Vibrant Leadership (2)

Main Point

The secret of concentration is elimination - Dr. Howard Hendricks,

Vibrant leadership focuses on making a Kingdom impact for God.

Vibrant leadership is servant minded. ()

Jesus idea of leadership is contrary to any other teaching.

God’s ethics clash with the World’s ethics...

“Outstanding leaders go out of the way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.” – Sam Walton, founder of Walmart and Sam’s Club

The damaging fruit of self-glory - Paul Tripp

When we are servant-minded we are concerned about God’s glory. When we are not we focus on self-glory.

slave to all…How absurd that Christ would say that we must become a slave to all to be effective as a leader.

Are we willing to adopt being a slave or servant? Not just because it is ethical, but rather, because Jesus Christ lead’s in this manner.

Vibrant leadership is encouraging. ()

to be strengthened by grace…which is from Christ Jesus

leaders encourage others to continue even in the midst of hardships, trial...

Vibrant leaders are willing to encourage even when they are facing hardships.

Encourages Timothy not get caught up in the secular matters.

leaders encourage others when faced with hard work.

Vibrant leadership is empowering. ()

Jesus could have healed all, He could have cast all demons…but He knows to empower his disciples.

The only way people grow is by being empowered to use their God given gifts.

Parents are we empowering our children? Leadership is not autocratic

There comes a point were the mother eagle push her babies out of the nest…She empowers them to take flight.

- Peter empowers men to do the work that they can do but do not have the time because they are to focus on their strengths.

So what..

The two best kept secrets of leadership are these:

The less you do, the more you accomplish.

The less you do, the more you enable others to accomplish.

In a transformational church there must be a shift from...

me to we

personal power to people power

church to kingdom of God

The less you do, the more you accomplish.

Here

The less you do, the more you enable others to accomplish.