Spiritual Leadership: Book review

The authors premise is that the church of today needs Christian leaders who are focused on leading their organizations into the plan and the path that the Lord Jesus desires. Society and the church world all need strong mature Biblical leaders. But many spiritual leaders are failing in their jobs and this has lead to some of the crisis we face in the church. We all experience the benefit of strong godly leadership and we all have experienced the lack of leadership as well in many other facets of life.
They wrote the book to help leaders become better, more informed, be able to understand their divine call, realize their key spiritual role, and learn the skills on how to effectively communicate the vision for their organization. They show the importance of moving their followers onto God’s agenda and not on to their own agenda. They spell out clearly how leaders must do the will of God not the will of man.
I feel the authors did a great job supporting their premise and giving practical ways of developing the spiritual leaders who read and digested this book.
In my own personal ministry over the last few years I have seen many challenges to my leadership decisions. It seems as if every decision I make is questioned and challenged. But I have committed to do what God wants to do in my organization. This means that I don’t do people pleasing and this has caused many to call me uncaring, not supportive of them, a false prophet, and even a poor leader. I have been criticized more than I have ever been in the past but I know that I am doing the right thing. Henry Blackaby challenged us as leaders to make sure that we are doing the right thing. That right thing and that right direction all starts with and comes from God not from men.
He stressed the importance of spiritual leadership commitment to prayer as being the guiding compass for the organization. He must hear from God and follow His will. I loved their section in chapter 2 in which they stated the following:
The spiritual leader’s tasks are as follows
1. The spiritual leader’s main task is to move people from where they are to where God wants them to be.
2. Spiritual leaders must depend on the Holy Spirit.
3. Spiritual leaders are accountable to God and we will one day give an account of what we did and did not do for God.
4. Spiritual leaders can influence all people, not just God’s people.
5. Spiritual leaders work for God’s agenda and they stay on God’s agenda.
Jesus becomes our role model here because he did not cast his vision for the church but cast and communicated the vision of God the Father to the world. We need to do the same as He did. We need to cast the vision that God wants for our organization.
We as spiritual leaders must hear from God for our organizations. In my case I believe the Lord has told me to do three things. 1. Become a house of prayer 2. Become a church that allows God’s presence to facilitate a healing to those attending – a place for people to encounter God tangibly and personally. 3. As a result of our church and leadership pressing forward in prayer and allowing the Holy Spirit to move in our services and lives we will eventually become a healthy church and toxic ways of the past will be washed out. But I know that I have to walk through this cleaning path and trust God to cause the breakthrough. I have had to make tough decisions as the leader and stand on the truth of God’s vision for this church to come to pass. This is never easy but it is necessary.
I see God working in our church and I am committed to join Him in assisting Him any way I can. I see God working through our Sunday nights “Heart’s Ablaze Services.” His presence is showing up on Sunday mornings and people are being touched. We need too as the leadership of this church follow God and become involved in allowing God to lead us to revival.
The premise of this book and their other book “Experiencing God” is that we see where God is moving and become involved in that move of the Spirit. I don’t create my vision and say God come follow me. I die to self and follow God’s lead as He is moving in this place. I don’t want my goals or ideas to be the focus of this church I want God’s ideas and focus to be our focus. I know that I could be successful in implementing Mike’s ideas but if they are not God’s then in reality I am not successful but a failure because I followed my way and not His way.
I as a leader have to take the initiative to grow personally. For me this means first of all praying then reading, studying to improve my heart and my leadership skills. I must admit it takes discipline to do this because so many things can choke out this developmental time. There have been so many people pulling and demanding my time. But I know this must happen for my sanity and for maturity in the things of the Lord and for dealing with the changeups that occur in ministry on a daily or even a weekly basis.
