The Learned Leader

Here is a summery of The Learned Leader:

• Approximately 50% of those in church leadership are known as learned leaders.

A Learned leader is one who has a following or followers, this is the first obvious difference between the NON-Leader and Learned Leader. For the learned leader leadership does not come naturally, so they must Think Leadership before leading. They are not compelled inwardly, but outwardly to see Progress. This is one of the main reasons they they rise in their area of leaderhship; they are industrious and take initiative, simply put they MAKE THINGS HAPPEN!

This is a double edges sword, being that they work hard and are self-motivated, but have a hard time Motivating others in the early stages of their leadership. They seek results more than influence – and we know that Leadership is Influence!

Some Productive Strengths of the Learned Leader:

1. They posses PASSION and Discipline

2. They get the Job Done

3. They can Mentor and Teach leadership well.

‘The Power of Your Words”

 Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Our words have power to shape our futures; either for the good or for evil. Some of the issues in our lives are a direct result of words, either our own or the words of others spoken into our lives. Satan himself understands the power of words that’s why he has specialized in manipulating them and using them to create false realities in our lives, he uses them like a skilled marksmen to convey lies that produce fear, complexes and doubts.

Words are powerful: Gen. 1:3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

We have the ability to speak life or death into our lives and situations. If we desire to speak life, then we will need to
learn to speak God’s language.

The way we speak life is to speak God’s word into our everyday circumstances and situations. In doing so, we must understand that it’s God’s word that brings life, not our own. Speaking the word of God is powerful and absolutely necessary in overcoming.

However there are a few principles that need to be continually exercised if we are to be effective in speaking God’s language.

1. Obedience:
   we cannot speak God’s word to our mountains and expect to get results, if we do
   not obey his word.
2. Forgiveness:
   There is no power in speaking to a mountain if the heart is full of
   unforgiveness.
3. Submission:
   an unsubmitted life is a result of ignorance or rebellion. A submitted life
   gives us authority to speak to mountains.

Many people today who have accepted Christ as their personal savior fall into the deception of trying to operate one of God’s principles
while completely ignoring another.

James 3:2 Indeed, we
all make mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and
could also control ourselves in every other way.

 Despite what we may think , what we talk about matters – to you and to your well being.

James points out first that is we could control our tongues(talk) then we could be able to also control ourselves in any other way.

According to James 3:4-8 noone can tame the tongue – not by themselves. James ststes that it is a restless (undisciplined, irreconcilable)
evil. Anything undisciplined will be wild and uncontrollable. This is why we need the help of the Holy Spirit to control our tongues.

We must learn to discipline our own mouths and take responsibility for what comes out of them.

How do you talk about your future? If you are not satisfied with your life and want to see it change, you will have to begin prophesying a
better future for yourself and your loved ones according to God’s word.

You can change things in your life by cooperating with God and speaking His word over your life.

1.   Bless Thy Self

Isaiah 65:16  So that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he
who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.

A Twofold Principle:

1. No person’s words have as much authority in your life as your own.
2. Our future cannot be blessed until we let go of the past.

Isaiah 43:18-19 Do not remember the former things; neither consider the things of old. Behold I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and river in the desert.

Stop considering the past when thinking about your future – what we think about eventually comes out of our mouths.

In order to straighten out our mouths, we need to do something about our thoughts.

When we stop mentally living in the past and start thinking in agreement with God, then we can begin speaking in agreement with Him and by
doing so prophecy our own future (in agreement with God’s word).

2. Speak Life not Death

Jn. 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh conveys no benefit whatever. The words that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life.

When conveying this subject of prophesying you future, I am not speaking of telling others what you believe you are going to do or have.

a.  Prophecy to yourself first

-  Do so, on a daily basis, when driving to work, cleaning the house, going about your daily routine.

-  Speak life into your life, not death – speak out faith filled words, believing, as Jesus said, that the words you speak are
spirit and life.

b.  Declare and Do

- God’s method of operation is He first declares, then He does (Isa. 48;3) God used the prophets to speak words that brought
forth God’s will from the spiritual to natural realm. God’s word is law.

-  Sow Word Seeds – the law of sowing & reaping.

Mtt. 16:19 “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and
whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever loose on earth
will be loosed in heaven.”

-  Bind the old and loose the new things God desires for your life.

