Every team looks a little different. It requires different skills, different activities, and different priorities. Within a single team, every volunteer offers a different talent and view on how things should work. As leaders, we must create unity with our team, across teams, and with staff.

Anxiety. I never really understood the word for a long time. That doesn’t mean that I didn’t struggle with anxiety, it just means that I never fully understand the impact it had on my life. That is, until I realized that I have struggled with panic attacks at different times in my life.

Just as we are called to daily prayer, so we are also called to daily worship. While we may have an amazing prayer life, daily worship requires more from us than a conversation. It requires purity of emotions, a heart of vulnerability, and love expressed to God.

We recently discussed how we as leaders must seek first and in seeking we must be prayerful. We all intend to pray. We may even pray on a daily basis. You may still be be asking what a prayerful leader might look like. Learn how to become a more prayerful leader.

As leaders, we must prioritize everything our team does. Priorities are essential to ensuring things execute smooth and the team is going in the right direction. Whether you lead a team of 1 or a team of 1000, how you start often determines how you will finish. This means getting first things first.

If leadership starts with seeking God, it grows by seeking His righteousness. We all go through times when we become more focused on ourselves than others. However, if we seek God and His righteousness, we will allow His love to flow through us in its purest form.

Effective leadership starts with seeking God. Whether you are leading a team at work, at the church, or at home, we are told to seek God first. When we seek God first, our leadership experience is dynamic and rich. When we don’t, it becomes dull and sometimes a burden.