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Insight: Change the Way You Think, Part 2

June 1, 2015
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths Change the Way You Think, Part 2 of 2 “What is God’s will for my life?” Like most of us, you’ve been drawn to that question. And you have likely have sought answers. If God would simply send you a memo outlining…

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Is Attending an Equipping Conference for You?

May 28, 2015
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What if you and those around you were able to discover a way to thrive, rather than simply survive? That is the principle behind the Ministry Insights Equipping Conference. This powerful hands-on live event, unique to the growing strengths movement, has inspired hundreds of leaders to embrace differences and build strong teams, marriages, and families.…

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Insight: Change The Way You Think, Part 1

May 25, 2015
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths Change the Way You Think, Part 1 of 2 Just 5% of a group can influence the entire group’s direction. The other 95% follow without realizing it, according to researchers at the University of Leeds. The data reveals concrete evidence for the…

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Insight: Your True Parenting Insurance Policy

May 18, 2015
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Insights are short, biblical truths to equip you to lead from your strengths. “Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6, AMP) Proverbs 22:6 is one of the best-known scriptures about…

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Exercise: Checklist for Communicating

May 11, 2015
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Lead Your Team through the Profile, Part 5: Checklist for Communicating How Your Team Can Use Words to Build Up, Not Tear Down This exercise is part of a series to use as you guide your team through understanding their LFYS profiles. For You To Think About “Death and life are in the power of…

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Exercise: What Value Do You Bring to Your Team?

May 4, 2015
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Lead Your Team through the Profile, Part 4: Value to the Team This exercise is part of a series to use as you guide your team through understanding their profile reports. For You To Think About In what way does each member bring value to your team? Your team members fulfill two different functions: (1)…

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Exercise: My Strengths, Your Strengths, Our Strengths

April 26, 2015
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Lead Your Team Through the Profile, Part 3: Process Your Team Members’ Strengths This exercise is part of a series to use as you guide your team through understanding their profile reports. For You To Think About Each person has natural strengths. Natural strengths are an individual’s unique ways of going about the tasks of…

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Guest Post: How Teams Overcome Adversity

April 24, 2015
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By Gary Warkentin, Effective Ministry Teams We often hear of teams dealing with adversity, particularly athletic teams. Interviews with sports figures describe how their team overcame hard times to win. The responses generally include sticking together as a team, not giving up, and not losing sight of the goal. Many say that adversity has also…

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Exercise: Do Differences Divide Your Team or Unite Your Team?

April 20, 2015
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Lead Your Team through the Profile, Part 2: Activity to Understand Differences This exercise is part of a series to use as you guide your team through understanding their profile reports. For You To Think About When you are first introduced to a new co-worker, you may recognize a strength set and style different from…

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Group Devotional: We Complete Each Other

April 13, 2015
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Lead Your Team through the Profile, Part 1: Group Devotional   God Made Us to Complete Each Other, Not Compete With Each Other   For You To Think About In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul uses a word picture to describe healthy relationships: the human body. Like He does elsewhere in scripture, God provides us with…

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