 

 

The Non-Leader Summary

At last nights (8/24/11) Pastor’s Quiver we began the lesson: 4 Categories of the Leadership Profile. This is a leadership lesson that my Pastor/Pastor Fernie Franco of Victory Outreach Oxnard gave to our leadership team a number of years agao while I was still in Oxnard.

This lesson provides an ”At A Glance Profile” for leaders. It helps us asses what category our leadership falls into.

Here is a brief summary of the Non-Leader:

• We learned that 30% of those who are in church leadership positions, pastors and lay leaders, are bluntly put, NOT leaders.
• This doesnt mean they have no place of meaning of value; they are great servants, but they struggle greatly in leadership roles.

One of the Challenges of the Non-Leader is: Gaining Influence

• Bottom line! Leadership is Influence.

Because the Non-Leaders lack influence, they experience High Frustration in a leadership role. Every time they attempt to lead they are met with resistance; in the beginning it is a passive resistence, but if the Non-Leader does not gain leadership influence then this resistence can turn hostile.

The Non-Leaders lack of Leadership ability causes them to be very reluctant to lead. There is a hesitency within them to respond to the opportunity to lead.

Again, this is just a summary of the Non-Leader category. Remember, this is a person in a Leadership role/position who lacks Leadership ability or skill.

A few reasons these individuals even find themselves in leadership roles is because, Non-Leaders are:

1. Highly Committed – this is often why they end up in leadership roles. When we dont fully understand leadership, we as leaders tend to misinterpret Characteristics for leadership ability. just because a person is faithful and committed doesnt necessarily mean they can lead.

2. They have a Servants Heart – again, this doesnt mean they can lead. I have witnessed many people who excell as associates, assistants and workers, but when they step into a leadership role they draw a blank.

3. They posses a Positive Attitude – these are great qulities that leaders must posses, but it’s not the only thing.

The wonderful and good news is that Leadership can be learned! If you find yourself in this category you must do a couple of things:

1. An Honest Self Evaluation – Do you continue in the leadership role your in; if you do then there is some actions that you will need to take, or do i step aside and take a secondary role as an assistant, worker or servant. You need to determine where you can contribute the greatest results for the kingdom and have joy doing it.

2. Dedicate Yourself to the Study of Leadership – If you continue in your role as a leader, then you will need to become an excellent student of leadership.

The Call to Leadership is a great one, but can be very frustrating and exhausting if you do not have a clue. We must always be learning; if we find ourselves in a leadership role; we must stay sharp and cutting edge if we desire to produce the right results that will bring God glory and kindom expansion. God bless you on your journey to becoming the best leader you can be for God, your church and family.

Creating a Climate for Potential Leaders

Bible Text: Proverbs 14:28

1.  Leaders must MODEL the leadership they desire:

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others…it is the only thing.”

• People emulate what they see modeled

- Positive model – positive response

- Negative model – negative response

“What leaders do, potential leaders around them do. What they value, their people value. The leaders goals become their goals.”

• A leader cannot demand of other what he does not demand of himself

-  People can only go as far as we have gone.

-  We cannot model what we do not posses

2.  Focus on the potential leaders NEEDS:

“Great Leaders know the desires of the people they lead.”

• Potential leaders don’t care how much their leaders know until they know how much their leaders care.

-  What are their needs?

- What are their dreams?

- What are their desires?

3.  Look for the LEADER within the person:

“It takes a leader with vision to see the future leader within the person.”

Michel Angelo, when questioned about his masterpiece David, answered
that the sculpture had always existed within the stone. He had simply chiseled
away the rock around it.

Qualities to look for in a person:

1) Positiveness: The ability to work with and see people and situations in a positive way.

2) Servanthood: the willingness to submit, play team ball, and follow the leader.

3) Growth potential: a hunger for personal growth and development; the ability to keep growing as the job demands.

4) Follow-through: the determination to get the job done completely and with consistency.

5) Loyalty: the willingness to always put the leader and the organization above personal desires.

6) Resiliency: the ability to bounce back when problems arise.

7) Integrity: trustworthiness and solid character; consistant words and walk.

8) “Big picture” mind-set: the ability to see the whole organization and all of its needs.

9) Discipline: the willingness to do what is required regardless of personal mood.

10) Gratitude: an attitude of thankfulness that becomes a way of life.

4.  A willingness to Pay the price that attracts leaders:                    

“A person can pay now and play later, or he can play now and pay later.”

