Leadership Principles from God’s Word:
COMPROMISE Mario Denton Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
Overall purpose of this series on Leadership Principles To provide concepts and tools for effective leadership and management so that you can: • Be more anointed in your workplace. • Use these material to facilitate the work of evangelism. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
Objectives • 1. Participants will understand the consequences and dangers of compromising. • 2. Participants will evaluate their lives and make appropriate changes re the things that they need to drive out. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
Passage to memorize Psalm 86: 9-12 Teach me your way O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you o Lord my God with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
Joshua 9: 1-27 When you compromise on your convictions and core values, you can jeopardize your mission.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
The compromising of the tribes after the death of Joshua Judges 1: 21-36 The people hoped that by doing so they could make friends and avoid confrontation.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
EPHRAIM & ZEBULUM
BENJAMIN & MANASSEH
DAN & ASHER
ASPHER & NAPHTALL
Compromises and consequences: Judges 1: 21-36 Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
DAN EPHRAIM •Benjamin failed& & drive out the to ASHER ZEBULUM
Jebusites •Manasseh failed to drive out the BENJAMIN ASPHER Canaanites
& MANASSEH
& NAPHTALL
Compromises and consequences: Judges 1: 21-36 Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
EPHRAIM & Ephaim failed ZEBULUM
DAN & toASHER drive
out Canaanites Zebulum failed to drive BENJAMIN ASPHER out those in Kitron & MANASSEH
& NAPHTALL
Compromises and consequences: Judges 1: 21-36 Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
DAN & toASHER drive
EPHRAIM • Dan & failed ZEBULUM out Amorites
•Asher failed to drive out those in BENJAMIN ASPHER & & Acco
MANASSEH
NAPHTALL
Compromises and consequences: Judges 1: 21-36 Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
DAN EPHRAIM & •Asher failed to drive & ASHER ZEBULUM out Canaanites
•Naphtall failed to drive out BENJAMIN Bethshemesh ASPHER
& MANASSEH
& NAPHTALL
Compromises and consequences: Judges 1: 21-36 Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
The consequences • • • • • • •
Mixed marriages and diluted faith Spiritual apathy Spiritual division Tribal strife Defeat and lack of protection Inhabitants became a snare Failure to live in the land God had planned for them Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
Reflection What do you need to drive out? Are you fulfilling God’s calling?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
The consequences of compromise: 1 Kings 13 11-24 We gain when we stand strong, but we can loose it all when we slip.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
Prayer Focus • Father, In the name of Jesus, I surrender myself to walk in the Word. Your word living in me produces the Life in this world. • The word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. It makes my way plain before me. • I boldly and confidently say that my heart is fixed and established on the solid foundation – the Living Word of God! Amen Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
Jesus we enthrone You We proclaim You are King Standing here in the midst of us We raise You up with our praise And as we worship build Your throne (Repeat 3 times) Come Lord Jesus and take Your place Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
Learning, application and commitment: James 1: 22-25 • “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. • Do what it says. • Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in the mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. • But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it - he will be blessed in what he does.” (NIV) Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
Learning, application and commitment • One of the Biblical truths (principles) that I have learned from this lesson was … • I intend to apply this truth (principle) in my business/Ministry by: ….. • With the help of the Holy Spirit, I will begin applying this truth immediately. I ask and expect my group to hold me accountable for this and to check with me periodically to determine if I am doing so. Please ask me ….. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
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Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Compromise