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"True love is patient, it is kind, it is not jealous, true love does not brag and is not arrogant, it does not seek its own, is not provoked, true love forgives, it rejoices with the truth, it bears all things, hopes all things, and endures all things, true love never fails". Take a moment to replace the word 'true love' with our own names and try reading the above sentence. How does it feel? I don't feel good at all. Yes, I might see glimpses of it once in a while but miles to go if I need to make it true for my life. How about you? But the amazing fact is that this is the kind of love that you and I are experiencing everyday. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life". John 3:16. He loved us while we were yet in our sins, much before we could turn to Him and love him. It is unconditional, totally unmerited, I love you in spite of kind of love. How do we lo

Leadership is influence, no doubt about it, it is the ability to influence people to follow a course of action in order to accomplish a God given vision. If one thinks that he is a leader and he turns back to see no one following him, do not be deceived by calling himself a leader, he is merely taking a walk. In our culture and context leadership is often connected with position and the person is seen as a leader only as long as he remains in that position or title. This person excerts influence from the position he holds and very often the person tends to be identified with the title. It is sad to see the moment he looses the title he has no influence at all over the people he led.This kind of leadership is not leadership at all. True test of leadership is in answering the question, are people willing to follow you irrespective of the position or title that you hold. This kind of leadership demands depth of character, integrity, a caring and loving heart and an undying vision to die