True leading leads to true changing. It’s getting those who follow you to believe in the path you're blazing; not only through your sweat, and tears, but ultimately from the only blood that can cover you and your peers. Christ is the Leader’s leader and if...

It true that who you are determines what you do. But the opposite isn't true, because what you do does not determine who you are. You are not a mess up because you messed up. And you are not a failure because you failed. So instead of thinking you are what you did, begin believing how God says you are His. In other words, you are redeemed because of what Jesus did on the cross for you, making your identity in Him the catalyst of what you do.

The grace of God saves, sustains, strengthens, and satisfies within the spirit. And since it is our spirit that communes with God--by His grace alone--we need to keep our spirit defiled from the corruption of the world by steady bathing in the water of the Word. "How does a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your Word" (Psalm 119:9).