We’re continuing the Leadership Edition of The Hope Podcast – a series of episodes where we look at Jesus as the model of our leadership and redefine what it means to be a leader in God’s economy. Today we’ll address how to navigate the challenges and difficult decisions a leader faces on a regular basis.

If we’re ever going to change the world around us it will have to be Jesus’ way – the way of love. A love that’s biblical, sacrificial, unconditional, unstoppable, holy, and truthful. And this kind of love can be scary. As we look at David’s story with Mephibosheth, in today’s podcast we’ll dismantle some misconception about love and learn what it means to be fearless when it seems that our fear in love might overtake us.

Have you ever felt too weary and depressed to go on? Elijah did… In 1 Kings 19 we find him overwhelmed by life’s circumstances and ready to give up. But when he might have written the end of his story, God was just getting started.

As we look at how the Lord dealt with Elijah when he was stumbling through the dark, we will glean hope and gain confidence in a God committed to deliver and restore us no matter how deeply sunken we might feel. Listen in!

While we might strongly dislike failure, at some point in life we all fall short no matter how strong we think we are. The good news is that with God failure is not the end of our story, but the very thing he will use to show us his strength, his love, and to pave the way to our maximum usefulness. Today's podcast is an invitation for you to embrace your failure and turn to the Lord who is waiting for you “breakfast ready.”

If you have been a Christian for a while you must know by now that there is a cost to following Christ. In fact, Jesus wants nothing less from you than everything. In today’s podcast we’ll look in 1 Kings 17 at the story of Elijah and the widow from Zarephath and see how one woman could remain fearless even when it looked like faith might cost her more than she bargained for.