Category: The Way

• When were you the man on the side of the road?
• Who came along and took time, resources and effort to help you?
• Where was your inn…the place that you were taken to heal or grow?

Onward,

DeWayne Ables

PioneerIQ.com

• Are your closest leaders Purpose-fit?
• Are they passionate about the need you serve and the impact your organization could have?
• Do you intentionally pray for the Lord’s direction on who you should appoint?

Onward,

DeWayne Ables

PioneerIQ.com

• Is your Purpose and Plan requiring you to expand your territory this year?
• Have you made attempts into new markets in the past and hit a dead-end?
• Do you understand who needs you, the need they have and how you can help?
• Have you been given a vision but not acted on it?

Onward,

DeWayne Ables

PioneerIQ.com

• Have you been given a vision that seems impossible? 
• Have you ever wondered if that vision was given to someone else but they said,  “no” or just did not respond to initial promptings of God to act? 
• Have there been people in your life that you have gone to for confirmation and encouragement? 
• Are you a Guide to others around you, those who have a conviction to something huge and impactful but on the surface seems ridiculous or impossible? 

Merry Christmas!

DeWayne Ables

PioneerIQ.com

How would you catigorize your Faith:

• knowledge that you have: a belief, active daily partnership?

What’s God’s role in your life?

• Can you look back to specific situations in your life where God showed up and did something amazing, something that only he could have pulled off or done?
• Do you pray, expect and look for him working on your behalf, in the office, with customers or at home?
• Do you have instances (memories) that you can go back to as “case studies” that will encourage and help others to learn how to believe and expect God to work on thier behalf?
• If you come from a background or environment where God was not expected to live up to the expectations that he has set for himself – realized you are the one who is blessed to be a living case study for others to follow! Have faith, expect, be vocal.

Onward,

DeWayne Ables

PioneerIQ.com

But he rejected Joseph’s descendants; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim. He chose instead the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loved. There he built his sanctuary as high as the heavens, as solid and enduring as the earth. He chose his servant David, calling him from the sheep pens. He took David from tending the ewes and lambs and made him the shepherd of Jacob’s descendants— God’s own people, Israel. He cared for them with a true heart and led them with skillful hands. (Psalms 78:67-72 NLT)

• Are you following through and leading your organization to do what God has laid on your heart or given you conviction to do?
• Do you see signs of God’s favor working in and through your people?
• Are you and your leaders caring for your people with a true heart?
• Are you leading and training with skillfull hands?

God chose an organization of people, lead by a Purpose-Driven Leader, to build one of his greatest Sanctuaries.

May God call and give you clarity on the “Sanctuary” he is leading you to build today.

Onward,

DeWayne Ables

Pioneer IQ

Luke 6:43-45 | The Tree and Its Fruit

43“A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. 44. A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thorn bushes, and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes. 45 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.”

The Core of Your Organization:

How would you describe the heart of your organization?

What types of stories are told that represent what is in the heart of your organization?

Is there a common theme in the stories?

Which category best describes the collective focus of your organization? A focus on:
a reward | services | projects | customers | customer’s industry | end-user | community

What stories might your customers tell about your organization?

What would be different about the stories they tell about your organization versus ones they may tell about your competitors?

Is it what you desire it to be or does the heart of your organization need to shift?

Onward,

DeWayne

Luke 6:43-45 | The Tree and Its Fruit

43“A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. 44. A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thorn bushes, and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes. 45 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.”

The definition of a brand is changing. People want to connect with what they buy and why they work. This shift in society is putting owners and leaders at a crossroad.

There are 2 choices:
1. Implement creative “campaigns” that attract new customers and increase sales – that change with new leaders or seasons.

2. Develop and promote an Identity and Lifestyle that lives out your purpose and features the impact your brand has on those who experience it.

Which option best describes your brand and organization?
Are your people living out and delivering your purpose or just punching in to collect a check?
What do you need to build your purpose driven brand: clarity, time, a purpose worth fighting for?
l’m amazed by what I learn about running a business in 2015 from a 2000-year-old Book…when I take the time to hear what the message is trying to tell me.

In it together,

DeWayne

We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God’s Good News but our own lives, too. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 (NLT)

Paul’s purpose is very clear. During the Thessalonian Mission and in an effort to deeply connect with those he was called to lead, Paul makes one of his strategies very clear…to be personal and transparent.
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• Has there been a leader in your life that has had a great effect on you?
• Did you connect with that leader because of their skills or because of their ability to relate to you?
• How do you connect with those that you are leading?
• Do they feel like you can relate to them?

I find that transparency is a much easier approach, it prevents you from exerting energy to be something you are not and more of who you are. Can also relieve leadership loneliness.

In it together,

DeWayne

“Why did you beat your donkey those three times?” the angel of the LORD demanded “Look, I have come to block your way because you are stubbornly resisting me. Three times the donkey saw me and shied away; otherwise, I would certainly have killed you by now and spared the donkey.” Then Balaam confessed to the angel of the LORD, “I have sinned. I didn’t realize you were standing in the road to block my way. I will return home if you are against my going.” (‭Numbers‬ 32-34‬ NLT)
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1. Are you getting resistance from a trusted source on a decision that you are making?
2. How are you responding?
3. Are you willing to see their perspective and understand their conviction?
4. What will it take for you to retract and correct your course?

How ironic, God uses a donkey to speak to a man who is being stubborn.

Unfortunately, I am living this as I write it. – In it together.

DeWayne