I will

My new leadership book is written by two famous Australians - Wesley Harris & Stephen Court so my quotes will be coming from Proverbial Leadership over the next few weeks.

a Jesus thought...
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. (John 10:27)

a Godly thought...
It is necessary for the church to rethink its stance entirely and to become a missionary church within the West. (Martin Robinson, p84 Frost & Hirsch)

a leading thought...
Effective leadership involves being wise with foresight - before, not after the event. (p5 Harris)

a Dave thought...
Yesterday we conducted the last of our soldiership classes for a group of young guys at Box Hill. We were looking at each of the ten ''I will" statements on the soldiers covenant and what it means to commit to each of these. If you want to brush up have a read at... http://www1.salvationarmy.org/ind/www_ind.nsf/80256e520050a2e280256b3b0048eb4b/80256e520050a2e280256c54007234c9!OpenDocument
The comment was made that the 21 statements which we sign up to, which include 11 doctirnes and the 10 I wills, have been summarised by one negative statement ...I am not allowed to drink. This is really 2% of the whole covenant but gets the most press, maybe because it is counter-cultural or maybe because our friends see it? But these ten statements are full on and if we had soldiers willing to actually live these the Army would be amazing, if you are a soldier try living this out...

I will be actively involved, as I am able, in the life, work, worship and
witness of the corps, giving as large a proportion of my income as
possible to support its ministries and the worldwide work of the
Army.

It seems this ''I will'' doesn't get the same air time, maybe it is because we don't have to go public with it?

Just a thought.