个人成长：勇气/冒险精神

第五天：深入反思

阅读：约二12-22

耶稣洁净圣殿是勇气和冒险精神的有力榜样。他的勇气和冒险精神来自内心的坚定信念。请翻阅到今天的阅读材料，认识艾伦（Henry Lee Allen）如何实际解释计算冒险的代价。

Courage/Risk-taking and What I Do

Read John 2:12-22

• When Jesus cleared the temple he gave a powerful example of both courage and risk-taking that came from the wellspring of deep conviction.

• Having the faith to attempt something new or different even though it might be hard or lead to failure. (Henry Lee Allen)

• Risk is not recklessness; recklessness involves little or no forethought…In contrast, those who take risks are aware that they face enormous obstacles to achievement; yet, the rewards seem well worth the effort.

• Strong leaders boldly take calculated risks. They must do so in order to advance their cause.

• As you cultivate your leadership skills, don’t be afraid to take a calculated risk. And don’t fear failure. Both are back doors to success.

个人成长：勇气/冒险精神

第四天：学习领导

阅读：结二十八6-10

好的领袖懂得[亡羊补牢]，伟大的领袖却能[未雨绸缪]。面对一位非常成功的君王，以西结直接的告诉他，尽管他已经取得了成就，他的生活却充满了不道德的 行为，极需要修正。虽然以西结的生命将因此而陷入危险之中，他仍然勇敢的承担这一切风险。请翻阅今天的阅读材料，看为什么以西结先知比一位好的领袖更伟 大。

Courage/Risk-taking and How It Works

Read Ezekiel 28:6-10

• Good leaders “fix what’s broke.” Great leaders “fix what (to others) isn’t broke.”

• Ezekiel demonstrated a rare kind of courage in confronting the immorality of the highly successful king of Tyre. We admire someone who stands strong under pressure.  We cheer the leader who points out errors in the struggling department and makes it improve. But who goes into a division that’s blowing the doors off and tells them to clean up their act?

• It takes courage to stand firm when attacked. It takes courage to risk people’s retaliation by making them fix what’s broken.

• But following Ezekiel into the plush office of the powerful king to confront him with his sin requires another kind of courage—the courage that comes from godly conviction and the Spirit’s prompting.

• Great leaders exhibit great courage by consistently addressing problems no matter where whey are, what they are or who has them.

• As Ezekiel demonstrates, this level of courage comes from firmly held conviction.

• Unless a leader believes unequivocally in what he or she is doing, that leader will not exhibit this kind of courage.

• “I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

• Great conviction about great truth breeds great courage.

个人成长：勇气/冒险精神

第三天：认识自己

阅读：民十四1-10

领导的本质是激励人一起朝着一个他们原来不会走的方向前进。每隔一段时候，好的领袖就需要勇气探索未知的领域。请翻阅今天的阅读材料，了解以色列民遇到似乎不可攀越的障碍时所出现的情况：缺乏勇气使他们付出了高昂的代价。

Courage/Risk-taking and Who I Am

Read Numbers 14:1-10

• Leadership, by its very nature, inspires people to move in directions they would not otherwise have been willing to take.

• From time to time, good leadership requires excursions into unexplored territory, and draws on a leader’s courage.

• Obedience to the precepts and principles of Scripture does in fact require significant risk, because to trust God is to pursue the invisible over the visible.

• Hebrews 4:2    For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.  因为有福音传给我们，像传给他们一样；只是所听见的道与他们无益，因为他们没有信心与所听见的道调和。

• Joshua 1:9    Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”  我岂没有吩咐你吗？你当刚强壮胆！不要惧怕，也不要惊惶；因为你无论往那里去，耶和华你的神必与你同在。

• Knowing this, God asks His people to take the step of faith and trust in His presence. God is the ultimate source of empowerment; He is the eternal source of the godly leader’s courage.

个人成长：勇气/冒险精神

第二天：认识神

阅读：来六13-20

世上[那想当然]的事存在吗？这个世界上，似乎并不存在必然的事；我们许多人都发现，我们感觉能够掌管控制一切只是一种错觉，我们甚至不能控制一天之内要发生什么事情。只有一位最高的掌管者，统管万有。请翻阅今天的阅读材料，看看那唯一能使生命真正得安慰的锚。

Courage/Risk-taking and Who God Is

Read: Hebrews 6:13-20

• In this world, nothing appears to be certain. Our sense of being in control is only an illusion. We cannot control the outcome of even a single day.

• There is only One who exercises sovereign control.

• There are two reasons why God’s promises are certain:

1. the unchanging nature of His purpose
2. the fact that He cannot break His covenant.

• The only stable and unqualified ground of hope is the immutable character of God and the promises that flow out of His character.

• We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.

• It takes real courage for us to risk everything on the promises of God—at least those who hope in the promises of the world have something tangible and visible to bolster their confidence. But those who hope in God’s promises are staking their lives on what is not seen and what is not yet.

• Romans 8:24-25   For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. 我们得救是在乎盼望；只是所见的盼望不是盼望，谁还盼望他所见的呢（有古卷：人所著见的何必再盼望呢）？ 但我们若盼望那所不见的，就必忍耐等候。

• Hebrews 11:1   Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 信就是所望之事的实底，是未见之事的确据。

个人成长：勇气/冒险精神

第一天：开始思考

阅读：书一:1-9

领袖需要勇气应付平常会面对的艰难决策。约书亚在他的领袖生涯中，当然也面临这样的挑战，他要与应许之地强大的军事力量对抗，而他所带领作战的却只是一群未经训练的牧人。

神 知道的约书亚需要勇气，所以引导他，坚固他的信心。首先神提醒约书亚，他是信实的神，必遵守他的一切诺言（3-6节），神曾经起誓将迦南地赐给他的百姓， 他必定履行誓言。约书亚的成功不在于军事战略，或训练有素的军队，而在于信靠神。第二，神命令约书亚默想他的话，就是摩西记录在摩西五经里的律法（7-8 节）。约书亚从这[律法书]里能得到所需要的智慧和激励，使他勇敢的承担起带领以色列人的责任。第三，神应许亲自与约书亚同在（9节），无论敌人多么强 大，无论以色列民如何悖逆，约书亚都不是独自面对，神必永远与他同在。

从前使约书亚获得力量和勇气的泉源，今天的领袖只要愿意，也 可以得到。面对有风险的决策时，敬虔的领袖在祷告中仰望神，寻求神话语的启示，从而得到作正确决策所需要的洞察力和勇气。你现在所处的环境是否需要你以勇 气或冒险精神去面对？让神对约书亚所说的话帮助你，给你足够的勇气。

Personal Development: Courage/Risk-taking

Read Joshua 1:1-9

• God realized Joshua’s need for courage and gave him guidance that would strengthen his faith.

1. First, God reminded Joshua of His faithfulness to keep all of His promises.
2. Second, God commanded Joshua to meditate on His words that Moses recorded in the five books of the Pentateuch.
3. Third, God promised to be personally present with Joshua.

• The same sources of courage that empowered Joshua are available today for any leader who will accept them. When faced with a risky business decision, the godly leader will look to God in prayer and to God’s revealed Word for the perspective and courage needed to make the right choice.

Passage to memorize this week 本周背诵经文:

约书亚 Joshua 1:9

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.

我岂没有吩咐你吗？你当刚强壮胆！不要惧怕，也不要惊惶；因为你无论往那里去，耶和华你的神必与你同在。