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Kingfisher Leadership news Leadership and prayer This month sees the 5th annual into the next challenge. To pray for bold International Day of Prayer, as believers faith is to choose to trust God at a higher from all around the world commit to level, as the stakes just go on getting focussing on and praying for the needs of bigger. Trust is at the heart of the leader’s this world, interceding for Kingfisher walk with God, and so we need to be churches and ministries in various continually praying for bold faith in each countries around the world, step that we take. and believing together for the faith targets in the coming 12 2) Kingdom courage months. It is a powerful time Leadership Leaders are continually faced throughout the International with challenging situations, with is influence. Family, but it also highlights tough decisions, with awkward the central, key role that How those conversations. We need courage leaders have in terms of prayer. to not just opt for what is safe, for we lead If leadership is influence, then popularity, or for what is easy. pray says a Kingdom courage is courage to we leaders need to be aware that we are either influencing do what is necessary to see the lot about people to pray in a committed, Kingdom of God more fully our own faith-filled manner, or not. To manifest here on earth. influence others to have a prayer life healthy, authentic prayer life 3) Servant influence requires that we have one first. We long to see the ministry grow Unfortunately, leaders all-tooand more people to come to often struggle in this area, with their know and follow Jesus Christ. This means prayers being little more than distracted that influence will grow - but not influence cries for help as they are buffeted by one in order to get people to do things our demand after another. Whatever else we way, but to encourage people to follow pray for - and the Bible says we should Jesus more closely. It was He who said: pray about everything (Philippians 4:6) "Anyone who wants to be first must be the there are seven core prayers that should very last, and the servant of all.” (Mark become a way of life for every leader. 9:35, NIV), and so our prayer must be Pray for: ‘Lord, increase in me a servant heart so 1) Bold faith that I can influence more people to follow Leadership is not safe and comfortable you.’ Leadership is about we are constantly on the edge of launching 1
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His Kingdom, not our kingdom! Lord , keep my heart oriented towards serving others, rather than requiring that they serve me. 4) Personal strength The bigger the ministry the more demands we face. The more demands we face, the greater the need for God to strengthen us. Do not overlook your personal needs in prayer - you need increased physical stamina, a deepening of your spiritual hunger, a more enduring, Godly character, the ability to withstand the temptations that surround every leader. ‘Lead me not into temptation, Lord, but deliver me from evil’. 5) Godly wisdom You say, “I am allowed to do anything” — but not everything is good for you. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is beneficial.” (1 Corinthians 10:23). Knowledge is useful, but wisdom is the ability to balance up both side of this verse… knowing not just what I can do, but what I should do - not just what is possible, but what is beneficial. Too many leaders have their calling shipwrecked by getting involved in things they should be giving a wide berth to, on the basis that they feel they are owed, that they will get away with it, that they need some comfort. Free will leads to the first part of Paul’s statement: ‘I am allowed to do anything’. Godly wisdom is able to discern, not what I can get away with, but what will lead me closer to Jesus and help me grow as a servant leader.
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them. They struggle to understand that the whole basis of our relationship with Jesus Christ is grace - God’s unmerited favour. We leaders are not the creators and sustainers of the universe - God is. This is not an invitation to live a life of halfheartiness and compromise - indeed, as Paul asks: “Shall we go on sinning so that grace shall increase? By no means!” (Romans 6:1). This is an invitation to see leadership as partnership and that there is forgiveness available through confession and repentance. Praying for a greater awareness of God’s grace should be a central feature of a leader’s prayer life. 7) Spiritual authority We know that spiritual authority is released as we come to understand and walk in our identity as sons and daughters of God. I do not want to lead just in my own authority, relying on my personal ability to get people to do what I want them to do. I want to be released into Godly authority as I come to rest in my identity as a dearly-loved child of God. Spiritual authority brings God’s power to your teaching, key leadership moments, prayers for the sick and suffering, visioncasting, and empowering leaders. Your spiritual authority grows as your identity in Christ deepens. This month, you and I have the incredible privilege of leading those in our church or ministry to pray in our International Day of Prayer. But the depth, power and reality of those prayers will also bring clarity to the state of my own prayer life as a leader. Why? Because leadership is influence…
6) Grace. Leaders commonly struggle with the underlying belief that it is all down to
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