• Success always comes at a price.

-  It begins with personal growth.

-  Leaders are perpetual learners.

What is your personal commitment to personal growth?

1) Do I have a game plan for personal growth?                      Y / N

2) Am I the leader of that plan?                                                 Y /N

3) Am I willing to change to keep growing, even if it means giving up my

current position if I am not experiencing growth?           Y / N

4) Is my life an example for others to follow?                        Y/ N

5) Am I willing to pay the price to become a great leader?  Y / N

A lack of commitment on the part of the leader makes it difficult for potential leaders around them to be
developed.

“A Credible Leader”

“The Leader’s Trustworthiness“

“A Christian leader is a servant with credibility…” 

Text: 2 Timothy 2:1, 2

The first law of leadership says, “If you don’t believe in the messenger, you won’t believe the message.”

Many followers don’t believe in the messenger because they don’t trust the messenger.

The Importance of Trust:

1. People won’t follow leaders they don’t trust

-   Trust is at the core of the leaders credibility and essential to effective leadership in today’s ministries.

-   Without trust leadership won’t happen.

Research on credibility has shown that, when a leader attempts to influence people, they engage in a
conscious and unconscious evaluation of the leader and will follow only if they deem him or her credible.

2. People watch their leaders

-   They’re watching everything that leaders do all the time (24/7/365)

-   They expect more from those who wear the leadership mantle.

-   Leaders serve as role models, and everything counts.

That’s why trust is so important!!!

Consider this…

Why did Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of Egypt? – Trust, God was with him.

Why didn’t Israel respond to Moses when he attempted to lead and make decisions? – didn’t trust him, his
conduct in Egypt.

The dictionary defines trust as relying on or placing confidence in someone or something. For the believer,
that someone is God.

Though trust begins with God, it’s extended to people and is vital to human relationships in general and
relationships with leaders in general.

-   Relying on or placing our confidence in human leaders is based on sight – we watch what leaders do.

-   We can’t expect people to trust us simply because of a position.

We have to earn people’s trust if we are going to lead them. This takes time and demands integrity on the part of
those in authority.

The difficulty in trusting

When we trust people, we move outside our comfort zone into our trust zone.

__________________________________________

ComfortZone                                      Trust Zone

Knowledge                                            lack of knowledge

Control                                                  lack of control

Safety                                                    vulnerability

Comfort                                                 discomfort

__________________________________________

The amount of control we give our leaders is in direct proportion to how much we trust them.

Developing Credibility

1.   Character

Godly character is the foundation of Christian leadership, the essential qualifying element.

a. It earns people’s respect and, produces trust.

1. Your vision, strategy, and ability are less important than your character.
2. People don’t follow the vision or mission for long – they follow you.

The Law of Buy-In says…The leader finds the vision then the people, the people find the leader then the vision.

Credibility and trustworthiness rest on the foundation of your character. The compromise your character is to
compromise your leadership and erode the trust of followers.

What is character?

The sum total of a person’s distinct qualities, both good and bad, that reflect who he or she is (being)
and affect what he or she does (behavior).

-   Who we are affects what we do – being impacts doing.

-   Mtt. 7:16-17 Jesus states; what people do reflects who they are and vise versa. (You will know them by their fruit…)

Qualities that build trust:

1. Keep your word and any promises you make. (Prov. 20:25)
2. Tell the truth. (Prov. 24:26)
3. Be authentic. (Mtt. 6:1-18)
4. Keep confidences. (Prov. 11:13)
5. Be faithful and available to help people in their time of need. (Prov. 27:10)
6. Accept responsibility for failure. (Prov. 28:13)

2. Competence

Research has found that this is one of the attributes that people look for and admire most in leaders.

Remember: If you don’t believe in the messenger, you won’t believe the message.

What is Competence?

Competence is the leaders capability to perform well in a specific context, having the expertise and
ability to get things done.

Three elements of competence:

1.   Competent leaders are gifted leaders.

-   God has given them the necessary gifts and abilities to lead and serve in their ministry.

-   These are both natural and spiritual gifts.

2.   Competent leaders are knowledgeable leaders.

-   They have the knowledge and intelligence necessary to accomplish their God-given tasks.

-   They know what to do, either intuitively or because they’ve learned it.

3.   Competent leaders are skillful leaders.

-   Competent leaders generally know what t do. It’s also important that they know how to do it.

