Daily Devotion: The Bad Leader

Bible Reading: I Kings 12:1-19

Key Verse: Verses 11 & 13 – "And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions." (vs 11) "And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;" (vs 13)

Key Words: I will add to your yoke (vs 11) And the king answered the people roughly (vs 13)

Daily Devotion: Basic Rules of Leadership

Bible Reading: Romans 16:1-16

Key Verse: Verse 1 – "I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:"

Key Words: I commend unto you Phebe

Daily Devotion: Replacing Leaders

Bible Reading: Acts 5:33-42

Key Verse: Verse 38 – "And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:"

Key Words: if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought

Daily Devotion: Leadership and Delegation

Bible Reading: Exodus 18:13-26

Key Verse: Verse 18 – "Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone."

Key Words: Thou wilt surely wear away

Daily Devotion: The Wrong Example

Bible Reading: Jude 1-9

Key Verse: Verse 7 – "Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire."

Key Words: are set forth for an example

Daily Devotion: Failure

Bible Reading: Genesis 12

Key Verse: Verse 13 – "Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee."

Key Words: Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister

Daily Devotion: Merry Christmas

Bible Reading: II Chronicles 7

Verse: Verse 14 – " If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

Key Words: If my people

Daily Devotion: Self-Sacrifice

Bible Reading: Galatians 6

Key Verse: Verse 17 – "From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus."

Key Words: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.

Daily Devotion: The Leader and Jealousy

Bible Reading: Numbers 12

Key Verse: Verse 1 – "And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman."

Key Words: Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses

Daily Devotion: Improving Leadership

Bible Reading: Romans 12:1-8

Key Verse: Verse 8 – "Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness."

Key Words: he that ruleth, with diligence

Daily Devotion: The Leader as a Reader

Bible Reading: II Timothy 4:1-13

Key Verse: Verse 13 - "The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments."

Key Words: and the books

Daily Devotion: The Leader and Time

Bible Reading: Psalm 39

Key Verse: Verse 5 – "Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah."

Key Words: Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth

Daily Devotion: The Cost of Discipleship

Bible Reading: Matthew 10:24-42

Key Verse: Verse 38 – "And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me."

Key Words: worthy of me

Daily Devotion: The Spiritual Leader and Prayer

Bible Reading: Luke 5:1-16

Key Verse: Verse 16 – "And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed."

Key Words: and prayed

Daily Devotion: Spiritual Leadership

Bible Reading: Acts 6

Key Verse: Verse 3 - "Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business."

Key Words: full of the Holy Ghost

Daily Devotion: The Ability to Inspire

Bible Reading: Nehemiah 6

Key Verse: Verse 15 – "So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days."

Key Words: So the wall was finished

Daily Devotion: Leadership and Decisions

Bible Reading: I Corinthians 6:1-12

Key Verse: Verse 12 – "All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any."

Key Words: I will not be brought under the power of any

Daily Devotion: The Ultimate Leader

Bible Reading: John 16:1-16

Key Verse: Verse 13 – "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come."

Key Words: he will guide you into all truth

Daily Devotion: Leadership and Battles

Bible Reading: Joshua 7:1-15

Key Verse: Verse 3 – "And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few."

Key Words: And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up;

Daily Devotion: Humor and Leadership

Bible Reading: Proverbs 17

Key Verse: Verse 22 – "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones."

Key Words: A merry heart doeth good like a medicine

Daily Devotion: Steel and Velvet

Bible Reading: Romans 7:16-25

Key Verse: Verse 24 - "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?"

Key Words: O wretched man that I am!

Daily Devotion: A Great Task

Bible Reading: Mark 9:14-29

Key Verse: Verse 28– "And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?"

Key Words: Why could not we cast him out?

Daily Devotion: Spiritual Leaders

Bible Reading: I Peter 5:1-7

Key Verse: Verse 1 – “The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:"

Key Words: The elders which are among you

Daily Devotion: Maturity and Leadership

Bible Reading: I Timothy 3:1-7

Key Verse: 6– "Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil."

Key Words: Not a novice

Daily Devotion: Some Thoughts About Leadership

Bible Reading: Acts 6

Key Verse: Verse 3- "Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business."

Key Words: full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom

Daily Devotion: Leading By Example

Bible Reading: Philippians 3

Key Verse: Verse 17 - "Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample."

Key Words: be followers together of me

Daily Devotion: Leading Through Mentoring

Bible Reading: Matthew 28

Key Verse: Verse 20 – "Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen."

Key Words: Teaching them

Daily Devotion: Qualities of a Leader

Bible Reading: John 1:43-51

Key Verse: Verse 43 – "The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me."

Key Words: Follow me

Daily Devotion: Demus

Bible Reading: Philemon 1

Key Verse: Verse 24 - "Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers."

Key Words: Demas

Daily Devotion: Leadership and Respect

Bible Reading: Genesis 4:1–15

Key Verse: Verse 5 – "But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell."

Key Words: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect

Daily Devotion: Searching for Leaders

Bible Reading: I Samuel 13:1-16

Key Verse: Verse 14- "But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not that which the LORD commanded thee."

Key Words: the LORD hath sought him a after his own heart

December 2018: Emphasis on Leadership

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