I was impacted with the section in their book that said that life experiences helped in the development of leaders. One of the factors that seemed to surface to the top was this, “It seems that growing up with an aloof, abusive, or absent father figure often inspired people to strive for greatness as a means of enhancing their battered sense of self-esteem.” Wow, Abraham Lincoln, Bill Clinton, Winston Churchhill, Woodrow Wilson and more. I guess I am in good company because I grew up in a dysfunctional family with an abusive father who I rarely talk to this day. I got saved at 18 and my one premise in life was to never be like my father. He abused us as kids physically, mentally and I still have the scars on my body and on my heart. I do believe that what the Devil meant for evil to me and my family drove me to Jesus and to who I am today. Jesus took those painful memories and turned them around for good. Thank you Jesus!
Failure is another reason they give for either the making or breaking of a potential leader. Crisis is another catalyst for the development of a leader. I feel I am in the midst of these two pinnacle moments in my life and ministry today. But my motto is “I will not quit!” I have been called here and I will follow my God given destiny through to the end.
I am sitting here pondering the thought from the book of how hardship, struggles, and even suffering helps us to spiritually develop. Just the other day one of my missionaries called me to tell me to listen to a message from Mark Driscoll on the suffering servant. He said in this message that the best pastors and leaders are ones who have suffered because these times develop their character and their leadership qualities. It changes them for the good and it causes them to depend even more on their Lord and Savior. Wow, I need to take my hardships and turn them into an advantage not a disadvantage.
I know that I am in leadership within the church today because God called me to do this. I cannot do anything else because this is where He placed me. I like Mother Teresa’s thought with a Mike’s twist added in, ‘I belong to God and He does not need my permission to use me wherever or how ever.”
The book continued to emphasize how spiritual leaders need to really focus on casting God’s vision for their organization.
It’s imperative that we share God’s vision for the church and ministry not mine. The best way to communicate and get others to buy into the vision is to present and let the Holy Spirit work on the hearts of the individuals following. This can also be enhanced and developed by telling stories to the organization. It’s the idea from Revelation were it states, “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.” These stories need to be from the past reminding people of their heritage and the miracles God performed to get them where they are today. Then they need to be made aware of the way God is moving in people’s lives today. This will help them see that God is working in their midst. The third way to cast vision is to share stories of the future like the Lord did when He promised the Israelites a land filled with milk and honey. To me the vision for the future of Christian Hills is a healthy church, a church that facilitates healing to others. We have seen this start to happen and it’s exciting to be a part of.
Character is another one of their premises in making quality spiritual leaders. Character is so hard to develop and so easy to lose. But they are so right in saying that people will follow those who have it and leave those who don’t. Character is the ability to lead like Jesus as a servant leader and with a desire to help others to their next level of life. The greatest measurement of a successful spiritual leader is the presence of God in his life and ministry. We need to ask ourselves, “Do people see and feel God’s presence through the leader’s words, and life?
The next measurement of a highly successful leader according to the authors is, are they Christ-like in their daily lives. This is where integrity comes in which is the ability to be honest in tough times, good times and the determination to present the truth without any distortion. Wow, I feel convicted and so inadequate because of how easily we can mishear, misrepresent, and misinterpret a certain situation. I do it and I react like Paul who says, “The things I do not want to do these I keep on doing.” I have done it to defend myself, to push my agenda rather than God’s and it’s these things which undermine my leadership. They are right in saying that integrity is crucial for people to be able to follow you and to trust you. Why, because you have to be consistently honest and upright. This is my inner desire and heartbeat and I remind myself how I must admit my mistakes and come clean.

