Men Of Torah Day--The Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 17 Attitude Of True Leaders Is Persistence!!!

Exodus 18


We are walking in today:  Men Of Torah Day--The Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 17 Attitude Of True Leaders Is Persistence!!!


Witness prevail throughout the Bible:   H1396 gabar--to prevail, have strength, be strong, be powerful, be mighty, be great
Genesis 49:26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed H1396 above the blessings of  my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

Torah:  Genesis 7:18, 7:19; Exodus 17:11
Prophets:  1 Samuel 2:9; 2 Samuel 11:23; Isaiah 42:13; Jeremiah 9:3; Zechariah 10:6
Writings:  1 Chronicles 5:2; Psalm 12:4

Zechariah 10:12 And I will strengthen H1396 them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.

 
Persistence is Transformation!
"Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness." Genesis 15:6 One of the most quoted verses about Abraham is Genesis 15:6: "Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness." It was Abram's "believing" that gave him righteousness in the Most High's sight. It is important to understand that the key word, emunah, that we translate "believe" has a different emphasis in Hebrew than we tend to hear. In English and Greek, (as pistis), its primary meaning is to assent to a factual statement, to agree with the truth of certain ideas. The word emunah does mean to have faith, but it has a broader meaning that has implications for what the Most High calls us to as people of faith. It contains the idea of steadfastness or persistence. In Exodus 17 Moses raised his hands all day long until the Israelites won a key battle. It says that his hands remained steady (emunah) until sunset. In this sense it means steadfast. The Most High is also described using the word emunah in Deuteronomy 7:9: "Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful (emunah) God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands. " If we look back at the verse about Abraham's emunah, it should tell us that Abraham believed the Most High's promises and had a persistent commitment to the Most High which showed in his faithful life. He waited 25 years for a son, and offered him back to the Most High when he was asked. This has implications about what it means to be a believer. As James pointed out, Satan himself believes that Yeshua died for the sins of the world and that he is the Most High in the flesh, and just knowing that doesn't redeem him! But while Satan may have the right beliefs, he cannot say that he has emunah - a committed faithfulness to the Lord.
What the Most High asks for goes beyond an academic decision to believe that a certain set of facts are true. He wants faith in his promises that results in a steadfast faithfulness to him. If faith without works is dead, then asking without seeking and knocking is just as lifeless. That’s because asking—without seeking and knocking—flows from the same lazy river as faith without works. Consider Yeshua's’ promise on determined, active faith, and then consider two Bible characters’ strategies for getting what they wanted. Let’s start with Yeshua's’ promise: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek,
and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened” (Matt. 7:7-8). Most Bible translators didn’t do us any favors with this rendition because it suggests a single request will get the job done. Sure, sometimes a single request suffices. You ask Him. You thank Him for it. And you keep praising Him until you see the prayer answered. But sometimes it takes persistent faith to receive the Most High’s promises.
Sometimes you have to go after it with godly determination that won't quit.
Three Steps to Reviving Your Faith-- I like how the Amplified translates Matt. 7:7-8: “Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you. For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps
on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, [the door] will be opened.” This is a promise from the Most High. So long as what you desire is His will—and His Word is His will—you can be assured that if you keep on asking, keep on seeking and keep on knocking, you will eventually receive
the promise. Let me expound on these three principles:
1. Ask. Although the Most High knows what we need before we ask Him, He usually won’t provide
our needs until we ask because He wants relationship with us. So ask, and keep asking—and then thank Him until you see the promise manifest.
2. Seek. It’s not always enough just to ask. More often than not, you also have to seek. In other words, add some works to your faith. If you’ve asked Him for a new job, seek a new job. If you’ve asked Him for reconciliation in a relationship, seek reconciliation. If you’ve asked Him for healing, seek healing. Don’t sit back and wait for an angel to do all the work. Faith without works is dead (see James 2:26). (Be led by the Spirit, of course. You can't bulldoze your way through the doorway to
the Most High's promises.)
3. Knock. If you seek, you will find. Once you see the Most High's promise in clear view, knock and keep on knocking until the promised door is open. Let’s say you’ve asked Him for a new job. You’re seeking a new job and you know in your Spirit (or even hope in your heart) that it’s a perfect match.
Start knocking. The Most High opens doors that no one can shut (see Rev. 3:8), but often, you have to knock. So, How Do You Knock? In the context of Matthew 7, knocking means “importunity in dealing with the Most High,” according to Vine’s Expository Dictionary. That suggests urgent and persistent requests. In other words, once you’re sure you’ve found what you have been asking for—once you see the breakthrough within reach—turn again to asking but with greater urgency. David sought the Lord in this manner:
“One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple” (Ps. 27:4, NKJV). David didn’t just have a desire, he sought after the object of his godly desire. He had persistent
faith. If you read the Psalms, pursuing the Most Highwas a constant theme in his writing. Looking at our three-step process, David desired (ask) and sought (seek). Based on David's relationship with the Lord, which we read about in the Word, I believe he found what he asked for, then inquired (knocked). the Most High opened the door to intimacy. Much the same, consider the parable of the persistent widow. Yeshua used the parable to teach us that we should always pray and not lose heart. Yeshua also showed us that the widow did more than ask: she kept on asking, kept on seeking and kept on knocking. Read the parable and see this with your own eyes: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear the Most High nor regard man. Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her,
lest by her continual coming she weary me.’” Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said. And shall the Most High not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:2-8)
Pray Once or Keep Praying? Can you see it? There is a time to pray once, hand it over to the Most High, and trust Him to answer. But there is also a principle of persistent faith where you ask and keep on asking, seek and keep on seeking, and knock and keep on knocking until you receive the promise. How do you know the difference? The easy answer is to be led by the Spirit. A deeper answer is to consider the opposition. When you face opposition to walking through the doorway of promise, ask the Most High to show you what to do to position yourself for the manifestation, then take any the Most High-inspired action (seek) to find the doorway He leads you to. Once you find the door, start knocking and keep knocking. The Most High will surely open it at the appointed time. Amen.

Proverbs 4:20-22, My son, attend to My Words; incline thine ear unto My sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. God’s Word is Life to Those Who Find It. I find that if I study
a word from its original language, I understand more of what the author is saying. I did this with several words from the above scripture. The Hebrew word for life is chay (khah’ – ee), meaning: Living, alive, life, or maintenance. Chay is derived from the Hebrew word chayah (khaw – yaw’): meaning: To restore to life or health, or, to revive from sickness or death. So this is what I get from the scripture were looking at. If I follow the instructions given then God’s word will perform maintenance on my body. We in the natural do maintenance on our homes, autos, clothing and even our teeth but most of us forget to do maintenance on our bodies! This scripture says that God’s word
will maintain and revive your body from death, sickness and disease. Now I know why Yeshua said that man would live by the word of God.
Psalms 107:20, He (God) sent His Word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction. Psalms 119:116, Uphold me according unto Thy Word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of
my hope.
Proverbs 4:4-9, He taught me also, and said unto me, let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom, get understanding.. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee…
Proverbs 7:2-3, Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind
them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Psalms 105:37, He (God) brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was
not one feeble person among their tribes.
Ezekiel 37:1-10, And He (God) said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered,
O Lord God, Thou knowest. Again He said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the Word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live…So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
What is it about that person that is persistent? Have they overcome adversity to achieve something? Did that person have to work extra hard to attain a goal? How about a time in which you had to be persistent? What was it that you accomplished? Was it worth it? What sacrifices did you have to make along the way? How did your persistence affect others? Persistence is defined as “continuing firmly or obstinately in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.” Persistence is also
a common theme in the Bible. At least 27 times, persistence is mentioned or depicted as a positive virtue in scripture; from Proverbs and Hosea in the Old Testament, to a handful of examples in the gospels, and numerous times in the epistles to early communities. In the gospel according to Luke, just after Yeshua taught his disciples the Lord’s Prayer, he admonishes them to show perseverance in prayer. In what ways are you a model of prayer? Are you persistent in your prayer life, day in and
day out? Or, is it an after-thought, another item on your lengthy to-do list? I could even set alarms on my phone for nine, twelve and three to remind me to pray. In Jeremiah 2:2 the word chesed is rendered 'kindness,' the reference being to 'the kindness of thy youth,' and this phrase is paralleled by 'the love of thine espousals.' The meaning is not that Israel was more tender in her attitude towards God or in her affections, but that in the first days after the rescue from Egypt she was faithful to the
marriage-covenant with God. The charge of the prophets is that Israel's loyalty to her covenant with God (Hosea 6:4, 'goodness' in the English versions) is 'as the morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away,' a regular feature of this climate when once the spring rains are past. The widening of the meaning of the Hebrew chesed, used as the covenant word and especially of the covenant between God and Israel, is due to the history of God's dealings with his covenant-people. The
continual waywardness of Israel has made it inevitable that, if God is never going to let Israel go, then his relation to his people must in the main be one of loving-kindness, mercy, and goodness, all of it entirely undeserved. For this reason the predominant use of the word comes to include mercy
and forgiveness as a main constituent in God's determined faithfulness to his part of the bargain. It is obvious, time and again, from the context that if God is to maintain the covenant he must exercise mercy to an unexampled degree. The loving-kindness of God towards Israel is therefore wholly undeserved on Israel's part. If Israel received the proper treatment for her stubborn refusal to walk in God's way, there  would be no prospect for her of anything but destruction, since God's
demand for right action never wavers one whit. Strict, however, as the demands for righteousness are, the prophets were sure that God's yearnings for the people of his choice are stronger still. Here is
the great dilemma of the prophets, and indeed the dilemma of us all to this day. Which comes first, mercy or justice? Rashi (eleventh-century Jewish commentator) said that God gave 'precedence to the rule of mercy' and joined it 'with the rule of justice.' But this much is clear: when we try to estimate the depth and the persistence of God's loving-kindness and mercy, we must first remember his passion for righteousness. His passion for righteousness is so strong that he could not be more insistent in his demand for it, but God's persistent love for his people is more insistent still. The story of God's people throughout the centuries is that her waywardness has been so persistent that, if even a remnant is to be preserved, God has had to show mercy more than anything else. It is important to realize that though the Hebrew chesed can be translated by loving-kindness and mercy without doing violence to the context, yet we must always beware lest we think that God is content with less than righteousness. There is no reference to any sentimental kindness, and no suggestion of  mercy apart from repentance, in any case where the Hebrew original is chesed. His demand for righteousness is insistent, and it is always at the maximum intensity. The loving-kindness of God means that his mercy is greater even than that. The word stands for the wonder of his unfailing love for the people of his choice, and the solving of the problem of the relation between his righteousness and his loving-kindness passes beyond human comprehension. Persistence pays off: Popular sayings on persistence, When the going gets tough the tough get going, no pain no gain, it gets hard to live by such sayings when our strength is gone, we all go through tough times and how we handle them reveals
the nature of our character, nature of our faith, Life is a constant battle: we must continue in the struggle each and every day, powerful attitude is needed to keep moving, God hears His people: God is not like the judge, He is just and righteous, He will hear His people when they call, God
is long suffering with His people, He who was faithful to slaves in Egypt, to a boy against a giant, to the captives in Babylon, God hears the cries of His people and the prayers of the righteous, He knows His people and comes in times of need and distress, God will give justice: God is the truly righteous judge, He will give justice to His people, He has given justification by grace through Yeshua, He who cares will reward the righteous, He is the just judge and righteous ruler!!

