Leadership Principles from God’s Word:
LEADERSHIP QUALITIES Mario Denton Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
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: Top principles
Leadership qualities and the fruit of the spirit • Fruit resulted from planted seeds • When seeds grow, they bear fruit • Fruit presents outward, visible behaviour • Galatians 5: 22,23
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Evaluate yourself against the fruit of the spirit 1. Love. Is my leadership motivated by love for people?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Evaluate yourself against the fruit of the spirit 2. Joy. Do I exhibit an unshakable joy, regardless of circumstances?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Evaluate yourself against the fruit of the spirit 3. Peace. Do people see my inward peace and take courage?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Evaluate yourself against the fruit of the spirit 4. Longsuffering: Do I want patiently for results as I develop people or goals?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Evaluate yourself against the fruit of the spirit 5. Kindness: Am I caring and understanding toward everyone I meet?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Evaluate yourself against the fruit of the spirit 6. Goodness: Do I want the best for others and the organisation?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Evaluate yourself against the fruit of the spirit 7. Faithfulness: have I kept my commitment to the mission?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Evaluate yourself against the fruit of the spirit 8. Gentleness: Is my strength under control? Can I be both tough and tender?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Evaluate yourself against the fruit of the spirit 9. Self-control: Am I disciplined to make progress toward my goal?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
The qualities of a spiritual leader. 1 Tim. 3: 2-13 Blameless: Are you quick to improve those aeas that can damage your integrity?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
The qualities of a spiritual leader. 1 Tim. 3: 2-13 Husband of one wife: Are you loving your wife as Christ loved the church?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
The qualities of a spiritual leader. 1 Tim. 3: 2-13 Temperate, sober-minded, of good behaviour: Are you master of yourself, that you are a servant of many?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
The qualities of a spiritual leader. 1 Tim. 3: 2-13 Hospitable: Do you exhibit a warm and welcoming spirit?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
The qualities of a spiritual leader. 1 Tim. 3: 2-13 Able to teach: Do you consistently help others learn and become better disciples? Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
The qualities of a spiritual leader. 1 Tim. 3: 2-13 Not violent, not quarrelsome: Do you have an approachable disposition that brings peace and healing?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
The qualities of a spiritual leader. 1 Tim. 3: 2-13 Not greedy, not convetous: Are you allowing your leadership to be controlled by the rich?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
The qualities of a spiritual leader. 1 Tim. 3: 2-13 Rules your own house well: Do you manage your own family befire you try to manage the church?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
The qualities of a spiritual leader. 1 Tim. 3: 2-13 Not a novice: Are you a seasoned, sold example for both insiders and outsiders?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
The qualifications of spiritual leaders. 1 Tim 3: 1-13 The key here is: verse 10 leaders should be tested before given an official position
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
3. LEADER’S PREPARATION
4. LEADER’S POSITION
2. LEADER’S CALL
1. LEADER’S SALVATION
The preparation of a leader: 1 Tim. 3: 1-13 Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
The qualifications of spiritual leaders. 1 Tim 3: 1-13 • 1. Salvation: Leadership is planted as a seed.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
The qualifications of spiritual leaders. 1 Tim 3: 1-13
•2. Call: Leadership begins to sprout
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
The qualifications of spiritual leaders. 1 Tim 3: 1-13 •3. Preparation: leadership is tested as a plant •4. Position: ledearship matures and bear fruit
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
The qualifications of spiritual leaders. 1 Tim 3: 1-13 •If anyone aspires to be a leader, he aspires to a noble task. •To have the gifts and qualities and not take on ledarship positions, may be disobedience. •The desire, however, must be accompanied by discipline. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
Portraits of a leader. 2 Tim. 2:2-26 • 1. A teacher: A leader is • 5. A worker: A leader to be reproductive. is to be diligent. • 2. A soldier: A leader is • 6. A vesel: A leader is to be loyal. to be pure. • 3. An athlete: a leader is • 7. A servant: A leader to be disciplined. is to be submissive. • 4. A farmer: A leader is to be a hard woker.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
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: Top principles
I love your grace I LOVE YOUR GRACE I LOVE YOUR MERCY I LOVE THE WAY YOU HELP ME WHEN I CALL I LOVE THE TRUTH, I LOVE THE POWER OF YOUR NAME, BUT YOU KNOW I LOVE YOUR PRESENCE MOST OF ALL MY SOUL TAKES REFUGE IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS CLOSE TO YOU IS WHERE I WANT TO BE YOU ARE MY STRENGTH YOU ARE MY GOD YOU ARE MY KING ALL I WANT IS WHAT YOU WANT FOR ME
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
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: Top principles
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: Top principles
Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles
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Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Top principles