May/20/ 2018
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Leadership
Proverbs 29:2 (NLT) “When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.”
3 things about leadership
1. Everyone has a PERSON to LEAD.
a. Self AWARENESS
Matthew 7:3–5 (NIV) “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, “Let me take the speck out of your eye,” when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
b. Self MANAGEMENT
Galatians 5:22–23 (NLT) “But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
2. Some have been given a PLATFORM for LEADING.
Romans 12:6–8 (NLT) “In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.
Now if you are someone who has people following you, and I would say that’s many of you in this room today. Then there are 2 things to remember about leadership platforms
a. God is the one who gave you the platform.
b. If you fall off your platform, somebody’s going to get hurt.
3. God has given us a PATTERN to FOLLOW.
Philippians 2:3-8 (NLT) “Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. 5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. 6 Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. 7 Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave[c] and was born as a human being.
When he appeared in human form, 8 he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.”
May/06/ 2018
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Church Member
Romans 12:5 MSG “Each of us finds our meaning and function as a part of Christ’s body. But as a chopped off finger or a cut off toe we wouldn’t amount to much, would we?”
1. Why do I need to be a church member?
a. Relationship
Even as Christ followers we are incomplete by ourselves.
b. Discipleship
Psalm 92:12-13 " The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; PLANTED in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
c. Partnership
Ecclesiastes 4 “Two are better than one because they have a good return for their work…”
2. What does a good church member do?
Hebrews 10:23-25 “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
1. Show up to church
Hebrews 10:25 “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
2. Grow up to my full God potential
I Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation”
Ephesians 4:14 “We must become like a mature person, growing until we become like Christ and have his perfection.14 Then we will no longer be babies. We will not be tossed about like a ship that the waves carry one way and then another. We will not be influenced by every new teaching we hear from people who are trying to fool us.”
3. Lift up my brothers and sisters
Hebrews 10:24 “let us consider how we may spur one another on towards love and good deeds.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work. If one falls down, his friend can help him up.
Hebrews 3:13 "Everyday keep encouraging one another so that none of you is hardened by the glamour of sin."
Galatians 6:1 “Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently.”
4. Offer up my tithes and offerings
Malachi 3:10 “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house.”
Matthew 6:21 Jesus “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
5. Back up my Church my Pastors and the vision of our church
Hebrews 13:17 “Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you.”
I Timothy 5:17 “The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching”
Ephesians 4:1-3 “I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”
6. Take up my place of ministry
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
