Spirit of Leadership

LEADING WITHOUT LEADERSHIP successful living was the indwelling Spirit of God—called the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, therefore, is the key to true leadership. The Spirit is the critical component in every human’s existence because he is the only hope for our rediscovering our true identity, self-image, self-worth, significance, self-esteem, and destiny. W ITH THE LOSS OF THE S PIRIT OF G OD , WE LOST OUR LEADERSHIP AWARENESS . Again, with the loss of the Spirit of God from our spir its, we automatically lost our leadership awareness. Each consecutive generation since the fall of man has wandered farther and farther away from its leadership power. There is no true leadership without a reconnection to our Source, and only the Holy Spirit can reconnect us. He gives us our consciousness of the leadership spirit and is also the Source of the spirit of leadership. A ROYAL SLAVE The story is told of a prince who was born into a great royal family. When the prince was five years old, his father the king took the boy with him on a journey to a far country. During the journey, their ship struck a reef, and the entire crew and passengers were thrown into the angry waves. During the turmoil and rescue effort, the little prince was saved by a native from a nearby island. The king was unaware of the rescue, and the little prince was now sepa rated from his royal family. He became a member of the village and grew up unaware of his royal heritage. He learned to think and live like the natives and accepted this

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