An effective spiritual leader (1) acknowledges himself as a willingly submissive servant of God, (2) can name his gifting from the LORD, (3) affirms his trust in God as a chosen (by grace) one, (4) acknowledges the Truth, agrees or aligns with godliness - loving fear of God, reverence toward God - (5) lives out of the hope of God's promised eternal (kind of) life - knowing God cannot lie, (6) declares with his proclamation gift God's Gospel message, and (7) functions out of God's expressed will and Word.