Archive for June 9th, 2009

Are you leading with self-discipline? (73-2)

Written by Barry-Werner on June 9th, 2009. Posted in Accountability, Leadership Development, Leadership Principles, Numbers, Obedience to God, Old Testament, Priorities, Self-Discipline, Values.

Effective leaders must develop self-discipline. The first person a leader needs to lead in this area is themselves. Read Numbers 33:1-49.

Numbers 33 provides a review of the entire exodus journey from Egypt to Jordon. Why didn’t the Israelites get to the Promised Land more quickly? Not because it was such a long trip in distance, they could have made the trip across this distance in less than a year under the worst of circumstances even with small children. The real reason was that God needed to prepare the Hebrew people, teaching them how to move from a slave mentality to a free mentality where they chose to be obedient to Him from a free disciplined spirit.

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