Exodus 18:20-25
20 You should also teach them the laws and the teachings, and show them how to live their lives and what work they should do. 21 But you should choose from among all the people competent men who are God-fearing, honest and incorruptible to be their leaders, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Normally, they will settle the people’s disputes. They should bring you the difficult cases; but ordinary matters they should decide themselves. In this way, they will make it easier for you and share the load with you. 23 If you do this — and God is directing you to do it — you will be able to endure; and all these people too will arrive at their destination peacefully.” 24 Moshe paid attention to his father-in-law’s counsel and did everything he said.  25 Moshe chose competent men from all Isra’el and made them heads over the people, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

Attitude #8 Persistence
Change is inevitable; growth is optional.

The spirit of leadership never gives up until it achieves its goal. It is a spirit that never quits. Genius will not—unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not—the world is filled with educated derelicts.

Persistence and determination, however, are powerful forces. Persistence is the product of faith that is generated by a purpose. Leaders persist because they have a firm grasp of their purposes, know where they are going, and are confident that they will arrive there. It is—

• the power to hold on, in spite of everything.
• the power to endure.
• the ability to face defeat again and again and not give up.
• the knack for pushing on in the face of difficulty, knowing that victory is yours.
• taking pains to overcome every obstacle and to do what is necessary to reach your goals.

True leaders believe that the attainment of their purposes is not optional, but that it is an obligation and a necessity, so they would never think of giving up.

Jesus told a wonderful parable that gives us a perfect picture of persistence.

Luke 18:1-8
1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:  3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

As you develop the leadership spirit of persistence, remember these truths about the nature of your Creator and his own persistence in carrying out his purposes for you:

(1) God is faithful;
(2) God does not lie;
(3) God has established his Word;
(4) your purpose is already completed in him;
(5) God delights in you and considers you his child.

Here are some encouraging and thought-provoking sayings about the value of persistence:

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. —William Feather

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. —Napoleon Hill

All great achievements require time. —Anne Frank

Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. —Conrad Hilton

It’s the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles. —Claude M. Bristol

Success is failure turned inside out. —Anonymous

Attitude #9 Discipline
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” —2 Timothy 1:7

The true spirit of leadership cultivates a self-control that regulates one’s focus and orders one’s life.

WHAT IS DISCIPLINE?

DISCIPLINE IS A SERIES OF DECISIONS PRESCRIBED BY A DETERMINED DESTINY.
The spirit of discipline is rooted in self-control, which is a fruit of the Spirit. Leaders live with the understanding that—

• he who cannot control his thoughts will never control himself.
• he who cannot rule himself will never control life.
• he who cannot rule himself will never rule a nation.
• he who cannot control himself will be controlled by others.

DISCIPLINE LEADS TO PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION

Leaders know that the most powerful kind of control is self-control because it is the hardest to master but reaps the greatest rewards. Therefore, they are more concerned about controlling themselves than controlling other people. If not there is no self discipline.

According to Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary, the words disciple and discipline come from the same root word meaning “pupil.” A disciple is a student or learner who is dedicated to a concentrated and focused instruction or committed to learning to think like his or her teacher.

A disciple is considered an understudy, one given to or submitted to the mentoring of a master teacher. He is one who voluntarily surrenders his will to the influence of another in order to obtain the knowledge, thoughts, and philosophy of the teacher, for the purpose of personal transformation. All true leaders are students of life and for life.

VISION AND DISCIPLINE

Again, vision is the source of the leader’s discipline. The great king Solomon’s thoughts about vision are found in his book of wisdom, called Proverbs: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Various translations of this verse give us additional insight into its meaning: “Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained [throw off restraint].” “Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint [throw off self-discipline].”

The man or woman with a clear vision lives a very focused life that requires strong selfdiscipline. This makes life very simple because—

1. vision chooses your future.
2. vision chooses your use of time.
3. vision chooses your priorities.
4. vision chooses your friends.
5. vision chooses your reading material.
6. vision chooses your use of energy.
7.vision chooses your hobbies.
8.vision chooses the movies you watch.
9.vision chooses your diet.
10. vision chooses how you invest your money.
11. vision chooses your to-do list.
12. vision chooses your attitude toward life.
13. vision chooses your life’s plan.
14. vision chooses your life.

Attitude #10 Self-Cultivation
Accept the power in self-empowerment.

True leaders possess the leadership attitude of self cultivation, a passion for personal development. Some marks of a genuine spirit of leadership are a desire and commitment to gain knowledge and insights, to keep improving oneself, and to learn from others.

Leaders are consummate readers and are always looking for opportunities to advance their knowledge. They create their own learning opportunities and facilitate their own educational environments. A leader’s personal collection of books is usually his greatest possession.

To become the leader that you were destined to be, you must convert your home into a university and your automobile into a mobile seminar hall. Leaders know that they must never stop expanding their knowledge base. The attitude of self-cultivation also drives them to extend their knowledge beyond their particular areas of focus in order to be versatile when necessary. Leaders study beyond the realm of their own disciplines—but in ways that will advance their purposes and visions

As you pursue the spirit of leadership, consider the following methods of self-cultivation:

• Written material: books, magazines, newspapers, journals, instructional manuals.
• Visual material: documentaries, movies, television programs, computer programs, the Internet.
• Personal contact: speakers, discussion groups, Bible study groups, professional and social organizations, counseling, friendships.

• Personal experience: the development of skills, talents, hobbies, and other areas of interest.

Shema Selah let us consider these leadership attitudes that we would operate in them as the Most High intended for us from the beginning!!  Facebook LIVE video--   

Walk Out Persistence!! Actual Application In The Leadership Conference

A Shift In The Spirit--Walk Out Persistence!!  Actual Application In The Leadership Conference

In some situations we are tested to find if we will endure, seek, press on, or continue until we achieve the desired result.  This mornings teaching was a real-life walk in persistence with technical issues that attempted to distract our hearing from the Most High.  Bless you all who hung in there and had ears to hear and held fast to His unchanging word!!  Halleluhah and bless His name!!

Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 16 We Must Become Accountable!!

Exodus 18

We are walking in today:   Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 16 We Must Become Accountable!!

Witness answer throughout the Bible:  H6030 'anah--to make answer, to answer, respond to 

 
Job 20:3 ​ I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. H6030

Torah: Genesis 18:27, 27:37, 30:33, 35:3; Exodus 4:1,19:8; Deuteronomy 1:14
Prophets: 1 Samuel 1:15; Isaiah 46:7, 50:2, 66:4; Jeremiah 7:27; Ezekiel 14:7; Haggai 2:14
Writings: Joshua 1:16, 7:20, 24:16, 5:29; Ruth 2:11; Psalm 108:6, 119:42; Proverbs 15:28

Zechariah 3:4 And he answered H6030 and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.

