Business Devotional Meeting

7 August 2013The Riverwalk

Business Devotional Meeting

• Purpose of Devotional Meeting

– Gather of business people in the marketplace

– Sharing of biblical principle in business context

– A platform to garner support from one another

– Spiritual growth

Business Devotional Meeting

• Meeting will be held on the first and third Wednesday of every month

• Sequence of meeting

– 7:30pm to 8:30pm

• Praise & Worship

• Sharing of the Word

• Fellowship

R E S U L T SBy Welson Ang

Achieving

RESULTSRE-COMMIT

EXPECT SUCCESS

SEEK PARTNERS

UNDERSTAND YOURAUDIENCE

Leader to lead. Not led.

R E S U L T S• The purpose to LEAD– Simply, to make thing happen

• Leaders– The person who leads or commands a group,

organization, or country.– Other terms for leader in the bible?• Shepherd, overseer, deacon, elders . . .

R E S U L T S

Are you a born leader?

R E S U L T SBoss vs Leader

Drive employeesDepend on authority

Inspires fearSays, “I”

Place blame for the breakdownKnows how it is done

Uses peopleTake creditCommandsSays, “Go”

Coaches themOn goodwillGenerates enthusiasmSays, “We”Fixes the breakdownShows how it is doneDevelops peopleGives creditAsksSays, “Let’s go”

Qualities of a leader

R E S U L T S

R E S U L T S• John 13:13-17 ESV

13) You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am.

14) If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

15) For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.

16) Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

17) If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

Qualities of a Leader

1) Humble

2) Set example3) Willing to do

TRAINING

When is the war?

台上一分钟， 台下十年功

R E S U L T S• To TRAIN is to develop or form the habits,

thoughts, or behavior of by discipline and instruction.

“ It is the professionals who spend time to train… … it is the amateurs, who do not train, who wonder why they cannot play like I do.” Tiger Woods

“ If you always do what you have always done… … you will always get what you have always got.” Walter

“ I was better because I spent time sharpening my axe.” ANON

R E S U L T S• The bible stresses on training• 2 Tim 3:16-17– All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable

for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

• Psalm 144:1 – Of David. Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains

my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

Why train?

R E S U L T S• Why training is important?

Keyword is DIE1. Develops potential2. Improve performance3. Expand capability

R E S U L T S• Tips of successful training (program)– Be Concise– Be Focused– Regular Schedule– Ask Expert– Associate with visual– Clarification– Documentation

STOP TALKING

START DOING

R E S U L T S• You can’t reap a harvest by staring at the

seeds. It don’t work this way.

R E S U L T S• 2 Thessalonians 3:10– For even when we were with you, we gave you

this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”

• Galatians 6:7– Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for

whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

R E S U L T S• Proverbs 14:23 – In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only

to poverty.

• Proverbs 13:4– The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,

while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

R – RE-COMMITE – EXPECT SUCCESSS – SEEK PARTNERSU – UNDERSTAND AUDIENCEL – LEADT – TRAINS – STOP TALKING, START DOING

What time is it?

We are “programmed” as a giver

Do you agree?