The Leadership Mind by Teddy A. Jones

LAMPLIGHT DEVOTIONAL GUIDE “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path” Psalm 119:105 (NIV). “Living From the Eternal Perspective” A Devotional From PATHH Ministries DATE: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 HEADING Addiction Alert By Teddy A Jones TEXT (Col. 3: 6) It wasn't long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better. But you know better now [MSG] 7You used to live that kind of sinful life.[ GW] 7Among whom you also once walked, when you were living in and addicted to [such practices]. [AMP] 7 You used to do these things when your life was still part of this world. [NLT] COMMENTARY “Do you or anyone you know have a drug, drinking or gambling problem? Call the...” So runs a radio ad by one of the drug counselling services in Jamaica. Many years ago as a pre teen and young Disciple I listened to a sermon by a former JDF Colonel, who was serving in the police force in Grenada. I was flabbergasted when I heard him say that fo...

The Jamaican press has spent some amount of time reporting on the confession of the Police Officer who confessed to fabricating evidence a few years ago in a murder investigation and trial. The move was prompted by the officer becoming a Christian. For his actions he has been branded as a traitor and a breaker of the code of silence which apparently officers take in training that they will stand by their word once given ( irrespective of the veracity of that spoken word). it would seem that he has become somewhat of a pariah among some of his colleagues. Something just strikes me as being very wrong about all of this. I shared a few thoughts on the matter in the gleaner We have a culture in which those who take a stand for justice and what is right are held up as the trouble makers, the bad ones, the informers. Criminality thrives and flourishes in that kind of environment for the criminals even count on the silence of the people. I say that there is the need for much more of ...