Spiritual Leadership

a. When a leader is first chosen what people expect is Results.

I. SPIRITUAL LEADERS ACHIEVE RESULTS

a. When a leader is first chosen what people expect is Results.

b. Successful Leaders must get things done.

c. There are few things that we can ask our leaders:

· What may I expect from you?

· Can I achieve my own goals by following you?

· What may I expect from you?

· Will I reach my potential by working with you?

· Can I achieve my own goals by following you?

· Will I reach my potential by working with you?

· Can I trust my future to you?

· Will I reach my potential by working with you?

· Can I trust my future to you?

· Have you bothered to prepare yourself for leadership?

· Are you ready to be ruthlessly honest?

· Have you bothered to prepare yourself for leadership?

· Do you have the self-confidence and trust to let me do my job?

· Are you ready to be ruthlessly honest?

· Do you have the self-confidence and trust to let me do my job?

· What do you believe?

d. “When there is no paycheck to motivate followers, what inspires people to invest their valuable time, money, and energy? Will they be galvanized to action by a list of objectives? The primary purpose of spiritual leaders is not to achieve their goals but to accomplish God's will.”

· What do you believe?

d. “When there is no paycheck to motivate followers, what inspires people to invest their valuable time, money, and energy? Will they be galvanized to action by a list of objectives? The primary purpose of spiritual leaders is not to achieve their goals but to accomplish God's will.”

e. “Leaders who achieve their goals but whose people suffer and fall by the wayside in the process have failed.

II. SPIRITUAL LEADERS DO THINGS WITH EXCELLANCE.

e. “Leaders who achieve their goals but whose people suffer and fall by the wayside in the process have failed.

a. “Then this Daniel became distinguished above all the other high officials and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him. And the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.” ( ESV)

II. SPIRITUAL LEADERS DO THINGS WITH EXCELLANCE.

a. “Then this Daniel became distinguished above all the other high officials and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him. And the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.” ( ESV)

· Excellent: extraordinary – God wants to develop leaders that have a excellent spirit within them. When a leader has an excellent spirit they are able to accomplish extraordinary things.

a. “Then this Daniel became distinguished above all the other high officials and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him. And the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.” ( ESV)

b. There is a difference between Excellence and perfection.

· Excellent: extraordinary – God wants to develop leaders that have a excellent spirit within them. When a leader has an excellent spirit they are able to accomplish extraordinary things.

b. There is a difference between Excellence and perfection.

· Leaders must be careful how they use the term excellence.

· If excellence is understood to mean perfection, then that is not God's standard.

· Leaders must be careful how they use the term excellence.

· If excellence is understood to mean perfection, then that is not God's standard.

· The primary goal of spiritual leadership is not excellence in the sense of doing things perfectly. Rather, it is taking people from where they are to where God wants them to be.

· If excellence is understood to mean perfection, then that is not God's standard.

· The primary goal of spiritual leadership is not excellence in the sense of doing things perfectly. Rather, it is taking people from where they are to where God wants them to be.

· For leaders want to motivate their people to develop their talents for the glory of God. But to help people grow, leaders may have to allow them to make mistakes.

· The primary goal of spiritual leadership is not excellence in the sense of doing things perfectly. Rather, it is taking people from where they are to where God wants them to be.

· This is the key thing that most leader are not willing to do is allow people to make mistakes.

· For leaders want to motivate their people to develop their talents for the glory of God. But to help people grow, leaders may have to allow them to make mistakes.

· This is the key thing that most leader are not willing to do is allow people to make mistakes.

III. SPIRITUAL LEADERS DEVELOP PEOPLE

a. The ultimate goal of spiritual leadership is not to achieve numerical results, to accomplish tasks with perfection, or to grow for growth's sake. It is to take their people from where they are to where God wants them to be.

III. SPIRITUAL LEADERS DEVELOP PEOPLE

b. God's primary concern for people is not results but relationship.

a. The ultimate goal of spiritual leadership is not to achieve numerical results, to accomplish tasks with perfection, or to grow for growth's sake. It is to take their people from where they are to where God wants them to be.

b. God's primary concern for people is not results but relationship.

c. The ultimate goal of spiritual leadership is not to achieve numerical results, to accomplish tasks with perfection, or to grow for growth's sake. It is to take their people from where they are to where God wants them to be.

d. God's primary concern for people is not results but relationship.

c. The ultimate goal of spiritual leadership is not to achieve numerical results, to accomplish tasks with perfection, or to grow for growth's sake. It is to take their people from where they are to where God wants them to be.

d. God's primary concern for people is not results but relationship.

e. The key is not for the pastor to constantly cast visions of what the church should do next. The objective is to bring the people into an intimate relationship with Christ so they know when he is speaking and guiding them as his body. Then Christ will use the church to impact the world.

IV. SPIRITUAL LEADERS EQUIP OTHER TO LEAD

a. Leaders lead followers. Great leaders lead leaders.

