Authentic Leadership 3

Speaker: Ps. Mike Kirkpatrick

Distinctive Leadership

Bible reading: 1 Kings 18: 16-46

Self Leadership Thoughts 1:
It’s common to blame our troubles on other people, instead of taking responsibility for the mess we make ourselves.

Self Leadership Thoughts 2:

  • Are you wrongly blaming someone for your problems?
  • is there sin in your life, you are not facing up to?
  • will you take responsibility for the mess you’ve created for yourself?

Self Leadership Thoughts 3:

  • Sorry God for turning my back on you all this time.
  • Thank you, Jesus, for paying the penalty for my sins.
  • Please welcome me into Your Heavenly Kingdom.

Self Leadership Thoughts 4:

  • short and simple prayers are perfect.
  • for when your prayers are perfectly in line with God’s will, God might answer you immediately!

Self Leadership Principle 5:
If you want to be a distinctive leader, in your home or your place of work or in society in general, follow God alone. Have no idols.

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Authentic Leadership 2

Speaker: Ps. Mike Kirkpatrick

Distinctive Leadership

Bible reading: 1 Kings 17:1-5 and 1 Kings 18:1-16

  • the role of a prophetic leader is to speak truth to corruption. The purpose of that is to bring about repentance.
  • trust, obey and wait patiently for the Lord to reveal what to do next.
  • sometimes God places people who love Him, in a very tricky situation, where they can accomplish great good.
  • there is a cost of godly leadership.
  • despite the major stress, a good leader retains a healthy sense of perspective and stays humble.
  • prepare to take risks to achieve God’s purpose trust, obey and wait patiently for the Lord to reveal.
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Authentic Leadership

Speaker: Ps. Mike Kirkpatrick

Distinctive Leadership

Bible reading: 1 Samuel 16:1-13

Leadership lesson 1
If you want to be a leader, you must learn to fully trust God

Leadership lesson 2
God’s plan for you might really surprise you and faith is spelt R.I.S.K

Leadership lesson 3
When you ask God for an answer to an impossible situation, keep an open mind.

Leadership lesson 4
God often reveals his plans to us one step at a time.

Leadership lesson 5
God always has more to teach you.

Leadership lesson 6
God’s way of choosing leaders is quite different. He looks into your heart.

Leadership lesson 7
If you want to be a leader, be filled with the holy spirit.

 

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Growing In Prayer 2

Guest Speaker: Kate Pocklington

Protecting Unity

Bible reading: John 17:1-5

  1. Jesus’ prayer for Himself
  2. Jesus’ prayer for His eleven disciples
  3. Jesus’ prayer for all believers (the church)

Jesus’ greater purpose was for the Father to be glorified.

Looking into the darkness of the cross, Jesus obeyed so that the Father would be honoured, glorified.

The evil one seeks to bring disunity.

Manifested unity points others to Jesus.

What do you need to protect unity?

  1. Personally
    • Give up your rights?
    • Let go of your expectations
    • forgive?
    • love when it’s hard?
  2. As a church
    • Think through how this will bear witness to those who are watching you interact together
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Growing In Prayer

Guest Speaker: Kate Pocklington

Growing In Prayer

Bible reading: Acts 10:1-8

How do we want to grow in prayer?

  • need to spend more time with God
  • listening by reading his word and tuning our ear to the spirit of Jesus, the spirit of truth.
  • obeying and posturing ourselves in obedience to God
  • hearing His word and integrating it into our live

Ask God, how can I grow in prayer?

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