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Stewardship of Influence Leadership Conferences Conference Notes

Finishing WellActs 20:24, “But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so

testify to the gospel of the grace of God.”

Paul is saying that he does not count his life of any value or dear to himself. Paul knew he

race speaks of his

joy speaks of his .

Psalms 51:12, “Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit.”

Joy – a happiness based on unchanging divine

and eternal spiritual .

1 Peter 1:8, “Whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory.”

Joy is not the result of circumstances.

John 16:20-22, “Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.”

Joy is the from God, and as such, believers are not to

it but to delight in the blessing they already possess.


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COURSE

ATTITUDE

PROMISES

REALITIES

FAVORABLE

GIFTMANUFACTURE

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Paul saw his life as , he had been able to accomplish through the Lord’s power (grace) all that God called him to do.

Preliminary Observations:

1.

2.

3.

4.

of the game, not in the of the game.

Possible Reason

Teenagers with driving license:

16-18 and (nervous fear)

1 Peter 3:15, “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.” - “fear” self-distrust

19-21 and

1 Corinthians 10:12, “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.”

22-25 (matured)



ONE: Proverbs To Remind Us To Be Faithful.

Proverbs – short sayings which express timeless and

.

Proverbs 2:10-12, “When wisdom enters your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul, discretion will preserve you, understanding will keep you, to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things.”

Proverbs contain insights and commands to be . The two-fold purpose of the Proverbs is:

› To produce the of godly living by wisdom and

instruction; the ability to govern oneself by .

› To develop .

If we fail to embrace , enticement to

will win out.

Proverbs 1:10-11, “My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait to shed blood; let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.”

A. The Neglect of .

Proverbs 5:8-13, “Remove your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one; and your labors go to the house of a foreigner; body are consumed, and say: “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised correction! I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!”


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COMPLETE

GOD

WE

MANY

MIDDLE

END

CAUTIOUS ALERT

CARELESS CONFIDENCE

CONDITIONAL

TRUTHS

WISDOM

OBEYED

SKILLCHOICE

DISCERNMENT

WISDOM

SIN

WARNING

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B. The Satisfying .

Proverbs 5:15, “Drink water from your own cistern, And running water from your own well.”

Cistern and well refer to the wife from whom the husband is to draw

his satisfying refreshment; sexually and affectionately.

C. The Strong Man .

Proverbs 7:24-27, “Now therefore, listen to me, my children; pay attention to the words of my mouth:

do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into her paths; for she has cast down many wounded, and all who were

slain by her were strong men. Her house is the way to hell, descending to the chambers of death.”

Not just week men fall, but strong men in the wrong

at the wrong

with the wrong for the wrong .

D. The Bread Eaten in .

Proverbs 9:17, “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

Forbidden delights sometimes seem sweeter and more pleasant because of their

.

E. The Will Be “ ” Principle.

Proverbs 10:9, “He who walks with integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will become known.”

Proverbs 11:3, “The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.”

F. The “ ” Principle.

Proverbs 19:14, “Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.”

G. The “ With The In Mind” Principle.

Proverbs 19:20, “Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.”

Proverbs 19:23, “The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it will abide in satisfaction; he will not be visited with evil.”

H. The Principle.

Proverbs 20:7, “The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.”

2 Corinthians 1:12, “For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we

wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.”

An appeal to the highest court: our . The soul’s warning system, which allows human beings to contemplate their motives and actions and make moral evaluations of what is right and wrong. In order to work as God designed it, the conscience must be informed to the highest moral and spiritual level and best standard, which means submitting it to the Holy Spirit through God’s Word.

I. The Eating of Gravel.

Proverbs 20:17, “Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth



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REFRESHMENT

ALL

SLAIN

PLACE TIME

REASONS

SECRET

RISK AND DANGER

FOUND OUT

GOOD THING

PLAN END

HOME

CONSCIENCE

THOUGHTS


TWO: Prayer to When Unfaithful. Psalm 51

The Song for this Psalm:

“I was sinking deep in sin,Far from the peaceful shore,Very deeply stained within,

Sinking to rise no more;But the Master of the seaHeard my despairing cry,From the water lifted me,

Now safe am I.”

A. Prayer for . 7-10

First thing that must happen is the accepting of

for your sin. David takes full blame.

By the way, he begins with and a deep desire

for cleansing; he does not begin with .

He admits v.3 “My sin is always before me.”

His sin him.

v.7 hysop was a leafy plant used to sprinkle blood or water on a person being

ceremonially

“Wash me” – David felt dirty, soiled, stained. He did not wish to be rinsed off,

he wanted to be .

Some people want to be instead of washed white.

“I shall be whiter than snow”

v.8 During David’s rebellion he had become deaf to the voice of God.

Sin will your song.

v.8b A picture of personal under guilt.

v.9 Criminals often cover their faces to avoid cameras. David was

, he had been exposed.

v.10 create - This word speaks of the fact that God, in His creative activity, can bring

out of .

B. Prayer for . 11-12

v.11 Is a reference to the special Holy Spirit anointing of theocratic mediators. David’s greatest fear was that God would abandon him.

C. Promise of for the Unfaithful. 13-17

Psalms 51:13, “Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners shall be converted to You.”

v.14 “And my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness”

Psalms 51:15, “O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Your praise.”

v.16 Ritual without genuine is useless.



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REMEMBER

MORAL CLEANESS

RESPONSIBILITY

CONFESSION

RESTORATION

HOUNDED

CLEANSED

STERILIZED

WHITE WASHED

STEAL

COLLAPSE

ASHAMED

SOMETHING NOTHING

SPIRITUAL WISDOM

RENEWED SERVICE

REPENTANCE


Barriers to Ending Well

1.