The book has many other great insight and I encourage you to read it!

Pastor Mike’s vision for Christian Hills Church

I thought I would remind us at Christian Hills of my vision for Christian Hills Church

“Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
2 Cor. 3:17 NIV

MOTTO OF MINISTRY:
TOGETHER REACHING HIGHER

THE CHURCH I SEE:
I SEE A CHURCH THAT IS A HOUSE OF PRAYER
• I SEE A CHURCH THAT SPENDS HOURS EACH DAY ON ITS KNEE’S IN PRAYER.
• I SEE A CHURCH FILLED AT ALTAR CALLS WITH SAINTS PRAYING AND SINNERS REPENTING TO GOD.
• I SEE A CHURCH IN PRAYER AND PRAISE SERVICES MOVING BY THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• I SEE A CHURCH THAT PRAYER’S FOR ONE ANOTHER.
• I SEE A CHURCH WHICH FLOWS IN THE PROPHETIC
• I SEE A CHURCH THAT PRAYS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
• I SEE A CHURCH THAT MOVES MOUNTAINS WITH PRAYER.
• I SEE A CHURCH THAT PRAYS HUMBLY BEFORE THE LORD.
• I SEE A CHURCH THAT INTERCEDES FOR PEOPLE TO BE TRANSFORMED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD.
I SEE A CHURCH THAT IS HEALTHY
• I SEE A CHURCH UNITED IN VISION AND PURPOSE INSTEAD OF A CHURCH WHERE EVERYONE DOES WHAT THEY FEEL IS RIGHT.
• I SEE A CHURCH THAT ENCOURAGES EACH OTHER RATHER THAN TEAR EACH OTHER DOWN.
• I SEE A CHURCH THAT FORGIVES EACH OTHER RATHER THAN CARRIES A SPIRIT OF OFFENSE FOR EACH OTHER.
• I SEE A CHURCH THAT LOVES TO HANG OUT WITH EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF AVOID EACH OTHER.
• I SEE A CHURCH THAT HELPS ONE ANOTHER RATHER THAN IGNORES EACH OTHER.
• I SEE A CHURCH THAT PRACTICES THE MATTHEW 18 PRINCIPLE.
• I SEE A CHURCH THAT IS FILLED WITH PEOPLE PRAISING EACH OTHER RATHER THAN GOSSIPING ABOUT THEM BEHIND THEIR BACKS.
• I SEE A CHURCH REACHING ITS COMMUNITY WITH COMPASSION AND SERVANTHOOD.
• I SEE A CHURCH FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE JOYFUL TO THE LORD.
• I SEE A CHURCH THAT FLOWS IN THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
I SEE A CHURCH THAT IS HOUSE OF HEALING
• I SEE A CHURCH FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HEALED OF PHYSICAL ILLNESSES.
• I SEE A CHURCH FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HEALED OF MENTAL ANGUISH.
• I SEE A CHURCH FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HEALED SPIRITUALLY.
• I SEE A CHURCH FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DELIVERED FROM ADDICTIONS.
• I SEE A CHURCH FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DELIVERED FROM SINS REPERCUSSIONS.
• I SEE A CHURCH FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHOSE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN HEALED.
• I SEE A CHURCH INVOLVED IN ITS COMMUNITY BRINGING HEALING TO THE HURTING.
• I SEE A CHURCH REACHING OVERSEAS AND ABROAD TO BRING HEALING TO OTHER CULTURES AND PEOPLE GROUPS.
• I SEE A CHURCH WORKING WITHIN ITS NATION TO BRING ABOUT A HEALING TO THE NATION.

I SEE THE CHURCH AS A PLACE MOVING THROUGH THE CYCLICAL PROCESS BELOW:
Christian Hills 7 core values:

1. EVANGELIZE. Christian Hills belief is that lost people matter to God; and, therefore, the church needs to focus on reaching them with the gospel. This will be accomplished by three means:
a. By relational evangelism, which is a process that takes time. This does not happen by just one time sharing the gospel with someone but by establishing a relationship with the lost individual. We will train our people in this type of evangelism with the program “Contagious Christian”. See Luke 5:30-32, Luke 15, and Matt. 18:14.
b. By anointed preaching and teaching which will change lives. This form of communication is God’s plan for explaining the who, what, when, where, and why of Christianity. See Romans 12:7, 2 Tim. 3:16-17, and James 1:23-25.
c. By being culturally relevant to the lost community yet remaining biblical in our approach. There will be no compromise of the gospel in any way. See 1 Cor. 9:19-23.

2. REALIZE. When the gospel is evangelized by the above process, lost individuals come to a realization that they need to become born again. This decision occurs by the following means:
a. Life change happens through the above process.
b. Christian Hills believes that life change is a result of the Holy Spirit working in individuals and the Holy Spirit using Christians.
c. Repentance occurs
d. Once a decision is made, discipleship enters the picture. This happens best in small groups and one-on-one relationships. We will offer classes to new believers to teach them the basics of Christianity. See Luke 6:12-13 and Acts 2:44-47.
e. We will stress mentoring of new believers.

