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PROVERBS: God’s Wisdom or daily living (01 of 20)

Today Woodrow Kroll begins a 4-week series in the book of Proverbs entitled Gods Wisdom for daily living...

Let me encourage you to get a notepad, iPad or something to take notes during this series on Proverbs... there's a lot of good stuff in here that I know you don’t want to miss... 

Proverbs 2 

NEHEMIAH: 30 Lessons on Effective Leadership, Part 2 (10 of 10)

Yesterday we started our look at 30 lessons on Effective Leadership coming from the book of Nehemiah... Today we conclude our study of Nehemiah looking at the 15 remaining lessons... For your convenience, all 30 are listed below.

 

THIRTY LESSONS ON LEADERSHIP FROM NEHEMIAH

1. Effective leaders have clean hands and pure hearts. (Nehemiah 1:4-7)
2. Effective leaders have a sense of calling from God (Nehemiah 2:12).
3. Effective leaders wait patiently for God's timing. (Nehemiah 1:1, 2:1)
4. Effective leaders establish reasonable and attainable goals. (Nehemiah 2:3)
5. Effective leaders make prayer a priority in their lives. (Nehemiah 2:4)
6. Effective leaders rearrange their priorities in order to accomplish their goals. (Nehemiah 2:5)
7. Effective leaders act decisively when it's time. (Nehemiah 2:5-8)
8. Effective leaders take time to rest, to plan, to pray, to think. (Nehemiah 2:11)
9. Effective leaders are personally acquainted with their task. (Nehemiah 2:13)
10. Effective leaders make shrewd use of their time. (Nehemiah 2:12-13)
11. Effective leaders surround themselves with trusted allies. (Nehemiah 2:12-16)
12. Effective leaders provide vision for the people. (Nehemiah 2:17)
13. Effective leaders involve a broad-based work team in the work. (Nehemiah 2:17)
14. Effective leaders never waver in the face of opposition. (Nehemiah 2:19-20)
15. Effective leaders execute their plan to accomplish their goal. (Nehemiah 3:1-28)
16. Effective leaders take emergency action when necessary. (Nehemiah 4:8-9,22)
17. Effective leaders are very visible and approachable. (Nehemiah 4:12)
18. Effective leaders are great motivators of people. (Nehemiah 4:14)
19. Effective leaders manage their resources well. (Nehemiah 4:16-18)
20. Effective leaders verbalize their dependence on God's help. (Nehemiah 4:20)
21. Effective leaders are not afraid to get their hands dirty. (Nehemiah 4:22-23)
22. Effective leaders take care of their people financially. (Nehemiah 5:1-11)
23. Effective leaders personally sacrifice to accomplish their goal. (Nehemiah 5:17)
24. Effective leaders refuse to live above their people. (Nehemiah 5:14-16)
25. Effective leaders don't hesitate to discipline inappropriate behaviour. (Nehemiah 5:6-8)
26. Effective leaders have a great view of the value of their own work. (Nehemiah 6:1-3)
27. Effective leaders display integrity before everyone. (Nehemiah 6:5-8)
28. Effective leaders show discernment in dealing with people. (Nehemiah 6:12-13)
29. Effective leaders attribute their success to God. (Nehemiah 6:15-16)
30. Effective leaders keep their promises. (Nehemiah 2:6, compare 13:6)

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NEHEMIAH: 30 Lessons on Effective Leadership, Part 1 (09 of 10)

Well, we could all use a few lessons in leadership, so today we'll cover 15 of the 30 lessons in leadership from the book of Nehemiah with Bible Teacher Woodrow Kroll. 

 

15 of the 30 LESSONS ON LEADERSHIP FROM NEHEMIAH

1. Effective leaders have clean hands and pure hearts. (Nehemiah 1:4-7)
2. Effective leaders have a sense of calling from God (Nehemiah 2:12).
3. Effective leaders wait patiently for God's timing. (Nehemiah 1:1, 2:1)
4. Effective leaders establish reasonable and attainable goals. (Nehemiah 2:3)
5. Effective leaders make prayer a priority in their lives. (Nehemiah 2:4)
6. Effective leaders rearrange their priorities in order to accomplish their goals. (Nehemiah 2:5)
7. Effective leaders act decisively when it's time. (Nehemiah 2:5-8)
8. Effective leaders take time to rest, to plan, to pray, to think. (Nehemiah 2:11)
9. Effective leaders are personally acquainted with their task. (Nehemiah 2:13)
10. Effective leaders make shrewd use of their time. (Nehemiah 2:12-13)
11. Effective leaders surround themselves with trusted allies. (Nehemiah 2:12-16)
12. Effective leaders provide vision for the people. (Nehemiah 2:17)
13. Effective leaders involve a broad-based work team in the work. (Nehemiah 2:17)
14. Effective leaders never waver in the face of opposition. (Nehemiah 2:19-20)
15. Effective leaders execute their plan to accomplish their goal. (Nehemiah 3:1-28)

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NEHEMIAH: Effective Leadership Faces Opposition by Slander, Treachery (08 of 10)

Handling criticism is not an easy thing, but today we'll learn a few things from Nehemiah's example here on back to the Bible with Bible teacher Woodrow Kroll.

Nehemiah 6:6-13 

NEHEMIAH: Effective Leadership Faces Opposition by Greed, Craft (07 - 10)

In today's study of God's word, we'll see that Nehemiah faces opposition from inside his ranks, and his old enemies come knocking at his door again... So, what's a good leader to do? Stay with us to find out we continue our study, Effective leadership for the 21st century with Bible Teacher Woodrow Kroll. 

Nehemiah 5:1-9; 6:1-14 

NEHEMIAH: Effective Leadership Faces Opposition and Conspiracy (06 of 10)

Prayer and work... The perfect pairing to accomplish any task and to face any opposition. Get some practical tips for implementing prayer and work into your life. 

All that in today's study from Nehemiah with Bible Teacher Woodrow Kroll.

Nehemiah 4:7-23

NEHEMIAH: Effective Leadership Has Opposition, Ridicule (05 of 10)

As a leader, it's not about whether you'll face opposition. It's about how you'll handle opposition. That's the leadership lesson we'll learn today as we continue our study of Nehemiah.

Nehemiah 2:10-20

NEHEMIAH: Effective Leadership Has God’s Provision (04 of 10)

Asking for help and resources is not always the most natural thing for us to do, but as we'll see in today's study, God offers us the freedom to ask for the help we need. Today, we find out what it means to ask others and trust God for the provision.

Nehemiah 2:5-6 

NEHEMIAH: Effective Leadership Has Mission, Open Doors (03 of 10)

Nehemiah didn't hold an influential position, but he was a man on a mission and God opened the doors for that mission. Join us for our study today as we talk about trusting God to open doors.

Nehemiah 2:1-4

NEHEMIAH: Effective Leadership in Right Place, Right Time (02 - 10)

Today, our focus for effective leadership is being in the right place at the right time... That's something Nehemiah recognized in his life.  

Nehemiah 1:11b