41. Slough Off the Petty Stuff.
Don’t go manufacturing any troubles for yourself where none exist.
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42. Take Your Lumps.
Your congregation, your staff, your people are not your Lord. Whether they thrill at your words or balk at the sound of your voice, be faithful to what the Lord calls you to do.
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43. Train Your People to Become Leaders.
Use God’s example: do not force obedience or loyalty, but share power and allow decisions, differences, mistakes, and reconciliation.
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44. Train Your People to Be Faithful Followers.
Teach your people to complement the leader’s strengths with their own, speak up if they see him about to make a mistake, and give him room to be human.
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45. Make Full Use of Your Greatest Resources.
The Holy Spirit. The Holy Bible. We have both a Guide and Light, one to accompany us and the other to illumine the way. We need never be lost or confused again.
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46. Keep Your Focus on the Main Thing.
Find out who you are and offer it to the community in Christ’s name. Don’t risk going out of business because you forgot what you’re in business for.
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47. Restrain Your Ego, or You’re in Trouble.
Nothing heads you on the road to disaster like shutting down negative voices and giving full vent to your ego.
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48. Your Attitude Is Contagious; Keep It Positive.
Faith is contagious. Unfortunately, so is fear.
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49. Say “No” a Lot.
Discipline yourself from any activity or project that interferes with Christ’s goal for your life.
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50. Don’t Think of Yourself As a Leader–Think “People-Helper.”
Say “we” a lot, not “I,” “me,” and “mine.” Ask, ‘How’s it going?’ a lot, and listen to the answers. Pray with your people, even at odd times.
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51. Deal with Rebellion Quickly.
Your job is not to make the congregation happy; your task is to make it healthy and to make the Lord happy. If you are not going to protect the flock, you are no shepherd.
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52. Never Hesitate to Challenge People to Greatness.
Like Christ, let us never hesitate to call people out of death to life, out of complacency to commitment, from the partial to the complete, and from the comfortable to the sacrificial.
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53. Someone Has to Ride Drag.
Select faithful, mature people to share the burdens of church leadership.
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54. Avoid the Disconnect Trap.
The preacher who fails to see the connection between his Sunday ministry and the life he leads during the week will bring great shame, embarrassment, and disappointment to God and those nearest him.
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55. Vision: Don’t Leave Home Without It.
One can have a vision but no leadership, but real leadership requires a vision.
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56. Moral Courage, True Leadership.
Moral courage does not act rashly but considers the cost, speaking truth to power and refusing to stand idly by while others engage in wrong or hurtful acts.
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57. Leadership Has Secrets?
Courage is not the absence of fear; it’s inspiring others to move beyond it. Nothing is black or white. Quitting is leading, too.
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