5LQ Episode 254: Priscilla Shirer –

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Eric Geiger are joined by author and teacher Priscilla Shirer. During their conversation, they discuss celebrating weakness and what leadership in the home looks like. BEST QUOTES “I’m learning a lot about humility. That humility is the key for relationships in families, in working relationships, in ministry. Humility is what lays the framework for effective relationships.” “Kids can be the best teachers in helping you to see the world in a different light and see yourself more clearly. It’s like staring in a mirror and recognizing there’s some stuff that needs to be straightened out.” “It might not be perfect, but it’s going to be purposeful, and we are going to do the best we can.” “On the heels of that correction, there was a conversation about what my father saw could possibly be a gift that God has given me that needs to be molded by God’s Spirit for His purposes.” “Something else that was caught for me was not disciplining out of anger, but looking at it through the perspective of the Lord. Could it be that this characteristic is unruly in their life could be the thing that God might have put in their life and given me the privilege to help hone to use for His glory?” “I think that weaknesses are the very thing we should celebrate in a person.” “Instead of letting someone’s weakness be what makes them feel discouraged, I actually want to highlight it and say, ‘This is the platform on which God’s strength is going to be displayed in your life.’” “Fear highlights the weakness. It makes your weakness so overwhelming that it will paralyze you so that you never step into the very thing that is the opportunity for God to display His strength.” “We can’t let guilt keep us from having the intimacy with God we are supposed to have.” “Often it’s not until I am just outside walking, that a message I’ve been working on, or a paragraph I’ve been trying to finish, or a thought I’ve been trying to make sense of, it doesn’t settle until I stop studying and just go move my body.” “In prayer, one of my prayers is always, ‘Lord, today will you give me the opportunity to be the answer to someone else’s prayer.’” “What being a good leader looks like is submitting well to my husband. That’s a hard thing when you have a demonstrative personality like I do.” “The discipline of being submitted and patient and honoring my husband in that is what leadership looks like to me.” “I’m grateful to submit to a man who I know is submitted to the authority of someone who has spiritual covering over his life.” “As a single woman, put yourself in scenarios where you have to be submitted to some spiritual authority in your life, because that’s not a characteristic that jumps on you when you walk down the aisle and say, ‘I do.’” “Learn how to be a continual learner.” “Do less talking and more listening and learning because that will make me a better leader in the future.” “The only way we can be effective as a leader and in that role of mentoring others, is if we listen well, if we have our noses in a book, learning, reading, gleaning from people who are different from us, who have different theological frame of references from us, different denominations from us, different perspectives than ours, different racial backgrounds than ours.” RECOMMENDED RESOURCES Ministrygrid.com The Prince Warriors by Priscilla Shirer The Prince Warriors and the Unseen Invasion by Priscilla Shirer The Prince Warriors and the Swords of Rhema by Priscilla Shirer The Armor of God Bible Study Unseen: The Armor of God for Kids by Priscilla Shirer Spark by John J. Ratey