2016 APEDS Day2 - Our Spiritual Influence

Our Spiritual

InfluenceEVERTT W. HUFFARD

HARDING SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

Jill Saitta

Our Spiritual Influence

May God himself, the God of

peace, sanctify you through and

through. May your whole spirit,

soul and body be kept blameless

at the coming of our Lord Jesus

Christ. The one who calls you is

faithful and he will do it.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

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It seems that everyone wants to lead and no one wants to lead.

We don’t want to follow but we don’t want the responsibility of leading.

Every culture in the world has corrupted what it means to lead!

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Faithful Good listeners

Obedient Won’t “rock the boat”

Supportive God “foot soldiers”

Responsible Humble

Compliant Share common values

Cooperative

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Followers of Christ


Spiritual Leaders

Accept responsibility Acts 20:28-35

Will not “lord it over” others Mt. 20:25-28

Are to be remembered and obeyed Heb. 13: 7, 17

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Leading in the church seems to involve

much more than making decisions for

the church.

spiritual leader =

unseen influence

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And he gave the apostles, the

prophets, the evangelists, the

shepherds and teachers, to equip the

saints for the work of ministry, for

building up the body of Christ, until we

all attain to the unity of faith and of the

knowledge of the Son of God, to

mature manhood, to the measure of

the statue of the fullness of Christ. . .

Eph. 4:11-13 (ESV)Jill Saitta


How followers of Christ lead:

And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.

1 Thessalonians 5:14-15 (NIV)

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Having gifts that differ according to

the grace given to us, let us use them;

if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;

if service, in our serving; the one who

teaches, in his teaching; the one who

exhorts, in his exhortation; the one

who contributes, in generosity; the

one who leads, with zeal; the one who

does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Romans 12:6-8 (ESV)

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How do we expand

our spiritual influence

to honor God?

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Unseen HOPEcharacter

suffer______________________________________________________________

endure

SeenDESPAIR


My “Guiding Verse” or “Lighthouse” Romans 5:1-5

Desires of Flesh

Phase 1 2 3 4 5

Life Maturing

Inner Life Maturing

Ministry Maturing

The Spirit


Time-Line Perspectve


1. Believe we can have spiritual

influence.

2. Always guard our credibility.

3. Be driven by the values of Christ.

4. Focus on the future.

5. Always work in partnership.

6. Maintain a high level of trust.

--Adapted from Kouzes & Posner

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7. Accept challenges as the crucible

for spiritual growth.

8. Lead by example.

9. Always seek to learn.

10. Love the Lord will all our hearts.

--Adapted from Kouzes & Posner

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Our Spiritual

InfluenceEVERTT W. HUFFARD

HARDING SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

Jill Saitta