Self discipline is a price we pay when we want to achieve something with a desired result. For example – I want to get healthy, so I need self discipline to prepare and clean my veggies and not eat convenience processed foods like cookies and chips. Another example for me is working out daily, I need to get my butt up early, have a plan, and execute that plan so I can fit comfortably in my jeans. Now think about work, it does takes self discipline to get up and go to work daily, to be on time, and be productive – in return we receive a pay check. But…

Happy Monday! For the next few days we will dig into the cost of leadership and our willingness to pay. Self-discipline must come before we achieve leadership success. Ponder over these questions before tomorrow: 1. What am I doing as a leader to grow myself daily? 2. How can we expect to take others farther than we have gone ourselves? 3. What does it really mean to live your life going uphill everyday? #HappyMonday #Kingdomleadership #selfdiscipline #stayrooted

No greater leader has walked the earth than Jesus. He took the time, wherever he was, to speak to people. The Bible doesn’t say Jesus was in a hurry and dreaded to speak to people!! He was interested in knowing them and he was genuine in his love for others. I will never forget several years ago walking through one of our manufacturing plants. I use every minute of my day thinking, planning, etc. so I was in a daze somewhat. A man stopped me and said, “can I ask you a question?” He said, “you walk by me every day and I never see you smile.” That broke my…

Have you ever worked in a toxic environment? Do you feel office politics are necessary for survival? How should we respond as Rooted women? Are we to just hide and never leave our offices? No! We stay in God’s word and we pray for wisdom and we seek His guidance. In John 17:14, Jesus tells us that we are “in the world, but we are not of the world.” In other words we are to follow His agenda and not the agenda of the world. We show kindness and love. We lift others up; not just ourselves. We behave differently than the rest of the gang. We don’t say bad…

In Exodus, God gave Moses and the people of Israel laws to obey, these are known as the Ten Commandments. We are going to focus on the second commandment today – idols. Let’s unpack this with what God said first…”you must not have any other god besides me.” Then he said, “you must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea and bow down to them or worship them.” God told the people, “ I am a jealous God who can not tolerate your affections to any other god.” Exodus 3-4 As Christian working…

How is your living relationship with God and do you know Jesus well enough to tell people about Him? If not, study the Bible – we can only get to our God through Jesus. Many people don’t know this and as disciples of Christ we must be ready to give this info. Be the light at work and be prepared to share about Jesus when God puts people in front of you. #seekJesus #shareHim #beBold #sharethegift #stayrooted #workplace #love

You can work hard and achieve success, but unless your faith and trust is in Jesus Christ your work will not fulfill you. We will not be satisfied in this life unless we’ve given it to Jesus. Put God first in all you do so the harvest is great. #rootedleadership #itsallinthebible #stayrooted

Have you had those moments where you just can’t get a song out of your head? “What a Beautiful Name!” The name of Jesus! We can stand unshaken regardless of what we are going through! Repeat his name, call upon Him. He never changes, He never has fear. God has no rival, no equal, and He STILL reigns today! #havenofear #stayrooted #seekhimthroughallthings

Paul tells us to deal with our anger immediately in a way that builds relationships rather than destroy them. When we harbor those bad feelings it creates resentment and reduces creativity! As a leader you must be willing to have those tough conversations and confront workplace issues. Otherwise, just as Paul writes we give the devil a foothold!!! Speak to people. Be humble and willing to listen. Ask yourself what is the root of this anger? Get rid of it. Don’t give the devil a chance to destroy what you are building in your team. #stayintheword #dailyarmor #stayrooted #letgoofanger

We as leaders need to communicate our vision to our teams. Without the ability to communicate, we as leaders travel alone and no one will follow. No one can catch our vision unless we first transfer a picture of it into our team’s heart. Keep the vision bucket full and keep communicating to your teams. #stayrooted #communication #vision #leadership