Tag: Spiritual

Passionate

May 8, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Are we consumed with work because we find value in the job, or are we passionate because of the difference it makes in the lives of others?

Our value comes from God. We are created in His image and covered by the blood of His Son.

Value based in work becomes an insatiable task.

Spiritually, if we are passionate about leading others to a greater relationship with God, the perspective changes.

When we have an intense desire and enthusiasm for the work of the Lord, there is a sense of love and joy in fulfilling the true purpose of life.

Spiritual leadership is worth being passionate about and loving.

Direction

May 6, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Direction takes on several definitions. Leaders must give and receive direction.

We receive direction from the One true spiritual leader, Christ.

In turn, our vision must be used to provide direction for others.

Spiritual leaders provide spiritual direction. We help others get on course and encourage them to stay on course.

Parents provide direction in the home.

Congregational leaders provide direction to congregations.

All of us as Christians must provide direction to the lost.

When we provide direction, we assist others in reaching the destination our leadership is striving to reach…heaven.

Teamwork

April 30, 2025 bobturner saltJournal 0 Comments

Growing up in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, basketball court practices were filled with efforts by players who coveted a starting position on the team.

We learned leadership based on teamwork. These memories laid a foundation for understanding spiritual leadership where the same is true, a leadership based on teamwork.

Leadership is often viewed as a lonely position. This is not true in relationship to spiritual leadership.

We are a team. We must work together as a team. If we are going to change the world, we need Christ and we need each other!

We should all strive to get involved on this team?

Trading Places

April 29, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

What would it be like to trade places with someone else? After all, others seem to have it so much better than we do.

The Psalmist questioned a similar thought when considering the prosperity of the wicked.

If our view of leadership is limited to what we can accumulate or accomplish in this life, we have misunderstood where the treasure really lies.

If our view of leadership is confined to what others think or say about us, we have lost sight of the value of this God given role.

It is time to lay aside the temptations of the world and recognize the urgency of the spiritual need that surrounds us.

Integrity

April 28, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Integrity is more than honesty. It involves strong moral principles, a moral uprightness, wholeness.

There is an incorruptible nature to a spiritual leader who demonstrates integrity. They take responsibility for who they are and what they do.

Integrity displays an undivided and unshakeable character of Biblical soundness. This character exudes humility and follows a path of consistency.

Integrity is best taught to children at a young age. Leadership must exemplify integrity.

Integrity stands for, speaks, and lives truth. It will not change, even if one stands alone.

Christians are who we are “in the dark.” Think about it!

Delegation

April 25, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

One critical challenge for leaders plays out in the area of delegating.

Robert Half said, “Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.”

The effectiveness of delegating must be accompanied by leading by example.

Jesus demonstrated this thought with the apostles.

The apostles followed by setting their own example.

Christians are instructed to do the same.

No one is above any task.
No one is too good for the lowest of jobs.
No one is so powerful they are beyond the need for help.

Spiritual leaders must delegate needed work. Delegating this work is never easy, but when we set the right example, enlisting others to help falls into place.

Scheduled Events

April 23, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

We have various ways to remind us of events we don’t want to miss, from sticky notes to Google calendar.

Spiritually, there are events we should not miss.

Where does our gathering with Christians rank in our priorities?
Where does time in prayer and study rank?
Where do family devotionals fit?

These events are matters of choice, and we either make them a priority or not.

There is an event scheduled we will all attend, a Lord appointed a day.

We should make preparing for it a priority. As Christians, we should eagerly anticipate it. This is a day we do not want to miss!

Elite

April 22, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Elite means something special because it is defined as the best in a particular area or field. Generally, elite-ness is associated with power, wealth, or ability.

Spiritual leadership, however, also carries an elite characteristic. The idea is not about a self-centered power, wealth, or ability. It is about Who makes us elite.

Through the sacrifice of Christ, God’s grace was abundantly provided to us. The result grants us “elite access” to the throne of God.

Christians are elite. Knowing the outcome of Christ’s work on the cross, we have a responsibility to lead others to share in the access we have with God.

Legacy

April 21, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

How we live, not how long, determines the nature of our legacy. Whatever we want to leave behind, we must live now.

Abraham Lincoln said, “And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.”

How do we want to be remembered when we are gone?

Will we leave behind a physical footprint of life, or spiritual?

Legacy is about living today what we want left behind tomorrow.

Our leadership is about how we live as leaders during our years on earth. It is a thought worth considering.

The Right Foundation

April 11, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Jesus spoke of a wise and a foolish man. The difference between the two was the foundation upon which they were building.

When the bedrock of our leadership is based on spiritual qualities and characteristics, then people have a solid foundation to follow.

We must know who we are following. When we follow the leadership of Christ, we move in the right direction.

We must develop consistency between our words and actions. More than one leader has lost credibility because their actions contradicted their words.

The eternal success of our leadership is determined by the foundation upon which we build and help others stand upon.

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