KNOWING THE STATE OF YOUR FLOCK AS A CHURCH/CHRISTIAN LEADER SERIES (PART EIGHT) - MEETING YOUR FLOCK’S NEED OF APPRECIATION AND AFFIRMATION

Church/Christian Leaders whom people love and loyally follow are usually those who express appreciation to their followers. Leaders are to give appreciation and affirmation because they boost their followers’ ego.

A good leader specifically declares what he/she appreciates about a follower, says how important it is to him or her and encourages his or her follower in public.

Appreciation and affirmation should be given sincerely, personally, specifically, publicly and frequently.

Appreciation and affirmation encourages. It is like the oxygen of the soul; everyone needs it and they perform better when they get it. The apostle was always boasting about his followers. “We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;  So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:  Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:  Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you” 2  Thessalonians 1:3-6.

It costs little or nothing to affirm others, yet pays great dividends.