-   Knowing what to do is half the battle. Being able to carry it out assures victory.

-   We need to know how to do, what we know.

Competence brings personal confidence and public credibility to the leader. And a major proof of one’s competence
and credibility is ministry results.

4.   Clarity of Direction

“We expect our leaders to have a sense of direction and a concern for the future of the organization.”

• Leaders must know where they are going.

-   They must have a destination in mind when asking us to join them on a journey into the unknown.

-   Many place direction as second to character on their list of factors that bring leadership credibility.

In times of vast, uncertain change, people who are serious about serving their savior are looking for direction,
not only in their lives but also in the churches where they worship.

• As leaders we must be able to think through our ministry’s direction, define it, and communicate it
  clearly and visibly so that there’s little question among followers to the ministries direction.
• This deals with Mission and vision.

5.   Communication

“Informed people are trusting people. Uniformed people are suspicious people.”

• If people suspect that the leadership is keeping something from them, they will not follow.

-   We need to be clear on expectations, details, and instructions.

6.   Conviction

In a study of speakers, those who have had greatest impact are those who communicate with conviction.

• The average speaker imparts information, and that’s important. The challenging speaker,
  however, imparts information with conviction.

-   There’s something about conviction that engenders credibility.

Conviction consists of two key ingredients:

1.   Passion

-   Passion is all about how deeply we care or how strongly we feel about some aspect of our life and
vision.

-   Passionate leaders convey energy, excitement, and intensity that inspire and grip followers.

-   People believe in leaders and their cause, when leaders are passionate.

2.   Commitment

-   Passion affects the emotions, whereas commitment tends to be more rational.

-   It involves the leader’s conscious, intentional investment of time and effort to be sure that a vision or
cause is realized.

The leaders commitment signals what is important to that leader and what will
ultimately get done. It says that the leader will be around for the long haul
to accomplish the ministry goals. This invites credibility.

7.   Courage

Courage supplies the strength to lead in these difficult circumstances, meaning that courageous leaders are
strong and unlikely to quit. 

At the beginning of Joshua’s leadership, God encouraged him to be strong and courageous (Josh. 1:6,9)

Three reasons Joshua and today’s leaders could be courageous:

1.    God’s Providence

-   God sovereignly places leaders into their positions of leadership (Mtt. 20:20,23)

2.  God’s Provision

-   God provides all leaders with His word to direct that leadership.

3.    God’s Presence

-   Christian leaders, and all Christians, have God the Holy Spirit abiding with them wherever they minister,
regardless of the circumstances, and God will bless their leadership.

8.   Care

Everybody wants to know that there are others who care about them and have their best
interest at heart. When people sense that someone cares, they tend to trust that person.

• God cares for his people and he wants us to care about them too.

-      Care involves respecting them and having their best interests at heart.

-      We need to be aware of people’s needs, hurts, and fears and help them deal biblically with these
matters.

-      When we do, these people will will trust our leadership and grant us the credibility we need to lead
them.

9.   Composure

Composure is the leader’s consistent display of appropriate emotional health or maturity
that sets a positive ministry mood, especially in difficult or crisis situations.

• Strong healthy emotional composure builds leadership credibility, while poor composure, or the
  expression of inappropriate emotions, is the silent killer of credibility.

Regaining Lost Credibility

All leaders mess up. Though they are Christians, they’re still fallible. Even the best leaders make
mistakes.

The down side to this is that when you as a leader make mistakes, you’ll lose credibility along with people’s
trust. The amount of loss depends on the magnitude of the mistake. Little mistakes result in little loss. Big mistakes mean more lost territory.

The upside is that in most cases you can recover lost territory.

Five steps for recovering lost trust and regaining credibility:

1. Admit the mistake.

• When you mess up, the first step is to admit it.

-   Come clean, and don’t try to cover it up.

-   This is a matter of personal integrity, and an issue of credibility.

There is no better way to demonstrate our honesty to our constituents than owning up to our mistakes. 

2. Acknowledge responsibility.

• When you mess up, don’t try to walk away from the situation.

-   Take responsibility for your mistakes and any wrongful actions.

-   Speak to those who have been affected by our wrong.

3. Apologize.

• Be genuinely sorry for what happened.

-   Tell those you’ve hurt your sorry, and ask for forgiveness if needed.

An apology communicates that you acknowledge fault and aren’t flippant about it.

