Leadership Lessons from Solomon: Unity, Empowerment, and Growth
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Organizational chaos can happen in any company, organization, trade associations, schools, and even churches. This type of chaos can also be seen in family units and friendship groups. As Karen Martin writes, in many of the organizations with which I've worked, I've noticed that managers and workers simply don't see the chaos or the causes of chaos around them. This type of blind spot is similar to what is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, after two psychologists who described it. The Dunning-Kruger effect notes that people who are truly incompetent don't know that they are incompetent. They lack the knowledge that allows them to understand the difference between competence and incompetence." [01:42]
2. "My friends, often at the core of organizational chaos, be it in secular or Christian organizations, among family and friendship units, is unresolved and unidentified root issues that create not only a toxic environment, but also a toxic environment. It also allows insecurities, jealousies, and the worst of human sinful nature to percolate to the surface, but masked behind a facade. That is a mouthful, but simply put, unless the foundation is properly set in any organization or family or friendship unit, then there will be chaos and dysfunction for Christian organizations, businesses, schools, churches, and even in families, which does not honor the Lord, and it showcases a bad testimony to the unbelieving world." [04:35]
3. "In family units, when parents create a safe and secure environment, it assures them that they will be successful. It assures the children and creates a loving atmosphere. It allows children, even parents, to mess up and not be perfect, which in turn allows for grace, forgiveness, reconciliation, and love to be practiced. I remember when one of my children asked us openly, are you two getting a divorce? When that child witnessed us fighting. Of course, it is inevitable that we would fight in front of them, because we are all sinners, and imperfect. But because my children all know that in our family, it is a safe place for them to ask any questions that they want, they were able to ask a question like that." [30:18]
4. "When Jesus Christ gave his great commission, he was both delegating all of us and empowering each of us to do the work of evangelism and discipleship. Now, this doesn't mean we go out and do the work without any training, mentoring, and accountability, but the Lord promised in Matthew chapter 28 to be with us as we work together to fulfill God's great charge for each of his followers. Delegation and empowerment requires a lot of trust, but that's where accountability comes in, to make sure that the person is doing the task given. If not, then either discipline or further support may be needed to be given by the Lord. But at its root, we need to understand one person simply can't do everything. If you try, you will be stretched so thin you will not be effective." [11:20]
5. "I shared with my boys my own struggles and continual battles, and told them it's normal for someone with a sin nature. I told them that acknowledging that we can stumble in this area of sexual sins is a great way to be aware of how we are tempted so we can tackle these issues. And I'm glad my boys have shared with me intimate questions and areas in which they have struggled, so we can talk about these issues." [31:25]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Everyone is part of the same church from the very same volunteer pool. All serving the same Lord, all with the same mission and purpose. So, if you want to sing in the choir this year, and next year you want to teach children, and in the following year you want to serve coffee, you go right ahead. The leaders will celebrate with you as you have a desire to serve. There should be no bad feelings that people change volunteering ministries because we are the same church." [24:07]
2. "With God's enablement and protection, Solomon wisely ruled his country in such a way that the people felt safe and secure, without worry of outside threat, which allowed the people to thrive. And this is our third organizational wisdom principle, number three. Create a safe and secure space for people to thrive. Create a safe and secure space for people to thrive. Historically, we see that when an empire and country experiences peace, the nation and people thrive." [27:15]
3. "What Solomon did, in verses 7 to 20, was to remove traditional boundaries for a more, unified focus and goal. And that's our second organizational wisdom principle, number two. Remove traditional boundaries for a more united focus and goal. Remove traditional boundaries for a more united focus and united goal. I think in any organization, and even in churches, all too often people build their own mini kingdoms within the larger organization to perhaps promote their own patronages, to stroke their own national interests, to promote their own egos, to get what they want, or to promote their own advocacies and agendas, forgetting that they are part of a bigger organization." [15:51]
4. "He wisely delegated his authority and work in governing the kingdom to allow him to better lead God's people. In fact, this wise idea of a team-based approach to leading others, living life, and working and doing ministry is supported throughout the Bible. In Exodus chapter 18, we read that Moses was tiring himself, tiring himself out by serving as judge for all the people working from morning until the evening. It was his father-in-law, Jethro, who told him he had to delegate the work and empower others so that God's work through his leadership could be more effectively done." [06:57]
5. "The Apostle Paul's point was the church should be focused on Christ, united in the work that the Lord Jesus has given us. We don't need to identify with a specific personality or pastor, but to remember that Christ is the foundation of the church, and the purpose of the church is to glorify Him and Him alone through the work of the Great Commission and living out the Great Commission. Listen, politics has no place in the church. Politics has no place in this church. That's why at GCCP, we want alignment in all ministries and projects to the church's vision and mission. Personal projects or pet advocacy will not be found in this church." [18:56]
