biblical leadership

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Daniel 6:3 (Daniel Distinguishes Himself)

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Discover the power of pursuing excellence as a Christian in life and business. Learn from the biblical story of Daniel how to unlock your God-given potential, gain respect and influence, and use your success to impact lives and spread the gospel. Embrace your duty to excel and watch your life and business thrive!

Summary:

In this inspiring episode, we explore the importance of pursuing excellence as a Christian, drawing wisdom from the biblical story of Daniel. We learn that excellence is not only a prerequisite for success but also a duty for those who understand their God-given purpose and talents.

Through Daniel's example, we see how his excellent spirit distinguished him and gained him respect and influence, even among non-believers. By striving to be the best at what we do, we can unlock our potential and create opportunities to share God's word and principles with others.

As Christian business owners and leaders, we have a responsibility to pursue excellence in our given fields. By doing so, we demonstrate the power of faith and can use our success to positively impact lives and spread the gospel.

However, pursuing excellence is not always easy. It requires focus, dedication, and the willingness to avoid distractions. We must commit ourselves to maximizing the gifts and resources God has provided, trusting that our efforts will lead to personal and professional growth.

Throughout the episode, we are reminded that our pursuit of excellence is ultimately an act of worship and service to God. By embracing our duty to excel, we can unlock greatness and experience the abundant life God has planned for us.

Join us as we explore the transformative power of pursuing excellence and learn how to apply these principles in our lives and businesses. Get ready to elevate your life and thrive!

Top 3 Growth Tips:

• Pursue excellence as a duty: As Christians, we should strive to be the best at what we do because we understand our God-given purpose and talents. [5:42]
• Excel to gain influence: By achieving true excellence, we gain respect and influence, which can be used to share God's word and impact lives. [9:15]
• Avoid distractions and stay focused: Pursuing excellence requires focus and dedication. Avoid distractions and commit to maximizing your gifts and resources. [18:37]

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Kenneth Ott is an owner of multiple businesses, entrepreneur, husband, father, and Christian leader. Ken is the co-Founder of Metacake, an Ecommerce Growth Team and Dough Capital. Ken is an author, speaker, and business coach. To connect or learn more, visit: 

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Show Highlights:

[00:00] Introduction to the Grow Time Business Devo and the topic of Daniel and excellence.

[01:22] The story of Daniel in captivity and how he rose above through his excellence.

[03:05] The conflict that arises when Daniel is plotted against due to his excellence and influence.

[05:11] Daniel's respect gained from the king because of his excellence, despite their differing beliefs.

[06:48] Daniel's miraculous survival in the lion's den and the justice brought upon his accusers.

[08:29] The king's decree and praise of Daniel's God after witnessing his deliverance.

[09:03] The importance of excellence as a prerequisite for success and doing great things.

[10:36] The problem of "Christian knockoffs" and the need for Christians to strive for true excellence.

[12:01] The idea that principles of success are woven into God's law and the universe.

[13:14] The duty of Christians to maximize their God-given gifts and become the best at what they do.

[14:27] The respect and influence gained by pursuing excellence, regardless of others' beliefs.

[15:49] The impact of excellence on spreading the gospel and changing lives.

[17:02] The challenge and importance of focusing on excellence and avoiding distractions.

[18:20] The story of Daniel as an example of the power of excellence, faith, and God's deliverance.

[19:48] The call to pursue excellence as a requirement for Christians, especially leaders and business owners.

[20:39] The transformative power of excellence in gaining influence and impacting others for Christ.

259: Pastor Plek, Pastor Mo, Catie Sas, and Machine Gun Nick are on the podcast today to recap Sunday’s sermon on Exodus 18. They talk about the Israel-Hamas conflict, what makes a good leader, and resolving conflict within the church.

Faith, Culture, and everything in between.

Scripture References:
Exodus 18

Questions:
Mo did a great sermon.  So the folks that attacked Israel were descendants of Ismael, which was also fathered by Abraham by God's instructions to Sarah.  So why would God allow them to attack & kill one another to the point where one lineage is totally wiped out?  The history of wars and no neighborly love seeming to exist anywhere or anytime in the world seems pretty depressing
Why do we keep falling back to "we aren't perfect and will sin" instead of turning it around and actually trying to live our lives more like Jesus?   It just sounds like that's a crutch to justify our sinful behavior.