The Torah demands Accountability--The Torah demands accountability and is loath to accept excuses. The generation that does not feel itself accountable to the past or to the future fails miserably in its role as being the conduit of walking the life of holiness. "Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching [Torah]." (Proverbs 1:8 My son, do not forget my teaching [Torah], but keep my commands in your heart". (Proverbs 3:1) God will hold us all accountable on the Day of His Visitation so what Bible verses reflect a believer’s accountability? What is Accountability? The word accountability means to be held accountable, liable, answerable, or be held responsible for what a person has been given. This is a combination of several secular definitions of this word and it should get every believers attention for we will all be held accountable before the Lord someday for our actions, for what we did with what we have been given, and for what we didn’t do that we should have done. What does the Bible say about a believer’s  accountability before the Lord? Moral Accountability--one day we will all have to give an account
before God for what we have done in this life, whether good or bad (Matthew 25:31; Romans 2:5; II Corinthians 5:10; Revelation 20:12). Human beings have free will and a moral conscience. Free
will means we have responsibility; moral conscience means that God designed us to be able to discern between right and wrong. Those two together mean we have moral accountability. Right and
wrong should be “written in our conscience” (Romans 2:15). However our consciences have been distorted evil influences. Therefore God gave us the perfect moral law in the Bible: first in the Torah, especially The Ten Commandments; then the Prophets, Writings, and restated eloquently the Renewed Covenant. Our consciences must be re-calibrated according to the universal moral laws found in the Bible. Moral conscience should match the moral law. The “Torah” of the full Biblical,
moral revelation is promised to be written on our hearts in the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:33). A young man once asked Yeshua what he needed to do to receive eternal life. Yeshua told him simply and directly to keep all of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20), – “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will
be measured back to you.” This is your personal accountability. This language implies that people will be judging others. But we must take care what we think and say about others, for each of us will
be held to the standard we impose upon others. We are instructed in other verses of the Bible to use judgment in the context of delivering others. As the judge who presides over the case had the ability to send the accused to jail or to declare them innocent and set free. We too are to give others the benefit of the doubt and seek for their good and not make unrighteous judgments according to opinion and not the instruction of the Torah!!

Paul chided believers in Corinth who went to the judicial system instead of making decisions according to scripture themselves (1 Corinthians 6:2). He said it was shameful to avoid making judgments in the matters that were before them (verses 4-5). Be accountable or yourself you should not judge.  Referring to the discernment of spiritual matters, Paul said, “But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one” (1 Corinthians 2:15). The Greek for “judges” and “judged” is anakrino, which comes from the same root as the word Yeshua used in Matthew 7. It means “examine or judge,” “to investigate, examine, enquire into, scrutinize, sift, question,” “specifically in a forensic sense of a judge to hold an investigation,” “to  interrogate, examine the accused or witnesses,” “to judge of, estimate, determine (the excellence or defects of any person or
thing)” These laws are beyond “religion.” They are universal and moral. The world is sinking into depths of terrorism, sexual perversion, corruption and rebellion. The Synoptic gospels testify that on several different occasions Yeshua called for active listening with the refrain: “Let anyone with ears to hear, listen” (Mark 4:23; 7:16; Matthew 11:15; 13: 9, 34; 25:29; Luke 8:8; 13:9; 21:4.) It is particularly interesting to look at Yeshua’s parable in Mark 4:1-20 (and its parallels) with its different soils and harshly realistic quotation from Isaiah 6: 9-10. How significant is it that Yeshua opens with
the command: “Listen!” (verse 3) and concludes with the refrain: “Let anyone with ears, listen”(verse 9)? Commentators are convinced that Yeshua raises the threshold for hearers. Cranfield likens it to way the daily Shema opens (Deut. 6.4). It is “both an appeal to hear aright and at the same time a solemn warning of the possibility of a wrong hearing.” “By it the hearers are summoned to hear at a
deeper level than mere sense perception, to take hold of the meaning of the parable, to apply it to themselves and thus ultimately to hear the word of God which can save them (Ezk. 3:27).” It seems
that hearers bear some responsibility for being seeded in ‘good soil’ accepting and “bearing fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.” “Let anyone with ears to hear, listen” is not an empty ritual refrain but an urgent encouragement that listeners need to listen with more than their ears with spiritual apprehension. It calls for holistic listening. Hearers have a responsibility to be willing to live in new ways. It involves an intensity of response that at first glance appears one may miss to its peril. Hearing words and not putting them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house upon sand
(Matt.7: 26). For “faith comes from what is heard” (Romans 10:17.)
You catch the urgency, for example in 1 Cor. 15:51, “Listen, I will tell you a mystery! Hearing opens up a dimension of responsibility that echoes throughout the ages (Rev.2: 7,11,17,29; 3:6,13,22)
and complements our accountability. We are held accountable of  what we hear and listen to. “Let anyone with ears to hear, listen” directly related to how words worked in an oral culture. At the center
of Yeshua’s discipling were sounded out words which created a community of the ear. Indeed, “The authority of word as sound”. How can we justify our own resentment, anger, gossip, lust, pride
and disrespect? Have we become more dedicated to entertainment, pleasure and comfort than to serving God The Most High (2 Timothy 3:1-5). Let us repent truly and deeply in our hearts, so that we will be ready to give an account for our lives before God.

It's called being accountable. The purpose of a parents Torah is to teach and bring the children to maturity. If the Torah is violated out of disrespect or defiant disobedience, the child is punished. If the
child desires to follow the instructions out of a loving obedience but falls short of the expectations, the child is commended for the effort and counseled on how to perform the instructions better the next time. Unlike Torah, law is a set of rules from a government and binding on a community. Violation of the rules require punishment.
With this type of law, there is no room for teaching, either the law was broken with the penalty of punishment or it was not broken. God, as our heavenly Father, gives his children his Torah in the same manner as parents give their Torah to their children, not in the manner as a government does to its citizens. We have a responsibility and that's sharing in you being your own accountability. Moses models for us the importance of being open and responsible to those we serve. In the times in which we live, his behavior is also a call for us to hold our leaders accountable and demand transparency. In doing so, we hope and pray that justice and truth will flourish and that we working together, we can change our systems so they truly work for all people. "Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your Torah" (Psalms 94:12) The apostle Paul warns the community against the evil of judging one another concerning certain doubtful or debatable practices, where one
holds one opinion and another a different opinion. He then concludes this portion of his argument with a reminder of every one’s accountability at the Judgment Seat of the Most High. But why do
you judge your brother or sister? Or again, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of The Most High. 11 For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every
knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to The Most High.” 12 Therefore, each of us will give an account of himself to The Most High (Rom 14:11-12).. The stark reality of Scripture is
that every person, is accountable before a sovereign God (see Rom. 3:9-19) and will one day have to bow before Yeshua (Phil. 2:9-11). Yeshua said, “From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked” (Luke 12:48).  Many reject this declaration of Scripture by all manner of human rationalizations and bias, but their rejection cannot alter human behavior in judging. Yeshua emphatically taught that a day
of judgment is coming when every person will have to give an account. For instance, in a context where the Pharisees had spoken evil of Yeshua by attributing His miracle to HaSatan, Yeshua
condemned them as a brood of vipers who could never say anything good since their hearts were evil. He then went on to make the point that people are responsible for all their actions and words, which will acquit or condemn them on the day of judgment. In Matthew 12:36 He said, “I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.”  Unfortunately, however, man is a rebel who wants to do his own thing without any or very little accountability for his actions. Since the fall of man (Gen. 3), this has been the case, but a worldwide phenomenon of our day is a defiance of any form of established authority whether religious or secular, social or political. This sad reality has colored the beliefs and actions of our present society worldwide. Without a sense of accountability to a sovereign God, the world can quickly gravitate in the direction of the ruthless acts and tyranny seen in the various dictators and rulers throughout history. When God either does not exist in the beliefs of men or when the truth about God is distorted into man’s own image of who and what God is like, everything is permitted, morally speaking. Today, we live in a time when, having fundamentally rejected the absolutes and clear teachings of Scripture, man seeks to make God accountable to him for his comfort and pleasure. Thus, people are not only doing what is right in their own eyes, but the prevailing attitude is ‘Do your own thing. You are only accountable to yourself and your own self-fulfillment.’
This is a shift from a God-centered perspective of life to a man-centered perspective. This is all part of man’s attempt to dismiss any accountability to God. The reality is that when men seek to ignore accountability to God and others, they leave themselves vulnerable to the cold misery of slavery and eventually to the menace of a dictator. Accountability to God and to one another according to the directives of Scripture is the foundation for freedom and liberty. But what is true freedom and wherein lies its source? Freedom is not the right to do as one pleases as a capricious child. Certainly it means the capacity to exercise choice, but never so that it is devoid of responsibility or accountability. Freedom is both the responsibility and the ability, by the grace of God, to do what is right according to the absolute and righteous standards of truth as given to us in God’s Holy Word. Many see freedom as the right to abandon accountability to God and men in order to do what they please in the promotion of self gratification. But that is not freedom. It is slavery, or at least leads to slavery. Speaking of false teachers who either twist Scripture to their own self-centered objectives or deny its authority altogether, Peter writes, “…promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved” (2 Pet. 2:19). Beliefs or one’s world view always has consequences. It is like a train which is free to do what it was created to do as long as it is on its track. Accountability is one of the means God uses to bring about solid growth and maturity with the freedom to be what God has created us for. But as we’ve just stressed, the problem is that we live in a society that has become very individualistic. The prevailing attitude is be your own man or woman, do your own thing, be your own boss, and often this attitude is  promoted or stated in a way that undermines accountability to God and others. The Bible in no
way denies our individualism. Indeed, it promotes it, but in a way that holds us each accountable to others. Proper individualism leads to a certain amount of inventiveness, ingenuity, and freedom, but it can also breed license and irresponsibility without accountability. The fact is you can’t make disciples or produce growing and mature believers without accountability. So again, true freedom is not the
ability to do as one pleases, which is license, but the power by God’s grace to do as one ought. But what do we mean by accountability? We are not talking about coercive tactics, the invasion of privacy, or bringing others under the weight of someone’s taboos or legalism or manipulative or dominating tactics. Rather, by accountability we mean developing relationships with other believers that help to promote spiritual reality, honesty,  obedience to God, and genuine evaluations of one’s walk and relationship with God and with others. We are talking about relationships that help believers change by the Spirit of God and the truth of the Word of God through inward spiritual conviction
and faith. Being what we are, sheep that are prone to wander, accountability to others is simply one of the ways God holds us accountable to Him. Left to ourselves, there is the great temptation to do mainly what we want rather than what God wants and what is best for others. So what is meant by accountability? We are talking about teaching, exhorting, supporting, and encouraging one another in such a way that it promotes accountability to Yeshua and to others in the body of Christ, but never by manipulation or domination.
To believe you can make disciples or develop true maturity in others without some form of accountability is like believing that you can raise children without discipline, run a company without rules,or lead an army without authority. Accountability is to the Great Commission what tracks are to a train. So, what are some of the reasons for establishing some form of accountability? 

