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Leadership Leads… Good or Bad
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“...from the prophets of Jerusalem 
ungodliness has spread throughout the land.” 
Jeremiah 23:15  NIV
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All my John Maxwell training is going to be put to the test in three and a half weeks when I’ll be moderating a panel on Leadership at the Women’s Connection District Retreat in Grimsby, Ontario. {If you’re going, make sure to stop by my table and say hello!}

I have some amazing ladies on the panel who hold various organizational leadership roles in business, government positions, church leadership, and home management. The goal is to elevate the confidence of women in leadership positions and practically help improve their skills, enabling them to walk further and faster into the destiny God has for their lives.

As we’ve been preparing for the panel, I can’t help but look back and rate my skillfulness as a leader. Lots of passes, and plenty of fails. My thoughts went back to my first leadership position as a big sister. 🙂

Sometimes, my little sister, Lori would follow me around playing ‘Copycat’. Remember that annoying childhood game where people followed you around; often one-step behind you, repeating every word you said, copying move you made? Lori used to drive me crazy doing this! Thankfully, we’ve grown up and now have a great relationship! {Don’t we look cute together now 🙂 } As a “big sister” I hope I’ve given Lori more good examples to follow than bad ones! No matter how small your leadership role may seem, it will have a huge impact because

Leadership Leads…Good or Bad!

RECOGNIZING YOUR REACH

Sometimes we minimize the effect our leadership has in the home, school, court, field, rink, church or place of employment. Whenever God has elevated you to a place of leadership, people are going to follow in your footsteps—It’s a scary thing!

A friend once said to me,

“I was forced to go to church and I won’t put my kids through that.
I don’t want them to be forced to live what I believe but to be able to choose for themselves.”

Since she never took her kids to church, they simply followed her lead and have seldom gone to church because they were never given another option to choose from. Failure to give guidance is, in fact, leading, since it causes people to blindly follow your example and not know why.

[tweetthis]You’re leading, even when you try not to lead. #leadership [/tweetthis]

Our leadership in life is followed,
much more than we recognize.

Today’s verse comes from the book of Jeremiah. In his time, many of the prophets weren’t leading well. They weren’t proclaiming God’s word to the people, but instead speaking what they knew the people wanted to hear, so they would keep following them… following them down the wrong path.

These false prophets were sharing a watered-down message with false hopes that led the people to be disappointed in God; causing them to turn away from Him. Jeremiah had to swim against the tide of his time as their poisonous message,

“spread throughout the land”.

Leadership was difficult for Jeremiah, but he knew his responsibility was to clear the path for others, so they could follow the right way; because

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So, what’s going to spread in the future as people follow you?

Prayer

Father… I’m overwhelmed when I recognize that you have given me such influence in my world. Help me to be wise with my words and actions so that my life impacts others to know and love you more! May others follow your plans for their lives as they see me chasing after the destiny you’ve set before me. In Jesus name…Amen

I WILL RISE
Women’s Connection Conference

https://womensconnection.ca/events/conference

If you’re in the area, I hope you’ll join us
Don’t forget to sign up for the Leadership Panel}.
1. Ephesians 1:5
2. Hebrews 13:7
3. James 3:1
4. 1 Timothy 4:12
If you liked the refreshing in this #SoulH2O devotion, you’ll love my latest Soul H2O Devotional book: 40 Thirst Quenching Devotions for Women.

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Other posts about my journey with John C. Maxwell, the JMTeam, or John’s Books:
John C. Maxwell And God Want You To Be A Talent-Plus Person
Mentored to Lead by John C. Maxwell

WHERE YOU CAN OFTEN FIND ME LINKING UP MY BLOG WITH OR PLACES WHERE MY WRITING HAS BEEN FEATURED

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Mentored to Lead by John C. Maxwell

WOW! I’m just re-reading this post and blown away at how many dreams I’ve chased down in the past 7 years!!!
Since writing this post in 2014, I joined the John Maxwell Team of Speakers, Trainers and Coaches in 2016. I even got to meet John Maxwell and talk to him for a few brief moments {pinch me… is this real}. I hope reading this inspires you to chase after your dreams. If you’re interested in finding out more about the John Maxwell Team or the Online Leadership University I’m a part of, just email me from my Contact Page, I’d love to tell you how much it’s benefitted me.

