Putting Leadership in Perspective
• Remember what leadership is ____________.
• The news is filled with leadership _______________, individuals who appeared to have obtained high leadership positions, but ended up being a leadership disappointment.
1. It is clear, based on questions I’m asked, how much the world’s _____________ of leadership has seeped into the church.
2. The Bible does not ___________ the issue of leadership failure, and neither do I want to minimize it. Leaders who misstep will create hurt and pain. Thus, every leader must, by biblical mandate, adhere to a greater standard than anyone else.
3. The scriptural narrative doesn’t pull any punches. It says that God is ______________ than any one of us.
• The job of a leader is to teach people to trust ____________, not us.
1.Leaders are road _____________ we point people in a specific direction.
2.When people pass you by, that’s alright because you are _________________ people somewhere. You’re not pointing them to you.
3.Without this reality check, our feelings get __________ and people offend us.
• You never get so high in leadership that you can’t say _____________.
• Don’t forget who ______________ you.
• Never overlook the _________________ others have made.
• Leadership occurs at ________________.
• ___________: Ups and Down; Good and Bad
Romans 8:37-39 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38For I
am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• _____________: Best and Worst
• _______________: Normal and Impossible
• _______________: Weep and Rejoice
• ___________: Wait patiently and React quickly
• As leaders you know that every day you’ll have to play _________ of war.
• __________________ vs. Multitude
• Creative vs. _______________
• ___________ vs. Old
• Lost vs. ____________
• ____________ vs. World
• Today vs. _______________
• As leaders you know you’ll have to deal with the ______________ but necessary
• __________ and Death
• Yes and _______
• _____________ and Hurting
