Are You A Big Shot?

1. Find the SERVANT & you've found your LEADER. They're not the big shot sitting at the head table...they're the one in the kitchen preparing the meal.

2. "Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant." Mark 10:43

3. Do you want to be a LEADER? Then become aSERVANT. Pick up a towel & start washing dirty feet. Think of yourself as a SLAVE & not as a MASTER.

4. True leadership is not a matter of having a title, a position or an over-the-top personality. Leadership is first & foremost a matter of the HEART.

5. If SERVING is beneath you, leadership is BEYOND you.

BONUS: We don't need anymore SUPERSTARS in the body of Christ or in business...we need more SERVANTS.

• People who think of OTHERS first. 
• People who are THOUGHTFUL & CAREFUL not to offend. 
• People who consider other people's FEELINGS...not just their own.
• People who ANTICIPATE the needs of others.
• People who SHARE their TIME, TALENT & TREASURE.
• People who are INCLUSIVE not EXCLUSIVE.
• People who don't tell you just what they want you to KNOW, but walk in total TRANSPARENCY. 
• People who GIVE more than they TAKE.

Selah

5 Things - Attitude

1. The ATTITUDE of the clay has to remain contented! Contentment is not complacency. It's a SETTLED PEACE in the palm of God's hand.

2. How's your ATTITUDE today? Are you mad about something that God has or has not done in your life?

3. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving & into His courts with praise! Your ATTITUDE unlocks the door!
4. Ungratefulness destroys FAVOR faster than any other heart ATTITUDE. Appreciation & gratitude will keep Favor flowing in your life.

5. Employers don't pay what YOU are worth. They usually pay what the POSITION is worth + extra for your ATTITUDE, skill & commitment.

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When Leaders Can Be Led

You can be PRESENT but not PRESENT. Be the kind of leader that is ALL in & fully ENGAGED...even if you're not the one leading at the moment...guess what? YOU'RE STILL LEADING.

• Leaders sit in the FRONT.
• Leaders are fully ENGAGED.
• Leaders inspire LEADERS.
• Leaders PARTICIPATE.

In my experience, it has been seldom that I've seen Senior Leaders sit in the front row at conferences, seminars & training meetings. Normally they sit in the back, near the exit, with their head down and make statements like "I'm just here to observe." In fact, when called upon to participate they spend the majority of their time out in the hallway making calls & returning emails.

What would happen if the Senior Leadership of an organization, church, company, etc., announced that they would be attending a "training meeting", sat in the front row, asked questions they didn't know the answer to & kept eye contact with person leading the meeting?

I believe their presence would INSPIRE others to ask questions & be fully engaged as well.
However, it seems the more authority someone has, the less likely they appear to be engaged.

I believe leaders gain the respect of their followers when they LEAD by example.

• If you call yourself a "minister", then be engaged when someone else is ministering.
• If you call yourself a "worship leader", then be engaged when someone else is leading in worship.
• If you call yourself a "leader", then be willing to lead when you're being led.

Leaders must lead by example. What better way to lead than to model learning & active participation in front of those you lead?

Jealousy Is A Trick

1. The time you spend monitoring another person's success is time wasted. You're COMPETING against time, not people. 

2. Stop COMPETING with the very people God is using to Bless you!

3. You cannot reach your destiny, if you're COMPETING with who you should be COLLABORATING with! 

4. When birds fly in structure & formation without COMPETING with each other, they COMPLIMENT each other. They STAY lifted.

5. People who walk in their blessings are NOT JEALOUS of other people who walk in their blessings! 

5 Things About David

1. David was ANOINTED to "be" a King, long before he was APPOINTED "as" the King. 

• Jessie's 7 sons pass before Samuel but they are "rejected" (7 = COMPLETION)
• Jessie's 8th son is "accepted" (8 = NEW BEGINNING)
• Almost always there will be a season of ACCREDITING between the time of your ANOINTING to the time of your APPOINTING. 

2. David had to learn how to LEAD himself before he was able to LEAD others. 

• In David's ISOLATION he mastered his INHIBITION.
• PREPARATION will always require SANCTIFICATION. (Being set apart)

3. David's FUNCTION as a shepherd prepared him for his FUTURE as a king. 

• Shepherds will die to protect a lamb or sheep. 
• Shepherds feed & water the flock daily. 
• Shepherds lead out in front of the flock. 
• Shepherds love each sheep, naming them each with their own name. 
• Shepherds carefully develop the animals for breeding purposes, to produce more sheep & healthy sheep.

4. David became King of Judah (PRAISE), before he became King of Israel (PREVAIL).

• He started with the southern kingdom first.
• Be grateful & resourceful with what you've already been given & you'll be given more!
• He ruled like he was king over the WHOLE even when he only had the HALF.
• God won't give you MORE if you can't take care of LESS. 
• Being faithful with little NOW means being trusted with more LATER.

5. David never stopped seeing himself as a SHEPHERD, therefore God could use him as a KING.

• Leadership is born from our BEHAVIOR before it is bequeathed in our BIOGRAPHY.
• David was honored by the Lord because David honored the Lord. 
• David did not rule Israel by having them fall in love with him, he led Israel by having them fall in love with God.

Are you a SON or a SERVANT?

Anointed With Honor

3-15-17 Anointed With Honor

Russell Hylton at www.bfwc.net