Leadership Principles from God’s Word:
LEADERSHP TEMPTATIONS Mario Denton Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
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: Leadership temptations
Everything rises and falls with leadership Indiscretion, foolishness, lack of judgement, poor choices and just plain old sin can lead to lame leaders
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
The right time to make a decision. Numbers 20: 2-13 • Moses felt wary of the complaining, stagnation and the lack of progress • He was running on empty • In his weakened position he made a decision that cost him his future • In anger he struck the rock
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
The right time to make a decision. Numbers 20: 2-13 • He reacted in fury • For his disobedience he was barred from entering the Promised land • This incident teaches us two lessons
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
Lessons learnt: Never make a major decision during an emotionally low time. Make decision in the peak times and not the valley times
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
Make decisions in the peak times and not the valley times
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
Choose to be proactive • Don’t let your mandate come from the grumbling of the crowd • Get your cues from God and the mission He has given you
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
Ask yourself these questions • 1. Are you a reactor or a creator when you lead? • 2. Do you play defence or offence when you lead? • 3. Are you a people pleaser or a God pleaser when you lead
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
Leadership Pitfalls. Ecc. 5: 2-7 Hasty speech. Leaders must listen as much as they speak. It takes more than words to fulfil dreams
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
Leadership Pitfalls. Ecc. 5: 2-7 Empty promises. Leaders tend to say what others want to hear. Don’t promise what you cant deliver
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
Leadership Pitfalls. Ecc. 5: 2-7 Lame excuses. Leaders diminish their influence when they try to reverse a mistake with a lame excuse
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
Catching the little foxes
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
Catching the little foxes • These little foxes like bad attitudes, lack of encouragement, impatience, gossip can ruin your organisation • Listens for the sounds • It is better to build a fence at the top of the cliff than a hospital at the bottom Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
If you want your leadership to last, pay attention to the following four crucial elements 1. Character- enables you to do what is right even when it seems difficult
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
If you want your leadership to last, pay attention to the following four crucial elements 2. Perspective - enables you to understand what must happen to reach a goal
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
If you want your leadership to last, pay attention to the following four crucial elements 3. Courage- enables you to initiate and take the risks to step out toward a worthy goal
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
If you want your leadership to last, pay attention to the following four crucial elements 4. Favour- enables you to attract and empower others to join you in the cause
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
Leadership brings temptations Jeremiah 48: 26-30 Moab’s leaders caught up in their own power, pride, conceit and arrogance
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
The dangers that will ruin and destruct contemporary leaders 1. Pride: You enjoy thinking that you did it on your own
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
The dangers that will ruin and destruct contemporary leaders 2. Possessions. You pursue the perks that come with your visibility
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
The dangers that will ruin and destruct contemporary leaders 3. Popularity. You begin to believe your own press
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
The dangers that will ruin and destruct contemporary leaders 4. Power. You recognize your clout and use it to advance yourself
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
The dangers that will ruin and destruct contemporary leaders 5. Prestige. You love the feeling of being important and irreplaceable
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
The dangers that will ruin and destruct contemporary leaders 6. Pleasure. You think you deserve special treatment not given to others
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
The dangers that will ruin and destruct contemporary leaders 7. People. You cross a line from serving others to pleasing people
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
The sequence of events that often follows leadership success • 1. Satisfaction. You enjoy the victory you have achieved • 2. Indulgence. You unconsciously feel you deserve a pleasurable reward
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
The sequence of events that often follows leadership success • 3. Compromise. You rationalize your behaviour • 4. Denial. You continue leading, not realizing your impure motives
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
The sequence of events that often follows leadership success • 5. Adultery. You give yourselves to another; sexually, emotionally or financially • 6. Obsession: You get trapped in a pattern that consumes you
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
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: Leadership temptations
I worship you Almighty God I WORSHIP YOU ALMIGHTY GOD THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU I WORSHIP YOU OH PRINCE OF PEACE THAT IS WHAT I LONG TO DO I GIVE YOU PRAISE FOR YOU ARE MY RIGHTEOUSNESS I WORSHIP YOU ALMIGHTY GOD THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
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: Leadership temptations
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: Leadership temptations
Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations
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Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Leadership temptations