THE START OF MY LEADERSHIP JOURNEY

The first pictures mom had done of Lori & I. Sadly most of our childhood photos, taken in clothes made by mom, have water damage from a basement flood. Lori was seriously the cutest baby!

The birth of my little sister Lori changed my life 🙂
At the age of two, with the event of Lori’s birth, I became a leader and I’ve taken my role seriously.
You can read about that in my #soulh2o blog post on Leadership Leads…Good or Bad for more on that story but let’s just say that I didn’t just become a bossy big sister for nothing! Ha!
By my teenage years, I was involved in leadership positions at church and in school. During my years at College: I was was a TV Show Co-host, ran a field ministry team, led a missions trip, was a youth pastor n two towns, preached at a small-town church, was the third-year class president… Seriously, the list goes on and on. I recognized from a young age that God made me a leader and saw repeatedly how He strategically placed me in leadership roles. As this understanding and finally accepting of his calling grew, I desired to be the best leader I could be… wherever I served.

MY MENTORSHIP BY JOHN C. MAXWELL

I’ve read so many books, magazines, and articles on leadership. The Bible is a huge resource for leadership training. Following Jesus model for servant-leadership is the biggest lesson to learn from the Bible. I’ve learned to lead with the mentorship of John Maxwell–even though we’ve never met! I’ve read a bunch of his books, listened to more on CD and through Audible or Scribd. I love watching his videos and have been blessed to attend events where he’s been the keynote speaker.

Every time I read a book by John C. Maxwell it takes me forever to get through it!
There’s so much helpful information
that most pages are covered with highlights and notes in the margin!

I’ve begun something that has kind of built into a tradition. I tend to buy a John C. Maxwell book on leadership at Airport stores and read the book on my vacation or speaking event. Todd and I both love reading and always bring books on holidays. Todd feels like he’s reading two books each vacation because I’m not really good at keeping things to myself when I learn something new or if something inspires me… I’m compelled to share the treasures I find!
This became really clear to me as I began to write this post. I went to my bookcase to find what books I have of John Maxwell’s and could only find two books and 2 Books on CD. I can’t keep his stuff because as soon as I read it I want to share it and sometimes when you share a book, you never get it back 🙂 I just hope the recipients pass them along too!
Right now my John C. Maxwell Stock Consists of:
- Talent Is Never Enough
  Discover The Choices That Will Take You Beyond Your Talent
- 25 Ways To Win With People
  How To Make Others Feel Like A Million Bucks
- The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth
  LIVE THEM and Reach Your Potential
…and my most recent purchase at the Choice Books in the Detroit Metro Airport :
- How Successful People Lead
  Taking Your Influence To The Next Level
Aren’t you inspired just by reading the Titles and Sub-Titles? I am. Reading anything on leadership energizes me! I recently put John C. Maxwell’s book apps on my phone for the last two books on the list. The apps have a listing of quotes from the books on them that you can share on social media. There’s a bunch of other features on each of the apps that are helpful in goal setting too. Great Leadership tools!
As you can see, I am Mentored to Lead by John Maxwell! One day, Lord willing, I will get to attend his Equip Leaders Course, meet him and let him know! Hey, you gotta let a girl dream 🙂
http://www.johnmaxwell.com
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“There remains, then a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his.”
Hebrews 4:10-11 NIV
Does the idiom, “Do as I say, not as I do” annoy anyone else? It bothers me when I hear parents repeating it to their kids. They say it as if it’s a joke, when really it’s backed up by their actions. The Free Dictionary describes this phrase as: “Take my advice, even though I am acting contrary to it”.¹ I’m so thankful that we serve a heavenly father who parents nothing like this! God never requires something of us that He has not modeled for us. He tells us to take a Sabbath rest, following His example.
Good Leaders lead by example, not by rule.
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” In Matthew 4:19 NIV. Jesus had every right to say, “follow me” because that is exactly what He was doing, fishing for people. Paul encouraged believers many times to follow his example, even saying twice that people should “imitate” him. In Philippians 3:17, Paul said “Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.” NIV We need to be Christians who lead by example, so that we can say, “Do as I say, and as I do!”
Prayer:
Father…I thank-you for modeling good things before me. Help me to follow your example to rest and to model what I say, in what I do. May I live a life that others will be better to follow after. In Jesus name, Amen
¹ https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Do+as+I+say,+not+as+I+do

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