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Greetings,
Leaders have a responsibility of leading others in the path of relationship with God. That path includes finding our identity, testimony, and purpose in Christ. These things are not orchestrated by the will or plan of man. They are discovered in the human heart through a personal connection with God in the Spirit. Leaders can only lead others into this reality if they themselves have found, and are continuing to find, their own identity, testimony, and purpose in Christ. Holy Spirit writes a letter in human hearts that is a message of life to the world. Each believer is called to be a scribe in the kingdom of God. They are not scribes who write down what God is saying as some form of information to the world. They are scribes in that they allow Holy Spirit to write in them something that empowers them to become a testimony of God in Christ. This is a personal message of life that brings life to their world.
Leaders are not called to lead for Christian ceremony, program, or some form of religious society. Leaders are called to lead others in becoming the body of Christ, a dwelling place of God by His Spirit. We can do Christian works and have Christian activities, but these are not the goal. These are simply tools of expression used as we ultimately grow as sons and daughters of God led by God’s Spirit for His kingdom and will in our world.
As leaders, we don’t measure those we lead by law. We don’t seek to merely hold those we lead to a measure of accountability to the written word or some Christian belief system. We measure those we lead by grace. Grace comes through a personal revelation of Jesus Christ in the human heart.
1 Peter 1:13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ…
Grace is the testimony of God working in and through our lives that empowers us to increasingly manifest the character, nature, way, power, and authority of sons and daughters of God. The Scriptures contain many principles, patterns, and values of a godly life, but the ultimate goal is a personal relationship with Jesus, the Prince of princes and King of kings. Mere Christian instructions or natural obedience to a written law through a discipline of the flesh is not enough. Only God’s grace that comes through a personal encounter with God in Christ can change our hearts and minds. When we turn to Jesus in our hearts, we find grace and grace changes us.
Leaders lead others in finding the grace of God. Grace overcomes all things. Grace enables each one to walk with God in a testimony of love. Grace destroys all fear of death. Grace empowers an internal and external testimony of God’s Word and Spirit in our lives. Grace enables each one to be givers of life to their world in the authority of who they are. Grace causes each one to be confessed as a son or daughter of God clothed in Christ. Grace invites each one to be member of the community of God in a testimony of intimate love. Grace activates a partnership with God in all things for God’s purpose in all things. Leaders lead others for this cause.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
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House of Bread Ministry
3210 Meridian St.
Bellingham, WA 98225-1728
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
Donations can be made at the link on the home site of: www.ted4leaders.com www.ted4you.com or www.houseofbreadministry.org. Checks can be made payable to House of Bread Ministry and sent to: House of Bread Ministry, 3210 Meridian St., Bellingham, WA 98225 To avoid us paying a transaction fee from your donation, you can also set up a payment or an automatic payment from your bank to House of Bread Ministry. Just set it up as a ‘bill pay’ through your online bank account and your bank will mail a check to House of Bread Ministry. We will record your payment as a donation to House of Bread Ministry (E.I.N. 91-2009037) and we will send you a contribution receipt at the close of the year. Our Ministry Information Is: House of Bread Ministry 3210 Meridian St. Bellingham, WA 98225-1728
