Herewith is to practise what i have learn during my Bible study in the Holy Place Church, AZUSA Congregation, CA., USA.

To begin with, i like to share what he or she is not.

1) Not a novice

2) Not a proud person but humble and meek and strong in the faith

3) Not an "escapee" escaping from responsibility

4) Not inconsistent but constant

5) Not faint hearted or chicken hearted

6) Not unprepared to be w/o "oil"

7) Not ashamed of the Gospel of CHRIST

A Church Leader if truly spirit led, is able to willingly render unto HIM his/her absolute surrender to our Master JESUS CHRIST, and divine Teacher that requires teachableness in our heart w/o half-heartedness on the part of this church leader but with a whole heart, an enlarge heart as the Psalmist say.

A leader must be able to submit unto total submission in order to learn and to enrich himself/herself to "spiritual matters" unfounded if there is disbelief in him or her.

A leader will always have to be a firm decision maker after consulting God in his/her faithful praying hours, however unpopular or strange the decision may be. Remember God uses the foolish things on earth to confound the wise, the so-called worldly wisdom.

A leader mustn't think that because he/she with help, registered a church to declare that he/she is the permanent chairman/chair woman.

That's vanity and folly in his/her behaviour.

A truly spirit-led church leader is not a man-pleaser nor woman-pleaser he or she may it be.

The Church is of GOD and for GOD and in GOD, this church leader must help the congregation to understand this truth in order to be able to progress, not to be worldly.- in corrupted thinking.

The appointment of church council members must be fair ( no favouritism) by the Body in fair balloting by all bona fide church members, proxy votes must be stringently verified; that a church leader with his team of comrades-in-arms are accountable and responsible to God; must be led by this church leader in seeking GOD for divine revelation before even thinking of venturing into so-called "mega" project or "mega" church when it's the heart, a true and pure heart the our GOD demand of us as HE See right into our hearts from HIS Emerald Throne.

A church leader will service with all heart, body and soul in being spirit led unto long-suffering, patience, endurance, etc., the 09 Fruit of the Holy Spirit as the key motivation because GOD says, "judge your brethren by his or her fruit - what kind of fruit but the FRUIT of the HOLY SPIRIT.

That's the true meaning of the WORD.

You are lonely and yet not lonely on the "top" if you are truly spirit led you church leaders. You can be forsaken by loved ones, friends and relatives, country men (and women) yes all that but you will never be forsaken by God for HE WILL never forsake HIS OWN. The Key word here is

Are you or are we truly HIS? As the steps of every good man (and woman) are ordered by GOD. Question now is are we good in the sight of GOD?

Are we upright with HIM?

Are greeting each other like this as an example,

"What's your spiritual standing with GOD today and every day"?

Are we talking all the time about worldly cares?

Or shouldn't we be spreading the message that PEOPLEs NEED THE LORD !

EVERYWHERE and all the more in America, Satan's domain in same sex marriages, women with women locking lips in public and men and men hand in hand in full public view.

Eph 5 : 14 - 21 pointing out to us church leaders and his/her congregation be awake from spiritual sleeps. (1st Thess. 5:6)

Dead means dead in the spirit alive in sins doing dead-works (Col 2:13)

Let CHRIST be the Beacon Light in your church leading (1st John 2:8)

Walk a believer's walk.

Redeeming the time

Identify this is evil time that we live in church leaders accountable to vigorous leading of his/her congregation members, doing to the least of our brethren even non-members, visitors, the fatherless (of our heavenly Father); the orphans (of having not our heavenly father) ignorant in the Presence of God not able to even recognise that GOD is dwelling among us, as in Emanuel GOD with us and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in us and for us if we would just allow the gentle Spirit of JESUS GOD HIMSELF ON THE THRONE in the ONENESS OF GOD a SINGLE THRONE profoundly dictated unto us through John the reveller the GOD used at his old age in the Isle of Path-mos after taking to heart the divine assignment from JESUS at Calvary in taking care of Mary the vessel of GOD being sanctified and glorified by JESUS in one of HIS last seven (07) divine sayings of JESUS on the CROSS

Be bold when coming to the preaching of GOD's WORD with power, understanding with the authority given to this spirit led church leader with the anointing fire from above.

Do GOD's Will not in drunkenness of worldly living in pleasure seeking but be filled with the Holy Spirit seeking first the kingdom of GOD and HIS Righteousness and all these thing will be added unto us in our ministry, His ministry of reconciliation reconciling man (and women) to GOD (Vertically hand stretching out towards heaven) reconciling man to man and women too, (on the horizontal plane), in joy and praise unto our LORD the REDEEMER of our souls.

All church leaders must aim high for spiritual fullness (Col 1:9)

Talk spiritual talk and walk the Walk with GOD.

Give testimony because all preaching needs your life testimony in support of your ministry.

Singing new songs in thanks and thanksgiving with contentment of heart in serving our Living GOD and Coming King.

Be in humility and total submission in rendering what is to GOD and of GOD.

Check the pre-requisites in appoint church deacons in reference to the Bible one such useful reference is in 1st Tim 3:8-13

Deacons are to be in (i) SOBERNESS

(ii) ABSTINENCE

(iii) TEMPERANCE

(iv) AVARICE

Fully comprehensive of the Mystery of CHRIST with a good conscience and godly experience in blamelessness.

Even a Deacon's wife must be worthy of her position not to be like a slanderer but like her husband must be sobre too if not more in support of her husband faithful in her Fidelity.

Polygamy is strictly forbidden.

As in 1st Tim 3 : 8-13. deacons need all the time be having the right attitudes in godliness and with reverential fear in the LORD and for the LORD.

Only godly man or woman will have the divine understanding from above in the mystic secrets.

Another bible relevant verse in 1st Tim 4:9-16

Deacons must also be able to teach, preach and counsel using GOD's Wisdom not man's so-called wisdom that GOD is not interested in how wealthy, how knowledgeable, how popular nor how presentable.

Deacons should cultivate gifts in perseverance, responsibility, accountability in soul winning for the Holy Spirit of JESUS WHO is in FULL CONTROL.

Deacons may suffer reproach at times.But we have to fix our hopes on JESUS our Living GOD Who is our Saviour in guiding church leading to teach and to admonish when necessary bring out the /truth of GOD's WORD without fear of man or favour of women.

Be a good model of CHRIST in CHRISTlikeness and CHILD likeness.

In GOD we stand, without GOD we all fall.

Amen.

sharing offered by james yap in the Holy Place, AZUSA USA.