Listen as Mike Powers interviews Dr. Matthew Lee Smith about the upcoming podcast series which starts April 26!
While the world struggles with global recession and terrorism, there is a people group who are Experiencing incredible benefits in all aspects of their lives! You are invited to come and discover the keys to ‘abundant living’ that are driving the lives of these people.
Once you apply these life-changing guides to your life, you, too, will experience Life! Beyond Your Wildest Dreams!
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“Don’t let your learning lead to knowledge, let your learning lead to action.”
~ Jim Rohn
The bottom line of being a leader is using what you know. Many times leaders rest on the ‘old ways’ and, as it has been said far too many times, the last words of the church are: “But we have always done it that way.” Yet, that doesn’t mean everything we have learned in the past is without merit!
Jesus wants us to utilize our learning … both the old things that we know are true and the new things we are learning. Why? So that we accomplish the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. Listen as he explains …
Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.” Matthew 13:51-52 (NKJV)
We become like Jesus when …
o We utilize our learning to accomplish God’s heart and mission!
Eagle Leaders … by definition … seek to move people to greater heights and higher accomplishments. This is a noble goal. Some have complained using the old adage: “How can I soar with the eagles when I am surrounded by these turkeys?!” And this can be a fair complaint … as long as we are not the ‘head turkey!’
Eagle Leaders understand that, just as Jesus did, we must call people to count the cost and follow Him. This is essential to motivation. Those who pay the price should be mentored. How we do that may be found in the many examples from God’s Word. Using the tools you have from both the Old Testament and New Testament, “like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old,” can provide the necessary methods to develop action in your team. That is why Eagle Leaders are constant students of the Word of God … seeking methods as well as truth!
If you would like a plan to follow so that you can squeeze every possible idea from God, download the PDF Bible Reading Schedule file from the side bar at http://EaglesInLeadership.org today! I invite you to join me in deepening your adventure by discovering new and old methods for leadership development from God’s Word!
© 2009 By Dr. Matthew Lee Smith
Listen as Mike Powers interviews Dr. Matthew Lee Smith about the upcoming podcast series which starts April 26!
While the world struggles with global recession and terrorism, there is a people group who are Experiencing incredible benefits in all aspects of their lives! You are invited to come and discover the keys to ‘abundant living’ that are driving the lives of these people.
Once you apply these life-changing guides to your life, you, too, will experience Life! Beyond Your Wildest Dreams!
Listen as Mike Powers interviews Dr. Matthew Lee Smith about the upcoming podcast series which starts April 26!
While the world struggles with global recession and terrorism, there is a people group who are Experiencing incredible benefits in all aspects of their lives! You are invited to come and discover the keys to ‘abundant living’ that are driving the lives of these people.
Once you apply these life-changing guides to your life, you, too, will experience Life! Beyond Your Wildest Dreams!
From Friday, March 20 – Friday, March 27 the EIL staff met in San Pedro, CA to do strategic planning and work on ministry events. In this audio wrap-up, Mike and Matt discuss the highlights of that week.
Among the highlights, spending time with Jentezen Franklin (FreeChapelOC.org) became a key event. Jentezen brought us a strong word of hope and encouragement from Zechariah 4, encouraging us to move forward in incredible ways, believing God for the completion of ministry projects in the planning stages!
Times of prayer were key to the week as Matt and Mike took advantage of God’s incredible and majestic vistas as their backdrop.
Some studio time afforded us the opportunity to work on some projects that are about to launch!
We are very excited about the 15 part series entitled Life! Beyond Your Wildest Dreams! Only a few weeks away! As you listen to this recap, we know you will be excited as well for all God is about to do in your life as you allow us to partner with you!
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“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.”
~ Karen Clark
When you and I desire to develop Eagle Leaders, we discover that we must separate the sincere from the insincere. That is a challenge on the best of days. We have chosen to go to the Master leader-developer, Jesus, and watch him work through this process.
Listen to Jesus now, as He lays out the trap to catch the sincere …
And He said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.” Mark 4:26-29 (NKJV)
We become like Jesus when …
o We watch for the natural process of spiritual growth to occur so we can determine those who are eligible for leadership development.
Before we can develop a leader, we need to weed the field of people before us to determine who is spiritually alive and growing deeply with Christ. Although this is a Spirit-based work, we can see the evidence of God’s hand at work in the life of anyone who claims His name. Our task is to determine who we will invest our time with for the Kingdom of God and His glory. Jesus tells us that he looks for the evidences of spiritual growth first.
Are the men and women you are seeking to develop showing the evidence of spiritual growth in their lives? Is this growth consistent – for one evidence of eternal life is that it grows, corporately and individually (see Ephesians 4.16)!
Looking before we leap is a great way to prevent wasted time and produce Eagle Leaders. Jesus, the Master leader-developer, has modeled for us a way to take the initiative and separate the sincere from the insincere.
© 2009 By Dr. Matthew Lee Smith
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