Not my WILL, Your's be DONE

FAITH and WISDOM (JAMES 1:2-8)

2009-05-12T00:01:00.000-07:00

FAITH

For you know that when you faith
succeeds in facing such trials,
the result is the ability
to endure.

WISDOM

But if any of you lack wisdom,
you should pray to God,
who will give it to you;
because God gives generously
and graciously to all.

FAITH + WISDOM

= ability to endure
= perfect person
= complete you
= lacking nothing
= NO DOUBT AT ALL

Faith without wisdom
and wisdom without faith
is DOUBT. (Mat. 21:21-22)

You are like a wave in the sea that is driven and blown.
You are unable to make up you mind.
You are undecided in all you do.
You will not receive anything for GOD.

"Have Faith in God, and He will give you
Everything, and more Wisdom"

FAITH

2009-05-11T23:52:00.000-07:00

"No one can please God without faith,
for whoever comes to God must have faith
that God exists and rewards
those who seek Him."
- Hebrews 11:6

What is Faith?

Is the assurance of all things that we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.
Is a promise blessings.
Is a power that God gave to us (Mat. 17:20; 21:21-22)

You have faith when...

You understand and know God.
You are willing to sacrifice.
You please God.
You obey God's commands.
You trust God. (Mat. 9:2)
Suffering

Isaiah 28:16
"Faith that is FIRM,
is also PATIENT."

This is me!!!

2008-10-26T23:46:00.000-07:00

2008-04-25T02:10:00.001-07:00

The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player

Becoming The Kind of Person Every Team Wants

By John C. Maxwell,author of 'The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership'

Published by Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2001 ISBN: 0785274359156 pages

A follow-up companion reader to The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork, here is a clear character profile of the ideal Team Player. Maxwell stresses some main qualities of a good team player: intentional, or she is focused on the big picture, relational, focused on others, selfless, willing to take a backseat for the good of the team, and tenacious – works hard to overcome obstacles, no matter what.

1. Adaptable: If you won’t change for the team, the team may change you

Team players who are most likely to become adaptable possess the following characteristics:

a) they are highly teachable;

b) they are emotionally secure;

c) they are creative; and,

d) they are service-minded individuals.

To achieve such characteristic, the following are recommended:

a) get into the habit of learning;

b) reevaluate your role on the team; and,

c)think outside the lines.

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2. Collaborative: Working together precedes winning together

Collaboration is the key word when it comes to meeting challenges as a team. Cooperation is merely working together agreeably, but collaborating means working together more aggressively. Every team player must bring something more to the table, and not just put in his minimum required work.

A collaborative team player needs to change in four key areas:

a) Perception;

b) Attitude;

c) Focus; and,

d) Results

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3. Committed: There are no halfhearted championsCommitment

Usually is discovered in the midst of adversity. Committed people don’t surrender easily. It does not depend on gifts or abilities. Rather, it is the result of choice. Commitment lasts when it’s based on values. If it’s something you believe in, it’s easier to keep.

To improve the level of commitment, one must:

Tie commitments to values.

Take a risk.

Evaluate teammates’ commitment.

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4. Communicative: A team is many voices with a single heart

Communicative team players do not isolate themselves from others; make it easy for teammates to communicate with them;

follow the twenty-four hour rule;

give attention to potentially difficult relationships;

and, follow up important communication in writing.

To improve communication one is expected to:

a) be candid;

b) be quick; and,

c) be inclusive.

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5. Competent: If you can’t, your team won’t

Competent does not mean simply having adequate skills to perform a job. It means the individual must be highly qualified to do the job well.

To improve the level of competence, one must:

a) focus yourself professionally;

b) sweat the small stuff;

c) give more attention to implementation.

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6. Dependable: Teams go to Go-To players

The essence of dependability:

Pure motives. If there are no hidden agendas the team will make progress.

The ability to take on responsibility. The team player must want the ball and be able to sink it in the basket and score.

Sound thinking and good judgment, when it counts.

Consistent contribution, no matter how tired, overwhelmed or distracted, you must be able to deliver.

To improve dependability one must:

a) check your motives;

b) discover what your word is worth.; and,

c) find someone to hold you accountable.

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7. Disciplined: Where there’s a will, there’s a win

Discipline is doing what you really don’t want to do, so that you can do what you really want to do. It means paying the price so you can have the reward later. To become the kind of players teams want, people must develop discipline in three areas.

Disciplined thinking. Keep your mind active, and always think about the right things.

Disciplined emotions. Either you master your emotions, or be mastered by them.

Disciplined actions. Action separates the winners from the losers. When people act on what they must do, it is for the benefit of all those on the team.

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8. Enlarging: Adding value to teammates is invaluable

Team members love a player who is able to inspire them to become more successful. Team players who enlarge their teammates share common characteristics:

Enlargers value their teammates.

Enlargers value what their teammates value.

Enlargers add value to their teammates.

Enlargers make themselves more valuable.

How do we become Enlargers?

Believe in others before they believe in you.

Serve others before they serve you.

Add value to others before they add value to you. Point out your teammates’ strengths, encourage and motivate them out of their comfort zone, but within their gift zone.

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9. Enthusiastic: Your heart is the source of energy for the team People who bring an enthusiastic attitude to teamwork often…

Take responsibility for their own enthusiasm.

Act their way into feeling. The only way to begin is simply to begin!

Believe in what they are doing.

Spend time with enthusiastic people. Enthusiasm is contagious.

To improve enthusiasm, one must:

Show a sense of urgency.

Be willing to do more.

Strive for excellence.

