Leadership School (Week 2)
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The 3 the 12 and the 70
Why are we here?
What is our purpose as a church?
Great commandment and Great commission
As a team?
8 For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything.
Our mission statement:
17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
What is your purpose?
Our purpose is to point people to the Father through Jesus
We seize and create opportunities for the Holy Spirit to communicate in us and through us
how do we do that?
These will be leadership themes, not step by step instructions
Its up to you to fill in the blanks, literally and figuratively
Case by case problems solving is micromanaging
My goal is to equip you to know vision and standards of the church so well that you know the answers before people ask the questions
Jesus had: 3, 12, 70, 5,000
Jesus understood he couldn’t possibly reach everyone on a one on one basis
We too as leaders, cannot and should not try and develop everyone who comes to us one on one
The 12:
He called 12 men to drop everything and come follow Him
These 12 had a unique leadership connection to Jesus as He commissioned them for ministry
1 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.
The twelve are commissioned with authority
The 3:
Peter, James and John
Jesus held an even closer relationship with three men, who have been dubbed the inner circle, made up of Peter, James (or Jacob) and John
Jesus allowed these three men to walk with him in some of the most intimate and personal times of His life and ministry
Garden of Gethsemane as He called out to God in prayer the night before His crucifixion
Jesus shared his struggles and his pain with these men
He did not grant the other disciples the same access to him
36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.” 37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
Out of those three only one remained with Him at the cross
Who’s in your three?
The 70:
Beyond just the 12, we also know that Jesus had more disciples who were with Him regularly, and heard His teachings often,
Our Role as the 70:
1 After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go.
We prepare the way for people to encounter Jesus
We are sent out with a purpose
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.
2. We Labor and Pray
He calls us to work
He calls us to pray for laborers not for the harvest
The harvest is already waiting for us
3 Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves. 4 Carry neither money bag, knapsack, nor sandals; and greet no one along the road. 5 But whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on it; if not, it will return to you.
3. Ready or not here we go
Favorable outcome aren’t the motivating factor
Don’t take your sweet time getting ready to be prepared
GO!
Do it now!
Don’t get distracted
7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house. 8 Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you.
4. Don’t be high maintenance
Leaders shouldn’t be high maintenance people!
If you are a high maintenance person you are either: not self aware or you have pride in your life!
I pray it’s because you don’t realize it
Be high maintenance in your own house, not in God’s
9 And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
5. Become a conduit for the Holy Spirit to move through
Be proactive
Notice he doesn’t say see what happens
He says heal the sick
Let the Holy Spirit speak through you
10 But whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say, 11 ‘The very dust of your city which clings to us we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near you.’ 12 But I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that city.
6. Shake off rejection and offense
How the world and people react to us shouldn’t be our motivation
Our obedience is never contingent upon outcomes
Dust of rejection
The better you can shake of rejection will directly effect the amount of opportunities you take
notice i didn’t say you get, but you take
Being a disciple comes at a great cost
What we sacrifice
time
our energy
When you become a leader you give up the right to think about yourself. -Gerald Brooks
But look at the rewards:
17 Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”
Jesus delegates his authority to us
18 And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”
2. Our names are written in heaven
That’s a big deal
23 Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see; 24 for I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it.”
3. We get to see things that only others dream of seeing
Stand on this scripture for your business, your family, this church
9 But as it is written:
“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Reiterate points:
4 Questions:
1. What is your mission statement? Either for your life or business. (Come up with one)
2. Talk about one thing that jumped out at you.
3. What are you going to be praying for this week?
4. What are you going to work on this month?
Session 2
New Wine into Old Wine Skins
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
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
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:
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?
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?
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!
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
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
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
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?