(1) Accountability is an essential part of a functional society.
(2) Accountability helps to promote biblical controls or checks and balances. It provides the necessary discipline and support needed to see people reach godly goals. While we are all ultimately accountable to God, as stressed in Romans 14:7-12, God has established other levels of accountability to aid us in the matter of control, support, and growth. God has given the Word and the
Holy Spirit as His agents of control to help provide direction and controls on our lives, but accountability to other believers becomes another key instrument to aid in bringing about self-discipline and inner controls.
(3) Accountability is necessary because like sheep we tend to go our own way. We are all self-willed. We want to protect our comfort zones and avoid having to deal with certain issues that are important to becoming obedient believers, which is one of the goals of the Great Commission (Matt. 28:19-20). Making disciples means teaching others to obey the Lord and this is very difficult without some measure of accountability. Accountability is part of the means God uses, as will be demonstrated below.
(4) Accountability promotes servant-like leadership in keeping with the pastoral mandate to watch over the flock (Eph. 4:11; Heb. 13:17; 1 Pet. 5:1-4). One of the key requirements of a servant leader is faithfulness to the things entrusted to him (1 Cor. 4:1-2). So, in 1 Timothy 2:2, Paul told Timothy to entrust what he had learned to what kind of men? To faithful men. The fact he was to selectively train only faithful men suggests accountability. Is it not a strange paradox that we generally accept accountability in most aspects of life as something which is necessary, but when it comes to the body of Christ, many fight accountability, especially, if it begins to affect their comfort zones or their self-willed agendas.
(5) Accountability is protective to both leaders and to the flock. The biblical model for church leadership is a collective leadership which provides a structure for genuine accountability. Shared,
brotherly leadership provides needed restraint on pride and greed.
Multiple leaders, therefore, will serve as a ‘check and balance’ on each other and serve as a safeguard against the very human tendency to play God over other people.”Shared leadership provides close accountability, genuine partnership, and peer relationships—the very things imperial pastors shrink from at all costs. As to the flock, Hebrews 13:17 tells the flock to submit to their leaders because they keep watch over the souls of God’s people. People too often understand this primarily in a negative way, but keeping watch not only means correcting people when they fail to walk with the Lord, but helping them to do so. As shown below, the goal of accountability is not riding herd over people like a task master—something completely contrary to Scripture. Rather, the goal is to help people grow in Christ and learn to find Him as the source and force and course of life. The Justification for Accountability, Is biblical, there are numerous New Testament passages which teach the concept of accountability of the flock to the leaders (1 Thess. 5:12; 1 Tim. 3:1-5; Heb. 13:7, 17; 1 Pet. 5:2-3). But the elders are limited in their capacity to effectively promote accountability throughout the body of Christ. As the Lord was focused on only a few, the twelve and then the three, so the leaders should follow his example. The need for accountability goes beyond the leadership and falls into the realm of the “one another” concept of the New Testament. Submission, which certainly includes accountability, is applied to the whole body of Christ as a Spirit-produced and mutual responsibility to promote obedience to Christ. “Submitting” is hupotasso, a military word used of soldiers submitting to their superior or slaves submitting to their masters. In the middle voice as here, it carries the idea of voluntarily submitting or subordinating oneself. As a specific application of the various areas of accountability, is applied in relation to God in 1 Corinthians 15:28, Hebrews 12:9, and James 4:7, to Christ in Ephesians 5:24, to wives in Ephesians 5:22, Colossians 3:18, Titus 2:5, and 1 Peter 3:1, to parents in Luke 2:51, to masters in Titus 2:9 and 1 Peter 2:18, to secular authorities in Romans 13:1, and in a general sense of a voluntary submission to others in the body of Christ in 1 Corinthians 16:16, 1 Peter 5:5, and here in Ephesians 5:21. Included in the word ‘submission’ are the ideas of authority and accountability to another. “In Scripture it appears in contexts describing servanthood, humility, respect, reverence, honor, teachableness, and openness.”
But we should quickly add that such submission or accountability is to bring about greater and greater obedience to Yeshua as those first and foremost accountable to Him. 1 Peter 5:5 In the same
way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Thus  fiveamprayer we should be not be running from but seeking true biblical accountability!

Exodus 18:20-25
20 You should also teach them the laws and the teachings, and show them how to live their lives and what work they should do. 21 But you should choose from among all the people competent men who are God-fearing, honest and incorruptible to be their leaders, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Normally, they will settle the people’s disputes. They should bring you the difficult cases; but ordinary matters they should decide themselves. In this way, they will make it easier for you and share the load with you. 23 If you do this — and God is directing you to do it — you will be able to endure; and all these people too will arrive at their destination peacefully.” 24 Moshe paid attention to his father-in-law’s counsel and did everything he said. 25 Moshe chose competent men from all Isra’el and made them heads over the people, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

Goal Setting

If you think you can do it, that’s confidence; if you do it, that’s competence.
A leader understands how to set the right goals. This is a vital attitude to cultivate because your future and your life depend on the goals you set—either consciously or subconsciously. Where you end up in life is a result of the goals that you set or did not set for your life. Success comes from the discipline of goal setting according to one’s purpose.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PURPOSE AND PLANS

The book of Proverbs says, “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” According to the wisdom of this statement, we can understand three things about the relationship between purpose and plans (goal setting):

1. Purpose is more important than plans.

2. Purpose is more powerful than plans.

3. Purpose precedes plans because the Creator established our purposes even before we were born.

We have to know and focus on our purposes before we can begin planning, because plans that don’t get you to your purpose are counterproductive. Purpose is God’s original intent for you. Therefore, you need to know your destination.

PROTECT YOUR GOALS

Goals protect us from the undue influence of other people. True leaders are always zealous for and jealous of their goals because these goals represent their lives. When our goals change, our lives change, so we must carefully guard our goals.

If you don’t have any goals, other people will run your life. The great king of Israel, Solomon, declared, “Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls.” If nothing controls and orders your life, then you are open season to other people and you won’t accomplish your purpose. Remember that the more successful you become, the more people will compete for your time, so you have to guard your goals even more carefully.

WHAT IS A GOAL?

• A goal is an established point for achievement that leads to a greater accomplishment.

• A goal is a point of measure for progress toward an ultimate purpose.

• A goal is a prerequisite for the achievement of an ultimate plan.

THE POWER OF GOALS

Goals give us a structure for accomplishing our plans one step at a time. They give us a starting place and an ending place, and they help us to focus. Here are some of the benefits of goals:

• Goals separate achievers from dreamers.

• Goal setting is the art of discipline.

• Goals are the skeleton of the plan.

• Goals give specifics to the plan.

• Goals create targets for our energy.

• Goals protect us from procrastination

THE PRINCIPLE OF GOALS

It is helpful to have some guidelines for the development and recording of our goals because, otherwise, we can easily lose sight of them and their relationship to our purposes:

• Goals must be defined.

• Goals must be simplified.

• Goals must be written.

• Goals must be visual.

• Goals must relate to the ultimate purpose.

• Goals must be measurable.

• Goals must be flexible.

The secret to leadership success is living a very focused life in line with your purpose.

Teamwork

Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. —Henry Ford

True leaders possess the attitude of teamwork because they do not care who gets the credit. They move people from their personal and private goals to serving the needs of the common good. A team spirit manifests the difference between ambition and the pursuit of a God-given destiny: Ambition is a private thing that you want to do only for your own benefit, while destiny is a big picture that involves benefiting others. A leader is always a team player. True leaders are always cognizant that no great accomplishment has ever been achieved by one individual.

PRINCIPLES OF TEAMWORK

Teamwork is defined as the ability to work together toward a common vision. Because it directs individual accomplishment toward organizational objectives, teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

Let’s look at some principles of teamwork:

1. PARTNERSHIP IS THE CREATOR’S IDEA.

When the Creator first brought mankind into the world, he had the idea of partnership inmind: “The LORD God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’”

2. TEAMWORK IS NECESSARY FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF PURPOSE.

Again, at creation, God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion.” The mandate of dominion over the earth, which requires the spirit of leadership, was given to both males and females. This means that teamwork is a built-in requirement for the fulfillment of our purposes in the world.

