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Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be: Growing into the Leader God Called You to Be

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Good overview of leadership, from military background
Great Leadership from a great man!
Excellet! I highly recommend this book
Great Book for Any Church Leader
Ho Hum, I've read better

Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be: Growing into the Leader God Called You to Be
Leroy Eims
Manufacturer: Victor
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Binding: Paperback

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A Leadership Classic!
Personal and Group Study Guide Included

A Practicum for Christian Leaders
Modern management strategies are valuable-no doubt about it. But too often we ignore or miss the tremendous spiritual leadership and management principles found in the Bible.

That's the reason for Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be. It presents what the Bible says about leadership. And that's a great deal. This book is as down-to-earth practical as your everyday shoes. In fact, it's a must if you feel that God has any type of leadership role in mind for you--or if He has already given you a job of leading people.

First published in 1975 and with more than 300 000 books in print, this newly updated edition of Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be includes a personal and group study guide.

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Good overview of leadership, from military background.......2007-05-09

I liked this book a lot. It is easy to read and understand and gives specific guidance for leaders.
I found it's scope to be limited to a more military style of leadership, with some flexibility.
If you read it understanding that people today expect more involvment in decisions, it is very good.

Great Leadership from a great man!.......2007-01-09

Having served in the Marine Corp, Eims knows leadership first hand. And he knows his Bible, too. His delineating of the principles 1) single-mindedness 2) whole-heartedness and 3) a fighting-spirit are brilliant. This guy knows what it takes to step out front and lead the pack.

Eims doesn't beat around the bush. He tells you straight-out that your relationship with God is foundational to success as a leader. It's this fellowship with Him that "flips the switch" and turns everything on.

Get this book, read it, mark it up and then get into God's Word. You'll see these principles all over the pages of Holy Writ. Become the leader God intended you to be!

God bless you!

Excellet! I highly recommend this book.......2006-11-05

As I have served in leadership for years in various church setting and secluar settings, I have learned some lessons the hard way. Part of that is simply the maturing process as we grow in faith. However, this book echos so many of the lessons I have learned! It is refreshing to see it written from a very real perspective (not just pie in the sky theories) with real life illustrations as well as solid Biblical support. A refreshing and easy to read book that I personally plan to purchase more of for individuals who serve in my leadership circle - especially those who are the "up and coming" leaders who are eager to learn and grow in their gift and calling to the glory of God.

Great Book for Any Church Leader.......2003-09-23

As a leader of Women's Ministries in my church, I needed a training book to encourage and teach the Women's Ministry Board. The principles stated in this book are very important to ministry at any level. It involves the personal and spiritual disciplines important to setting the right model of leadership. Our ladies team has enjoyed the study of this book and find if helpful. I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about the principles of leadership.

Ho Hum, I've read better.......2003-08-02

The author is the director of evangelism for the Navigators and a combat marine veteran of WWII. These two experiences have shaped his view of leadership. Unlike many other books on leadership, Eims has structured his book sole on leadership and management principles taken from the Bible.

His belief that any pastor can be a better leader is the chief strength of this book. Eims points out that the source of spiritual leadership is not found in natural charisma, but in the infilling presence of God; thus, leaders in the church must be men of faith before anything else. They must set the example before the congregation of what it means to be a Christian.

There were some significant weaknesses in this book. There were just too many sermons. Page after page is devoted to biblical illustrations. For instance, in chapter nine over three pages of biblical exposition are devoted to Moses resolving conflicts.

It was an OK book, I've read better.

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A wonderful, profound collection of spirtual insight.

Growing into God
Edwina Gateley
Manufacturer: Sheed & Ward
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A personal and poignant new collection of poetry. Tapping into the deep spiritual life inside all of us, and drawing upon her growing understanding of God in our insecure and fast-moving world, Gateley travels the spiritual path from disillusionment to faith, despair to joy.

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A wonderful, profound collection of spirtual insight........2001-12-18

Unique, alive, pulsating and quiet. A wonderful, inspiring read. Highly Recommended.

Edwina Gateley has the unique ability to hear, in her silence, the resonance of God. She hears the same way that Stradivarius, knew perfection when he heard it. In this book of poetry, she sings her ballad "Growing into God" in such a melodic way that you will nod, affirmatively, with her canter. By the end of the book she brings the presence of God almost within touch.

What makes her poetry both timeless and infinite is her lonely, brave, sojourn - a lifetime of seeking. Her spiritual pilgrimage took her to places and spaces that few have known. She says, "My journey with God was full of ups and downs, a roller coaster, touching heights of love and joy, and depths of despair and anger." She goes on to say, "Betrayal, insecurity and loss are all part of the deepening process of faith by which we come."

I needed, and used, "Growing into God" while I was on a self-imposed exile from first world modernity and if possible, myself. For six weeks I retreated to the high Peruvian Andes. Often the experiences she told of in "Growing in God" mirrored my own. I found warmth and reassurance in Edwina Gateley's insights and her tapestry of words. Poems such as: Silence, Faith, Fall, Listen, Vision, Stirring, Sitting, Spaces, Farewell, Journey, Reunion and Deeply Grateful affirmed that I am not alone. My favorite, if it is possible to have just one, is her classic poem, "Loss." I will quote a part of it.

Loss

"I do not know you, God.
I thought I did -
your attitudes were listed long
in my Divine inventory....

One day
a grayness fell upon my world,
like a shroud,
choking my hymns and prayers.

Thought I called on you,
there was no answer,
no cloud by day nor fire by night,
only a terrible silence
screaming your absence -
leaving me,
not knowing,
my deep, deep faith
disintegrating
floating away like ashes
on a night breeze,
dissipating in the darkness,
leaving me all hollowed out."

"Growing in God" is for all of those believers who no longer feel close to the God they once danced with. "Growing in God" is for those, who in younger years, were confident in their faith; who would, without hesitation, sonorously tell other, invited or not, how they too could believe. Now, years later, their faith is only whispered and their words couched in relativity.

"Growing in God" is for all those who, like Edwina Gateley, dare to believe that God is still there, seeking to reconnect and renew.

"My dance was lost
to pilgrimage.
But your dance
never ceased, God.
Still you circled waiting -
to play and whisper
once again."

Highly Recommended

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Growing into spiritual maturity
Kathy V Sanders
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Christ for Real: Growing into God's Likeness (New Christian Classic)

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Christ for Real: Growing into God's Likeness (New Christian Classic)
Charles W. Price
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Growing Into God
Patricia Beall
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Growing into God: Meditations on the Two Great Commandments

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Growing into God: Meditations on the Two Great Commandments
Patricia Beall
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