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Values-Driven Leadership

We've all heard of gifted leaders whose ministries or personal lives seemed to suddenly break down. While many factors contribute to these painful failures, a common problem is losing sight of what matters most. Without a clear set of values to guide our actions, we lose direction. Drifting with the tide of opportunism, we can find ourselves controlled by forces we don't understand, moving us toward an inevitable shipwreck.

How does this happen? Can't we see what's coming, and turn away? The writer of Hebrews issues this warning: "We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away" (Hebrews 2:1).

Recently I read a sermon outline on this verse by Mark Copeland. It points out that "drifting requires no effort," that it's "an unconscious process," which explains why we don't often see trouble coming. We're reminded that a drifting ship "never drifts upstream or against the tide." We become very comfortable taking the easy way to our destination. ...

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