3. TEAMWORK IS THE CREATOR’S PLAN FOR LEADERSHIP.

While God often calls individuals to carry out his purposes, he doesn’t want them to pursue their callings alone. Even Moses, who was called the friend of God and did extraordinary things, needed leadership help. In the book of the prophet Micah, God said, “I sent Moses to lead you, also Aaron and Miriam.” Moses did not rule alone, but was given the help of his brother and sister. At a time when Moses tried to take on too much responsibility, his father-in-law reminded him that he needed to delegate responsibility or the work would be too much for him. We also see the idea of teamwork in the first-century church with the traveling teams of Paul and Barnabus, Peter and John, and Priscilla and Aquila. When Paul worked with the churches he founded, he often had many coworkers who assisted him.

4. TEAMWORK WAS EMPHASIZED BY JESUS.

Jesus himself did not carry out his ministry alone but instead gathered a group of twelve disciples to assist him and learn from his example. When he sent out his disciples to minister, he told them to go two by two.

EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK

• Start with team goals.

• Select the right people.

• Define everyone’s roles.

• Empower the team. (Authorize the power of decision.)

• Open your talent bank.

• Appreciate style differences.

• Establish ground rules.

• Create a relaxed atmosphere.

• Prepare a work plan.

• Get the work done.

• Hold efficient meetings.

• Build external networks.

• Resolve conflicts effectively.

• Build a climate of trust.

• Communicate—and communicate!

• Get everyone committed.

• Make decisions by consensus.

• Reward team results.

• Assess team performance.

• Celebrate team accomplishments.

“There is no limit to what can be accomplished if it doesn’t matter who gets the credit.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

The spirit of true leadership is always manifested in an innovative attitude. The very nature of leading demands an innovative spirit as leaders take followers to an as-yet undiscovered world of vision. Innovation is the creative reserve of true leaders.

THE MIND-SET OF INNOVATION
Leaders don’t allow the past to dictate or entrap the future. They possess the capacity to combine old ideas and concepts in order to create new ones. They never believe that there is only one way to accomplish any task. True leaders are never prisoners of tradition.

THE CREATOR’S INNOVATIVE SPIRIT
Our ability to innovate comes from the fact that we are made in the image and likeness of our Creator. The firstcentury writer Paul said that we are to “put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.” This means that the more we are transformed into the image of the One who created us, the more innovative we should be.

The Most High—

• created with diversity; he never repeated anything in creation.

• never did the same miracle twice in the same way.

• always solved problems in unexpected and untraditional ways.

• challenged humanity to think beyond its current experience.

• never believed anything was impossible.

• never dealt with humanity according to its norms and expectations.

YESHUAH THE INNOVATOR

One of the greatest examples of the leadership spirit of innovation is the ultimate leader, the young Jewish rabbi Jesus. During his time on earth over two thousand years ago, he demonstrated the same innovative spirit as the heavenly Father. His creativity was manifested throughout all his work among men. In performing his miracles, he never repeated any single method but always used a different approach to solve every problem.

For example, he healed the blind using several different methods. For some, he merely touched their eyes and they were made well. For another, he laid his hands on the person’s eyes and put mud on them, and then laid his hands on them again to cause the person to receive his sight. For still another, he simply spoke the words, “Go, your faith has healed you,” and the person was healed.

FORGET THE FORMER THINGS”

Having a predetermined mind-set hinders the leadership spirit of innovation. In the book of the prophet Isaiah, God said, “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” We can apply these statements in our development as innovators.

Whenever you encounter a project, a challenge, or a problem, practice thinking in new ways and with a different mind-set. Ask the Creator to give you a fresh perspective, and see what happens!

Accountability
Authority is 20 percent given and 80 percent taken. —Peter Ueberroth

The spirit of true leadership always possesses a sense of accountability and responsibility. True leaders readily embrace submission to authority and are conscious of their stewardship of the trust given to them by those whom they serve.

The spirit of leadership seeks to be faithful to the sacred trust of the followers rather than doing what will please the leader!!!

In this chapter, I want to address a potential danger that leaders fall into and what we can do to prevent it. As I said earlier, the key to good leadership is the power to influence through inspiration, not manipulation. The danger of leadership is its potential for wielding power without answering to anyone else.

Dictatorship and tyranny occur in the absence of a leader’s submission to authority. The protection of leadership, therefore, is in a voluntary submission to a trusted authority. The spirit of accountability is the active manifestation of submission to authority. The spirit of accountability is the active manifestation of submission to authority.

LEADERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY

A true leader is always conscious that he is not a law unto himself but should uphold established laws and treat others with respect as people made in the image and likeness of the Creator. He also listens to the advice and input of credible authority.

WHAT IS ACCOUNTABILITY?

In a nutshell, accountability is giving a reckoning for one’s conduct and reporting on one’s progress. It is also an admission of motives and reasons for taking certain actions.

THE ACCOUNTABLE LEADER

In Paul’s letter to the people of Philippi, he explained that Jesus was willingly accountable to the Father when he was on earth.

Yeshua continually referred to his accountability to the Father, making statements such as “My food...is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work” and acknowledging the Father’s affirmation of his leadership: “The very work that the Father has given me to finish, and which I am doing, testifies that the Father has sent me.” “On [the Son of Man] God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” In developing the spirit of accountability, we can have no better example than his.

HOW TO BE ACCOUNTABLE

The following are some guidelines for incorporating accountability into your life:

• Commit yourself to be accountable to your personal convictions.

• Establish the Word of God as your final judge and authority.

• Appoint and submit to a group of tested, respected, credible, and mature people for advice, correction, rebuke, and instruction.

• Choose friends who are committed to the high standards of the Word of God and give them the right to judge you by it.

To manifest the leadership spirit hidden within you, you must embrace the attitude of accountability. Always be conscious that you are responsible to those below and above you for everything you say and do. Be cognizant that whatever you do as a leader may be personal, but it is never totally private. Your ultimate accountability is to the Creator of all leaders, who knows the thoughts and attitudes of your heart.

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Weekend Meditation--The Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 15 It Is Time For An Attitude Adjustment!!!!

Exodus 18

We are walking in today: Weekend Meditation--The Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 15 It Is Time For An Attitude Adjustment!!!!


Exodus 18:20-25
20 You should also teach them the laws and the teachings, and show them how to live their lives and what work they should do. 21 But you should choose from among all the people competent men who are God-fearing, honest and incorruptible to be their leaders, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Normally, they will settle the people’s disputes. They should bring you the difficult cases; but ordinary matters they should decide themselves. In this way, they will make it easier for you and share the load with you. 23 If you do this — and God is directing you to do it — you will be able to endure; and all these people too will arrive at their destination peacefully.” 24 Moshe paid attention to his father-in-law’s counsel and did everything he said. 25 Moshe chose competent men from all Isra’el and made them heads over the people, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

Attitude#1 Purpose and Passion

Man possesses the capacity to lead but has lost the will to lead. The attitude of purpose is the first attribute that separates followers from leaders. True leadership cannot be born or exist without a sense of purpose. Purpose is the discovery of a reason for your existence and is defined as the original intent for the creation of a thing. Every human being was created for a specific purpose, and when that purpose is discovered, then a leader is born.

Purpose creates a leader because it provides an assignment for life and signals a sense of significance. You must discover your purpose and the specific contribution you were destined to make to your generation. Your leadership is hidden in your purpose, and your purpose is the key to your passion.

No matter what position you may hold in life or in an organization, you must relate it to your sense of purpose and approach it with passion. The attitude of passion is the second most indispensable attribute of leadership and serves as the driving force of motivation that sustains the focus of the leader.

” Your plans will be successful if you truly desire to accomplish them. The word desire denotes not a casual interest in life, but a deep, possessed drive for a desired end—a passion for a purpose. If you don’t have a passion for something, you won’t receive it.

Leaders don’t just do, but they feel what they’re doing. Their passion continually motivates and inspires them. Yet true leaders don’t have jobs; they have lifetime assignments.

A COMPELLING DESTINATION FOR YOUR LIFE

Leadership is not the accomplishment of a list of goals because goals are temporary. True leadership is manifested when you discover a destination for your life that is so compelling that you will have completed your purpose for living once you accomplish it. Your passion is supposed to come from that hidden treasure of desire that he has put within you. You know that you have tapped into your leadership potential when you are actively involved in the things you want to do so much that you can’t stop thinking about them.

WHAT IS PASSION?

Passion may be defined as:

1. A DEEP DESIRE

Passion is stamina that says, “I’m going to go after this, no matter what happens. If I have to wait ten years, I’m going to get it.” If you want to go all the way to your dream, you can’t sit back and expect everything to be easy. True leaders possess a deep desire that produces the passion to proceed with their dreams.

2. A CRAVING
Passionate people are “possessed” people. In other words, you can’t be successful as a leader unless you have a real inner need to accomplish something in particular.

3. AN OBLIGATION

When you are passionate about something, you feel compelled to do it. Leadership is born when one discovers a divine obligation to his community, world, and generation.

