the greatest leaders of all time (Moses, David, Joseph) were weak, reluctant, and afraid. As a leader, the most significant thing you can share with the members of your group is your weakness. If you are afraid to pray out loud, tell them. If you don’t know the answer to a question, don’t try to bluff your way through it—admit that you don’t know. Then look it up and come back with the answer the following week. When I was home from college one summer, I was helping with the youth department of a
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