Every Church or Business has a Leadership Seat. The question is,
Is anyone in that seat?
Just because you are the leader of a team or organization doesnt mean that your in the Leadership Seat. So that’s why I recorded this vid.. hope it encourages and helps your team move forward!
(This Leadership Seat thought came from a focus group that I was in with my Pastor, Kevin Gerald. It was so good I just had to pass it along…)
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Pastor Paul Dwyer Pastor at Champions Centre & Theologian/Professor at Champions Centre College |
Im looking for David!! Are you out there? Can you hear me? Are you listening?
I hope so, because your needed, and your time is now. no more hiding from the call. David, its time to step out and into the call that God has for you.
Im wondering, if your ready to hear who you really are?
Im wondering if your ready to be who you really are?
I wonder if your ready to answer the call…..?
I wonder if your ready to step out of your strength and into God’s?
David, i wonder if your ready? Have you spent enough time in the sheep’s company for God to do what he needs to do in you? Are you ready and full of that God-confidence that only comes from spending time in His presence?
David…..are you out there? They need you.
The world around you is in fear and trapped by the enemy. the people around you has been deceived and trapped into smallness and little living….
Only one thing can free them, only one thing can set them free… guess what that is? guess who that is? (no its not you… Its God, but God wants to work through you!!)
The only hope for the world is the powerful working of the supernatural through the simple medium of humanity, Your humanity!
…. so are you ready?... Wait!, stop, dont try and put on the Armour of someone else, dont try and be what your not, dont try and fake it, dont try and live in the shadow of old thoughts and old fears passed down.. step into who God has made you…
David… Can you smell it? can you taste it…?
its the sweet smell of victory, the beautiful sight of the future, and your victorious… its the sense and feeling of stepping into to something much greater than yourself…
I can talk to you and tell you all day long about who you are and what God has called you to be, you can train and develop and prepare, but the only thing that now separates you from the greatness thats inside of you is one single step!
David…are you ready?
Quick, up, and run! run to the giant, run to those who hold captive this generation that God has called you to free! step up and into the fullness of your purpose!
Remember a while back? dont you remember the oil that I poured on your head? dont you recall the word and the prophecy and the calling that you received… well now is the time, now is the moment to step up and into that reality, and into the purpose!
David…are you willing?
One request… please, for the love of God “dont withhold your voice!!!”
…to think it wont matter would be a devastating assumption.
…to say someone else will say something, would be the cowards path
…to sit back and watch would be the greatest waste of your greatness
…to do nothing would be devastating…
David, look at me… see i knew you were out there, I knew that you felt deeply about what Im saying, and that at the core of you, this would thrash your conscience!
David, its time to be who you are!
Thinking about all of the volunteers that make Champions Centre’s reach happen… and specifically about the Hero’s serving at Oxygen Women’s Conference. I was reminded of you as I read 1 Thessalonians 1:3 this am that says… 3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. //// THANK YOU THANK YOU!
I’ve been inspired to talk a bit about the staff/team culture at Champions Centre by one of my fellow staff members at Champions Centre: the legendary Brandon Stewart. (check out his blog for other great leadership posts: http://brandonmstewart.tumblr.com/)
Two things inspired me to write this post:
1. Some of Brandon’s blogs on our “collaborative Culture”
2. & an article I came across yesterday titled “Why you can’t skimp on Rehearsals”
The basic gist of the article is a call to leaders and communicators to take the time to “Rehearse” before you communicate your message or information, whether that be to a large or small group. This is such an important key to effectively communicating your message that we implement this in many facets of our church staff.
Before we as a church launch any new initiative or ministry or campaign or training or almost anything, we take the time to do what we call a “Presenters Lab”.
A Presenters Lab is where we do a mock presentation of the new information/material and as close to possible replecation of the experiecen that the audience will have.
The presentation is given in front of a group of the staff and possibly a select group of others.
Keys to a Successful Presenters Lab:
I’ve seen the huge possitive effects on many areas of our church and our Leadership College (WFL). If you take the time to do Presenters Labs it will take your effectiveness to whole-notha level!
Any questions on Presenters Labs hit me or Brandon up…
Have a good one!
Samuel
As the classics christian rap group of the 90’s DC Talk said, “Ya know He’s doin’ it, (echo: yo who’s doin’ it?), God is doin’ a nu thang”
Isaiah 43:18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
No matter how old or young you are or feel, its easy to get caught up in “the past”. Especially if you had a few good days. We often fall into the trap of always wanting to go back to it and re-live it or want to re-create what once was.
But as God said through Isaiah, Forget the past miracles that I’ve done because I got NEW THINGS for YOU! Wow, thats a big statement, because he’s talking about the Parting of the Red Sea. Which is kinda a big deal. (epic understatement) God is basically saying…
Your limiting what i can do in your future by holding onto what I did in your past.
Do you think God knows what he’s doing? And that he knows in every season, what each day needs. so if he did something incredable back then its because “back then” needed that. but what about TODAY? God knows what today needs, so expand your expectation and faith for the NEW He has for us!
With Team Church Conference only 1 week away, its time for all of us to thank God for last year, but push forward to what He has for all of us THIS year! Last year was amazing, but that was last year, what “Nu Thang” does God want to do in US? Im thinking its going to be Ridiculously EXTRAordinary!
Praying for appreciation for the past & expectation for the Future!
Samuel
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