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IL 2/1/23: Courage
(Audio Transcription Below) I listened to a podcast about courage and I had been thinking of Moses and the courage required of him. One of my favorite Bible verses is Joshua 1:9 – “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid for the Lord is with you wherever you go.” As you know, Joshua followed Moses in leadership – courage must be picked up by each new generation. I wondered about my own courage & the level of courage that…
Links to Learning
1. What is Courage? 2. A Hidden Life – A Soulful True Story Of Enduring Love My Iron Leadership lesson this week is on courage. It was inspired by listening to this Good Faith podcast and watching the movie they recommend, A Hidden Life. You will do well to listen to the podcast, watch the movie, and find a friend to talk about courage with. I also recommend watching the movie Darkest Hour. 3. Admiral Mike “Nasty” Manazir (USN, RET.)…
IL 1/18/23: Moses’s Personal Formation
(Read Audio Transcription Below) Review: The Mother of all Learning is Repetition For the first half of the year, we completely focused on Moses’s personal spiritual formation. We made it our main focus because if Moses doesn’t understand himself, if he can’t lead himself, if he doesn’t know God or where God is going….he cannot lead others successfully. Unfortunately, for 40 years, Moses learned one way of leadership from Pharoah – Power and Position. So God puts Moses in the…
Small Changes- Big Difference
Shoe Dog is a memoir written by Phil Knight, the creator of Nike. Not all of Knight’s entrepreneurial wisdom is worth following, but one thing I appreciate is his tenacity to develop the lightest running shoes ever made. He said, “Let everyone else call your idea crazy…but just keep going! Whatever comes, just don’t stop.” Knight and his business partner Bill Bowerman were obsessed with making light running shoes because they realized that shaving off just a few ounces from…
New Year’s Questions
I am sure many of you have thought about New Year’s resolutions. I will be praying for your discipline as you fight against sin. If you need help, please consider reading the book I mentioned in a previous post, Disciplines of a Godly Man. The Spurgeon quote is a sobering reminder of how easily we are entangled by sin. I am praying that Iron Leadership will strengthen your soul this coming year. Here is another helpful resource as you think…
Hope
“The thrill of hope, a weary world rejoices” – from the Christmas Hymn O Holy Night. There is a “thrill of hope” because someone entered our dark world from the outside. As C.S. Lewis said, “Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.” Christians have hope because we know that the present is not all there is, and humans are not the only ones involved in this world. I want you…