Leadership Principles from God’s Word:
ETHICS Mario Denton Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Ethics
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Ethics
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: Ethics
Objectives • 1. Participants will understand the importance of work values and ethics. • 2. Participants will review the holistic model of ethics. • 3. Participants will evaluate their lives and make appropriate changes in the areas of ethics and good governance
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Ethics
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: Ethics
Human leaders can find refuge in God’s absolute leadership
• 1. The Lord is a mighty protector. • 2. The Lord is an effective Equipper. • Psalm 18: 1-29 describes the tangible benefits of living according to his truth.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Ethics
See the leader as a • • • • • • •
Shepherd (23:1) Guide/counsellor (48:14) Disciplinarian (50:16-21) Provider (72:6) Creator/innovator (95:5) Worker/producer (107:37) King (20:9) Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Ethics
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Ethics
God is calling us to live from His set of values and ethics
Ethics supply the foundation for our values. Values supply the power that drives our leadership.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Ethics
Work ethic. Eph 6: 5-9 • We are not to be people pleasers. • Render service as though we are working for God. • Not only does God watch, but he rewards anything good we do. • People may forget how fast you did your last job, but they will remember how well you did it. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Ethics
Efficiency minus ethics equals emptiness • Leaders who fall morally do not lead anyone to a better place. • The higher the leader goes, the deeper his character must develop. • The larger the outward privilege, the larger the inward character must be. • Character represents the inner lifeLeadership of a leader. Principles from God’s Word: Ethics
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Ethics
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
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Ethics
Let it rain
Learning to Lean
LET IT RAIN LET IT RAIN OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN
LEARNING TO LEAN LEARNING TO LEAN I'M LEARNING TO LEAN ON JESUS FINDING MORE POWER THAN I'VE EVER KNOWN I'M LEARNING TO LEAN ON JESUS
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Ethics
Learning, application and commitment: James 1: 22-25
• “Do not m erely 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 m irror 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: Ethics
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: Ethics
Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Ethics
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Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Ethics