4. A DEEP COMMITMENT

Many people are “interested” in doing certain things, but they aren’t really committed to accomplishing them. Some people say that they will get a better job, lose weight, or change their lives in other ways—some day. The world is filled with people who are merely interested, but not passionate. Commitment is the guy who jumps out of an airplane, trusting that the parachute will open. It’s not talk, but action. Passion makes you jump in, no matter what. Leaders are committed, not just interested. They are willing to put their whole selves into accomplishing their purposes. True leadership is not finding something to live for, but something to die for.

4. A DEEP RESOLUTION

We make New Year’s resolutions every year and quickly forget them. How determined are you? Do you act on what you’ve committed yourself to do? Are you are willing to pay the price to obtain your desire? True leaders are resolved in their decisions to pursue their goals and purposes.

5. A DEEP MOTIVATION

Passion is the juice for living. For many people, life is a drudgery. They have no motivation in regard to their jobs, spouses, education, or personal development. Someone once said that the thing about life is that it is so daily. Passion helps us to rise above our daily routines.

If you’re not motivated, then you will become a weight or burden to others. You will pull on their energy. Passion is a source of motivation.

When you have passion, you don’t need the right conditions to move forward because passion is internally generated and is not affected by external conditions. True leaders do not need outside stimuli in order to take action. They are self-motivated.

QUALITIES OF PASSION

Leaders are those who have discovered something more important than life itself, and therefore—

• their passion produces resilience.

• their passion overcomes resistance and pain.

• their passion is a source of determination.

• their passion is an incubator of courage.

• their passion is stronger than opposition and even death.

Sow a thought, reap a belief. Sow a belief, reap an attitude, Sow an attitude, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny.

Attitude #2 Initiative

The greatest value you can possess is a good attitude.

Let’s look at some descriptions of initiative:

• Initiative is a catalyst.

• Initiative is taking action.

• Initiative springs from self-motivation.

• Initiators are self-starters who don’t need outside urging to do something.

• Initiators make specific decisions to begin things.

Leaders don’t just dream; they awaken and act on their dreams.

THE PRINCIPLES OF INITIATIVE

1. Initiative is the key to accomplishment. There are numerous examples of inventors, composers, and others who initiated works out of their imaginations that otherwise would have remained mere potential. As you develop the attitudes of leadership, consider what ideas and desires you want to bring to reality and how taking initiative would be the catalyst for their manifestation.

2. Initiative is the power of momentum. Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary describes inertia as an “indisposition to motion, exertion, or change.” Inertia is a fact of life.

Things don’t get started, progress, or get back on track once they’ve stalled unless someone takes action to set them on the right course again.

3. Initiative is the manifestation of decision. Nothing can be accomplished unless a decision has been made concerning it. In our everyday lives, we don’t buy a house, choose a dress, or select one form of insurance over another unless we specifically decide to take one thing and put aside all other options. This principle holds true as we exercise our gift of leadership. Effective leadership involves a number of decisions and choices, which can lead many people to resist and forsake procrastination. Initiative enables us to make choices that help us to move forward in our goals.

4. Initiative is the key to pleasing leadership. Both leaders and followers appreciate the attitude of initiative in their fellow workers.

When a leader is indecisive or a follower continually has to be told what to do, it is not only draining on those affected, but it is also inefficient. Leadership growth comes as a result of enthusiastically embracing and moving forward in our purposes.

5. Initiative is the manifestation of the spirit of confidence and faith. We often hesitate to take initiative because we are afraid of responsibility or the consequences of our actions. The writer of Hebrews said, “But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him.” When we exhibit the attitude of initiative, it shows that we are operating in faith and the confidence that God will see us through as we pursue the purposes that he has for us.

6. Initiative is the spirit of creativity. Inventors have the habit of doing multiple experiments. They keep trying until something works. Initiative often works in a similar way. A willingness to keep starting and trying things as we pursue our purposes sparks the spirit of creativity and yields good results for those who delight in trying “one more thing.”

7. Initiative is the key to obedience. When we know that we’re supposed to do something, that is when we should begin to do it. Holding back until we feel like it or the circumstances are better is not conducive to the practice of doing what we need to do at the time that we need to do it in order to accomplish our goals.

UTILIZING THE POWER OF INITIATIVE How is the attitude of initiative affected by your beliefs about yourself, your purpose, and your God? Leaders utilize the power of initiative because they—
• believe in the integrity and faithfulness of their Creator.
• believe in their causes.
• believe in the rightness of their dreams.
• believe in their competence.
• are not afraid to fail.

Attitude #3 Priorities
Attitude is evidence of what you think.

What we do, therefore, determines who we are and what we become. True leaders have a clear sense of what they need to do. The key to this ability is applying the principle of priority.

WHAT IS PRIORITY?
Let’s begin by defining priority. It is—
• something that has a prior claim on us.
• something that merits our primary attention.
• something that receives our primary resources.
• something that has a right to supersede other things.

LEADERSHIP AND PRIORITIES
Effective leadership involves the management of one’s priorities. True leaders have learned how to distinguish between what is truly important for their lives and the fulfillment of their purposes and what is an urgent but temporary need. They have also discovered how to distinguish between options that are good and ones that are best for them. Because of these things, they have narrow agendas and short to-do lists.

HOW TO CHOOSE PRIORITIES

Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians: “‘Everything is permissible for me’—but not everything is beneficial. ‘Everything is permissible for me’—but I will not be mastered by anything.” One of our major responsibilities as leaders is determining what is best for us according to our life’s purpose and vision.

True leaders make a distinction between an opportunity and a distraction, and between what is good and what is right for them. Leaders know that priorities protect their valuable energy, time, resources, and talent.

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The Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 14 Recapturing The Spirit of Leadership!!!!

Exodus 18

We are walking in today: The Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 14 Recapturing The Spirit of Leadership!!!!

Witness restore throughout the Bible: H7725 shuwb--to return unto, go back, come back, restore

Nehemiah 5:11 ​ Restore, H7725 I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

Torah: Genesis 20:7, 41:13; Leviticus 6:4; Deuteronomy 22:2
Prophets: 1 Samuel 12:3; 2 Samuel 9:7; Nehemiah 5:12; Isaiah 49:6; Jeremiah 27:22; Ezekiel 18:12; Daniel 9:25
Writings: Ruth 4:15; 1 Kings 13:6; 2 Kings 8:6; Job 20:10; Psalm 23:3, 51:12

Isaiah 1:26 And I will restore H7725 thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

Exodus 18:20-25
20 You should also teach them the laws and the teachings, and show them how to live their lives and what work they should do. 21 But you should choose from among all the people competent men who are God-fearing, honest and incorruptible to be their leaders, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Normally, they will settle the people’s disputes. They should bring you the difficult cases; but ordinary matters they should decide themselves. In this way, they will make it easier for you and share the load with you. 23 If you do this — and God is directing you to do it — you will be able to endure; and all these people too will arrive at their destination peacefully.” 24 Moshe paid attention to his father-in-law’s counsel and did everything he said. 25 Moshe chose competent men from all Isra’el and made them heads over the people, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

Recapturing the Spirit of Leadership

The goal of the Creator is to restore the spirit of leadership back to the mind of man. To accomplish this, God sent us his Word. God’s words are designed to transfer truth and ideas that will renew our thought lives and thus transform the spirit of our minds, our attitudes.

THE POWER OF MENTAL CONDITIONING

Our mental conditioning determines our success or failure. You have to train to become what you want to be. The reason soldiers are sent to boot camp is to get them to stop thinking like civilians and start thinking like professional military minds. In boot camp, they are isolated from their families and friends and the rest of society so that they can focus on their new mind-set.

Similarly, when you want to change your mental attitude about leadership, you have to train yourself. You will find that the power of mental conditioning will sustain you and give you the internal fortitude to overcome incredible odds. Our beliefs are housed in our hearts, but they manifest themselves as we experience various circumstances. As you take in the thoughts of the Creator through prayer and reading the Bible, the Spirit “downloads” these truths to your heart so that your mind is trained to rely on his thoughts and not your former distorted ideas about life.

THE MARRIAGE OF ABILITY AND ATTITUDE

When you practice renewing your mind, you begin to recapture the spirit of leadership. In this way, there is a marriage between who you inherently are as a leader and the way you are meant to think as a leader. When the attitude of leadership is married to the ability of leadership, then you are a true leader.

INTEGRATING ATTITUDE, ATTRIBUTES, APTITUDE, AND ALTITUDE

Leaders think in a certain way. Therefore, they manifest certain attributes and they work hard to attain a certain aptitude (they continually desire to learn more about themselves, life, and God), and this causes them to think at a higher level, or altitude. The more truth about yourself that you receive into your heart, the higher your thinking will be. You will have an increasingly clear vision for your life. All these areas need to be integrated for effective leadership.

THE KEY TO THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP: ATTITUDE

Again, the key to the spirit of leadership is attitude rather than aptitude. In other words, it’s not ability—it’s mentality. What you think is even more important than what you do. The chapters that follow explore essential attitudes that must be cultivated for you to experience and achieve your fullest leadership potential.

ATTITUDES CAN BE CHANGED

Training in leadership really means training in attitude because attitude has to do with how we respond to life. We must think, talk, walk, dress, act, respond, decide, plan, work, relate, and live like leaders. We can change our attitudes. In fact, we are responsible for doing so. We cannot continue to function in a manner that we do not truly believe about ourselves. The day that we take responsibility for our attitudes is the day that we truly grow up.

