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Week 8 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - However, the content of a message and the witness of the Holy Ghost penetrate into the heart only if a receiver allows them to enter.
      - Learning by faith opens the pathway into the heart.
        
        To act and not to be acted upon
    - - Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
    - - Implication 1. The Holy Ghost is the only true teacher
      - Implication 2. We are most effective as instructors when we encourage and facilitate learning by faith
      - Implication 3. An instructor’s faith is strengthened as he or she helps others seek learning by faith.
  - - - Jesus knew who he was and why he was here on this planet, he could lead from strength rather than from uncertainty or weakness.
      - His was a program of “do what I do,” rather than “do what I say.”
    - - Jesus was a listening leader.
      - Because he loved others with a perfect love, he listened without being condescending.
      - A great leader listens not only to others, but also to his conscience and to the promptings of God.
      - Jesus was a patient, pleading, loving leader.
    - - So many of the problems in the world today spring from selfishness and self-centeredness in which too many make harsh demands of life and others in order to meet their demands.
      - Jesus’ leadership emphasized the importance of being discerning with regard to others, without seeking to control them.
    - - He gave them important and specific things to do for their development.
      - Jesus let people know that he believed in them and in their possibilities, and thus he was free to help them stretch their souls in fresh achievement.
      - Jesus believed in his followers, not alone for what they were, but for what they had the possibilities to become.
    - - Jesus taught us that we are accountable not only for our actions but also for our very thoughts.
      - A good leader will remember he is accountable to God as well as to those he leads.
    - - Jesus also taught us how important it is to use our time wisely.
      - How we manage time matters so very much, and we can be good managers of time without being frantic or officious.
    - - Unless those about us can see us striving and improving, they will not be able to look to us for example
      - Each of us has more opportunities to do good and to be good than we ever use.
      - The scriptures are the handbook of instructions for the would-be leader.
    - - Perhaps the most important thing I can say about Jesus Christ, more important than all else I have said, is that he lives.
      - We will find it very difficult to be significant leaders unless we recognize the reality of the perfect leader, Jesus Christ, and let him be the light by which we see the way!