Leadership Principles from God’s Word:
MODELLING Mario Denton Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
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: Modelling
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: Modelling
Modelling provides the basis of all true leadership Leaders must set the example for their followers.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Modelling provides the basis of all true leadership
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
The number one management principle People do what people see.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Moses demonstrate this truth The people watched him as he spent time with God, interceding for them in intimate, personal communion. Exodus 33: 7-11.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
If you want to enjoy an intimate relationship with God, as Moses did, you must: 1. Separate yourself regularly. Come apart from the crowd. Key note here is: outside the camp
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
If you want to enjoy an intimate relationship with God, as Moses did, you must: Seek God with all your heart. Pursue truth over popularity. The key phrase here is: Sought the Lord.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
If you want to enjoy an intimate relationship with God, as Moses did, you will: Be watched by the public. You must be willing to take a risk, even though it feels intimidating to be watched and scrutinized.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
If you want to enjoy an intimate relationship with God, as Moses did, you must: Learn to listen to hear God’s voice. Practice the patience of silence and submission.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
If you want to enjoy an intimate relationship with God, as Moses did, you must: Enter covenant partnership with God. You must be faithful and committed.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Be an example Note a few areas God’s priests and leaders were to model. Lev. 6: 1-10:20
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Be an example in the following areas • • • • • • • •
Moral and ethical lifestyle. Proper appearance. Pure conscience. Excellence in fulfilling duties. Healthy relationships and restitution. Establishing proper priorities. Maintaining regulations and guidelines. Initiating forgiveness and atonement. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
The impact of Good and bad Kings: 1 Kings 14: 1-15:34 Good Kings • Drew loyalty from their people. • Enjoyed victory over sin. • Enjoy peace with the kingdom.
Bad Kings • Drew rebellion from their people • Saw bondage to sin. • Suffered turmoil within the Kingdom.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
The impact of Good and bad Kings: 1 Kings 14: 1-15:34 Good Kings • Were affirmed by God’s prophets. • Enjoyed prosperity. • Opposed evil kings.
Bad Kings • Were rebuked by God’s prophets. • Often endured natural disasters and war. • Opposed good kings.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Leaders must be examples not exceptions • Leaders often drift. • After accomplishments they often abandon the lifestyle that helped them to reach the top. • They do not set the same example any more.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 29: 1-36 Hezekiah teaches the principle that if you want to succeed, you must incarnate the life you desire in your followers.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 29: 1-36 • • • • •
He inherited an unholy mess. He prepared the temple. He restored legitimate worship. Removed the idols. He required a change in the land.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Events took place suddenly as Hezekiah modelled the life he expected of others.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
When Ezra heard of the sin and compromise of the Israelites, he mourned and fasted He then took logical steps to bring about change. Ezra 9: 1-10:44
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Ezra’s logical steps • 1. He felt genuine remorse over the national sin. • 2. He issued a proclamation for the Jews to gather in Jerusalem. • 3.He spoke clearly and directly concerning the issues. • 4. He challenged the people to repent and change. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Ezra’s logical steps • 5. He accepted a plan for leaders to meet with the transgressors. • 6. He started with the leaders who failed, then moved to the people. • 7.He brought about public repentance and reformation.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Demonstration must precede imitation • God expects leaders to incarnate the life their followers should live. • People do what people see. • Leaders are models before they are ministers, mentors or managers.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Notice what happened when Israel’s leaders failed to live model lives 1. They failed to preserve truth for the people.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Notice what happened when Israel’s leaders failed to live model lives 2. They dilute the people appetite for growth and instruction
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Notice what happened when Israel’s leaders failed to live model lives 3. They caused many to stumble due to their poor example.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Notice what happened when Israel’s leaders failed to live model lives 4. They corrupted the covenant God made with them.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Notice what happened when Israel’s leaders failed to live model lives 5. They lost their credibility.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Leadership is caught more than taught Biggest missing ingredient in Christian leaders today is credibility.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Leadership is caught more than taught: Listen to Paul in 1 Cor. 4: 9-21 His leadership was on display and open for ridicule.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Leadership is caught more than taught: Listen to Paul in 1 Cor. 4: 9-21 He was willing to play the fool in order to model a surrendered life
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Leadership is caught more than taught: Listen to Paul in 1 Cor. 4: 9-21 He endured mocking from others, but didn’t waver.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Leadership is caught more than taught: Listen to Paul in 1 Cor. 4: 9-21 He sacrificed luxuries that others enjoyed.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Leadership is caught more than taught: Listen to Paul in 1 Cor. 4: 9-21 He worked hard and didn’t retaliate against opposition.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Leadership is caught more than taught: Listen to Paul in 1 Cor. 4: 9-21 He saw his role as a father, living an exemplary life for his children.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Leadership is caught more than taught: Listen to Paul in 1 Cor. 4: 9-21 He urged his followers to imitate his life.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Leadership is caught more than taught: Listen to Paul in 1 Cor. 4: 9-21 He sent Timothy to help them live up to godly standards.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Leadership is caught more than taught: Listen to Paul in 1 Cor. 4: 9-21 He warned them of his own coming.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
Leadership is caught more than taught: Listen to Paul in 1 Cor. 4: 9-21 He reminded them that God’s kingdom was not about talk, but power.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
God can do for you what He did for them. Hebrews 13:7,8 God wants to lead through you. God is in the business of not only saving lives, but also leading others.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
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: Modelling
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: Modelling
In the presence
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD THERE IS LOVE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD THERE IS PEACE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD THERE IS HEALING LORD I STAND IN YOUR PRESENCE WITH MY LIFE LORD I STAND IN YOUR PRESENCE WITH MY LIFE
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
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: Modelling
Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling
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Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Modelling