Communication And Competence Series

5. Our friends, our family, our children, all the people that God has put us here to influence will only aim as high as lead them to aim.

6. When was the last time that you gave your absolute best even though nobody but you would know about it?

(Col 3:23 NIV) Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,

(Eph 6:7 NIV) Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men,

III. To be all that God created us to be, and to accomplish all that God created us to accomplish we have to communicate.

A. It is important that leaders are able to talk to people, get involved in their lives and let them know that they care about them.

B. It is the job of a leader to make the people that follow them feel at ease.

C. We have to have to believe in what we’re doing enough to help others believe in it to, and we have to let people know that we care about them and about what is going on in their lives.

1. We have to let people know where we are going and that we know where we are going if we expect them to want to follow us, and we have to remember that we may be the only person that they have to follow.

2. It is really hard for people to believe that a God that they can’t see cares about them, if they don’t see caring in the people that say they represent Him, and communication is the key to seeing that happen.

D. We also have to be competent.

1. We have to show up everyday ready to give our best no matter how we feel, what kind of circumstance we face, or how difficult we expect the job to be.

2. And we need keep improving . If we want out of our relationship with God and our service to God to be what it can be, and if we want to make a difference in this community, then we can’t become so satisfied that we don’t try to get better.

3. We have Follow Through with Excellence. Why would we feel that our relationship with and service for God, which is the most important part of our lives, deserves less than the very best that we can give it, and our total devotion and dedication.

4. We have to ACCOMPLISH MORE THAN IS EXPECTED. As leaders of people and leaders of our families and children, and servants of God we can’t afford to have an attitude of getting by, because much is at stake and the time that we have to do it is too short. We have to do the job and then some, day in a day out because the time is too short, and the outcome is too important to do any less.

5. We also have to INSPIRE OTHERS. Our friends, our family, our children, all the people that God has put us here to influence will only aim as high as we lead them to aim.

(Prov 16:24 NIV) Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

(Col 3:23 NIV) Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,

E. I hope that you will devote yourselves to developing the qualities of a leader for the benefit of your family, your friends, the people that you work with and for, the people that God is depending on your service to lead to Him, but mostly because you service is to God who has giving you so much.