Reflecting Character in the Kingdom-1

• Principles are laws. They never change.
• "The secret to my success (as a teacher) is that I only teach principles." You can never disagree with a principle. 
• A person with character does not live on what is popular. They live on what is principled.
• Character is that which is unchanging. 
• Am I the same person all the time? Am I consistent? Am I predictable?
• Leaders must have character. People will not follow you if they don't trust you. Character attracts loyalty.

Defining Character

1. Character is commitment to a set of values without compromise. Your values will protect you.
2. Character is dedication to a set of standards without wavering. My standards produce my character. I will never violate my standards. There is no excuse in life for breaking standards.
3. Character is self-imposed discipline for the sake of moral convictions. A person of character locks themselves up in the prison of their own convictions and throw away the key. They police themselves.
• Your future depends on your character, not  your charisma.
• The only thing that can protect your gift and talent is your character.
4. Character is a constant effort to integrate one's words and deeds.
• Integrate means to become one.
5. Character is sacrifice for principles.
• Who are you with, that you shouldn't be with?
• What are you doing, in secret, that you shouldn't be doing? Are you willing to sacrifice that to protect your principles?
6. Character is simply integrity.
• Integrity means that you are ONE with yourself.
• Holy: the root word for holy is One. The Hebrew concept for holiness is integrity. The number one confession about God is that The Lord our God, the Lord is One! Holiness means I'm integrated. I am One. I am not multi-personality.
• Be One. Stop being a hypocrite.
• The foundation for trust is integrity. When you are one, people eventually trust you.
• Don't be attracted to charisma. Seek out character.
• If what you teach does not work for you, it shouldn't be taught.
• Lead with your life. Your life is the weight of your words.
• There is no such thing as a personal life. There is no such thing as a private life. What I do in private is my family's and my community's business.
• A person of character doesn't need to talk:
• Nelson Mandela went to prison for close to three decades and never changed his conviction.
• Fathers, do not exasperate your children.
• Exasperate: frustrate because of instability.
• Character protects your words.

Image before dominion. (Gen.1:26).

• Everyone is born to lead, not just people, but in an area of gifting. Your gifting attracts people. 
• Your gift makes room for you and will bring you before kings. 
• You can have a PhD and not know your gift.
• Many educated people didn't finish school. Bill Gates and Steve Jobbs found their gift.
• Your culture trains you to find a job, not to find your gift. You are 50 and still don't know why you were born.
• Your gift is your leadership fruit. When a fruit tree bears a fruit, it never brings the fruit to you. You are attracted to the tree. True leaders never seek followers! Followers are attracted to true leaders. They are not attracted to the person/individual. They are coming to the fruit. 

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