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Session Outcomes
Recognising that Jesus is the supreme example of servanthood.
Recognising that Jesus is the supreme
Understanding that being a servant leader does not mean being a weak leader.
example of servanthood.
0 Understanding that being a servant
leader does not mean being a weak
Understanding that identifying with others leads to greater spiritual authority.
leader.
0 Understanding that identifying with
Recognising that servanthood is a way of life.
others leads to greater spiritual authority.
0 Recognising that servanthood is a way
oflife.
Introduction
In Discussion
Why is there no better example of servanthood than Jesus?
2 He left his Father’s throne above,
So free, so infinite his grace,
Emptied himself of all but love
And bled for Adam’s helpless race.
‘Tis mercy all, immense and free,
For, O my God, it found out me.
Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Used By Permission.
CCL Licence No. 30158
Copied from The Song Book of The Salvation Army
Song Number 241
And can it be that I should gain
An interest in the Saviour?s blood?
Died he for me who caused his pain,
For me who him to death pursued?
Amazing love! how can it be
That thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
2 He left his Father?s throne above,
So free, so infinite his grace,
Emptied himself of all but love
And bled for Adam?s helpless race.
?Tis mercy all, immense and free,
For, O my God, it found out me.
3 Long my imprisoned spirit lay
Fast bound in sin and nature?s night;
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray;
I woke; the dungeon flamed with light.
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed thee.
4 No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus, and all in him, is mine.
Alive in him, my living head,
And clothed in righteousness divine,
Bold I approach the eternal throne
And claim the crown, through Christ, my own.
Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Used By Permission.
CCL Licence No. 30158
Copied from The Song Book of The Salvation Army
Song Number 241
How does God make himself ‘nothing’?
The truth that people keep trying to
How does God make himself ‘nothing’?
The truth that people keep trying to express is that God in Jesus identified totally with us.
He put aside the majesty that would have separated him from us and embraced our world, living among us, sharing our hopes, fears and daily life.
express is that God in Jesus identified totally with us.
He put aside the majesty that would have separated him from us
and embraced our world, living among us, sharing our hopes, fears and daily life.
What does this say to us?
It says that Jesus couldn’t have shared the necessary closeness with us without putting his own comforts aside to become a servant.
He did it to identify with us — to be one of us and to show that he was for us.
You can’t do that so well from a distance.
Jesus couldn’t have shared the necessary closeness with us without putting his own comforts aside to become a servant.
He did it to identify with us — to be one of us
and to show that he was for us.
You can’t do that so well from a distance.
Jesus made himself vulnerable and he put his own interests last.
The ‘nothing’ which he became has made an indescribable ‘something’ of an impact on the people he came to serve.
‘something’ of an impact on the people he came to serve.
A servant leader cannot ‘stand on his dignity’ and rule from a distance.
A servant leader identifies with his or her people — even the difficult ones — and seeks to love and forgive them as Jesus did (and still does with us).
(Servant Leadership, pp.10-11, Robert Street).
dignity’ and rule from a distance.
A servant leader identifies with his or her people —
even the difficult ones — and seeks to love and forgive them as Jesus did (and still
2. Consider what it meant for Jesus to be ‘obedient to death’.
does with us).
JOhn 6:
3. Discuss the concept of God being a servant.
How does this translate in your culture?
Luke 22:24-27
4.
Although Jesus called himself a servant, why was his spiritual authority not damaged or lessened?
Matthew
John 14:
John 13:13-14
Activity
Imagine that the corps officer is unwell, and the corps sergeant-major has been asked to run the corps.
He decides to call a meeting of all the local officers to plan the way ahead for the corps.
What kind of things might he say as a good servant leader?
What kind of things might he say which would not be good servant leadership?
Remember that each of the local officers is also a leader.
How could each be valued?
Imagine that the corps officer is unwell,
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