4. Accept the consequences.

• While most people are very forgiving, not all will be.

-   Be prepared, in more serious situations, the people we have offended may talk about you or act harshly
hoping you’ll feel some of the pain they are experiencing.

-   You must learn to live with people’s responses and have a humble attitude.

5. Act to correct the situation.

• The next step is to do what you can to correct the situation

-   Ask   how you can make amends.

“The Leader’s Heart”

Christian Leadership

“A Christian leader is a servant…” 

Matthew 20:25, 28

What is Servant Leadership?

-   Christian leaders are servants with credibility and
capabilities, who are able to influence people in a
particular context to pursue their God-given direction.

Four Characteristics of Servant Leaders:

1.  Humility

a. Servant leaders lead with humility. (Mtt. 20:25-26)

-   Jesus teaches that servant leaders lead humbly.
“Not so with you…”

b. Servant leaders are characterized as humble or selfless leaders.

-   A critical element of your leadership is how you serve.

-   It’s about humility, not ego.

“The ever-present temptation for leaders is to allow their
leadership to become an ego thing-an exercise of ego- to subtly and sometimes
not so subtly dominate their followers. With subordinates, this involves making
sure they know who is boss, using one’s authority to put them in their proper
place. This kind of leader is careful to let others know as often as possible
that he or she is someone special, someone to be treated with respect and
admiration.”

The glaring reality is that followers are quick to
recognize and despise prideful, egocentric leadership. They can spot proud
leaders from a distance and have little respect for them.

-   You can’t become a leader of people without confronting and dealing with your ego

“Some leaders can fool some of their
people some of the time, proud leaders rarely fool any of their followers any
of the time.”

2.  Service

Mtt. 20:26-28 “Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your
servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave – just as the Son of
Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom
for many.”

a. Jesus taught that the essence of servant leadership is service, not
status.

b. Coupled with the first characteristic, we find it’s humble service.

-   This is the kind of service that involves giving oneself, not taking for oneself.

To communicate this concept, Jesus uses the two words that he most
frequently used to express the idea of servanthood: diakonos and doulos.
He adds the two together and they equal service.

1. When Jesus uses the word diakonos, which in the first century referred to one who serves others
   voluntarily, he was stating that greatness involves being a servant.
2. Next, he says that being first in his kingdom involves being a slave.
   Here Jesus switches to the word doulos. This term referred to one who was in a servile position
   and had forfeited his rights. It involved giving without expecting anything in
   return.

Jesus’ point is that our service (diakonos) on the one hand is voluntarily. On
the other hand, in light of all that Jesus had done for them, they were, at the
same time, under obligation to serve him (doulos) without expectations
of their own.

Jesus uses the two concepts to carefully weave together the ideas of obligation and
willingness in giving one’s life to serve as a leader. We’re obligated to serve
him but, at the same time, we must be willing to serve him.

-   We willingly obligate ourselves to serve.

c. Jesus modeled the service he expects from Christian leaders.

-   It is the sacrificial giving of one’s life.

-   Paul understood this type of service - 

Philippians 1:20,21 :I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will
have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my
body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is
gain.”

3.  Focus on Others

As servant leaders we are to serve other people.
Jesus came to serve and give his life for many, and so also must our
service be to benefit others, not ourselves.

a. Servant leadership is selfless

-   The biggest temptation will always be to serve ourselves, to wonder, What’s in it for me? It was a temptation for Peter and
the other disciples, and it will be a constant temptation for us, especially
when ministry isn’t going so well.

In the context of Matthew 20, the disciples in their concern about their future wanted
to know who among them was the greatest, and Peter wanted to know what they
would get for following Jesus. James and John took things into their own hands
and, asserting themselves, asked to be first and second in Christ’s kingdom. This
would mean that in the kingdom people would look at them with awe and respect.
Others would be envious of their positions and wish that they were in their
place.

b. Serving with others and retaining humility is often difficult.

-   We know our ministry partners well and are too
aware of their frailties and shortcomings, and that often makes it extremely
hard to serve them or serve with them.

-   It’s often easier to serve people we don’t know or don’t know well.

Consequently a real test of our servant leadership is our attitude toward and willingness to
serve not only others in general but those who serve with us.

When the other ten disciples heard about the ambitious request of James and John, they
became irate. This was a potential for politicking, competition, jealousy,
envy, division, and eventually disaster.

c. Jesus teaches what servant leadership in his kingdom is really about.

