“What can we say about all this? If God
is on our side, can anyone be against us?... In everything we have won more
than a victory because of Christ who loves us.”
(Romans 8:31,37 CEV)
Good leaders know how to get the best
out of people by continually encouraging them to take steps of faith in their
service to God in the church and elsewhere…
What does it mean to be truly encouraging?
The answer may seem obvious, but many leaders don’t get it. They have great
expectations for their followers, but they offer little positive support. An
encouraging leader helps people to believe in themselves, and instills in them a
sense of confidence -- for confidence literally means to have faith (fidelis) with (con) another person. When we encourage people, we not only have
faith in them, but at deeper levels we instill in them a faith that God is with
them. And when God is with us, who can be against us? Our faith in people
engenders the confidence that can lead them to achievements of which they didn’t
think themselves capable.
-- N. Graham Standish in “Becoming a Blessed Church: Forming a
Church of Spiritual Purpose, Presence, and Power”
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