Part 5: Vessels to be a Leader

2 Tim 2,20But in a great house there are not only vessels of

gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for

honor and some for dishonor. 21Therefore if anyone

cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel

for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master,

prepared for every good work.

The Message Version: 2 Tim 2,

The Message Version: 20-21 In a well-furnished kitchen there are not only crystal goblets and silver platters, but waste cans and compost buckets—some containers used to serve fine meals, others to take out the garbage. Become the kind of container God can use to present any and every kind of gift to his guests for their blessing.

2 Tim 2,

The Big Question:

The Big Question:Are you a vessel for God,

ready for the Master’s use?

The 2 Focuses:

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The 2 Focuses:

•Vessel to Make Disciples

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The 2 Focuses:

•Vessel to Make Disciples

•Vessel to Be a Leader

Vessels to Be a Leader

2 shades:

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Vessels to Be a Leader

2 shades:

•Positional Leader – filling a definite role

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Vessels to Be a Leader

2 shades:

•Positional Leader – filling a definite role

•Posture of a Leader – thinking “leaders” without

necessarily being one

Why?

•The nature of any successful organization / Church

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Why?

•The nature of any successful organization / Church

•The journey of our church

How to have a posture of a leader?

•One feels the need

1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah:

In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 1

1 The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah:

In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

3 They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 1

4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

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4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

•One sees the need

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4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

•One sees the need

•One rises to meet the need

Others Who had such posture

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Others Who had such posture

•Moses

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Others Who had such posture

•Moses

•David

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Others Who had such posture

•Moses

•David

•Esther

Rosa Parks (4 Feb, 1913 – 24 Oct, 2005)

Part 5: Vessels to be a Leader