This course is meant to accompany the reading of Dr. Boyd’s book (Scratching The Surface). This course helps students recognize and break away from cyclical or seasonal activities that lead only to complacency, weariness, barrenness and lack of productivity. This course, along with Dr. Boyd’s book, helps students quit retracing steps year after year in the same fields that only yield the same type of fruit or results during certain seasons. This course helps the student discover his or her calling and begin operating in his or her God-given purpose as every step of this journey will lead to a strengthening of your faith and blossoming of ministry, career and relationships with family and friends.
Within this book that reads more like a doctoral dissertation, Dr. Boyd explains how to improve leadership effectiveness and inspire active followership in for-profit or not-for-profit organizations. Written with church leadership at heart, the principles in this book are a must-read for any “religious leader” or anyone else involved with leadership development and serious about providing the best service to its attendees, congregants, customers, or organizational members.
Now is your time to quit “scratching the surface” and go deep into the plans and activities God has for you which lead to production of fruit which remain in and out of season! Examining the spiritual journey of a risk-taker named Elisha, this book will help you recognize and break away from cyclical or seasonal activities leading to complacency, weariness, barrenness and lack of productivity in your life.
In this guide to intercessory prayer and spiritual warfare, Dr. Boyd describes the significance of each hour of the Jewish, Roman, and modern day twenty-four hour watch as he prescribes hourly prayer directives for God’s will to be done as we are poised to withstand any attack of the enemy. This book is a must-read for all desiring to WATCH GOD!