3. BAPTIZE. Once the believer understands the meaning of their new birth, they will be encouraged to be water baptized and baptized in the Holy Spirit.
The two baptisms:
-Water Baptism (Romans 6)
-The Baptism in the Holy Spirit (Acts 2, Acts 19:1-22, 1 Cor. 12, 13, 14)

4. REVITALIZE. This has to do with the renewing of the mind. This is accomplished by four means:
a. By stressing that Christ’s followers are to strive toward continuous growth. See 2 Tim. 2:15, 3:14-16.
b. Christian Hills believes that the pursuit of full devotion to Christ and His great commission is normal for every believer. This includes teaching by the leadership on the concepts of stewardship, servant-hood, no pride, pursuit of God and finishing strong. See 1 Kings 11:4, Phil. 2:1-11, 2 Cor. 8:7.
c. Christian Hills will emphasize that excellence honors God and inspires people. This includes the concepts of evaluation, critical review with love, intensity in the cause of Christ, and excellence in serving the Lord. See Col. 3:17, Mal. 1:6-14 and Pr. 27:17.
d. Christian Hills will teach to all that the church is to be led by men and women with leadership gifts. This includes teachings on empowerment, servant leadership, delegation, strategic focus, and being intentional in our vision. See Neh. 1-2, Rom. 12:8 and Acts 6:2-5.

5. SPIRITUALIZE. Christian Hills believes that Christians are to demonstrate love, authenticity, and genuineness at all times. This will be achieved by four means:
a. The Matthew 18 principle will be enforced, and gossip will not be tolerated.
b. Character will be modeled and stressed by the leadership and required to be upheld by the church.
c. 1 Cor. 13 will be modeled by the leadership. See also Neh. 3, Luke 10:1 and John 13:34-35.
d. Hypocrisy will not be tolerated and will be pointed out and dealt with as Jesus Christ dealt with it in Matt. 23. See also Eph. 4:25-26, 32; Heb. 12:1; and Phil. 1:6.

6. MATERIALIZE. Christian Hills believes that a Christian church is made up of servants, men and women serving each other with their gifts. This will be stressed through four means:
a. We will all seek to choose to lose to God and our own selfish desires. See John 13.
b. This will be accomplished by unity being emphasized and modeled. Note: sometimes we may disagree on subjects, but we can still disagree and be united as one. See 1 Cor. 1.
c. Spiritual gifts will be taught, demonstrated, and monitored by leadership. See 1 Cor. 12, 14; Rom. 12; Eph. 4; Ps. 133:1. We will use Wagner’s “Spiritual Gifts tests” to help people discover and use their gifts.

7. EVANGELIZE. The individual who has been evangelized and discipled now reproduces themselves by sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with others.

When the church is accomplishing the above, we will continue to repeat this seven-step cycle over and over in individuals’ lives, in the church, and community.

“Vision without action does nothing.

Action without vision accomplishes nothing.

Vision with action can change our community, county, state, country, and world!”

MISSION STATEMENT:
Our goal is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ in all dimensions of our lives and ministry. We will contend to liberate the lost with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We will intentionally seek to assist people in the healing of their spirit’s, their hearts, and their lives. We will wholeheartedly strive to enable as many people as possible to experience, know, love, and serve God with all their heart, mind, soul, and strength.

