4 Expectations you should hold onto as you enter into the Leadership Challenge God will put before you. Text: Exodus 4:18-31 Video: Losing it and Leadership – Alabama vs. Georgia Video: Alabama vs. Georgia Use what you have – God provides the Power When God spoke to Moses at the Burning Bush and Moses made excuse after excuse, God did not give Moses a “PEP TALK” – saying: “Moses, you are so much better and more powerful than you think…
Text: Exodus 2:23–25 & 3:4–4:17 Six Steps Everyone Christian Leader Takes: *You can go thru this cycle/steps more than once in your life First Step: Moses’ self-reliance, self-wisdom coupled with Impulse Control issues – led to him killing an Egyptian (2:11-15) Fear of Man & On the Run – Moses relying on Moses was a Failure! So he Runs…300 miles into the wilderness. I don’t know if he was running away to find himself or to forget himself….but he is…
Exodus 1:15-2:15 We are examining the Life & Leadership of Moses this year. I want to begin by making 2 Key observations in these opening chapters: Small Hinges: Great doors of history turn on small, unseen hinges. The Bible loves this pattern…and small hinges show up in the pages of our own life. Cuban Missile Crisis: Vasili Arkhipov The Man who stopped WWIII (or) The Man who saved the World! One man – strategically placed on a submarine, a man of…
Stated Purpose of Iron Leadership: “To act like men” by: Equipping men to be better leaders in their own personal lives, their homes, their work, their churches and city for the sake of God’s Glory.” This phrase: “Act like men/Be Courageous” is lifted from the last chapter of Paul’s letter to the Corinthians. (16:13) The phrase comes at the close of the Apostle Paul’s difficult letter – difficult because the circumstances in the church at Corinth were Chaotic! (Politics in…
To get our mind set and blood pumping – let’s watch: Wrestling’s Ultimate Toughness Test – Battle Royale! Now we all know, at least I hope we do, that wrestling is staged… nothing could be more stage than this goofiness… And I love this guy in the arena – Hands on Head – How could this Happen! Leadership, especially Spiritual Leadership, is like this Battle Royal…opponents attacking from every side. As a leader: You know how this works – something…
(Discussion notes below) Peter had to learn to listen and follow God’s Voice Peter was invited by Jesus to go on an Adventure: Three Challenges for Peter to Listen to His Voice: Luke 5 1. Level One: Listening (vs. 1-3) Jesus asked for help: “Peter, would you mind – getting in the boat, pushing out a bit from the shore.” Level One Invitation: Peter – Will you Drop what you are doing to help Jesus in in what He is…
(Discussion Notes Below) From the years 1050-930BC, 3 Kings who ruled over the undivided kingdom of Israel: Saul, David, Solomon – 120 years of the Monarchy. In 930BC the Kingdom splits in two because Solomon did not walk in God’s ways. The split occurs between the larger Northern Kingdom (Israel) and the smaller Southern Kingdom (Judah) {I Kings 11} Several years prior to Solomon’s death Solomon took notice of a very ambitious worker and promoted him to oversee the entire…
This week I was reading Joshua, one of my favorite books of the Old Testament. Joshua trusted in God’s Word as his plumb line for building a nation. He courageously chose to follow God rather than be controlled by his fears. (Joshua 1:8-9) A very unusual and important conversation happened between Joshua and the “Commander of the Army of the LORD.” It’s one of those moments where the Bible deliberately disrupts our way of thinking. Just before his first battle…
(Discussion Notes Below) This year we are working our way through the Leaders in the Bible by going through How God Makes Men. Today we have the privilege of learning from (NOT the Greatest Leader) but the smartest person who ever lived. Might be good to confess up front that it’s sometimes hard to be in the room with the smartest person….especially if they look down… This morning we will be learning from someone smarter than a Rocket Scientist &…
(Discussion Notes Below) This year we are working our way through the Bible – highlighting Leaders. The previous 3 leaders highlighted: Abraham: called out to begin a new nation Joseph: How Abraham’s people got to Egypt Moses: 400 years later, Moses called by God to lead the people out of Slavery/Egypt Joshua: 40 years later – Joshua was the Military General who led them into the Promised Land Judges: Gideon (Judges 2:11-12 – Read) “The people of Israel did what…