1. Church Leader Tool: The Unique Tool for the Church Leader

2. Leadership Skills: Vision and Strategy Character/Honesty
Problem Solving and Execution
Teamwork
Influence and Delegation
Communication and People Skills
Confidence and Influence
Teachability and Adaptability
Focus

3. Discerning:

4. Discerning:
having or showing good judgment
showing insight and understanding

5. Discerning:
to think about and decide as God would desire

6. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. -Proverbs 3:5

7. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. -Romans 12:2

8. How To Be Discerning:

9. How To Be Discerning:
Seek to Be Discerning

10. How To Be Discerning:
Seek to Be Discerning
Seek God’s Will Not Yours

11. How To Be Discerning:
Seek to Be Discerning
Seek God’s Will Not Yours
Take Time

12. How To Be Discerning:
Seek to Be Discerning
Seek God’s Will Not Yours
Take Time
Prayer

13. How To Be Discerning:
Seek to Be Discerning
Seek God’s Will Not Yours
Take Time
Prayer
Scripture

14. How To Be Discerning:
Seek to Be Discerning
Seek God’s Will Not Yours
Take Time
Prayer
Scripture
Seek Guidance from Others

15. How To Be Discerning:
“Lean” Rather Than Decide

16. How To Be Discerning:
“Lean” Rather Than Decide
Use Discerning Language

17. How To Be Discerning:
“Lean” Rather Than Decide
Use Discerning Language
Learn More About and Teach Discerning

19. How Can I Be Sure I’m Discerning?

20. Thomas Merton Prayer: My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going
Thomas Merton Prayer: My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will

21. does not mean that I am actually doing so
does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you

22. will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it
will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always, though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.”

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