Resource Friday.

This is resource Friday with a twist. What resources are you using? Add them to the discussion. Share with others what's helping you lead.

Leave us a comment.

peace be the journey.
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Resource Friday.

This past October I attended a conference...a refreshing, vision transforming conference. I attended Catalyst. They have a great news letter they send out via email with some articles that will help you with your leadership. Check it out here.

Have a great weekend. May you impact someone with leadership.

peace be the journey.
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Resource Friday.

Sometimes a good blog is worth the time to read, but if you add free stuff to a blog then it becomes like brown sugar in honey butter at Outback. (If you haven't tried it then you might want to with your bread) As a leader you will have people following you, and to be successful and make an impact you have to disciple those that are following you. Yes this resource is set up for teens, but you can probably take some of the resources and tweak them to fit the discipling you are going to do for your ministry. Remember it's not just ministry in a church but ministry in your jobs as well.  Disciple those in the workplace too, but don't shove it down their throat. A good leader knows when it is time to disciple someone.

Here's the resource: The Disciple Project

http://thediscipleproject.net/

(a project with a link to another project)

peace be the journey.
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Resource Friday.

Today is resource Friday in case you were not aware or have been knocked unconscious for the past couple of days. Today I wan't you to have some resources that will help your spiritual leadership. We can never have enough messages from pastors tingle our ears. There isn't an old scroll somewhere that says we must only listen to 2-3 (depending on Sunday Night services) messages a week. Allowing yourself to grow and be challenged throughout the week will feed your spiritual hunger. Also, if you ever speak for your ministry, or your small group, or bible study then these messages will broaden your thinking processes. 

A phrase that has stuck with me over the past year is "what fills your heart will lead your life". Let's fill ourselves with some amazing messages.

This week I have made a list of speakers I have been listening to lately. They are great leaders who have challenged me to become a better leader myself. Hopefully it will do the same for you. Remember what fills your heart will lead your life.

Craig Groeschel

Judah Smith

Rob Bell

Brian Houston

Steven Furtick

peace be the journey.

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Resource Friday.

Resources are amazing. That is the phrase that best describes a resource. I remember when I began leading my ministry I drove about 2 hrs north of my house to visit a friend student pastor and he loaded me down with resource after resource. Literally it was more than I could carry and we loaded the trunk of my car with them.

I cannot express how much that meant to me, and how helpful it has been in the two years I've been a student pastor. This being the first friday of the blog I will explain what resource friday will consist of.

I will post one resource per Friday that will help you develop as a leader. Some fridays in may be a book, other fridays it may be a sermon, the other fridays it may be a website with great things to help you. Some will be based for student pastors, others music, others kids, and others for all leaders in general.

With that said, this will be the longest post ever for a resource friday. Here is the first resource. Every young leader needs to read The Next Generation Leader by Andy Stanley. You can find it on Amazon here. It's a great read that will help you focus your leadership and take some stress off of you.

Read it and tell me what you think about it.

peace be the journey.

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