IV. SPIRITUAL LEADERS EQUIP OTHER TO LEAD

b. One of the worst mistakes leaders commit is making themselves indispensable.

a. Leaders lead followers. Great leaders lead leaders.

b. One of the worst mistakes leaders commit is making themselves indispensable.

c. There are at least four habits leaders must regularly practice if they are to produce a corps of emerging leaders.

· Leaders delegate: “Peter Drucker suggests, "Effective executives do not make a great many decisions. They concentrate on the important ones.”

· Leaders give people freedom to fail: If leaders continually second-guess staff initiatives, their people will stop making decisions. Inevitably employees will propose ideas and methods that differ from what their leaders prefer. Leaders must weigh the value of having work done by others against the advantage of having everything done exactly like they would do it themselves.

· Leaders delegate: “Peter Drucker suggests, "Effective executives do not make a great many decisions. They concentrate on the important ones.”

· Leaders give people freedom to fail: If leaders continually second-guess staff initiatives, their people will stop making decisions. Inevitably employees will propose ideas and methods that differ from what their leaders prefer. Leaders must weigh the value of having work done by others against the advantage of having everything done exactly like they would do it themselves.

· Leaders recognize others’ success. By publicly recognizing and thanking them, leaders alert the organization that volunteers are indispensable and highly valued. Leaders will not regret having said thank you, but an attitude of ungratefulness will soon take its toll.

· Leaders give people freedom to fail: If leaders continually second-guess staff initiatives, their people will stop making decisions. Inevitably employees will propose ideas and methods that differ from what their leaders prefer. Leaders must weigh the value of having work done by others against the advantage of having everything done exactly like they would do it themselves.

· Leaders provide encouragement and support. People must know their leader will stand by them when they fail. Church members want the assurance that when their pastor gives them responsibility, he will also back them up if things become difficult. When leaders neglect to support their followers, everyone else grows anxious because they rightly assume their leader would abandon them too. When leaders come quickly to the aid of someone who is struggling, everyone rests assured that they will receive similar support.

· Leaders recognize others’ success. By publicly recognizing and thanking them, leaders alert the organization that volunteers are indispensable and highly valued. Leaders will not regret having said thank you, but an attitude of ungratefulness will soon take its toll.

· Leaders provide encouragement and support. People must know their leader will stand by them when they fail. Church members want the assurance that when their pastor gives them responsibility, he will also back them up if things become difficult. When leaders neglect to support their followers, everyone else grows anxious because they rightly assume their leader would abandon them too. When leaders come quickly to the aid of someone who is struggling, everyone rests assured that they will receive similar support.

V. SPIRITUAL LEADERS GLORIFY GOD.

· Leaders provide encouragement and support. People must know their leader will stand by them when they fail. Church members want the assurance that when their pastor gives them responsibility, he will also back them up if things become difficult. When leaders neglect to support their followers, everyone else grows anxious because they rightly assume their leader would abandon them too. When leaders come quickly to the aid of someone who is struggling, everyone rests assured that they will receive similar support.

a. “Leaders glorify God by accomplishing God's purposes and moving people on to his agenda.

V. SPIRITUAL LEADERS GLORIFY GOD.

a. “Leaders glorify God by accomplishing God's purposes and moving people on to his agenda.

THE LEADER’S INFLUENCE: HOW LEADERS LEAD

I. SPIRITUAL LEADERS PRAY

THE LEADER’S INFLUENCE: HOW LEADERS LEAD

a. Prayer is essential

I. SPIRITUAL LEADERS PRAY

a. Prayer is essential

i. Perhaps the clearest way leaders demonstrate their faith in God is through the prayer life.

a. Prayer is essential

i. Perhaps the clearest way leaders demonstrate their faith in God is through the prayer life.

ii. Leaders who neglect a close relationship with Christ will not achieve God’s will through their organizations.

i. Perhaps the clearest way leaders demonstrate their faith in God is through the prayer life.

ii. Leaders who neglect a close relationship with Christ will not achieve God’s will through their organizations.

b. Prayer brings the Spirit’s filling

ii. Leaders who neglect a close relationship with Christ will not achieve God’s will through their organizations.

b. Prayer brings the Spirit’s filling

i. A spiritual leader must be filled with the Holy Spirit. Regular times in Prayer and devotion to God will causes the leader to be filled with the spirit.

b. Prayer brings the Spirit’s filling

ii. “Without the Spirit's activity, people may be leaders, but they are not spiritual leaders.”

i. A spiritual leader must be filled with the Holy Spirit. Regular times in Prayer and devotion to God will causes the leader to be filled with the spirit.

c. Prayer brings wisdom

ii. “Without the Spirit's activity, people may be leaders, but they are not spiritual leaders.”

c. Prayer brings wisdom

i. Wisdom is essential in leading people.

ii. “Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know" ().”

ii. “Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know" ( ).”

i. Wisdom is essential in leading people.

ii. “Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know" ().”

