Twelve honest questions that reveal whether you lead from security — or from fear. Each with Scripture and reflection.
It will not flatter you. It is not meant to. Written from the mission field in Beirut.
It rarely announces itself. It hides behind competence and drive. It looks like high standards, decisiveness, even spiritual zeal. Yet underneath, it quietly trades the security a leader has in Christ for the approval of people, the illusion of control, and the need to be indispensable.
The bill arrives later — paid in lost trust and people who were never developed.
The Self-Audit is an honest mirror: twelve plain questions, each with a Scripture and a reflection, that show you where security already governs your leadership — and where insecurity still has a hand on the wheel. Read question seven slowly. It is the one that most often stops people in their tracks.
Matt Hattabaugh is a pastor, church planter, and author based in Beirut, Lebanon. He leads GoChurch Beirut and directs Go Middle East, training leaders and planting churches across the 22 nations of the Middle East and North Africa. He is the author of Secure Leadership and six other titles.
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