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    Mike Ayers
    • Jan 11
    • 1 min

    The thinking leader...

    For a leader to think is good. For a leader to think about how he thinks is better. For a leader to change his thinking is victory.
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    Mike Ayers
    • Jan 7
    • 1 min

    Sometimes stay.

    God sometimes calls us to stay in very difficult situations because He has something greater to do beyond our comfort. Following Jesus me...
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    Mike Ayers
    • Dec 18, 2020
    • 1 min

    Power in leadership

    When people who possess the right to lead through title also earn the right to lead through trust, then truly effective, moral and legiti...
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    Mike Ayers
    • Nov 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    Leaders as Change Agents...

    People change when they hurt so badly that they have to, or when they hope so passionately that they want to. Pain and passion produce ch...
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    Mike Ayers
    • Nov 20, 2020
    • 1 min

    Is It Us?

    While we don’t like to hear it, in truth we often experience problems in our lives and leadership because of our own actions, insecuritie...
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    Mike Ayers
    • Oct 31, 2020
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    Everyone has a story; a reason. Everyone hurts. Everyone is on a journey. Grace always.

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    Mike Ayers
    • Oct 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    Speak to potential!

    Sharing vision means speaking to potential. It is first a leader seeing and believing what is possible, then communicating to others what...
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    Mike Ayers
    • Sep 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    Waiting...

    Waiting *makes* me leave room in my heart for God to act in His way, in His time, and according to His sovereign will, rather than accord...
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    Mike Ayers
    • Sep 2, 2020
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    Our challenge today...

    The challenge of building authentic disciples of Jesus in this day and age does not primarily come from a spiritually lost world. The cha...
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    Mike Ayers
    • Aug 27, 2020
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    Serving is the antidote to the drug of selfishness in our culture.

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    Mike Ayers
    • Aug 20, 2020
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    Don't become the hate you see in others.

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    Mike Ayers
    • Aug 16, 2020
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    If we understood this life within the reality of the life after, we would live this life differently

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    Mike Ayers
    • Aug 10, 2020
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    There is strength in serving. Immature, insecure people find it difficult to wash feet.

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    Mike Ayers
    • Jul 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    Challenges reveal commitment

    What churches are experiencing now is the reality that the commitment and connections of their people during the COVID crisis were only a...
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    Mike Ayers
    • Jun 13, 2020
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    The call of the gospel of Jesus is that we get to be satisfied in Him.

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    Mike Ayers
    • May 16, 2020
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    Skills may take leaders to places where character won't keep them.

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    Mike Ayers
    • Apr 8, 2020
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    What you believe about yourself ultimately reveals what you believe about the God who made you.​

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    Mike Ayers
    • Mar 13, 2020
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    People who possess the right to lead through title must also earn the right to lead through trust.

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    Mike Ayers
    • Aug 16, 2019
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    It's not enough to do God's will. We must do God's will God's way.

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    Mike Ayers
    • Jul 25, 2019
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    Personal holiness defies prideful leadership.

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