CULTIVATING THE LEADERSHIP SPIRIT

In my experience, leadership is 20 percent talent, skill, and technical knowledge and 80 percent attitude. Cultivating the spirit of leadership is a choice, and only you can make it. To cultivate means to grow, progress, and cause the orderly development of something. This process demands that the right components, resources, and environment be incorporated into the soil of the system.

Joshua, Moses’s assistant, was challenged to take leadership responsibility for millions of desert people and to settle them in the land of promise, establishing social, cultural, and economic institutions for the new nation. His timidity was challenged by the Creator, and he was commanded to“be strong and courageous.” His self-concept changed in that encounter. This new perception of himself produced the spirit of leadership in him and an attitude that distinguished him from other people.

The same scenario of transformation played out in the lives of Gideon, David, Esther, and all the others. Their personal encounters with their God challenged their self-images, self-concepts, self-esteem, self-worth, and sense of potential. It also gave each a sense of purpose for their lives and changed their attitudes forever. The spirit of leadership was ignited in each, and their lives impacted their generations and continue to inspire the world today.

What is crucial in all these cases is the fact that all of them had images of themselves that were not correct and were produced by their cultures, past experiences, or the opinions of others. This is the reason the hidden leader within all of us remains buried and suffocates in the grave of our mediocre cultures. To be free from this condition, we must determine to cultivate the spirit of leadership and rise above the limitations of our past experiences, other people’s opinions of us, and the stifling context of our so-called social norms.

How you define yourself is the single most important statement you can make about yourself, and it is the heart of attitude. The spirit of leadership will emerge from your self-definition. All behavior is shaped and controlled by who and what you think you are. your ability to lead depends on the attitude produced by your self-image, sense of self-worth, and self-esteem.

MARKS OF THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP

• the spirit of a strong self-image—a true sense of one’s Source
• the spirit of a healthy self-concept—a perception of one’s true nature
• the spirit of self-confidence—a belief in one’s inherent ability
• the spirit of self-significance—a sense of valuable contribution to the world
• the spirit of passion—a deep conviction and determination of heart
• the spirit of excellence—a striving to always improve oneself and one’s work
• the spirit of compassion—a sensitivity to the value of others
• the spirit of creativity—a belief in the untested and untried
• the spirit of self-empowerment—a desire to see others succeed
• the spirit of self-improvement—a personal commitment to grow
• the spirit of self-discipline—a commitment to a self-imposed standard
• the spirit of humility—a consciousness of self and one’s strengths and weaknesses
• the spirit of unlimited ability—a belief in one’s potential as raw material
• the spirit of possibilities—a commitment to unlimited thinking
• the spirit of self-acceptance—an embracing of one’s total humanity, including one’s strengths, weaknesses, personality, physical appearance, defects, and gifts

Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thought produced by your self-image, self-worth, and self-esteem, and habit can be acquired and changed by the reconditioning of the mind. That’s why it's so important to read your scriptures through the manufactures original thoughts.

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Men Of Torah Day--The Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 13 No Leader Can Rise Above His Attitude!!!!

Exodus 18

We are walking in today: Men Of Torah Day--The Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 13 No Leader Can Rise Above His Attitude!!!!

Witness rise throughout the Bible: H7925 shakam--to rise or start early

Jeremiah 44:4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early H7925 and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

Torah: Genesis 19:2, 19:27, 20:8, 21:14; Exodus 8:20; Numbers 14:40
Prophets: 1 Samuel 1:19, 5:3, 15:12, 17:20; Isaiah 5:11; Hosea 6:4; Zephaniah 3:7
Writings: Joshua 3:1, 6:12, 6:15; Judges 6:28, 7:1, 21:4; Psalms 127:2; Song of Songs 7:12

Jeremiah 7:13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early H7925 and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

Exodus 18:20-25
20 You should also teach them the laws and the teachings, and show them how to live their lives and what work they should do. 21 But you should choose from among all the people competent men who are God-fearing, honest and incorruptible to be their leaders, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Normally, they will settle the people’s disputes. They should bring you the difficult cases; but ordinary matters they should decide themselves. In this way, they will make it easier for you and share the load with you. 23 If you do this — and God is directing you to do it — you will be able to endure; and all these people too will arrive at their destination peacefully.” 24 Moshe paid attention to his father-in-law’s counsel and did everything he said. 25 Moshe chose competent men from all Isra’el and made them heads over the people, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

Leadership Ability without the Attitude--No leader can rise above his attitude.

When we begin to see ourselves outside of the environment that holds us captive mentally physically and eventually spiritual. We will begin to operate in learning who we always have been intended to function. The source of our creation and the atmosphere of the Kingdom.

HARDWARE WITHOUT SOFTWARE

We are still missing a key element: the software. The software is our leadership attitude. We have been detached from this attitude for so long that, even though we now have an awareness of our leadership spirit, we need to take on the mentality of a leader because we still have the mind-set of slaves.

Just as The Hebrew slaves in Egypt had to go through a mental adjustment process. The new mindset of leadership training in the wilderness of training. Only those who stayed connected with the source received the correct software. Joshua and Caleb were men of great courage and faith. Willing to walk out instructions and examples of their leader. For this they received a good report and transplanted into the land promised.

THE MIND OF THE SPIRIT AND THE SPIRIT OF THE MIND

The greatest challenge of those who have been reconnected with the Creator is having their attitude correspond with the mind of God’s Spirit who now dwells within them. Jesus has provided for the restoration of the Spirit in us. We are spiritually reconnected to our Source, but the second step is that of restoring the attitude of our minds so that we can exercise our leadership spirit.

Just because we’ve been reconnected to our Source doesn’t mean that we are thinking like him in all ways. Our attitude needs to be adjusted. Only when we are renewed in the “spirit of our mind” will we have the attitude that reflects the mind of the Spirit.

THE HEART AND THE MIND OF LEADERSHIP

Yeshua, the great leadership trainer, would often say, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” Some people just want to listen; they don’t want to hear, so it never gets into their subconscious minds. The only way to get things into your subconscious mind is through repetition. You have to “download” it over a period of time. When you download something onto your computer, you have to wait until it is finished before you can use it.

You can’t force it to download. It is the same with your heart. You have to patiently allow the new information to settle into your subconscious. For example, it may be necessary for you to read this book three or four times to absorb all the leadership information that it contains.

In other words, in leadership terms, salvation should not be confused with conversion. You will never become a true leader until you discover how to think like a leader. You have the capacity to lead, but you need the mentality for it. You have the ability to lead, but you need the understanding to do it. You have the potential to lead, but you need to have a revelation of leadership.

LEADERSHIP—ATTITUDE OR APTITUDE?

Remember that leadership is both an aptitude and an attitude. No matter how much intellectual ability you have, if you don’t have the right attitudes, your ability doesn’t mean anything.

The wealthiest people in the world are usually not intellectuals or academic experts. I’m not saying that they aren’t intelligent but that their financial success is not attributed to their educations. Computer entrepreneurs Bill Gates and Steven Jobs are examples of successful people who didn’t do well under a traditional educational experience. Although they dropped out of college, they somehow had a certain attitude that caused them to be convinced that they had valuable ideas to develop. They discovered purpose and passion, they believed in their ideas, and they inspired other people who believed in them, too. Eventually, hundreds of thousands of people bought their products—and still do.

CHAPTER PRINCIPLES

1. Leadership is both an aptitude and an attitude.
2. No leader can rise above his or her attitude.
3. Man’s greatest challenge is having his attitude correspond with the mind of the Spirit of God within him.
4. The mind of the Spirit is the presence of the Spirit of God in man’s spirit, but the spirit of the mind is the attitude that accompanies that Spirit.
5. Salvation (reconnection with God) is not necessarily synonymous with conversion (the transformation of the mind). The word conversion in Greek means “reversion” or “a turning about.”
6. It is through the Spirit of the Creator that we can mend the attitude of our minds because he is the Spirit of Truth who reminds us of the truth that the Authorized Dealer brought us.
7. You have to patiently allow the new information from the Creator to settle into your subconscious. We need to revert to the original information the Manufacturer gave us.

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The Spirit of Leadership!!! Part 12 The Restoration Of The Leadership Spirit!!

Exodus 18

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Witness renew throughout the Bible:   H2318 chadash--to be new, renew, repair, make anew

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Torah:

Prophets:  1 Samuel 11:14; Isaiah 41:1, 61:4

Writings:  2 Chronicles  15:8, 24:4, 24:12; Psalm 51:10, 103:5, 104:30

Renewed:  2 Corinthians 4:16; Ephesians 4:23; Colossians 3:10

Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Exodus 18:20-25
20 You should also teach them the laws and the teachings, and show them how to live their lives and what work they should do. 21 But you should choose from among all the people competent men who are God-fearing, honest and incorruptible to be their leaders, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Normally, they will settle the people’s disputes. They should bring you the difficult cases; but ordinary matters they should decide themselves. In this way, they will make it easier for you and share the load with you. 23 If you do this — and God is directing you to do it — you will be able to endure; and all these people too will arrive at their destination peacefully.” 24 Moshe paid attention to his father-in-law’s counsel and did everything he said.  25 Moshe chose competent men from all Isra’el and made them heads over the people, in charge of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

The Restoration of the Leadership Spirit

The Most High's purposes for mankind are permanent.

