Truth Triumphs – ProliferateTruth.Net

"Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding" – Proverbs 23:23

Archive for the ‘Teaching’ Category

Thoughts on Communication, Teaching, and Leadership

Posted by ProliferatingTruth on April 22, 2010

  1. Effective teaching relates truth to life.

  2. Effective teaching can occur in any place, at any time.

  3. Teaching truth to the next generation is the responsibility of every Christian.

  4. Teaching has not been fully effective until obedience has begun.

  5. The quality of the teacher often determines the quality of the teaching.

  6. Three Things You Should Never Depend Upon In Your Teaching:

    1. Your Power

    2. Your Position

    3. Your Personality

  7. The results of good Christian teaching will be eternal.

  8. A key to successful communication is clarity.

  9. From listening comes wisdom; but from speaking comes repentance.

  10. A dynamic and growing mind is better able to create fresh insights than a lazy mind.

  11. A key to successful communication is the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life.

  12. You cannot truly serve people whom you do not truly love.

  13. People perform better when they know their leader believes in them.

  14. Communicators must grow and accept who they are.

  15. Five Legitimate Sources That Will Back Your Influence In Your Communication:

    1. Endorsement or Approval from God

    2. True Encounters With God

    3. Your Integrity and Character

    4. A Successful Track Record

    5. Preparation

  16. Preparation will bring a profound confidence to you as a speaker.

  17. Insecure people never reach their full potential because they worry too much about what other people are thinking about them.

  18. People who are secure in their identity are not enslaved by the opinions or affirmations of others.

  19. In teaching, don’t try to give people what they want – give them what God wants them to have.

  20. Teachers are obligated to nurture positive attitudes.

  21. In teaching, you take a truth that has personal application to your life, then you give it away.

  22. If a leader can’t manage their own attitude, they can’t be entrusted with the morals of other people.

  23. Five Elements of Spiritual Leadership:

    1. To Move People From Where They Are to Where God Wants Them To Be

    2. A Spiritual Leader Will Depend Upon the Holy Spirit

    3. He Is Accountable to God

    4. You Can Influence All People, Not Just God’s People

    5. He Always Works from God’s Agenda

  24. When spiritual leaders or good communicators do their job, the people around them have encountered God and obeyed His will.

  25. You cannot change someone, but you can help them grow.

  26. The teacher has not taught until someone has learned.

  27. Leaders don’t blame their followers when they do not do what they should do.

  28. Leaders don’t make excuses – they assume their responsibility to move people to do God’s will.

  29. Leader-development is synonymous with personal development.

  30. As you grow personally as a leader or teacher, your capacity to lead and grow will increase right along with it.

  31. A Good Leader or Teacher Has:

    1. Clarity and Persuasiveness In Their Ideas

    2. A Depth to Their Commitment

    3. A Willingness to Learn

  32. Failure is a powerful force in the making of a good leader or communicator.

  33. Failure will not destroy a true leader or teacher, but will instead further develop their character.

  34. Failure and personal crisis do not disqualify people from being leaders.

  35. Without the Holy Spirit’s presence, you can be a leader, but not a spiritual leader.

  36. God matures leaders over a lifetime.

  37. As a follower, consistency will draw your leaders to you.

Back to Top

Posted in Communication, Leadership, Teaching | Comments Off

“Reproof”

Posted by ProliferatingTruth on December 12, 2009

Proverbs 6:20-23 – “My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21  Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22  When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:”

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Reproof, Teaching | Leave a Comment »

 
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 230 other followers