Christian living

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God laughed

In Joshua chapters 21 & 22, the leaders of Israel cast lots to determine who got which parcel of land.  I just smiled.  As I meditated upon this, the wheels of time seemed to roll back slowly.  It was a cool, beautiful Saturday evening.  I was in my final year in Senior High School and...

Hallmarks of Effective Leadership II

We are all leaders in one way or another. We are either leading ourselves in the pursuit of our goals and dreams or leaders in our homes, workplaces, churches or communities. Leadership requires courage. Every leader must be courageous. Someone has said that courage is not the absence of fear but the mastery of fear; the ability...

Hallmarks of Effective Leadership I

All over the world today, there’s a call for effective leadership. Nations are crying for leaders who would lead them out of the crisis created by COVID 19.There is a direct link between effective leadership and the growth of any organization. A leadership expert, John C. Maxwell, has described this as the law of the...

Do you excel in goodness?

For he was a good man, full of the Spirit and of faith Acts 11:24 Barnabas was one of the leaders whom God used in establishing the early church in Asia. He was willing to give Paul a chance after Paul's conversion to Christianity at a time when other believers were skeptical. I think the description...

Are you Looking for Profit?

“I am the Lord your God who teaches you to profit and who leads you in the way you should go”. Isaiah 48:17. Almost 2 decades ago after I finished senior high school, I saw an advertisement in the newspapers of an organization that trained people to be freelance writers. I decided to get enrolled in...

True Humility

What is true humility?Is it to walk with drooping shoulders and a head downcast?Or to wear shabby clothes when you can afford better?In the Bible God saysTo humble ourselves, to pray and to turn from our wicked ways so He'll heal our landBut what is the humility God requires of us?The Jews tore their clothes...

Leadership 101 – Managing Emotions

Leadership is perhaps one of the toughest jobs a person may have to do. This is because leaders are required to keep their heads when all around them people are losing theirs. We all lead in various ways - parents lead their children or their households at home, older siblings lead younger ones, managers lead subordinates...