Category: Resources

Good leadership?

January 19, 2024

What makes a good leader?

Leadership is something that is vitally important in all areas of life. We have all had good leaders that we loved and bad leaders who we did not love as much.

When I was at Bible college I had to do an assignment on what we thought was good leadership. We had to come up with five points with both Biblical ideas and reflections on Christian leadership sources.

Surprisingly I found this harder than I expected. There is so many examples of Biblical leadership and thousands of resources on Christian leadership.

In the end I distilled my idea of principles of Christian leadership to the following five points.

1. Christian leaders need to cultivate an intimate relationship with God

2. Christian leaders need to have a servant heart

3. Christian leaders need to be shepherds of God’s people

4. Christian leaders need to live with character and integrity

5. Christian leaders need to be committed to making disciples

For me personally I really thought long and hard about these five things. Thankfully my lecturer agreed and gave me a good mark for it.

If you are interested you can read an online version of my article on my website below. It is a cut down version of my assignment.

Five Principles of Christian Leadership

Two weeks on women of the Bible

January 14, 2024

I have added four new Bible readings plans today to our website. The plan below looks at women of the Bible.

Two Weeks on Women of the Bible

Day 1 – Genesis 2 – Eve, the first woman.
Day 2 – Genesis 18 – Sarah laughs at God’s promise.
Day 3 – Genesis 24 – Rebekah’s marriage to Isaac.
Day 4 – Genesis 27 – Rebekah, the manipulative mother
Day 5 – Judges 4 – Deborah’s leadership frees her people.
Day 6 – Ruth 1 – Ruth and Naomi’s deep friendship.
Day 7 – 1 Samuel 1 – Hannah prays for a son.
Day 8 – 1 Kings 17 – A poor widow and the prophet Elijah.
Day 9 – 1 Kings 21 – Jezebel, an emblem of wickedness.
Day 10 – Esther 2 – Esther is chosen as queen.
Day 11 – Esther 4 – Esther’s courage at the risk of death.
Day 12 – Luke 1 – Mary and Elizabeth receive great news.
Day 13 – Luke 2 – Mary gives birth to Jesus.
Day 14 – John 11 – Mary and Martha and their brother’s death.

Time for a makeover

January 10, 2024

With 2024 upon us I thought it was time for an update and makeover for my main website at PASSIONAustralia.org.

The new look website is live and online now. Over the coming weeks I will be adding more resources that were on the previous site.

If you are interested you can find it here at PASSIONAustralia.org

Blessings,

Dave

Read the New Testament this year

January 8, 2024

If you would like to read the New Testament in 2024 you can download our free reading plan. In this plan you can read one chapter a day and you will finish it in September. If you read one chapter five days a week you will finish it in December.

If you are interested you can download it here. If you do not have a Bible you can find one online at www.biblegateway.com.

Lending to the Lord

December 26, 2023

One verse that has really encouraged me to help the poor is Proverbs 19:17. It says, “If you help the poor, you are lending to the LORD- and he will repay you!”

What a great thought – that when we help the poor, we are actually lending to the Lord God. And He will repay us for our help and generosity.

So what sort of things can we do to help the poor? Over the years my wife and I have supported different organisations who help the poor in different ways.

1. Compassion – you can sponsor a child to help them have food, an education and hope to break out of the poverty cycle.

2. Bible League – they provide free Bibles and study materials to people who will never be able to afford to buy one.

3. Leprosy Mission – Leprosy is curable with Multi-Drug Therapy (MDT) – a combination of three antibiotics. A small gift changes lives.

4. Destiny Rescue – they help rescue children who are being exploited by others because of their poverty. They offer hope and a safe future.

5. Foodbank – we use food donated to Foodbank for our school breakfast club. It helps our students start the day well and provides food parcels for families.

These are just some examples of how you can help the poor and lend to the Lord. You can give Bibles, food, medicine, safety or education. All of which change lives forever and bring hope.