Why is leadership so difficult to develop and manifest in our generation? The answer, I believe, is not a lack of raw material or potential but the absence of right information, training, and an environment conducive to producing the mentality, mind-set, and attitudes necessary for this leadership potential to be ignited. This is the spirit of leadership. True leadership has more to do with mind-set than with methods and techniques.

Despite humanity’s declaring independence from its Source and manifesting the tragic and harmful results of its rebellion, The Most High hasn’t changed his mind about his original purposes for us. He is passionately committed to our being reconnected to him for two principal reasons:

(1) We are made in his image, and he doesn’t want his image to be distorted or disgraced in the world, and (2) his purposes are permanent; he always accomplishes what he originally sets out to do.

THE PERMANENCE OF PURPOSE

The Most High is committed to fulfilling his purposes for us, which he initiated when he first created us. In order for him to accomplish what he originally purposed for us, he first has to reconnect us to himself. His original intent for mankind is the motivation behind his plan of restoration and all his interactions with us. Man was created to be a leader and was designed with the ability to manifest his leadership nature. The past and future of mankind is leadership. Leadership is your destiny

THE CORPORATE LEADERSHIP MANDATE

Our principle is derived from the mandate established by the Creator when he said, “Let them rule [“have dominion”]...over all the earth.”

There are a number of important implications of this mandate that must be considered when discussing the purpose and assignment of mankind. Let’s review them now.

1. The word dominion means to rule, control, govern, master, and lead.

2. The dominion command specifically referred to dominion over nature, not human beings.

3. The mandate to dominate, rule, and lead was given to the entire human species (“Let them rule”) and therefore places every human in the position of leadership.

The implications of these truths are tremendous and critical. Each one a leader? How can this be? It becomes clearer when we truly come to understand that the mandate was for mankind to dominate fish, birds, plants, animals, and the entire environment of earth, but not his fellowman.

This amazing mandate was the result of the King of all kings purpose for mankind to be the reflection of a corporate leadership—in other words, a nation of kings, a company of rulers.

How does this type of leadership work?

Each human being comes to earth with a specific gift, talent, and strength of ability. Each is to serve that gift to the others through subduing the material resources of creation and thus becoming a servant to everyone else. He or she becomes a leader in that specific area of strength.

Thus, Abba's design of a corporate leadership can be summed up in the phrase “Every person a leader.” Every human being, according to the Most High's mandate, was designed by him to be a leader in an area of gifting. We must understand this truth if we’re to fulfill the Most High's purpose: The command to have dominion over the earth was given to all of humanity. It wasn’t given to a few select people, and it wasn’t given to males alone.

Both males and females are leaders, according to our Creator. Elohim is described as King of kings. He is not the king of slaves but of rulers who reign with him according to his purposes. His plan for humanity is that each one be a king—a ruler over an area of gifting in creation.

The Most High always intended that all men—male and female—become leaders in their specific areas of gifting and serve the world as a nation of rulers. Perhaps this is the notion behind the designation of Yeshia Hamshiach in his consummate relationship with mankind as the “King of kings.” He is the Ruler of rulers, the Leader of leaders. This is the essence of corporate leadership.

THE PROGRAM FOR REPAIR— RECONNECTION TO SOURCE

When humanity lost the spirit of leadership, the result was spiritual, mental, and physical decline. Human beings were disconnected from the Spirit of EL Elyon, who enabled them to know the thoughts of their Creator.  They had no other place to get their thoughts from, so they got them from themselves and their environment.

This is what man has been living on ever since—his own thoughts, the thoughts of his contemporaries, and the deceitfulness of his adversary.

What a combination to build one’s heart out of!

Abba's program for repair is to reconnect mankind to himself. We will call this reconnection “redemptive restoration.”

The Most High's prognosis of our condition is actually very different from what we usually think it is. It was not so much a “religious” problem as it is a thought problem. Therefore, he sent the Word (his thoughts) to earth to correct and redirect our thinking.

John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

When someone is sick, and the doctor does a diagnosis, the result of the diagnosis dictates the medication he prescribes. Therefore, Elohim's prescription of sending his expressed thought indicates what he considered to be the source and cause of humanity’s problem: a defective thought problem.

This is why, for three-and-a-half years, Yeshia sat with his student-disciples—which included those businessmen who owned a fishing company, Peter, Andrew, James, and John—and challenged them to change their thinking by showing them the way a true leader thinks.

THE AUTHORIZED DEALER—Yeshuah

The coming of Jesus to the earth was not so much a religious activity as it was a “business” transaction. His “assignment” was to do everything necessary to reconnect mankind back to his Source. Following our earlier analogy, Jesus came to restore power to the “computer”—he restored the Spirit of the Creator to our lives and gave us a new awareness of our purpose. Now we have the power to become what we were created to be. He restored our “hard drives.”

Through the Word, we are set free from all the misconceptions and mental illnesses that resulted from our disconnection. One of the statements Jesus made numerous times before he explained something was,

“I tell you the truth.” If you want to know the truth about yourself and the attitude you should have about yourself, you have to listen to the words Jesus spoke about you. We need truth, and he is the source of it. He said, “I am the way and the truth and the life.” I read this as, “I am the way to the truth that gives you life.” Put another way, he is the source of the information that makes us come alive.

THE PROGRAM FOR REPROGRAMMING— THE RETURN OF THE SPIRIT OF THE MOST HIGH

The last thing that Jesus Christ promised mankind was not heaven but power: “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you.” He told his disciples, in effect, “I’m leaving to return to the Father God. My purpose on earth is completed, but I’m sending One who is just like me who will help you. I’m outside of you, and I’m demonstrating power, but he will be in you, and he’s going to enact power through you and give power to you.” Jesus knew that this power was what they were missing. It was what Adam lost. So the ultimate purpose of Christ’s death and resurrection at Calvary was to return the power of the Creator to man so that he could fulfill God’s intent for him. The return of the Spirit of God to the spirit of man is the most important moment in human history since the Creator first breathed into man the breath of life and caused him to be a living being. We have the initial reception at creation, and then the re-reception at the end of the program of restoration.

In this way, Jesus restored humanity’s connection with its Source. At the same time, man’s leadership spirit was reconnected to the Source of true leadership. The hard drive was restored, but now comes the more difficult part: the installation of the software of a renewed mind—in other words, the thinking of a leader.

THE NEED FOR A RENEWED MIND

Being a leader is a natural part of our makeup, but thinking like a leader is difficult. Although becoming reconnected is essential, it is just the start of developing into a true leader. We have to transform our thoughts and align them with those that our Abba is thinking.

Paul wrote to the church at Rome, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

Romans 12:1-2
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The only way to have a mind change is to rediscover the revelation of the truth about yourself—the reality that you were created and designed to be a leader. You must internalize the truth that leadership is your nature, your destiny, and your purpose for existence. You must capture the essence of the understanding that the purpose for your existence is to have dominion over the earth. You were born to rule—to lead. Once you capture this truth, then the work begins.

The return of the Spirit restores to us the consciousness of our leadership spirit and dominion assignment. Now comes the challenge, which is what the rest of this book deals with: the transformation of our minds as we discover and live out the attitudes of the spirit of leadership. The essence of this book is about the downloading of the leadership software.

CHAPTER PRINCIPLES

1. True leadership has more to do with mind-set than with methods and techniques.
2. The challenge of all humanity is restoration to self.
3. Despite humanity’s declaring independence from its Source, the Creator hasn’t changed his mind about his original purposes for us.
4. The Creator is passionately committed to our being reconnected to him because (1) we are made in his image, and he doesn’t want his image to be distorted or disgraced in the world, and (2) his purposes are permanent; he always accomplishes what he originally sets out to do.
5. The Creator’s ultimate purpose for humanity is to create a corporate leadership, summed up in the phrase, “Every person a leader. ”The command to have dominion over the earth was given to all of humanity, males and females.
6. Corporate leadership works through the servant leadership principle.
7.  Every human being, according to the Creator’s mandate, was designed by him to be a leader in an area of gifting.
8.The Creator’s program for reconnecting humanity with himself can be called “redemptive restoration.”
9. Humanity’s dilemma is not so much a “religious” problem as it is a thought problem.
10. God sent “the Word,” Jesus Christ, to earth to correct and redirect our thinking. He came to give us back the original thoughts that we lost when we disconnected from our Source.
11. When our thoughts are corrected, our attitudes can be transformed, and we will be able to fulfill our leadership potential.
12. The Authorized Dealer, Jesus, is “the way to the truth that gives us life.”
13. You never really live until you get true information about yourself.
14. The substitutionary death of the Authorized Dealer was to satisfy the demands of the penalty for the rebellion of man. Through his death, humanity could be fully reconnected and restored to God, and the Spirit of the Creator was made available to people of every generation.
15. The ultimate purpose of the suffering and death of Yeshua Hamashiach was to return the power of the Most High to human beings so that we could fulfill EL Elyon's original intent for us.
16. The return of the Spirit restores to us the consciousness of our leadership spirit and dominion assignment.
17. Full restoration of the spirit of leadership is a process of transforming our thoughts and aligning them with those of our Creator.
18. Mental transformation is different from repair and restoration. It is a process that takes time because it involves the changing of ingrained thoughts and habits.
19. Through the Spirit, we have the power and the access to the Creator that will enable us to effect a transformation of our attitudes.

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