Category: Leadership

WORDS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE (100) “IMMEASURABLY MORE”

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Leadership, Mentoring

“Now to Him who is able to do IMMEASURABLY MORE than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”
Ephesians 3:20-21

In January 2020, I purposely spent time in prayer regarding the unfolding season of life that was ahead of me. And as I prayed, a word kept coming back to me with increasing clarity, the word “WRITE”. Little did I know then that my comings and goings would soon be severely restricted by the emerging Covid crisis and by the deterioration in health …

WHAT IS SUCCESS ?

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

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One of the most important questions a follower of Jesus will ever have to answer is “WHAT IS SUCCESS?” For our response to this question will determine the success of our life’s journey when we ultimately stand in the presence of the Lord.

In recent days I have found myself giving serious consideration to this question “WHAT IS SUCCESS?” as I have been reading the life of Jeremiah.
For 40 years Jeremiah served as God’s spokesman to Judah with the confronting message, “Repent and turn to God, or He will punish you.” No one was spared from hearing his message. Unrelentingly, he urged them to act, but to …

WORDS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE (99) “OPPORTUNITIES…..God’s open doors”

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

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As I have reflected on my life, I have concluded that life consists of a series of unfolding opportunities that God sovereignly initiates for the purpose of fulfilling His great plans. Many of these opportunities have come unannounced, some have been disguised as intrusions and some have required me to take steps of faith that have involved ‘burning my bridges’ and walking away from the world in which I was living. Opportunities usually involve paying a price, as Jesus’ disciples found out when they responded to His invitation to follow Him. They had to leave everything. Luke 5:11,28.

The Apostle Paul used the term “open doors” to describe the opportunities …

WORDS THAT HAVE SHAPED MY LIFE (98) “A CERTAIN FRIEND IN UNCERTAIN TIMES …..not for the faint hearted”

Rod Denton in Christian Living, Discipleship, Leadership, Mentoring

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In the third century BC the Greek philosopher Ennuis penned the words, Amicus certus in re incerta, which translated means, A certain friend in uncertain times.
Some years ago when I left school, I went to work for an insurance company that was founded in 1849 with it’s motto, in Latin, Amicus certus in re incerta, which let people know that they would be a certain friend in uncertain times.

With this in mind, I have had more than a passing interest to discover that a number of leaders I have observed in the Bible were people who needed and were blessed with a certain friend in uncertain times.

The …