Matters of the Heart: Guide its Direction
Issue #411, November 12, 2025 Healthy leaders understand that their heart shapes everything they do. They pay attention to their emotions—not to be ruled by them, but to guide them in the right direction. Great leaders don’t suppress emotions; they shepherd them. Our heart can be guided in the right direction. Consider these scriptures: […]
Matters of the Heart: Gauge its Condition
Issue #410, October 29, 2025 Healthy leaders pay attention to their heart, the seat of their emotions. In the previous issue we recognized the power of our heart to direct our lives and the difficulty in understanding it. David acknowledged his desire to have an undivided heart. He also cried out to God for help […]
Matters of the Heart: Grasp its worth.
Issue #409, October 15, 2025 Most leadership writing is action focused, which is natural since leaders value results. Yet, the Bible focuses more on matters of the heart, mentioning our heart more than 500 times, certainly an indication of how significant our heart is. While the biblical view of the heart encompasses the mind, will […]
Intimate Leaders are Friends of Jesus
Issue #408, October 1, 2025 Do you consider yourself a follower of Jesus or a friend of Jesus? The difference is profoundly significant. The words Jesus gave His disciples invite us to an intimate friendship: 14You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does […]
Intimate Leaders Love Like Jesus
Issue #407, September 17, 2025 Most leaders say that their people are valuable. But serving leaders actually love like Jesus. An intimate relationship with Jesus becomes the foundation of the way they treat their teams, make decisions and build culture. Jesus talked about this dynamic love relationship: 9 “As the Father has loved me, so have […]
Intimate Leaders Bring Glory to Jesus
Issue #406, September 3, 2025 Leaders naturally gravitate towards the front of the room. They often enjoy being in the spotlight, recognized and acknowledged as important people. They bring glory to themselves and use their positions to build their own name. But when a leader walks in deep intimacy with Jesus, everything in their life […]
Intimate Leaders are Fruitful for Jesus
Issue #405, August 20, 2025 Leaders love results! They measure progress, celebrate wins and dream of seeing their vision become reality. But serving leaders learn that fruit comes, not from their striving, but because of their intimate relationship with Jesus. Consider His words to the disciples: 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. […]
Intimate Leaders are Transformed by Jesus
Issue #404, August 6, 2025 We naturally view leaders as independent and able to guide and direct on their own. But serving leaders are dependent on an intimate relationship with Jesus that transforms them. In John 15, Jesus speaks to His disciples about the relationship He wants to have with them—one of a deep, life-giving […]
Joshua: Using Wisdom to Cast Vision
Issue #403, July 23, 2025 Joshua’s leadership work was nearly done. The land was divided, and the people were settled. But before he died, he used wisdom to cast a vision for the next generation. 14 “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates […]
Joshua: Employing Wisdom in Times of Division
Issue #402, July 9, 2025 Few things need wisdom like trying to divide an inheritance among siblings! Joshua faced this on a national scale as he led the Israelites through the process of dividing up the land into tribal portions. Joshua employed wisdom in this potentially explosive moment and offers serving leaders practical wisdom for […]