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d. Prayer accesses God’s Power

i. “The most powerful position leaders assume is when they kneel.”

e. Prayer relieves stress.

i. “The most powerful position leaders assume is when they kneel.”

e. Prayer relieves stress.

i. Leaders are intimately acquainted with pressure.

e. Prayer relieves stress.

i. Leaders are intimately acquainted with pressure.

ii. Scripture encourages leaders to cast "all your care on Him, because He cares about you" ( ).

ii. Scripture encourages leaders to cast "all your care on Him, because He cares about you" ().

iii. Most leaders carry a heavy load of responsibility.

ii. Scripture encourages leaders to cast "all your care on Him, because He cares about you" ().

iii. Most leaders carry a heavy load of responsibility.

f. Prayer reveals God’s Agenda

iii. Most leaders carry a heavy load of responsibility.

f. Prayer reveals God’s Agenda

i. There are things in a leaders life that might be good ideas but they are not God ideas. They may fit the agenda of the people but not of God.

ii. “More than any other single thing leaders do, their prayer life determines their effectiveness.”

i. There are things in a leaders life that might be good ideas but they are not God ideas. They may fit the agenda of the people but not of God.

ii. “More than any other single thing leaders do, their prayer life determines their effectiveness.”

II. Spiritual Leaders work Hard.

ii. “More than any other single thing leaders do, their prayer life determines their effectiveness.”

a. Few people have changed the world without working hard. Becoming a leader does not mean one has "made it" and is now exempt from strenuous effort.

II. Spiritual Leaders work Hard.

b. “Leaders should set the example when it comes to work ethic.

a. Few people have changed the world without working hard. Becoming a leader does not mean one has "made it" and is now exempt from strenuous effort.

b. “Leaders should set the example when it comes to work ethic.

c. While the leaders' role prevents them from spending all their time laboring alongside their people on the shop floor, they can seek to encourage their followers by their personal example.

b. “Leaders should set the example when it comes to work ethic.

c. While the leaders' role prevents them from spending all their time laboring alongside their people on the shop floor, they can seek to encourage their followers by their personal example.

d. Leaders should ask themselves, "If the people in my organization worked with the same intensity as I do, how productive would our organization be?”

c. While the leaders' role prevents them from spending all their time laboring alongside their people on the shop floor, they can seek to encourage their followers by their personal example.

e. “Leadership is hard work. There are no shortcuts. Some people look for easy paths to leadership.

d. Leaders should ask themselves, "If the people in my organization worked with the same intensity as I do, how productive would our organization be?”

e. “Leadership is hard work. There are no shortcuts. Some people look for easy paths to leadership.

i. They want positions of influence, but they don't want to put time in the trenches.

e. “Leadership is hard work. There are no shortcuts. Some people look for easy paths to leadership.

ii. They are the ones who refuse to take a turn in the church nursery but are more than willing to run the preschool program.

i. They want positions of influence, but they don't want to put time in the trenches.

iii. They are the ones with little Bible knowledge, yet they lobby to be Bible study leaders.

ii. They are the ones who refuse to take a turn in the church nursery but are more than willing to run the preschool program.

iv. They are the ones who seek jobs requiring minimum effort but provide the maximum pay.

iii. They are the ones with little Bible knowledge, yet they lobby to be Bible study leaders.

iv. They are the ones who seek jobs requiring minimum effort but provide the maximum pay.

v. They revile sacrifice. They flee from hard work. They are dreamers who want others to pay the price for their aspirations.

iv. They are the ones who seek jobs requiring minimum effort but provide the maximum pay.

vi. Such people are preeminently unqualified to be spiritual leaders.” (henry Blackaby)

v. They revile sacrifice. They flee from hard work. They are dreamers who want others to pay the price for their aspirations.

III. Spiritual Leaders Communicate Effectively

vi. Such people are preeminently unqualified to be spiritual leaders.” (henry Blackaby)

a. “It is not enough to submit facts to people, however compelling they may be. Compelling leaders also touch peoples' hearts.”

III. Spiritual Leaders Communicate Effectively

a. “It is not enough to submit facts to people, however compelling they may be. Compelling leaders also touch peoples' hearts.”

b. It has been said Abraham Lincoln's speaking went straight to the heart because it came from the heart.

c. Four unpardonable sins of communicating: (John Maxwell, everyone communicates few connect)

b. It has been said Abraham Lincoln's speaking went straight to the heart because it came from the heart.

c. Four unpardonable sins of communicating: (John Maxwell, everyone communicates few connect)

i. Being unprepared

ii. Uncommitted

iii. Uninteresting

ii. Uncommitted

iv. Uncomfortable

iii. Uninteresting

d. It takes energy to communicate to people effectively .

iv. Uncomfortable

d. It takes energy to communicate to people effectively .

Spiritual Leadership

THE LEADER’S GOAL: MOVING PEOPLE ON TO GOD’S AGENDA. SPIRITUAL LEADERS ACHIEVE RESULTS

II. SPIRITUAL LEADERS DO THINGS WITH EXCELLANCE.

III. SPIRITUAL LEADERS DEVELOP PEOPLE

IV. SPIRITUAL LEADERS EQUIP OTHER TO LEAD

V. SPIRITUAL LEADERS GLORIFY GOD.