Leaders Don’t Quarrel

LEADERSHIP Series: Good to Great May Involve Sacrifice

Proverbs 20:3 (AMP) Keeping away from strife is an honor for a man, but any fool will quarrel.

Genesis 13: 8-13 (NIV) So Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are brothers. Is not the whole land before you? Let's part company. If you go to the left, I'll go to the right; if you go to the right, I'll go to the left."

Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company: Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom. Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

Discussion Guide

1. What does the Genesis passage say about the “love of money” (or wealth of land)? How does it apply to your business situation?
   
   
2. What is so very special about Abram’s reaction? Would that have been yours? Discuss your response – with transparency!
   
   
3. Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. How can you be a “peacemaker” in your business?
   
   
4. James 3:18 Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness. Discuss this verse in light of what the purpose of your work is to be – the real purpose that has eternal value.

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