus encourages us to work while it is day, for the night is coming when no man will be able to work. ‘Day’ is when we have our youth and our strength, it is the time of life when we should disengage from every form of idleness and start doing something. The ‘Night’ will come for all of us and we will be too old for employment, or in...
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