Christian Devotional – April 15, 2026

What Makes A Good Leader, Day 3

Providing Correction. Read Titus 1:10-16.

Yesterday I mentioned that I’ve spent a lot of time in the corporate world, specifically in the human resources. The most challenging topic to help managers and leaders deal with comes when discussion providing critical feedback. Leaders can often really struggle to find ways to give that kind of critical feedback, and unfortunately, what that can typically mean is that they don’t give that feedback until something major has happened and they have no choice. By that time, the person receiving the feedback may have gone too far and really done something they shouldn’t have.

Yesterday, we saw Paul’s explanation of the character traits that will make a good leader. Today, he explains why the person needs to have those character traits. Leaders must give critical feedback. If someone is doing something in the church that they shouldn’t be doing, the leaders must go to that person and discuss that with them. From what it sounds like here, the situation had escalated to the point where people were actually preaching and teaching these lies. Paul explains that these people needed to be silenced by the leaders.

When we are taking on a leadership role, that means we are responsible for all parts of that role. Some parts are easy and people like us. Other parts are challenging and may result in people not always liking or agreeing with us. Nevertheless, our responsibility is to God and we are to ensure that we are addressing falsehoods and inaccuracies in the church. Being in a position of leadership means that we will address the goods and the bads that occur.

Watch the video devotional here: https://youtu.be/P6zWRgjvcaE