I am sure you all know Dan Reiland. Dan currently serves on the lead team, church board and is Executive Director of Leadership Expansion at 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia, where he served for 20 years as the Executive Pastor…
A Word to the Wise: from Greg Ligon
I am sure you all know Dan Reiland. Dan currently serves on the lead team, church board and is Executive Director of Leadership Expansion at 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia, where he served for 20 years as the Executive Pastor…
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A Word to the Wise:
How do you know if you are actually growing as a leader? Here are 3 indicators to look for… A Word to the Wise:
Study the best leaders in virtually any arena of leadership and you will find a ratio of praise to criticism of roughly 5-to-1. Even the most demanding coaches, instructors, trainers, tutors, and supervisors, who are those who also wildly succeed at developing people, find their way to this powerful ratio. Admired Leadership Field Notes, 3.26.24, The Leadership Ratio That Matters Most A Word to the Wise:
Don’t chase after a feeling; chase after nearness to Christ, which will, in turn, make you into the person God created you to be. Healthy people are formed by countless mundane, even unmemorable, meals. Similarly, some times spent in God’s Word are special. Christ speaks to us or meets us in a uniquely powerful way, becoming a memory we cherish for months, years, or even a lifetime. But not all times in God’s Word are consciously remembered for long periods. Many times spent in God’s Word are like water soaking into the roots of a plant. The water may no longer be visible, but it nourishes and strengthens the plant nonetheless. We should pray for joyful encounters with Christ through his Word and make efforts to remember what we read. But don’t get discouraged or think you’re doing something wrong if you don’t always have remarkable feelings or conscious memories about every passage. The Lord is pleased every time you seek him through his Word, and he’ll always bless your efforts, even when the blessing isn’t immediately visible (see Isa. 55:10–11). Blake Glosson, 3.14.24, TGC, Atomic Habits and Bible Intake SBC Annual Meeting Schedule Announced…One of Four Things to Know This Week; March 21, 20243/20/2024 A Word to the Wise:
Remember and reflect on the value and blessing of forgiving.
1) Make a decision to start the process. 2) Determine what’s holding you back from moving forward. 3) Talk with someone who can come alongside and help. Dan Reiland, 3.18.24, How to Rise Above Hurt and Lean Into Grace Here are Four Things to Know this Week: A Word to the Wise: Too many people equate activity and working hard with productivity. You know better. If you agree that productivity requires a blend of task priority, quality execution, and time efficiency, you now have a pathway toward higher success.
Working on the right things, each and every day, with an eye toward quality is more important than working hard. How productive are you? Admired Leadership, 3.7.24, What Does It Really Mean to be Productive? Spiritual Renewal Needed to Heal Fragmented US…One of Four Things to Know This Week; March 7, 20243/7/2024 A Word to the Wise: A best practice every team or group should endorse is never to end any meeting without an agreement to next steps. This is easily accomplished if whoever organizes the meeting holds the group to this standard and insists on raising the question and answering it.
Knowing exactly who will ensure each step happens is what follows. It is common for the organizer to assign team members to the steps and then to ask them to be accountable. What a difference such a simple best practice can make when it is instituted and incorporated across an organization. Admired Leadership, 3.5.24, Clarifying Next Steps Before the Meeting Ends This week I am sharing two different views of the Law Amendment that were in Baptist Press in the last week, among other items. I hope these will be helpful to you and your pastors/churches.
A Word to the Wise: “If you’re God’s child, you have a life-changing message that provides the only explanation that makes any sense whatsoever. The Christian worldview answers all the major questions of life. The biblical framework provides the only grid people can look through to properly understand all that has been, is, and will be. The gospel is the only story that provides hope. Tim Keller once said that the bottom line is that every human just wants to be loved. Jesus offers that hope of love—a love that you don’t have to earn and that cannot be taken away; a love that will not break, give up, or walk out. Why would you want to keep that message of hope and love to yourself?" Paul David Tripp, 2.28.24, Afraid of Being Sent - Wednesday’s Word A Word to the Wise: “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” - Abraham Lincoln
Friday Facts, 2.16.24, Georgia Public Policy Foundation Exploring the Future of Local Associations, One of Four Things to Know This Week; February 15, 20242/15/2024 A Word to the Wise: "Most Christians understand the history of gospel past—the forgiveness of sins because of the work of Jesus. They also live with hope in gospel future—the promise of eternity because of his death and resurrection.
But what about the gospel today? I am deeply persuaded that many within the body of Christ live with a dysfunctional gap in their understanding of how their faith in Jesus radically changes everything about their existence now." Paul Tripp Ministries, 12.29.23, Help Us Close the Gospel Gap |
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