The Five Building Blocks Matthew 6 33 Becoming

The Five Building Blocks • Matthew 6: 33 • Becoming effective is of the utmost importance in any leadership role • Here are five building blocks that will help us be effective • First of all, it goes without saying, we need knowledge of the Word • Secondly, we, as leaders, need perspective • Perspective is understanding something because you can see it from a larger frame of reference

The Five Building Blocks • The third building block is conviction • Our convictions produce our values, commitments, and motivations • The fourth building block is skill • A skill is the ability to do something with ease and accuracy • Fifth building block is character • Our character is built in the circumstances of life and how we respond to them • God is much more concerned with our character than our comfort

What is Ministry? • Distinguish the difference between preaching and ministering • To preach means to simply declare, proclaim, and inform others about a certain situation • To minister is to meet a need- Ministering takes on a different perspective than preaching • When you endeavor to minister to the needs of people, you will always have someone to minister to • Psalm 46: 1 -2 • Through ministry, we have the opportunity to exalt the name of God • If you hate people, you will not be a good leader and you certainly have no business being involved in the ministry • As a leader, there will be many whom you will rescue and, yet, they will never acknowledge you for it or even stop to say "thank you”

Be Yourself! • To be effective, simply be yourself! • Let God develop you, God wants you to be the best you can be • In being effective, we must not let our attitudes go unchecked for extended periods of time • If we do, we will self-destruct, and joy is one of the greatest gifts God gives to the believer

Pray - You Stay! • We must guard ourselves against becoming so busy that we lose our connection with the God of whom we are serving • Jesus prayed and then He went out and ministered to the multitudes, then He came and replenished Himself through prayer • Our prayer life not only helps us stay focused, it enhances our relationship with God

Beware of P. M. S. • There are three things that a leader will never be able to control in his or her life without an effective prayer life • The first one is P. - POPULARITY • Popularity will be your downfall if you do not maintain a prayer life • We must constantly ask ourselves a very sobering question "Whose Kingdom am I building? Mine or His? ”

Beware of P. M. S. • M stands for MONEY • As leaders, we must handle money instead of letting money handle us • S stands for SEX • Sex has been perverted into a demented, deranged experience in our society • I remind you that sex was a God-idea in the beginning, yet sex seems to have drifted away from God's plan • As leaders, you must set perimeters around you • Proverbs 2: 6 -7