“Truly human leadership protects an organization from the internal rivalries that can shatter a culture. When we have to protect ourselves from each other, the whole organization suffers. But when trust and cooperation thrive internally, we pull together and the organization grows stronger as a result.”
― Simon Sinek, Leaders Eat Last
JEREMIAH 31-32
38They will be my people, and I will be their God. 39I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. (32:38-39)
TITUS 2
11For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
JOURNAL
I was having breakfast with a friend and we were discussing the state of our society and how from the outside looking in...things appear to be great, yet there is a growing spirit of greed, selfishness, hatred and division that is warping our hearts and souls. The political drama is just the tip of the iceberg and is representative of an overall dissension that threatens to isolate us from each other and tear us away from the very word of God which we claim to follow.
There seems to be more passion about being right and preserving our own wealth and way of life than there is a passion for obedience to God, loving our neighbor and living our lives as "living sacrifices". I am as guilty of this as anyone else and yet that is where I must aim my guilt...For if every believer would turn to God and surrender all hurts, fears and give our lives over as living sacrifices in obedience to God and in loving our neighbors...I cannot imagine the change that would happen in our families, our communities, our country and the world.
There seems to be more passion about being right and preserving our own wealth and way of life than there is a passion for obedience to God, loving our neighbor and living our lives as "living sacrifices". I am as guilty of this as anyone else and yet that is where I must aim my guilt...For if every believer would turn to God and surrender all hurts, fears and give our lives over as living sacrifices in obedience to God and in loving our neighbors...I cannot imagine the change that would happen in our families, our communities, our country and the world.
1Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
ROMANS 12:1-2
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