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1. "Organizational chaos can happen in any company, organization, trade associations, schools, and even churches. This type of chaos can also be seen in family units and friendship groups. As Karen Martin writes, in many of the organizations with which I've worked, I've noticed that managers and workers simply don't see the chaos or the causes of chaos around them. This type of blind spot is similar to what is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, after two psychologists who described it. The Dunning-Kruger effect notes that people who are truly incompetent don't know that they are incompetent. They lack the knowledge that allows them to understand the difference between competence and incompetence." [01:42]
2. "My friends, often at the core of organizational chaos, be it in secular or Christian organizations, among family and friendship units, is unresolved and unidentified root issues that create not only a toxic environment, but also a toxic environment. It also allows insecurities, jealousies, and the worst of human sinful nature to percolate to the surface, but masked behind a facade. That is a mouthful, but simply put, unless the foundation is properly set in any organization or family or friendship unit, then there will be chaos and dysfunction for Christian organizations, businesses, schools, churches, and even in families, which does not honor the Lord, and it showcases a bad testimony to the unbelieving world." [04:35]
3. "In family units, when parents create a safe and secure environment, it assures them that they will be successful. It assures the children and creates a loving atmosphere. It allows children, even parents, to mess up and not be perfect, which in turn allows for grace, forgiveness, reconciliation, and love to be practiced. I remember when one of my children asked us openly, are you two getting a divorce? When that child witnessed us fighting. Of course, it is inevitable that we would fight in front of them, because we are all sinners, and imperfect. But because my children all know that in our family, it is a safe place for them to ask any questions that they want, they were able to ask a question like that." [30:18]
4. "When Jesus Christ gave his great commission, he was both delegating all of us and empowering each of us to do the work of evangelism and discipleship. Now, this doesn't mean we go out and do the work without any training, mentoring, and accountability, but the Lord promised in Matthew chapter 28 to be with us as we work together to fulfill God's great charge for each of his followers. Delegation and empowerment requires a lot of trust, but that's where accountability comes in, to make sure that the person is doing the task given. If not, then either discipline or further support may be needed to be given by the Lord. But at its root, we need to understand one person simply can't do everything. If you try, you will be stretched so thin you will not be effective." [11:20]
5. "I shared with my boys my own struggles and continual battles, and told them it's normal for someone with a sin nature. I told them that acknowledging that we can stumble in this area of sexual sins is a great way to be aware of how we are tempted so we can tackle these issues. And I'm glad my boys have shared with me intimate questions and areas in which they have struggled, so we can talk about these issues." [31:25]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Everyone is part of the same church from the very same volunteer pool. All serving the same Lord, all with the same mission and purpose. So, if you want to sing in the choir this year, and next year you want to teach children, and in the following year you want to serve coffee, you go right ahead. The leaders will celebrate with you as you have a desire to serve. There should be no bad feelings that people change volunteering ministries because we are the same church." [24:07]
2. "With God's enablement and protection, Solomon wisely ruled his country in such a way that the people felt safe and secure, without worry of outside threat, which allowed the people to thrive. And this is our third organizational wisdom principle, number three. Create a safe and secure space for people to thrive. Create a safe and secure space for people to thrive. Historically, we see that when an empire and country experiences peace, the nation and people thrive." [27:15]
3. "What Solomon did, in verses 7 to 20, was to remove traditional boundaries for a more, unified focus and goal. And that's our second organizational wisdom principle, number two. Remove traditional boundaries for a more united focus and goal. Remove traditional boundaries for a more united focus and united goal. I think in any organization, and even in churches, all too often people build their own mini kingdoms within the larger organization to perhaps promote their own patronages, to stroke their own national interests, to promote their own egos, to get what they want, or to promote their own advocacies and agendas, forgetting that they are part of a bigger organization." [15:51]
4. "He wisely delegated his authority and work in governing the kingdom to allow him to better lead God's people. In fact, this wise idea of a team-based approach to leading others, living life, and working and doing ministry is supported throughout the Bible. In Exodus chapter 18, we read that Moses was tiring himself, tiring himself out by serving as judge for all the people working from morning until the evening. It was his father-in-law, Jethro, who told him he had to delegate the work and empower others so that God's work through his leadership could be more effectively done." [06:57]
5. "The Apostle Paul's point was the church should be focused on Christ, united in the work that the Lord Jesus has given us. We don't need to identify with a specific personality or pastor, but to remember that Christ is the foundation of the church, and the purpose of the church is to glorify Him and Him alone through the work of the Great Commission and living out the Great Commission. Listen, politics has no place in the church. Politics has no place in this church. That's why at GCCP, we want alignment in all ministries and projects to the church's vision and mission. Personal projects or pet advocacy will not be found in this church." [18:56]
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