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Thursday, December 23, 2021

DECEMBER 24 – VALUES MUST BE MODELED

 So (Jesus) told John’s followers, “Go back to John and tell him the things you have seen me do, and the things you’ve heard Me say…” (Luke 7:22)

                   Do you dare to tell your people to watch what you do and listen to what you say, so they can judge who you are and what you are? Whether you tell them to do this or not, it will be the primary way they make this judgment. Your people will decide what you think is important by the things they see you do each day, especially in your personal interactions with them. For this reason, if you want to pursue what God has told you, and you want to teach your people to follow Him too, you must be very careful to act with integrity. You must live by your stated, defined values, or those values will have no meaning to your people.

                   If some of your people directly lead others, they must also be held accountable by you for their words and behavior in these relationships. Otherwise your values will have no meaning to any of them. If your people represent you in any relationships with other people, they all will be affected negatively if accountability is not a part of your process.

                   In the end, the values your people are taught are always the values that are modeled, regardless of what is said. Be sure the right values are modeled.

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