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Activist, Pastor, and Global Leader Evan Mawarire reflects on the role of Christian faith in democratic leadership, specifically looking at three significant Gospel passages that reveal not just Jesus’s approach to leadership, but how he teaches his disciples to lead with peace, humility, compassion, and faith.

In Mark 4, we find Jesus leading from peace, rest, control, and trust, peacefully sleeping in the midst of a storm, while the disciples prematurely conclude: “Don’t you care that we are going to die?” In Mark 10, when two of the disciples play political games for their own glory, Jesus responds with a teaching of humility and a subversive glory—that the greatest will in fact be the servant of all. And in John 13, Jesus displays this humility and compassion by washing the gross and grungy feet of his friends, and teaching Peter that a leader is first a student, and the student isn’t greater than their teacher.

This episode was made possible in part by the generous support of the Tyndale House Foundation. For more information, visit tyndale.foundation.

Show Notes

• Featured Artwork: “Study, Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples 1898”, Henry Ossawa Tanner and “Christ Washing the Disciples’ Feet”, Jan Lievens, 1630/35
• Urgency, peace, and the exit door of fear
• The shallow sleep of anxiety
• Jesus calm’s the storm:
  • Mark 4:35-41 — 35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ 36 And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. 37 A great gale arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ 39 He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. 40 He said to them, ‘Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?’ 41 And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’
  • See also: Luke 8:22-25, Matthew 8:23-27
• “Don’t you care that we are going to die?”
• Jesus’s goal of leadership development
• Mark 10:35-45 ****
  • 35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, ‘Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.’ 36 And he said to them, ‘What is it you want me to do for you?’ 37 And they said to him, ‘Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.’ 38 But Jesus said to them, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?’ 39 They replied, ‘We are able.’ Then Jesus said to them, ‘The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; 40 but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.’ 41 When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. 42 So Jesus called them and said to them, ‘You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. 43 But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. 45 For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.’
• Pastor Evan’s work in Zimbabwe’s Citizen’s movement
• “Lord, give us a seat at the table that decides the future of this nation.”
• Prayer: We ask for harvest, God plants a seed.
• How do we prepare our leaders?
• Luke 6: “The student is not above the teacher.”
• Reversing the roles: being served versus serving
• Leadership is not designed to be comfortable
• People are at their worst when we are in crisis, but this is when we’re supposed to see leaders at their best when we’re in crisis.
• Sheep without a shepherd
• Loss of trust and the Global Trust Barometer
• Leadership is not just about the right skill set, it’s importantly about the right heart set.
• Washing the feet of the disciples
  • John 13:1-17
  • 1 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, 4 got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered, “You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” 8 Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.” 11 For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, “Not all of you are clean.” 12 After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. 14 So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. 16 Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. 17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
• Humility
• Compassion
• It’s not easy to lead
• Starfish Story: “To that one it made a difference.”
• “Someone who knows how to lead, knows how they have been served themselves.”
• “Where can plant seeds of impact?”
• “How do we faithfully look after these sprouting of servant leadership, of people that understand that leadership is about serving are more than it is about being served.”
• Back to urgency and patience—the only way to plant seeds is to plant now and wait.
• “Where purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable.”
• “There are two most important days in your life—the day you were born and the day you discover why.”
• Patience and the crafting of leadership

About Evan Mawarire

Evan Mawarire is a Zimbabwean clergyman who founded #ThisFlag Citizen’s Movement to challenge corruption, injustice, and poverty in Zimbabwe. The movement empowers citizens to hold government to account. Through viral videos, the movement has organized multiple successful non-violent protests in response to unjust government policy. Evan was imprisoned in 2016, 2017, and 2019 for charges of treason, facing 80 years in prison. His message of inspiring positive social change and national pride has resonated with diverse groups of citizens and attracted international attention.

