Hey Friends,

As you know, spiritual leadership is what I am most passionate about. At the core of leadership it is all about others. Peter Drucker said, “Leadership is the lifting of a man’s vision to higher sights, the raising of a man’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a man’s personality beyond its normal limits.” I love this because it cuts to the bottom line of what we need to do for others.

Far too many people want to be leaders because of what they see as perks. There are some perks for being a leader, but the responsibility far outweighs the perks. You and I are supposed to be here to help make others better. Are you? Do you?

Leaders don’t evaluate their performance based what they do, but by how it affects others, the team and the organization. Let’s look at a few questions to help evaluate our leadership:

1. Are the people on your team succeeding? Since leadership is about others, how are they doing?

2. Are the people on your team being developed? At FPC we spend a lot of money of staff development. The better the leadership team the better the church. This is a critical focus for the senior team and whole staff. We want to develop people at every level.

3. Are the people on your team being transformed? Personal growth is a passion. I am nearly finished with my second book and it is all about developing a personal growth plan for your life.

4. Do the people on your team trust you? You can’t lead them if they don’t trust you. In spiritual leadership, here is where the enemy engages us to the extreme! Be ready. People won’t follow you if they don’t trust you.

It is easy to evaluate our leadership on how we are doing! The only problem is that it tells us nothing about our leadership. It is all about others.

How do you see it?

Love ya,

Pastor Chris

Hey Friends,

As the Colts walked off the field after their loss in the Superbowl they did not look quite like the Saints did. You could tell who won and who lost without having even watched the game. You could see it in the morale of the players. One team went to the locker room and one went to celebrate. Morale is awesome when you have it and a bummer when you don’t. It is critical for a winning team. Does your team have it?

To turn a team around, morale is a must. Morale gives great power to any team that possesses it.

Let me give you five things John Maxwell says morale will provide:

1. High morale is the great exaggerator.  When the team has it they are positive and believe they can win and make a huge difference in any game.

2. High morale is the great elevator. With morale on the team they can go to a whole new level of performance. Confidence and faith are easy with morale. The opposite is true also; without morale there is no faith or confidence in or with the team. Without morale teammates usually look out just for themselves.

3. High morale is the great energizer. With great morale the team can scale any summit, carry any challenge, and run any race. Without it, energy seems to drain quickly and quitting becomes easier.

4. High morale is the great eliminator. With morale you can keep going, but without it almost any obstacle will stop the team.

5. High morale is the great emancipator. Winning frees you up, makes margins and makes life good. Without it…well, by now I’ll bet you get it or at least wish you had it.

So, how do you get it? You work on individual members of the team and help them become the spark for the other players on your team. You have to turn them around one at a time. As the leader it is your job to help the team gain morale.

Are you a morale motivator? Every team needs it, especially in the Kingdom.

Love you,

Pastor Chris

Hey Friends,

You guys have been great this week. It was the biggest week of blogging I have ever had, and the comments were so helpful. I was blown away!  I would like to ask you to continue to write your comments on the blog site so others that visit the site can read your contributions. We are a team and we all have insights to share. Wednesday netted over 100 comments – amazing. I’ve got to tell you, I was fired up for the weekend after all of your input and insight!

 We all need each other! “Encourage each other to love and good works and all the more as you see the day approaching.” Keep up the great work. I look forward to this weekend and I believe God will move in great power. We will see miracles and experience the favor of God. I am looking for revival. Please pray with me because we can do more together than we can alone. Leadership is about raising up more leaders and you guys are great. I am praying for you and I long to see you reach your full potential in building the Kingdom of God and making Jesus famous.

This weekend could be the weekend that revival rocks. Can’t wait to see all God will do!

Yours to  count on,

P.C.