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"Motivational Leadership: Run Your Race with Essential Intentions"

When the younger generation says “flex up,” it often means flash your money, your power, or your pleasures. But as a child of God, my flex looks different.

I flex up when I lift my hands in worship. I flex up when I forgive instead of retaliating. I flex up when I run my race with essential intentions—laying aside bitterness, racism’s scars, and pride’s traps.

As a teacher, coach, and mentor, I have learned that leadership is not about being the loudest voice in the room but the most faithful one. The goal for me as an educator has always been to help students turn into fires of thought—burning with curiosity, courage, and conviction. That is motivational leadership:

not commanding attention, but inspiring transformation.

When I look back at my childhood, I remember moments when racism cut deep into my soul. Words, glances, and barriers told me I was less. That pain tempted me to harden my heart, to see myself as a permanent victim of toxicity.

But God’s grace showed me another way. Forgiveness became my freedom. “Lord, help me forgive,” I prayed—and He softened my heart.

The Bible warns us about the dangers of a hardened heart. Pharaoh’s pride blinded him, even when God’s mighty hand was clear before his eyes.

Scripture declares, “The pride of your heart has deceived you… I will bring you down, says the LORD” (Obadiah 3–4). Pride doesn’t always look like arrogance. Sometimes it is holding on to pain so tightly that it controls us.

But Hebrews 12:1 reminds us: “Let us throw off everything that hinders… and run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” Motivational leadership means showing others how to run with open hearts, guided by grace, and fueled by perseverance.

Takeaways, In the:

• 70s: Flex your style.

• 90s: Flex your respect.

• 2020s: Flex your money.

• Now Spirit: Flex your faith.

Each generation redefines strength. The leader who flexes in faith leaves the legacy that lasts.

God bless you and this ministry—and don’t keep this light to yourself. Share it with a friend, a relative, or someone in need. The world is hungry for hope; pass it on.”