Every Leader Needs Two "I's"...

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I am convinced that if you call yourself a LEADER then you embrace two "I's"! "I" number one stands for INVESTIGATE. This just in, every leader needs to be a learner, and in case you weren't aware of this, we don't know everything, lol! The truth is God is doing some BIG stuff in churches across the country. Because of the awesome day and age we live in we can INVESTIGATE other ministries from our kitchen tables in our pajama's, how cool is that. Now I am talking about recklessly wasting time surfing the net, but purposeful time that is strategically peering into works of God around the country. If we want to become all God created us to become as leaders, then we need to allow other leaders permission to speak into our lives. It's kinda like that iron sharpens iron thing! Let me give you a couple of ideas on how to INVESTIGATE.
  1. If you find an exciting blog from a church leader that speaks to your heart, check out their website
  2. If you receive cool magazines like OUTREACH MAGAZINE always check out the writers websites
  3. Keep a favorites folder of cool websites you find and frequent them often
  4. Ask other leaders what sites they enjoy "stealing" from and learning from
More to come tomorrow, how exciting is this! Until tomorrow...

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