2. Abuse of

3. Lack of with Finances

4. Issues

5. Issues

6.

“People who excel at something can rarely tell you how to do it.”

Peter Drucker

“Every man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person, whatever he says has an enhanced value.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When you believe in people, they do the impossible.”

Nancy Dornan

ONE: The

1. .

“Character is made in the small moments of our lives.”

Phillips Brooks

› It’s doing what’s right in the “little things” consistently.

› It speaks of who we are, not what we do.

“If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.”

D.L. Moody

› Integrity builds trust.

› Integrity gives, is not a taker

“God has been good to me, He has given me more than I need, however, He has reminded me that others need it.”

Augustine



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BUILDING

INTEGRITY

PRIDE

POWER

INTEGRITY

FAMILY

SEXUAL

PLATEAUING


2. .

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› leaders.

3. .

› Character is what you know you are.

› Reputation is what others think you are.

4. .

5. .

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“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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› your life you still look forward to.

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“People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for.”

Harper Lee

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“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.”

Andrew Carnegie

“No man can for any considerable time wear one face to himself and another to the

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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“Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.”

Willis R. Whitney

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› their heart is in it.

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› esult, become gracious and generous.



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AUTHORITY

CHARACTER

GENUINE

HUMILITY




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“There is a theory of human behavior that says people subconsciously retard their own intellectual growth. They come to rely on clichés and habits. Once they reach the age of their own personal comfort with the world, they stop learning and their mind runs on idle for the rest of their days. They may progress organizationally, they may be ambitious and eager, and they may even work night and day. But they learn no more.”

Philip B. Crosby

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› You must deal with your insecurities

› Fears must be replaced with faith

› Dreads must be replaced with dreams

› Self-preservation must be replaced with His strength

TWO: The

1. A Appeal

› Objectively and logically explaining your reason in a clear and compelling way.

› Offering factual and detailed evidence that our proposal is feasible without overstating or being unrealistic.

› Demonstrating clearly and logically why your idea is the best possible option, showing that you have carefully considered other possibilities.

› improving the work in a way that makes the job easier or more interesting.

› appointments, etc.

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› lifetime.

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“The number one reason leaders are unsuccessful is their inability to lead themselves.”

Truett Cathy

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› decreasing yourself.

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“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”

Ronald Osborn

“Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Those rewards create almost as many problems as they solve. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the

will at least be a little bit different for our having passed through it.”

Harold Kushner

LOGICAL

BUY IN



2. An Appeal

› Connecting to individual goals and values.

› to accomplish it.

› Linking your request to a clear and appealing vision the person can fully support.

› Appealing to the person’s self-image.

3. A Appeal

(David Baldwin, Center for Creative Leadership)

THREE: The

› Everyone needs someone to believe in them.

› Most people don’t believe in themselves.

› Most people don’t have someone to believe in them.

› Most people know who believes in them.

› Everyone needs someone who will do anything and everything to live up to those who believe in them.

› You have to believe in people now.

› Everybody loves winners.



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› Look for things to praise in those you believe in.

› Identify with failures in others; list yours.

“There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being – to help someone succeed.”

Alan Loy McGinnis

Five Steps for Moving From Maintenance to Multiplication

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About 20 percent of all leaders live on the lowest level in the development process. They are not doing anything to develop people in their organization, and as a result, their attrition rate is off the charts. They can’t seem to keep anyone they recruit. That’s why we say they’re in the scramble stage – they spend most of their time scrambling

owners who seem to stay in scramble mode. The morale in their organization stays low, and it doesn’t take long for them to burn out from exhaustion.

2.

The next stage in the development ladder is survival mode. In it, leaders do nothing to develop their people, but they do manage to keep the people they have. About 50 percent of all organizational leaders function this way. Their organizations

survives from day to day without much promise or hope for the future.

3. _______________________________

About 10 percent of all leaders work at developing their people into better leaders, but they neglect to build their relationships with their people. As a result, their potential leaders leave the organization to pursue other opportunities. In other words, they are siphoned off from the organization. That often leads to frustration on the part of the

time to looking for replacements.

SCRAMBLE

SURVIVAL

SIPHON

BENEFITS

COOPERATIVE

EMOTIONAL


4.

When leaders build strong relationships, develop people to become good leaders, empower them to reach their potential - and are able to keep them in the organization – something wonderful happens. It’s often called synergy, meaning that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts because the parts interact well together and create energy, progress, and momentum. An organization on the synergy level

of all leaders reach this level, but those who do are often considered the very best there are.

5.

Many people who reach the synergy level never try to go any farther because they don’t realize they can take one more step in the development process, and that’s

stay in the organization, work to reach their potential, and in turn develop leaders.

it to this level, but the ones who do are able to tap into almost limitless growth and

level can make an impact on the world.

Seven Questions for a Successful Team Orientation.

1. Do I add value to others?

2. Do I add value to the organization?

3. Am I quick to give away the credit when things go right?

4. Is our team consistently adding new members?

5. Do I use my “bench” players as much as I could?

6. Do many people on the team consistently make important decisions?

7. Is our team’s emphasis on creating victories more than producing stars?

Mark Corts

“There is a price to pay to grow. Commitment is the price.”

Ed Cole

Sheldon Kopp

“What we do on some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.”

H.P. Liddon

THREE: The

› Begin to think you deserve it; entitlement.

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FOUR: The

› Helping others succeed.

› Lifting up Christ with the established platform.

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BLESSING

BEWARE

SIGNIFICANCE

SYNERGY


Must Understand 4 Important Words

1.

2.

3.

4.




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