Spirit of Leadership

THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP

as we experience various circumstances. The level of your mental conditioning dictates your response to life, to issues, to circumstances, to creation, to your world. This is why one of the most powerful things you possess on earth is your mental attitude. As you take in the thoughts of the Creator through prayer and reading the Bible, the Spirit “downloads” these truths to your heart so that your mind is trained to rely on his thoughts and not your former distorted ideas about life.

T HE S PIRIT “ DOWNLOADS ” THE C REATOR ’ S THOUGHTS TO YOUR HEART .

Jesus said that the Spirit would teach us the truth and explain the things that he has said. He will be our teacher. In order to have the right mental attitude, you have to have the right teacher, and your teacher, according to the Creator, is his Spirit who dwells in you, who takes up residence in you for that very purpose. Leadership demands mental reconditioning. THE MARRIAGE OF ABILITY AND ATTITUDE When you practice renewing your mind, you begin to recapture the spirit of leadership. In this way, there is a marriage between who you inherently are as a leader and the way you are meant to think as a leader. When the atti tude of leadership is married to the ability of leadership, then you are a true leader. INTEGRATING LEADERSHIP MENTALITY AND THE LEADERSHIP MANDATE The Creator has given us a mandate to lead and have dominion over an area of life. However, we have to integrate

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