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Effective Leadership: Starpower?
By Jeremy | March 24, 2007
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."Every one of Jesus' disciples became leaders who impacted the world around them. If our ministries aren't producing leaders, they're not producing. + Main text: Phillipians 2:1-18
v 5-7 "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness." v 14-16 "Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life..."+ "Shine like stars" -- image of the star that led wise men to ... Jesus. Most who saw it didn't get it, but those who did understood that the star's significance was not it's brilliance, but the one to whom it led. + No formula or magic bullet. Still hundreds of Biblical principles of effective leadership. Incorporated personal ministry testimonies, including this one, as illustrative of some of the principles. Here are a baker's dozen:
- Perceive the New Things (Eyes to See/Ears to Hear) (Isaiah 43:18-19)
- Servant of All (Mark 9:33-37)
- Imitate Christ (I Cor 11:1)
- Be a good follower (Heb 13:7-8)
- Invest in Relationships (Mark 1:14-20; I Sam 22:1-2)
- “By faith, do…†(Not afraid of Risk / Courage to Obey) (Heb 11:1-2)
- Persevere (Heb 12:1-3)
- Recognize who you are in Christ (Romans 12:1-6)
- Nurture your gifts / study (Matthew 25:14-30; 2 Timothy 2:15)
- Love God / neighbor / self (Luke 10:25-28)
- Reproduce self (2 Tim 2:2; Matthew 28:18-20)
- Do Justice (Micah 6:8)
- Reconcile Relationships (2 Cor 5:17-19)
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