The writers of the Bible speak to us with their words, and the Bible's characters speak to us with their lives. Their powerful examples reveal the spiritual inspiration and brilliant insight the human writers and the divine Writer intended. Times, cultures, traditions, and societal values may change from century to century, but human nature does not.

We value people whose words and actions reflect their true thoughts and intentions. People of integrity purposely integrate their own thoughts, words, and behaviors. They work at making their own hearts and minds, thoughts and ideas consistent with the godly character portrayed in Scripture.

These twenty-five Bible personalities in Choose Your Character cultivate a desire to deepen the commitment to live a life of unfailing integrity. Their examples teach us how to increase our personal satisfaction and effectiveness while strengthening our ability to influence others.

Leadership is about influencing others to move in a certain direction and there are many ways of achieving this influence. Each of these leadership styles has its inherent qualities and pitfalls, and will be more suited to specific people and different circumstances. The more leaders understand their preferred leadership styles and are able to flexibly switch to the most suitable style given the situation, the more effective they will be. This book maps out ten sets of opposite leadership styles, giving readers the possibility to understand the strengths and weaknesses of both sides, and to identify their own current preference. The ten leadership style dimensions cover the full range of leadership roles, from the leader as coach (interpersonal leadership), to the leader as organizer (organizational leadership), as strategist (strategic leadership), as sense-maker (leadership and mission) and as role model (leadership and self). Readers are invited to draw up their own leadership development plans, which is supported by an interactive App. Readers are also challenged to reflect on how they would approach a number of cases, after which they can go to an interactive web-forum to read how others have responded and engage in a discussion with them. Leadership Agility is a useful tool for practitioners in the corporate world as well as business students and emerging leaders.

It's the journey no one wants to take. One of the most common risks for world travelers is contracting malaria. Scheduled to fly to Rwanda in just two days, it was apparent that Ron Meyers' body aches, nighttime sweats and chills, and severe headaches were not a simple case of the flu. After a reluctant trip to the hospital for a quick checkup, it was confirmed. He indeed had malaria. The next few days would also reveal that the malaria had progressed to a life-threatening infection in both lungs. Super-Survival is a detailed account of the twelve-day crucible that almost killed this veteran missionary. Ron shares the lessons learned over those days and his reflections on the miracle that saved his life. He is living proof that God puts the right people with the appropriate skills and gifts in our paths exactly when they are needed. Many concerned fasting and praying friends all over the world journeyed with him during those uncertain days as he struggled hour by hour to stay alive. And he indeed recovered and lived to share the intimate inside story with you.

Powerful Lessons in Integrity. The writers of the Bible speak to us with their words, and the Bible's characters speak to us with their lives. Their powerful examples reveal the spiritual inspiration and brilliant insight the human writers and the divine Writer intended. Times, cultures, traditions, and societal values may change from century to century, but human nature does not. We value people whose words and actions reflect their true thoughts and intentions. People of integrity purposely integrate their own thoughts, words, and behaviors. They work at making their own hearts and minds, thoughts and ideas consistent with the godly character portrayed in Scripture. These twenty-five Bible personalities in Choose Your Character cultivate a desire to deepen the commitment to live a life of unfailing integrity. Their examples teach us how to increase our personal satisfaction and effectiveness while strengthening our ability to influence others. Ron Meyers, PhD was raised in a pioneer pastor's home. When he followed his passion for international missions work forty years ago, he never imagined the rich educational curriculum God had for him. He, with his wife, Char, served more years outside the U.S. as pastors in Canada and missionaries in Korea and China than their years in the U.S. From 1996 through 2006, he served as the Professor of Missions and Coordinator of the Master of Arts in Missions program in the School of Theology and Missions at Oral Roberts University. He and Char now live in southern Africa and train pastors in the more than forty sub-Sahara nations of southern Africa. For more information, visit www.LEResouces.com.

Allow God to Do Immeasurably More in Your Life Effective prayer is more about becoming useful tools in God's hands than imposing our plans and desires on Him. In Rise to Seek Him, we learn that we accomplish much more when God uses us through prayer than when we try to use God to accomplish our objectives. This is not just another book on prayer. Ron Meyers invites you to experiment for yourself how God can accomplish "immeasurably more" than you could ever ask or imagine. This book reveals fresh insights about the meaning of prayer - insights that were in the Bible all the time. Rise to Seek Him offers practical solutions to the questions we all ask: How do we discipline ourselves to pray? How can we know what to pray for? Why is it difficult to pray? What is the focus of prayer? Does prayer really "work?" This book testifies to the expansion in influence, effectiveness, and success possible with increased personal prayer. As in Habits of Highly Effective Christians, Meyers again describes self-discipline as a fruit of the Spirit to increase personal spiritual growth and improvement in public ministry. God-fearing Christians of any vocation who are serious about serving God at maximum levels of effectiveness will benefit from this book.