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Rule of Life

November 7, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

What is your “rule of life.” The idea involves your purpose for life.

Why should you pursue the course in life you are pursuing?

What do you want to achieve and get out of life?

What implications would exist with having a written purpose for life?

Knowing and reminding ourselves of our purpose in life keeps us focused on the impact of our words and actions.

Having a rule of life gives us meaning and hope for what the future holds.

It changes the way we see God, develop family, and influence others.

Influence

November 6, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Do we ever consider the far reaching nature of our influence on a global level?

The influence of one person can move a nation, lead an army, direct a revolution, carve out a place in history, or change the life of one person.

Too often we underestimate what can be done with our influence on one person.

Instead of thinking how we can start a worldwide revolution, think about changing the life of one person. Who knows how God might work through the person we influence to make a global difference.

Perhaps we need to start with opening the door of opportunity.

What Is Your Dream?

November 5, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to approximately 250,000 people and declared, “I have a dream.”

While much could be said about that day and the incredible speech given, several questions come to mind related to our leadership.

Do we have a dream?

Is our leadership pursuing that dream?

Have we shared our dream with others?

Have we invited others to help achieve our dream?

Without a dream, it becomes challenging to develop a vision, set goals, make plans, and achieve success. Are you dreaming yet?

Extremism

November 4, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

How many times in the political arena do we hear the thought expressed of someone being extreme left or extreme right?

Being extreme, however, is not limited to the political arena. We quite often find the beast of extremism within the church.

Our responsibility is to learn the difference between biblical doctrine and personal opinion.

Spiritual leadership is about finding the proper balance to maintain the unity needed with the Lord’s church.

In a time when people are trying to prevent the world’s influence on the church, let us not become so extreme that our actions portray what we are trying to prevent.

Facing Challenging Changes

November 3, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

In our lifetime, the church has experienced several changes. Some changes have been good and some destructive. While changes occur today, it is safe to say, more changes will come.

Paul Harvey said, “In times like these it is good to remember that there have always been times like these.”

Solomon originally expressed it this way, “There is nothing new under the sun.”

Leaders will always face challenges. It may be a different generation, culture, gender, age, or time of day, but challenges will come.

Let us seek God’s counsel and listen to His word. Here we will find the true answers to solve the challenges we face.

Development

October 31, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

One word leaders need to understand for the success of the church is develop.

The apostles continued to emphasize the need for the church to develop. Prayers expressed requests to help the church develop.

Developing faith and relationship with God is a vital responsibility of leadership. We must do the following:

Lead others to a greater love and understanding of truth.

Assist Christians in an understanding and involvement of their abilities in His service.

Encourage the expression of God’s grace through sharing the love of Christ at the cross.

Provide an example in all the above.

Leadership is about development. Let us get started.

Head and Heart

October 30, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Using our head to lead ourselves means we:
…think before we speak or act.
…consider the short and long term consequences of our words and actions.
…weigh the evidence and ask evaluating questions before making decisions.

Using our heart to lead others means we:
…devote ourselves to learning and serving the needs of others.
…prioritize our time toward maturity in relationship development.
…risk the temporary satisfaction for the eternal gain.

It is often said, “To lead yourself, use your head. To lead others, use your heart.”

Let us be mindful of how to lead with both head and heart.

Failure

October 29, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Why do we fear failure? Whether school, family, business, or even within the church, we fear failure. Is failure something to be feared? Can we benefit from failing?

Edwin Land said, “The essential part of creativity is not being afraid to fail.”

Through failure, Edison learned the necessary components to invent the light bulb.

Through failure, Macy learned how to run a successful business.

Through failure, Orville and Wilbur Wright learned how to fly.

Failure can be devastating if we allow it. Instead, when used properly, failures become the stepping stone to the power of success.

Act or React?

October 28, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Leadership always brings several interesting twists in the development of leaders and followers.

How do we want others to treat us? With respect, integrity, love, appreciation, patience, etc.? If this is true, then Jesus would instruct us to treat others this way first!

We must not be influenced or directed by the practices of culture in our relationships. 

It is easy to react, instead of acting as we should. Additionally, we must be careful to guard against overreacting. 

Leaders must learn to act in keeping with the way we want others to act.

Change

October 24, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Generally speaking, leadership involves changing others. From a spiritual perspective, the purpose of our leadership is helping others change.

However, change must begin first within ourselves. It is easy to ask others to do what we are either unwilling to do or have not yet done.

The power of change, however, starts with us. When we make changes in our own lives first, we set an example for others to see why they must change also.

As leaders in our homes, communities, and the church, let us first work on changing ourselves and then seek opportunity to help others change.

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