Leadership Training (April)

New Wine into Old Wine Skins

What God is wanting to Do:

I fully believe that God is wanting to do something new through the present day church

We carry a move of His spirit that the earth hasn’t encountered before

The problem is that we keep waiting on God to do something

When he’s waiting on us to move

Luke 10:2 NKJV

2 Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

Are we praying for the Harvest or Laborers

When we ask amiss (wrong motives) James:

The ask or Pray to motivate God

The way I hear people pray and sing songs

They’re begging God to do what he’s already done

we ask for revival when he’s asking us to pray for laborers

Mark 6:5 NKJV

5 Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

We’re blown away when this happens at our church

When a few sick people get healed that’s a great Sunday!

He promised us greater works:

John 14:12 NKJV

12 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.

Greater works should be a way of life for the Spirit filled Believer

Are we asking God for change, when we’re the one changing

Are we asking God to pour out new wine into old wine skins?

Matthew 9:14–17 NKJV

14 Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?” 15 And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. 17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

What about Change?

Without changing the vessel of which we hold what God is giving us, new wine is wasted on lack of stewardship

How are we changing the church as a whole

How is God changing and shaping things in you for change?

How are you implementing change in yourself?

When was the last time you said I need to change that character defect in me?

In the parable of the talents in Matthew 25, what is the worst form of stewardship?

Burying our talents

Historically burying people things they left with you was a viable solution

It was a good idea

Jesus was saying in this parable, the old way of doing things is out

Now I want you to multiply what I gave you

We have to be intentional with our growth:

Growth comes with time or age (miss-conception)

We see physical growth as a child, getting taller, building muscle, getting smarter

Then we become adults and the only thing that grows naturally is our stomachs!

My question for you this evening is:

What are you doing today to be intentional about your spiritual, mental and physical areas of growth?

What are you changing in yourself to allow God to use you in a bigger capacity?

Mark 12:30 NKJV

30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.

This is the greatest commandment

Heart: your spirit your inner man

Soul: is your breath the very thing that makes you exist, we magnify God with what comes out of our mouths

Mind: your thoughts and what your put into your mind

Strength: being in control physically

There’s four areas here, Which ones do you need to get better at?

Discipline begets discipline

Three things intentional growth will require:

It takes a perspective shift

Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing

Renew our minds by the word of God

We have to see things differently

Look at things from an outside perspective

Ask for help!

Ephesians 1:17–18 NKJV

17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

Ephesians is the only epistle written without a correction

2. It takes sacrifice

Romans 12:1 NKJV

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

We have to empty our vessels out so we have the capacity to take in all of God we can get

The old ways of doing things

The fear, anxiety we have to be emptied out before God can fill us new

Do we sacrifice our time and convenience

Do we go out of our way to be obedient to the word of God?

We’re going to have to stretch and be uncomfortable

Thing about new wine skin is that it starts out like all leather does stiff and tight

then God stretches us and makes us uncomfortable

be ok with being uncomfortable

being ok with being honest with yourself

3. It takes faithfulness

The world needs to see consistency in the church

Society keeps changing, they want to change biology next they’ll be coming after gravity

What does the World see when it looks at the church

Does it see us being just a as scared and worried as they are

1 Corinthians 15:58 NKJV

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

We have to be consistently renewing our mind to God’s word and be consistently sacrificing our will for His will

Good leaders are consistent

It’s nearly impossible to lead without consistency

Matthew 25:20–21 NKJV

20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ 21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

Maybe you can multiply

If you show up but it’s only once in a while

Maybe you hit the mark but it’s not occasionally

Anyone can do anything once but are you consistent

What do we tell the people around us when we’re no consistent or faithful?

We can’t be trusted

I want to be someone God can rely on

That’s should be our biggest desire as christians to hear the Words well done good and faithful servant

What I’ve been seeing in my own life by implementing these principles:

Simple prayer to longer prayer time

From chapter Bible reading to studying God’s word

To meditating day and night

To picking up a podcast here and there

To reading leadership and spiritual books consistently

running 1 mile-13K

Goals are the finish line

When you meet your goals it opens up a new window of view for higher goals

Habits are what bring goals to fruition

“The level of your leadership is determined by the quality of your habits.” -Craig Groeschel

“Intentional habits are what brings our goals to fruition.” - Me lol

What our habits should look like:

Written

Clear

Achievable

Repeatable

Uncomfortable

Questions:

1. What is spirit (spiritual) aspect of your life you want to improve in?

2. What is a soul(mind) aspect of your life you want to improve in?

3. What is a body (health aspect) or your life you want to improve in?

4. Don’t just have a what, What is your why?

5. What are goals in your life you have always wanted to achieve but haven’t accomplished them?

6. What is something you can start doing tomorrow to be intentional about your growth?