Hey Reader,

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If you want your team to grow, take ownership, and carry the weight with you, it starts with you. Your team’s growth will never exceed your own.

This week’s message is a reminder that before we can develop others, we have to let God develop us. It’s not about control. It’s about example.

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🎥 Watch the 5-minute message here

What I’m Thinking

Your capacity to develop others will reach only as far as your commitment to developing yourself.

When things aren’t working, we often look outward: My team isn’t communicating. They’re not proactive. They’re not ready for more responsibility.

But those problems usually mirror our own blind spots.

You can’t expect clarity from your team if you haven’t cultivated clarity within yourself. You can’t expect accountability from them if you’re not modeling it personally.

Jesus said in Luke 6:39, “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?”

Even Jesus modeled this before calling His disciples. He spent forty days alone with the Father. His public power came from private preparation.

If you want your leadership to bear fruit, it starts with what’s happening in the hidden places. Your heart, your prayer life, your growth.

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Ask yourself:

• Where am I expecting my team to be disciplined when I’m not?
• Where am I asking for vision when I haven’t sought God for it?
• Where am I calling my team to be courageous while I’m still playing it safe?

Before you ask, “What do they need to become?” ask, “Who am I becoming?”

You produce who you are, not what you say.

Paul said in 1 Corinthians 11:1, “Follow me as I follow Christ.”

That’s leadership. People will only follow you as far as you are willing to follow Him.

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What I’m Studying

Luke 6:39 | Proverbs 4:23 | 1 Corinthians 11:1
​Reflection prompt: Where am I asking others to grow without growing myself?

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What I’m Yoked To

This week, our team is leaning into personal development before leadership development.
Private preparation always comes before public power.

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Watch the Full Message

Hear the full 5-minute talk on why your team’s growth begins with your own and how to lead from overflow, not emptiness.

🎥 Watch the Loom video here

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Your Turn

What’s one area where God is asking you to grow before you lead others to it?
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Hit reply. I’d love to hear from you.

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Grace and strength,

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​Peter

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