VISION STATEMENT:
WE WILL SEEK TO LIBERATE THE LOST THROUGH LIFESTYLE EVANGELISM. WE WILL NOT ONLY PREACH THE WORD BUT LIVE IT THROUGH OUR DAILY LIVES AND ACTIONS. WE WILL SEEK TO BE AVID STUDENTS OF THE WORD OF GOD THROUGH DAILY STUDY AND DAILY PRAYER. WE WILL REACH INTO OUR COMMUNITY, SHARING THAT THERE IS HOPE BEYOND LIFE’S CIRCUMSTANCES. WE WILL BE SENSITIVE TO THE LOST BUT WE WILL ALSO COMMIT TO BEING BIBLICAL IN OUR APPROACH TO LIFE AND MINISTRY. WE WILL DO THIS BY CARING FOR PEOPLE GOD’S WAY. WE WILL USE CREATIVE MEANS IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE GOSPEL THAT WILL APPEAL TO THE HEART, MIND, AND SOUL OF ALL THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING TRUTH.
WE WILL STRIVE TO LIBERATE ALL PEOPLE BY STANDING AGAINST ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION. WE WILL STRIVE TO DEVELOP A CHURCH THAT IS CROSS-CULTURAL, RACIALLY MIXED, AND FINANCIALLY DIVERSE. ALL THESE DIFFERENCES WILL BE THE STRENGTH OF THE CHURCH AND REFLECT THE GLORY OF GOD.
WE WILL ALWAYS SEEK TO SERVE GOD, OTHERS, AND THE COMMUNITY UNCONDITIONALLY (1 PETER 4:7-11). MY RESOLVE AS SENIOR PASTOR FOR THIS VISION IS REFLECTED IN THE PRAYER BELOW:
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH,
I PRAY FOR THE POWER TO LOVE MY FELLOW PERSON,
TO BREAK THROUGH THE CONDEMNING BIGOTRY,
THE CRIPPLING PREJUDICE,
THE STIFLING SELF-CENTEREDNESS
THAT SMOTHERS GOD’S SPIRIT WITHIN ME,
AND TO CHANNEL AND COMMUNICATE DIVINE LOVE
TO LONELY, LOVELESS PEOPLE ABOUT ME.
AND I PRAY AS WELL FOR THE ABILITY TO TRANSLATE
THE MESSAGE OF GOD’S ETERNAL LOVE INTO WORDS AND ACTION
THAT WILL PIERCE THE HEARTS OF BUSY MEN AND WOMEN
AND MOVE THEIR HEARTS TO FAITH AND OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST.
ADAPTED FROM “RESOLVE”
BY LESLIE BRANDT

WE WILL ALSO LIBERATE HURTING CHRISTIAN’S FROM THE BONDAGE OF RELIGIOUS LEGALISM AND LEGALISTIC TRADITIONAL RITUAL. WE WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS BY NOT ALLOWING MANMADE RULES TO BE A PART OF OUR DOCTRINE AND PRACTICES (MATT. 23). WE WILL FOCUS ON THE BIBLE AS OUR RULE AND GUIDE FOR LIFE AND FOR MINISTRY.
WE WILL STRIVE TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS TOTAL HEALING FOR THOSE WOUNDED THROUGH LIFE. WE WILL STRIVE TO BE AN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL FOR THE HURT AND WOUNDED OF THIS WORLD BOTH SPIRITUALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.
WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MAKE DISCIPLES. WE WILL PROVIDE BIBLICAL INSTRUCTION TO HELP ALL NEW CONVERTS GROW AND MATURE IN CHRIST. WE WILL DEVELOP HEALING GROUPS TO ASSIST IN THE HEALING PROCESS FOR PEOPLE’S LIVES. WE WILL SEEK TO IMPLANT INTO OLDER CHRISTIAN’S THE MANDATE TO “SHOW THYSELF APPROVED” THROUGH STUDY OF GOD’S WORD AND THAT WE ARE TO CONTINUE TO GROW SPIRITUALLY THROUGHOUT OUR WHOLE LIVES. WE KNOW THAT SMALL GROUPS AND CLASSES MUST BE INSTITUTED INTO OUR LIFE SO AS TO HELP US WITH THE RENEWING OF MY MIND. WE WILL SEEK TO LEAD THE WAY IN DISCIPLESHIP IN OUR HOMES, OUR CHURCH AND OUR COMMUNITY (MATT. 28:16-20).

