Hi, and welcome to the Five Word Prayers Daily, a five-day-a-week, daily devotional where we share the

word, prayers, in our heart. I'm Lisa Whittle, and I welcome you to just five minutes with me,

which I trust and pray will be five minutes well spent. Lately, I've been concerned about some

trends I've seen in leaders, particularly Christian leaders. It's been showing up quite a bit on

social media and things I've

seen posted. And while social media is such a double-edged sword, I think we can tell a lot about

all of us by the things we post, especially the things we post consistently. And I'm looking at

myself today too. So I want to look at a few red flag things that we can be looking for as we wade through

who to follow in this day and time, especially for believers in Jesus.

You ready?

I want to say first that I'm a huge leadership supporter, obviously, as I'm a leader and believe

that God uses leaders

in a powerful way to help him further the kingdom of God. I love a strong woman leader. For that matter,

I love a great male leader, too. I can get behind and follow someone who is humble and follows God,

and that's who I want to be as well. So this is not a slam on leaders, nor is it a look

at me. I'm such a great leader, because I have a long way to go, and this makes me check myself.

Also, last note before I list the red flags, the things I'm listing to look at are things

done consistently. So if you see it done once, that's probably not something to get

worked up over or concerned about. It's the overtime consistently done things you observe,

like we talked about doing on the show yesterday, observation. Okay, so red flags. Number one,

if the leader talks about loyalty and honor consistently.

Now, look, I believe in loyalty. I believe in honor. I'm a hugely loyal person, almost to a

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