Leadership Principles from God’s Word:
MAN-APPOINTED LEADERSHIP Mario Denton Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Man-appointed leadership
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: Man-appointed leadership
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Man-appointed leadership
Man appointed leadership Numbers 22: 14-24:25 • Man-appointed leaders often claim to receive a call from God, but heir authority actually derives from human sources and not from the Lord • Eventually the truth becomes clear to everyone Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Man-appointed leadership
How can one discern manappointed leadership See case of Balaam who tried to curse Israel for profit
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Man-appointed leadership
Man-appointed leadership issues from.. Human ingenuity rather than God’s anointing
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Man-appointed leadership
Man-appointed leadership often‌ Reveals self-serving motives
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Man-appointed leadership
Man-appointed leadership devises‌ Plans that oppose what God is doing
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Man-appointed leadership
Man-appointed leadership blinds… The leader to God’s intentions
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Man-appointed leadership
Man-appointed leadership goals‌ Eventually fails because they oppose the work of God
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Man-appointed leadership
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: Man-appointed leadership
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: Man-appointed leadership
I've been delivered
I'VE BEEN DELIVERED I'VE BEEN DELIVERED THE HOLD THE DEVIL HAD ON ME HE AIN'T GOT NO MORE I'VE BEEN DELIVERED I'VE BEEN DELIVERED I'VE BEEN DELIVERED BY THE HAND OF THE LORD
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Man-appointed leadership
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: Man-appointed leadership
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: Man-appointed leadership
Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Man-appointed leadership
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Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Man-appointed leadership