OUR LEADERSHIP WILL MODEL SERVANT LEADERSHIP AS DEMONSTRATED BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN (JOHN 13). OUR LEADERSHIP AND LIFESTYLE WILL PROMOTE AND LIVE THE THREE MOTTOS:
“I CHOOSE TO LOSE TO GOD!”
“I WILL HAVE NO PRIDE!”
“I WILL NOT QUIT SERVING THE LORD!”
OUR LEADERSHIP WILL CONTEND AT ALL TIMES TO BE OPEN, HONEST, GENUINE AND AUTHENTIC. WE WILL STAND AGAINST THE “PECKING ORDER” WHICH SEEKS TO EMPHASIZE AUTHORITARIAN DICTATORSHIP AND A CLASS SYSTEM. INSTEAD WE WILL SEEK NOT TO APPEAR PERFECT OR FLAWLESS BUT BE ONES WHO MODEL HUMILITY AND EVEN WILLING TO ADMIT MISTAKES (LUKE 9:46-50).
WE WILL SEEK TO COMMUNICATE AND ADVOCATE THAT GOD USES IMPERFECT PEOPLE TO DO HIS PERFECT WILL.
WE WILL ENCOURAGE AND EMPOWER MATURE CHRISTIANS TO STEP OUT IN FAITH AND TAKE FAITH RISKS FOR GOD. WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT HISTORY WE DISCOVER THAT CHRISTIANS WHO WERE LED BY GOD AND TOOK FAITH FILLED RISKS FOR HIM MADE AN ETERNAL IMPACT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. RISK TAKING FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD WILL BE A HALLMARK TO SHOW THAT GOD IS WITH US AND THAT WE CAN TRUST HIM:
TO LAUGH IS TO RISK APPEARING THE FOOL
TO WEEP IS TO RISK APPEARING SENTIMENTAL
TO REACH OUT FOR ANOTHER IS TO RISK INVOLVEMENT
TO EXPOSE FEELINGS IS TO RISK EXPOSING, YOUR TRUE SELF
TO PLACE YOUR IDEAS, YOUR DREAMS BEFORE A CROWD IS TO RISK THEIR LOSS
TO LOVE IS TO RISK NOT BEING LOVED IN RETURN
TO LIVE IS TO RISK DYING
TO HOPE IS TO RISK DESPAIR
TO TRY IS TO RISK FAILURE
BUT RISKS MUST BE TAKEN, BECAUSE THE GREATEST HAZARD IN LIFE IS TO RISK NOTHING
THE PERSON WHO RISKS NOTHING, DOES NOTHING, HAS NOTHING AND IS NOTHING
THEY MAY AVOID SUFFERING AND SORROW BUT THEY CANNOT LEARN, FEEL, CHANGE, GROW, LOVE OR LIVE
CHARMED BY THEIR ATTITUDES THEY ARE A SLAVE, THEY HAVE FORFEITED THEIR FREEDOM
ONLY A PERSON WHO RISKS IS FREE
WHEN WE TAKE RISKS FOR GOD WE DO SO IN OBEDIENCE TO HIS LEADING. WE WILL WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT AND SEEK TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT HEROES OF THE FAITH (HEBREWS 11).
VALUES

We will demonstrate and role model a life of integrity. We will not promote greed in any form or fashion. We will trust the Lord to meet our financial needs. We will tithe to the Lord and search for opportunities to give offerings to His work as well. We will seek to communicate the necessity of giving tithes and offerings to the work of Lord but not try to manipulate people to give by guilt or condemnation. We will always provide open financial records and minutes to our congregation, and open communication to our congregation on the subject of finances. The key here is integrity in all scenarios of life especially in finances (1 Tim. 3:1-9).
We will strive to serve God daily on a personal basis which will incorporate personal prayer time, and personal bible study. We will not forsake the assembly of the body of Christ for other worldly enticements but in turn we will seek to encourage others to not forsake the assembly of the saints as well.

Hebrews 10:25 “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-and all the more as you see The Day approaching.”

We will value the Bible as 100% the Word of God. We will adhere to the fact that the Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit and is to be used to lead and guide our daily lives. The Holy Spirit will be our guide in the way we live life. We will seek the insight and listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit as we desire to have a biblical world view.