Leadership Principles from God’s Word:
Facilitating Resistance Mario Denton Module 511 A Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Passage to memorize Acts 2: 44-47 All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling theirs possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. ‌ and the Lord added to their numbers daily those who were being saved.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
MOSES’ LIFE MISSION AND HIS FIVE BIG EXCUSES Exodus 3:11- 4:14
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Leadership Why don’t leaders in different ministries bring about the necessary changes? What do you think is the problem? Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
PROCESSES
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
SPONSOR
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Sharks in the water
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Excuse One: Who am I? (Ex 3:11)
Moses struggled with his identity. He just didn’t feel qualified; he thought God has picked the wrong leader.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Strength of previous calling
Crazy Crazy time time in in the the calling calling of of Moses. Moses. Old calling
New calling
Point X CRAZY TIME
Time
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Excuse One: Who am I? (Ex 3:11)
God’s response: It doesn’t matter who you are. I am with you (Ex 3:12).
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Excuse Two: Who are You? (Ex 3:13)
Moses felt a lack of intimacy. He didn’t know God well enough to describe Him to the people and lacked convictions concerning his relationship with God.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Current versus future reality • Moses concentrate too much on current reality. • Current reality is always changing. • The clearer our current reality and vision, the clearer the gap between them.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
We are picture-oriented • If our picture of current reality is brighter and clearer than our picture of the goal we will stick with current reality. • If current reality is stronger than the goal, we will after a little progress, return to current reality, and we will give up on the goal. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Excuse Two: Who are You? (Ex 3:13)
God’s response: I AM WHO I AM. I AM ever present. I AM everything you need (Ex 3:14).
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Excuse Three: What if they don’t listen (Ex 4:1)
Moses felt intimidated. He worried about the people’s reaction to him.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Let’s look at the self talk of Moses • Self-talk is simply the conversation that each of us is carrying on with ourselves all day long. • It is estimated that about 50 000 thoughts go through our minds each day. • Every thought about every experience is recorded. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Negative attitude • We are not born with our attitudes; we acquire them. • We acquire them from our own experience of life and learning and from the people round about us.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Affirmations • There is a lot of negativity around us. • The negative self talk of others will drag us back. • It is essential, therefore, that we affirm vividly, with emotion.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Excuse Three: What if they don’t listen (Ex 4:1)
God’s response: When I’m finished, they’ll listen (Ex 4: 2-9).
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Excuse Four: I’ve never been a good speaker (Ex 4:10)
Moses fretted about his inadequacies. Who would listen to him if he couldn’t even speak well? (Ex 4: 11,12).
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
What is below the surface in the life of Moses?
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Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Excuse Four: I’ve never been a good speaker (Ex 4:10)
God’s response: Guess who made your mouth (Ex 4: 11,12).
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Excuse Five: I know you can find someone else (Ex 4:13)
Moses fell inferior: He compared himself to others-even his brother- and decided that he came up short. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Conflict: Different views
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Crisis
DANGER HIDDEN OPPORTUNITY
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Requirements for change in excuses Clear vision
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Actionable
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steps
Pressure for change
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CHANGE Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
R equirements for
change in excuses +
Actionable steps
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Pressure + for change
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PLODDIN Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
R equirements for change (Continued)
Clear
Pressure + for change
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vision
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MARKING TIME Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
R equirements for change (Continued)
Clear vision
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Actionable
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DUST GATHERING Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Life Analysis of the Change cycle which Moses went through during his excuses
Integration
Loss
Satisfaction
Understanding
Confidence
Anticipation
Fear
Resentment Doubt
Anxiety Discomfort
Discovery
DANGER ZONE
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Excuse Five: I know you can find someone else (Ex 4:13)
God’s response: OK, I will let Aaron go with you… but I’m still calling you to go (Ex 4:14).
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Remember as a leader to . . .
Watch Watch your your definitions definitions -they they become become thoughts thoughts Watch Watch your your thoughts thoughts -they they become become words words Watch Watch your your words words -they they become become actions actions Watch Watch your your actions actions -they they become become your your destiny destiny Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Moses: His Five Big Excuses
Excuse #4 I’ve never been a good speaker Excuse #2 Who are you?
Excuse #5 I know you can find someone else Excuse #3 What if they don’t listen? Excuse #1 Who am I?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Stages in your ministry Growth
HIGH
Maintenance
PERFORMANCE
Establishment Decline
Trial Exploration
Stagnation
Duration Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
We all resist change Forward
Back
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Cannot stand still
A ‘Law’ of Human Nature: People automatically look for WHAT IS WRONG in anything new rather than WHAT IS RIGHT!
Progress
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Change
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
What comments do you have about the following? 1+1=2 2+2 =4 3+3=7 4+4=8 5 + 5 = 10 • What happened?
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Learning something is one thing; putting it into practice is another
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
"I have walked the long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that, after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken time here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my walk is not yet ended." Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Closing comments
You can live a life full of abundance. You are a loved and valuable person. Believe in yourself. Cheer yourself up. God has a wonderful plan for your life. Mario Denton
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
Prayer Focus • I thought about how to close this discussion, but I will stay with the prayer of JABEZ: • “Oh, that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that your hand would be with me, • and that you would keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me”. • So God granted him what he had requested. • I Chronicles 4:10
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
God will make a way GOD WILL MAKE A WAY WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY HE'LL WORK IN WAYS WE CANNOT SEE HE WILL MAKE A WAY FOR ME HE WILL BE MY GUIDE HOLD ME CLOSELY TO HIS SIDE WITH LOVE AND STRENGTH FOR EACH NEW DAY HE WILL MAKE A WAY, HE WILL MAKE A WAY BY A ROADSIDE IN THE WILDERNESS HE'LL LEAD ME RIVERS IN THE DESERT WILL I SEE HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL FADE BUT HIS WORLD WILL STILL REMAIN AND HE WILL DO SOMETHING NEW TODAY Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
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: Facilitating resistance
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: Facilitating resistance
Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance
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Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Facilitating resistance