-   In verses 26, 27 he uses possessive pronouns to make his point.

Jesus does not call his disciples to be servants in a general sense. No, he exhorts
them specifically to be servants of one another.  That is much more difficult. To serve their
master is expected. But to serve their competitors is much more challenging.
They are to be busy lifting one another up that they forget about their own
ambitions, and instead become caught up in the joy of seeing one another
succeed. Instead of focusing on being over, they are to place themselves
willingly under; and in so doing, they will become great. Thus the image of
servant expresses humility, and willing withdrawal from the competition for
status and power.

4. Love

The love of leaders for their followers is the reason servant leaders serve; it’s their
motivation.

a. Jesus reveals the extent of his love for his disciples.

-   In John 13 Jesus notices the disciples, who were likely reclining around the table, had dirty feet.

-   Customarily a slave or servant would wash the guests feet when they entered a home.

-   Some would say this was the responsibility of the lowliest slave in the household.

No slave was present to serve the disciples that evening, and none of them was willing
to assume that role for the others. To have done so, in their minds, would have
settled their argument about who was the greatest by identifying who wasn’t the
greatest. For them, this would have been an act of leadership elimination.

Why did Jesus assume the role? What was his motivation to humble himself to his
disciples? – It was love!

b. It was Jesus’ love for his disciples that he put on the towel, rather than toss it  in.

Here’s the point: We’ll serve others humbly only to the degree that we love them. And
the dirt on their feet will test our love for them. If we don’t love them,
we’ll take up the leadership towel only to toss in that towel quickly when it
gets a little dirty. If we love our followers deeply, we’ll not only take up
the leadership towel but also wrap ourselves in it. We won’t mind a little
dirt.

 

 

 

 

 

The Leader’s Core P1

Christian Leadership

“The Leader’s Core”

“Christian leaders are Christian leaders outside of as well as inside the Christian
community.” 

1 Corinthians 11:1 “Follow my example, as I follow the example of
Christ.”

The Distinctives of Christian Leadership:

What is the difference between leaders in general and Christian Leaders?

• A Christian leader is a Christian from core to crust.

1.   Godly Character

“The greatest crisis in the world today is a crisis of leadership, and
the greatest crisis of leadership is a crisis of character.”

• The key to leadership is character. 1 Tim. 4:7

What is character? Character is the sum total of a person’s distinct qualities, both
good and bad, that reflects who he or she is.

• Godly character is the essential ingredient that qualifies  Christians to lead others.
• Biblical character guidelines: 1 Tim. 3:1-10/Titus 1:5-9
• “Your character must be above reproach.”

 2.   Leaders Motives

 “The leader’s character concerns what he or she does-his or her
behavior. Motive explains why a leader behaves in a certain way or does whe he
or she does.”

• One’s motives directly or indirectly affects one’s character.
• Mtt. 18:1 It’s not the question, but the motives that’s at stake.

 Paul’s Motives are a model for all Christian leaders: 1 Thess. 2:2-9

1. To spread the gospel (vs.2) He was
   passionate( 1Cor. 9:16 Woe to me…).
2. To please God, not people (vs.4) He was
   more concerned about how God viewed his leadership than how men did.
3. To tell people what they need to hear, not what they want to hear (vs.5) Gal. 2:11 he opposed Peter to his face.
4. To serve God, not seeking personal gain (vs.5) Mtt. 19:27 – 20:16 God is pleased when we serve Him without
   regard for personal gain.

3.   The Leaders Power in the Holy Spirit

“The non-christian in general and the non-christian leader in
particular work and lead in their own power, which is essentially the power of
the flesh (Rom. 8:5).”

• The Christian leader’s power principle is found in Zechariah
  4:6 “Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says
  the Lord Almighty.”

 4.   Servant Leadership

“Jesus defines servant leaders as those who humbly serve others because
they love them.”

• Humility describes our manner of leadership or how we lead.
• Service is the very essence of our leadership, from which
  other people benefit.”

“We’re not here to serve ourselves but others, and love is the motive for our
leadership (Jn. 13:1-17).”

5.  The Gift of Leadership

“Those with a leadership gift naturally attract followers.” (Rom. 12:8)

• It’s not mandatory that believers have the leadership gift
  to lead, just as it’s not necessary that a person have the gift of evangelism
  to share his or her faith.