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10. Intentional: Make every action count

Being intentional means working with a strong sense of purpose. Successful individuals are never scattered and haphazard. They have a clear reason why they are doing what they are doing. For a team to be successful, it needs intentional people who are focused and productive, the kind of people who can make every action count.

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11. Mission conscious: The Big Picture is coming in loud and clear

The four qualities of mission-conscious team players are the ff:

They know where the team is going.

They let the leader of the team lead.

They place team accomplishment ahead of their own.

They do whatever is necessary to achieve the mission.

To improve mission consciousness you must:

Check to see if your team focuses on its mission.

Find ways to keep the mission in mind.

Contribute your best as a team member.

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12. Prepared: Preparation can mean the difference between winning and losing

To be a more prepared team, think about the following:

a) assessment;

b) alignment;

c) attitude; and,

d) action.

To improve preparedness you must:

a) become a process thinker;

b) do more research; and,

c) learn from your mistakes.

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13. Elational: If you get along, others will go along

Teams want people who are relational. Look for the following in your team relationships:

a) respect;

b) Shared experiences;

c) Trust;

d) Reciprocity; and,

e) mutual enjoyment.

To better relate to your teammates you must:

a) focus on others instead of yourself;

b) ask the right questions;

c) share common experiences; and,

d) make others feel special.

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14. Self-improving: To improve the team, improve yourself

People who are constantly improving themselves make three processes an ongoing cycle in their lives:

Preparation,

Contemplation, and

Application.

To become self-improving you must:

a) become highly teachable;

b) plan your progress;

c) value self-improvement above self-promotion.

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15. Selfless: There is no “I” in team

As a team member, how do you cultivate an attitude of selflessness?

Be generous.
Avoid internal politics.
Display loyalty.
Value interdependence over independence.

To become more selfless…

Promote someone other than yourself.
Take a subordinate role.
Give secretly, without the other team members knowing.

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16. Solution-oriented: Make a resolution to find the solution

Your personality type, upbringing and personal history affect how solution-oriented you are naturally. Anyone can become solution-oriented. Solution oriented people recognize these truths:
Problems are a matter of perspective.
All problems are solvable.
Problems either stop us or stretch us.

To make yourself a solution-oriented team player, you must:

a) refuse to give up;

b) refocus your thinking;

c) rethink your strategy; and,

d) repeat the process.

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17. Tenacious: Never, never, never quit

Being tenacious means giving all that you’ve got, 100% not more than you have. It has something to do with working with determination, not waiting on destiny. Tenacious people do not rely on luck, fate, or destiny for their success. When conditions become difficult, they keep working. Quitting when the job is done, not when you’re tired. Push yourself beyond what you think you are capable of.

To improve your tenacity, you must:

a) work harder or smarter;

b) stand for something

c) make your work a game.

2008-04-25T02:05:00.000-07:00

Name above all names
NLT

The Humbled and Exalted Christ Your attitude should be the same that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not demand and cling to his rights as God. He made himself nothing; he took the humble position of a slave and appeared in human form. And in human form he obediently humbled himself even further by dying a criminal's death on a cross.

Because of this, God raised him up to the heights of heaven and gave him a name that is above every other name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:5-11 NLT

2008-04-25T01:57:00.000-07:00

His sheep know His voice...

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.

John 10:27-29 NIV

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Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

Romans 11:5,6 KJV

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For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

Romans 9:15,16 KJV

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And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

Romans 8:28,29 NASB

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We have not become sinners because we have sinned... we sin because we *are* sinners...

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Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift:

Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God is the object of our faith;

the only faith that saves is faith in Him.

The Power of Your Love

2008-04-17T01:15:00.000-07:00

Lord I come to You

Let my heart be changed, renewed

Flowing from the grace

That I've found in You

Lord I've come to know

The weaknesses I see

In me

Will be stripped away

By the power of Your love

Hold me close

Let Your love

Surround me

Bring me near

Draw me to Your side

And as I wait

I'll rise up like the eagle

And I will soar with You

Your Spirit leads me on

In the power of Your love

Lord unveil my eyes

Let me see You face to face

The knowledge of Your love

As You live in me

Lord renew my mind

As Your will unfolds in my life

In living every day

By the power of Your love

The Time Has Come by Hillsong

2008-04-17T01:02:00.000-07:00

Found love beyond all reason

You gave Your life Your all for me

And called me Yours forever

Caught in the mercy fallout

I found hope found life

Found all I need

You're all I need

The time has come

To stand for all we believe in

So I for one am gonna

Give my praise to You

Today today it's all or nothing

All they way

The praise goes out to You

Yeah all the praise goes out to You

Today today I live for one thing

To give You praise

In everything I do

Yeah all the praise goes out to You

All we are is Yours

And all we're living for

Is all You are

Is all that You are Lord

Hosanna by Hillsong

2008-04-17T00:57:00.000-07:00

[Verse 1]I see the King of glory

Coming down the clouds with fire

The whole earth shakes, the whole earth shakes

I see His love and mercy

Washing over all our sin

The people sing, the people sing

[Chorus]

Hosanna, hosanna

Hosanna in the highest (x2)

[Verse 2]

I see a generation

Rising up to take the place

With selfless faith, with selfless faith

I see a near revival

Stirring as we pray and seek

We're on our knees, we're on our knees

[Bridge]

Heal my heart and make it clean

Open up my eyes to the things unseen

Show me how to love like

You have loved me

Break my heart for what breaks Yours

Everything I am for

Your Kingdom's cause

As I walk from earth into eternity

[Chorus]