Spirit of Leadership

THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP at creation, and then the re-reception at the end of the pro gram of restoration. In this way, Jesus restored humanity’s connection with its Source. At the same time, man’s leader ship spirit was reconnected to the Source of true leader ship. The hard drive was restored, but now comes the more difficult part: the installation of the software of a renewed mind—in other words, the thinking of a leader. THE NEED FOR A RENEWED MIND Being a leader is a natural part of our makeup, but thinking like a leader is difficult. Although becoming recon nected is essential, it is just the start of developing into a true leader. We have to transform our thoughts and align them with those that our Creator is thinking. Paul wrote to the church at Rome, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” The only way to have a mind change is to rediscover the revelation of the truth about yourself—the reality that you were created and designed to be a leader. You must internalize the truth that leadership is your nature, your destiny, and your purpose for existence. You must capture the essence of the understanding that the purpose for your existence is to have dominion over the earth. You were born to rule—to lead. Once you capture this truth, then the work begins. The mental transformation—in our computer analogy, this would be the downloading of new software—is differ ent from the repair and restoration. It is a process that takes

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