Evan has addressed audiences around the world, and Foreign Policy magazine named him one of the 100 global thinkers of 2016. The Daily Maverick Newspaper of South Africa named him 2016 African person of the year. Evan is a 2018 Stanford University Fellow of the Centre for Democracy Development and the Rule of Law. He is a nominee of the 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression awards and the 2018 Swedish government’s Per Anger Prize for democracy actors. He was a 2023 World Fellow at Yale University’s Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program.

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Production Notes

• This podcast featured Evan Mawarire
• Edited and Produced by Evan Rosa
• Hosted by Evan Rosa
• Production Assistance by Macie Bridge & Kaylen Yun
• A Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/about
• Support For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give
• This episode was made possible in part by the generous support of the Tyndale House Foundation. For more information, visit tyndale.foundation.

In this episode, Wes unpacks why taking time to celebrate in meaningful ways is essential for anyone who’s in leadership.  

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In the final episode of our Series on our Biblical Framework for Leadership Development, Wes Bryant discusses the 5th Group:  The Leaders.  Tune in to discover what sets a Leader apart from the Crowd.

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The Book of Joshua contains three main sections: conquest (1-12), division (13-22), and Joshua's farewell speeches (23-24). Chapters 22-24 form the final section of the book and focus on Joshua's farewell speeches to the Israelites.

In chapter 22, Joshua sends home the two and a half tribes of Israel who had settled on the east side of the Jordan River. He reminds them to remain faithful to God and to keep His commandments. He also instructs them to build an altar as a reminder of their unity with the rest of Israel and their devotion to God. However, when the other tribes hear about the altar, they assume that the eastern tribes have rebelled against God and plan to attack them. After a tense confrontation, it is revealed that the altar was not meant for sacrifices, but rather as a symbol of their unity with the other tribes.

In chapter 23, Joshua gives his farewell address to the leaders of Israel, reminding them to stay faithful to God and to avoid worshiping other gods. He warns them that if they do not obey God's commandments, they will face punishment and be driven out of the land that God has given them.

In chapter 24, Joshua gathers all the tribes of Israel at Shechem to renew their covenant with God. He recounts the history of Israel from Abraham to their conquest of the land of Canaan, emphasizing how God had been with them every step of the way. He then challenges them to choose whether they will serve God or the gods of their ancestors. The people pledge their allegiance to God, and Joshua sets up a stone as a witness to their covenant.

Overall, these chapters in Joshua emphasize the importance of remaining faithful to God, unity among the tribes of Israel, and the need to remember God's faithfulness throughout history.

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Joshua 19-21 is a section of the Bible that describes the allocation of land to the remaining tribes of Israel. The chapter begins with the allotment of land to the tribe of Simeon within the territory of Judah. It then goes on to describe the allotment of land to the tribes of Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Dan. Each tribe receives a specific portion of land, with the size of the allocation varying depending on the size of the tribe. The chapter also includes a description of the cities within each tribe's allotment, as well as the Levitical cities that were set aside for the tribe of Levi. Overall, the chapter outlines the distribution of land among the tribes of Israel following their conquest of Canaan.

The allocation of land to the tribes of Israel is part of God's fulfillment of his promise to give the Israelites the land of Canaan as an inheritance. This promise was first made to Abraham in the book of Genesis, and it was reiterated to Moses and the Israelites as they prepared to enter Canaan. Throughout the book of Joshua, we see God keeping his promise by granting the Israelites victory in battle and enabling them to conquer the land.

The final verses of Joshua 21 emphasize God's faithfulness to his promises. The chapter describes how the Israelites took possession of the land and settled in the cities that had been designated for them. The passage ends by stating that "Not one of all the Lord's good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled". This statement serves as a testament to God's faithfulness and his commitment to keep his promises to his people. It also highlights the importance of trusting in God and relying on him to fulfill his promises in our own lives.

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In Part IV of our Series on our Biblical Framework for Leadership Development, Wes Bryant discusses the 4th Group:  The Disciples.  Tune in to discover the characteristics of the Disciples and what sets them apart from the Followers.

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In Part III of our Series on our Biblical Framework for Leadership Development, Wes Bryant discusses the 3rd Group:  The Followers.  Tune in to discover the characteristics of the Followers and what sets them apart from the Crowd.

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