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Leaders see life as it could be. They are always seeing a little farther, a little more than those around them.-John Maxwell
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Leadership As SELF
How Should Leaders See Life
Leaders see life as it could be. They are always seeing a little farther, a little more than those around them.
-John Maxwell
Bron Davis Clifford
One of the greatest orators America has ever seen
Was known to religious leaders and intellectual leaders as “the greatest preacher since apostle Paul”
At age 25 he had touched more lives, influenced more leaders and set more attendance records than any clergyman his age in American history
Died in his mid thirties
Dawson Trotman
Bright, artistic, highly articulate An exhorter, always responded passionately
to a challenge and never feared making enemies
At age 27 set up The Navigators Suffered a lot of verbal attacks but carried
on Fully believed the promise in Psalm 119:165 Died at age fifty
How did They Die
Trotman drowned while attempting to save a girl’s life in New York
Left behind an organization ministering worldwide with a staff of thousands
How did They Die
Clifford was toppled from leadership by drinking and issues of financial impropriety
He was separated from his wife and children Died in a third rate motel in Texas Left behind nothing
The Need For Self Control(1Cor9:24-27)
The fundamental element of leadership is self control
Strive to maintain a firm discipline in every area of life and in every waking hour
Leadership demands a controlled lifestyle A leader must build his SELF, his
RELATION and ACTION Must have a regular program of prayer
meditation and study of the Word
SRASelf
Principles concerned with the leader’s personal efficiency and integrity
Relation Principles concerned with the leader’s
place as group coordinator and motivator
Action Principles concerned with the leader’s
role as visionary and goal-setter
Discipline (Job 36:10-12) The leader must exercise discipline in every
area Spiritual (2 Tim2:5; 1Tim4:15) Regular exercise (1 Tim 4:7-8) Scheduling & Planning Guarding thought (Prov4:23; Luke 6:45) Restraining speech (James1:26)
Disciplines stand together to give mutual protection and provide shelter under which sound leadership can be exercised
The TOP LeaderTrust
Leadership is a responsibility which you hold in trust from others and ultimately from God (1Thess2:4; 1Tim1:11)
Organize Comprehend and internalize the three
categories of the principles of leadership
Persist Hang in there. Learn from mistakes. Do
not quit (Hebrews10:35-36)
1 Peter 5:8
Leadership costs time and effort. Aim for mastery.
Never give up!2 Corinthians 4:72 Timothy 4:7-8
