What an amazing night at Switch! I learned so much about leadership in the past 48 hrs. Allow me to share with you. It all started about 3 o’clock on Tuesday I called one of my amazing leaders and asked her to lead or leader meeting. By noon on Wednesday I had given away the entire night to our wonderful leaders from the meeting, all the stage time including the close and call to Christ.

Don’t get me wrong it’s not that I didn’t want to all that stuff I just felt like I was supposed to give it away. Turned out to be an unbelievable night and it was all thanks to some truly amazing leaders. I suppose I could have tried to do it all on my own, yet not even Jesus tried to do it on his own.

He frequently gave his disciples opportunities to show their leadership. Then why would I assume only I can do it. Why would I just assign my leaders simple task. They are capable of far more.
Leaders don’t limit those they lead
Leaders challenge those around them
Leaders admit when they don’t know it all
Leaders can’t be afraid to go against the grain
Leaders help others become leaders
Leaders don’t keep all the fun jobs for themselves

This weeks video is by Viktory. Its from his latest album “Son of a King” amazing song, amazing album check it out highly recommended!

How would you answer the question? There are a lot of people who lead others but are they effective. What defines an effective leader. If your not being effective are you even being a leader.

Let me know your thoughts.

What do you do with your time? If you were to stop and examine a week in your life, how did you spend your time? Is it used to improve your life and the lives of those around you? Do you spend endless hour watching TV. Do you take time with the family and friends?
Let’s think about it they’re 24 hrs in a day a 168 in a week.
Let’s say you work 65 hours a week and sleep 45 hours a week. That leaves 58 hours a week what do you do with that time.
That’s almost 8 hours a day. Now I know this may not be your exact numbers but just take a monument and see where you stand. See what you are doing with you time are you being productive or just letting it go to waste. I’m not trying to tell you what a waste of your time is. Sometimes we don’t think about things unless someone points them out. I know I’m that way sometimes.
So again I ask……………
What do you do with your time?

This weeks video is from The Exodus Movement a group of young men from Oklahoma(my home state). I’ve had the privilege to work with them a couple of times and their heart for the Lord is huge. Enjoy this song speaks big things!

What is your morning routine? What are the steps you take to prepare yourself for the days activities? For me it’s pretty basic:

• Wake up 2 hours before I have to be somewhere
• Pray and read my bible
• Personal hygiene
• Find something to wear
• Eat some breakfast
• Make sure I have everything I need for the day

Then its time to kiss my lovely wife, tell her I love her and out the door I go. I believe how you prepare is how you will succeed. That includes your getting ready for the day. Do you set yourself up to succeed or to fail? Do you start you morning off to be at you best or just get thru the day.

I guess the better question would be how do you prepare for the day?

So it’s been a minute since my last blog. Not sure why maybe just the season I was in. now I’m excited to get back to writing daily it was good for me and love to express what Jesus is doing in me. Recently I had the chance to sit down with some amazing men of God and have them speak into my life. This was a huge step out of my comfort zone. It was great to learn and take in the wisdom of those who know more than I do. One of the ways in which I was challenged was to pick 3 words in areas I would like to see growth in and weight them against what is happing in my life. This was an amazing piece of advice so much that I challenged my wife and a friend to do the same.
The words I choose are: marriage, discipline, intentional, build, relationships
So each week I will see how the previous week looked in these areas and how the upcoming week looks. I’m excited to start writing on a regular basis and share how God is working in my life.