LESSON IN LEADERSHIP ACCORDING TO 1KINGS

There is no Success without a successor, and to actually claim that you are a leader and you have succeeded in whatever capacity you find yourself, then hear these:

ü Decision making and problem solving is the fastest way to gain influence.

 

ü Check your motives before you lead in anything.

ü The issue is not prioritizing our scheduling, but schedules our priority.

 

ü Influencing followers is addition is addition, influencing leaders is multiplication

ü Keep first things first, distraction is the enemy of direction.

ü Leaders must touch a heart before they ask for a hand.

ü A divided leader produces a divided nation.

ü Passion and conviction mark the difference between a great leader and mediocre.

ü Principles, not emotions, should guide your leadership

RELATIONSHIP TIPS –

HOW TO KEEP GOOD RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY TOGETHER.

ü  Strive for balance, setting reasonable boundaries to protect your marriage, while remaining cooperative with the other parent to the extent possible.

ü  Love peace and maintain peace all the time.

ü  Be truthful, trustworthy and have the fear of God in you at all times.

ü  Deal with all matters with utmost carefulness and sincerity of heart.

ü  Be patience, slow to speak and quick to hear.

ü  Have a big heart, be tolerable and care for all.

ü  Treat everybody in your family equally.

ü  Be concern, feel what they feel and never feel unconcern.

ü  Always contribute your quota, no matter how small.

ü  Never speak badly of your husband, wife or either family in the presence of any family member or in the presence of the children.

ü  Avoid scheduling activities for your children when they need to spend the time with other children or family member.

ü  If you cannot adjust the time, get permission from them.

ü  Always welcome either family member with warmth and affection when they come calling.

ü  Always lend a helping hand

ü  Set a consistent rule and discipline in your family and let it applied to everybody living with you, let there be no exception.

ü  Don’t be hard in correcting any member of your family, either adult or children, let the affection come naturally and try to build a mutual understanding with them.

ü  Tell your relatives and friends about your commitment to your family.

ü  Explain politely how hurt the children will be if they are passed or ignore when it comes to attention and other kindnesses.

ü  Try to let grand parents have place in your children’s lives.

ü  Identify the relative or friend with whom you have the most difficult relationship, and then discuss with your hubby how you can improve that relationship.

ü  Identify your spouse’s area of weakness and offer to help.

ü  Love your in-laws like your own family members.

ü  Love your mother in-laws like your own mother.

ü  Learn to pray together with your family, and include your in-laws whenever they are around.

IS GOD CRUEL? - Part 1

Some do ask this question and some do wonder whether God is cruel or they assume that he is. Why?

Some people who survive natural disaster ask; “Why does God allow these things to happen? Is he in-different? Or is he cruel?” Others are similarly troubled when reading the Bible. They come upon such accounts as the one about Noah and the Flood, and they wonder, ‘why would a loving God put all those people to death? Is He cruel?’

Do such questions occur to you at times? Or do you find yourself unable to give an answer to those who wonder if God is cruel? In either case, consider a different question that may help.

WHY DO WE HATE CRUELTY?

We simply hate cruelty because we have a sense of right and wrong. We differ greatly from animals in that respect; our creator made us in His image, what does that mean? He gave us the capacity to reflect his qualities and moral standards, his sense of right and wrong. Consider this: If we received our sense of right and wrong from God and we tend to hate cruelty, does that not suggest that God hates it too?

The scriptures confirm such logic, for in the scriptures, God assures us that “His ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts than our thoughts”. If we were to judge God to be cruel, would we not be stating the opposite, in effect saying that our ways are higher than His ways? It would surely be wise to gather more facts before taking such a stand. Perhaps we should ask, not whether God is cruel, but some of his actions may appear to be cruel.