Category: Christian Living

WORDS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE (58 – 67)

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Leadership, Mentoring

(58) “IT ALL RISES AND FALLS ON LEADERSHIP…….SELECTION”

One of the most underrated activities in the life of an organisation is the selection of leaders which involves developing a leadership emergence strategy. Especially this is true if you believe that an organisation will not rise above the level of its leaders. Consequently I was recently impressed by the leadership selection strategy king David adopted on one occasion. (1 Chronicles 11) He had set his sights on conquering the heavily fortified city of Jerusalem and making it the capitol of his kingdom. However, this was no easy task. David made this challenge to his troops, “Whoever is first to attack the …

THESE ARE THE WORST OF TIMES THESE ARE THE BEST OF TIMES

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Evangelism, Leadership, Mission

These are the worst of times

In 1859 Charles Dickens wrote the novel A Tale of Two Cities where the plot centres on the years leading up to the French Revolution in the late 1700s and culminates in the creation of the first French Republic. Charles Dickens began his novel with these contrasting words;
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredibility,
it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness,
it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”

And down …

DEFINING MOMENTS

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Leadership, Mentoring

Defining Moments are
Tests or Experiences or Seasons
that involve
embracing a new challenge, or enduring great difficulties or overcoming some obstacle
that requires Courage and Faith Steps and a
determination to break through at all costs
and result in moving to a new level of growth,
achievement, ability, influence, learning and future potential
and ultimately an enlarged impact in the world.

Defining moments are
usually unexpected, confronting and require us to make a decision that will impact our destiny.

The road of life
is marked by critical defining moments.

The road is never crowded,
always upward and becomes narrower the further we travel.
But to those who walk along …

WORDS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE 41-48

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Leadership, Mentoring

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(41) “GOD DOESN’T MAKE JUNK”

I will never forget the letter I received from a lady who had met with me to discuss her concerns about her son. She wrote: “I came to see you about my son but somehow you sensed I needed help. You helped me realise that I was worth loving, and that God actually valued me. I came from our talk feeling that I had insulted God for thinking someone he created was worthless, and I was suddenly convinced God loved me as I am and I wanted to shout it to everyone. It took the rest of the day to calm down. What a lovely …