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1 00:00:18,418 --> 00:00:20,587 This is Lead 12:12, 2 00:00:20,954 --> 00:00:26,259 a podcast on Christ centered leadership based on Romans 12:12, rejoice in hope. 3 00:00:26,459 --> 00:00:29,562 Be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. 4 00:00:30,063 --> 00:00:31,297 Thanks for listening. 5 00:00:31,297 --> 00:00:33,933 Now here's Chris and Dave. 6 00:00:33,967 --> 00:00:35,235 Hello, everybody. 7 00:00:35,235 --> 00:00:36,469 We're back. 8 00:00:36,469 --> 00:00:37,470 So glad that you're listening. 9 00:00:37,470 --> 00:00:40,907 I hope you need a great new year and merry Christmas. 10 00:00:40,940 --> 00:00:41,741 We're getting started. 11 00:00:41,741 --> 00:00:43,276 Chris, how's things going for you? Fantastic. 12 00:00:43,276 --> 00:00:47,313 You know, today's my first day back at work after two weeks off, 13 00:00:47,313 --> 00:00:49,382 so maybe that part's not quite so fantastic, 14 00:00:49,382 --> 00:00:51,284 but I'm gearing up for school, starting back again. 15 00:00:51,284 --> 00:00:52,786 I'm looking forward to that. Gotcha. 16 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:55,255 I'm a preacher, so I only work on Sundays, so. 17 00:00:55,455 --> 00:00:56,556 Right? 18 00:00:57,257 --> 00:00:59,059 Some people do believe that, Chris. 19 00:00:59,059 --> 00:01:01,027 It's funny that some people do believe that. 20 00:01:01,027 --> 00:01:02,862 But that's OK. Absolutely crazy. 21 00:01:02,862 --> 00:01:03,963 I'm all right with it. 22 00:01:03,963 --> 00:01:05,932 I am who I am and Popeye. 23 00:01:05,932 --> 00:01:07,700 So I had a good week. 24 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:09,269 Christmas was crazy around my house. 25 00:01:09,269 --> 00:01:11,171 Crazy. Yeah, crazy here, too. 26 00:01:11,171 --> 00:01:12,772 And your dogs are doing great. 27 00:01:12,772 --> 00:01:13,606 They're doing great. 28 00:01:13,606 --> 00:01:15,842 He's got two of the coolest dogs you ever want to see. 29 00:01:15,842 --> 00:01:16,976 I love my dogs. 30 00:01:16,976 --> 00:01:20,814 Today we're talking about being a servant leader, 31 00:01:20,814 --> 00:01:22,849 and me and Chris have been excited about this. 32 00:01:22,849 --> 00:01:24,284 We started the podcast. 33 00:01:24,284 --> 00:01:26,319 Is that right? That's absolutely right. 34 00:01:26,653 --> 00:01:29,823 So tell me a little bit what it looks like to be a servant leader. 35 00:01:29,823 --> 00:01:32,292 Just just quick before we jump in everything. 36 00:01:32,325 --> 00:01:35,795 A servant leader is someone who serves the team. 37 00:01:35,795 --> 00:01:38,098 They lead the team by serving the team. 38 00:01:38,331 --> 00:01:42,702 A lot of leaders lead first, and if they ever serve, it's an afterthought. 39 00:01:42,702 --> 00:01:45,371 But the servant leader serves first. Right. 40 00:01:45,438 --> 00:01:46,473 That's some don't. 41 00:01:46,473 --> 00:01:47,807 We know someone else that did that. 42 00:01:47,807 --> 00:01:49,509 That sounds really familiar. 43 00:01:51,578 --> 00:01:53,813 And that's my Jesus. 44 00:01:53,813 --> 00:01:54,914 There we go. 45 00:01:54,914 --> 00:01:57,784 That's my Jesus amen and amen. 46 00:01:57,784 --> 00:01:59,552 So we're going to jump into that. 47 00:01:59,552 --> 00:02:01,721 We're going to look at some scripture. I'm excited. 48 00:02:01,754 --> 00:02:05,191 What we try to do on this is just kind of give you an overview 49 00:02:05,191 --> 00:02:07,460 of some of the leadership stuff that's out there 50 00:02:07,694 --> 00:02:11,431 and try to apply biblical principles and Christ centered leadership with it. 51 00:02:11,431 --> 00:02:14,200 Absolutely. Thanks for joining us. We'll get started. 52 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:15,869 You know, I wanted to say something 53 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:19,806 for those of you that don't know, Dave is not just a pastor of my church. 54 00:02:19,806 --> 00:02:22,542 He also founded the church, and this Sunday, 55 00:02:22,542 --> 00:02:26,012 he gave a sermon that was phenomenal, and I wanted to share part of that. 56 00:02:26,446 --> 00:02:29,849 He was talking about being frustrated, and he mentioned different ways. 57 00:02:29,949 --> 00:02:33,119 We can all be frustrated and who hasn't been frustrated. 58 00:02:33,119 --> 00:02:34,154 I know I have. 59 00:02:34,154 --> 00:02:37,991 And he said, at the end of the day, I'm still going to love Jesus. 60 00:02:38,391 --> 00:02:40,226 And I thought that was so beautiful. 61 00:02:40,226 --> 00:02:42,929 Well, nothing else makes sense to me, Chris. 62 00:02:42,929 --> 00:02:46,866 And I think at the end of the day, that's that's the only thing that works for me 63 00:02:46,866 --> 00:02:48,001 and it's taken me. 64 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:50,436 It still takes me sometimes to figure that out. 65 00:02:50,436 --> 00:02:52,972 I think we're all on a work in progress. Absolutely. 66 00:02:53,206 --> 00:02:57,410 Every day I hopefully get closer, and if I don't, I try the next day 67 00:02:57,410 --> 00:03:00,480 to work better at it. So. Amen. Thank you. 68 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:01,681 Thank you very much. 69 00:03:02,682 --> 00:03:05,652 So let's start with what is a servant leader? 70 00:03:05,685 --> 00:03:06,286 Sounds great. 71 00:03:06,286 --> 00:03:09,022 And this is the official definition of servant leader. 72 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:12,692 Prioritizes the development and well-being of individuals 73 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:14,961 and the communities to which they belong. 74 00:03:15,261 --> 00:03:19,465 While traditional leadership involves accumulation and exercise of power 75 00:03:19,465 --> 00:03:23,169 by those at the very top level, servant leadership is unique. 76 00:03:23,536 --> 00:03:27,307 The servant leader shares power, prioritizes the needs of others 77 00:03:27,473 --> 00:03:30,877 and assists people in developing and performing at their very best. 78 00:03:31,744 --> 00:03:36,115 Yeah, so there's a lot of keywords you can pick up on what he just said. Yes. 79 00:03:36,282 --> 00:03:40,053 And all of it is just basically it's helping you to do better. 80 00:03:40,053 --> 00:03:43,957 And when you are a servant, it helps you realize what other people 81 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:44,657 are going through. 82 00:03:44,657 --> 00:03:47,093 It helps you to recognize their needs. 83 00:03:47,393 --> 00:03:48,861 Is that is that a good thing for you? 84 00:03:48,861 --> 00:03:51,297 Is in one of the things that comes to my mind 85 00:03:51,297 --> 00:03:53,967 right away is you have to have the heart for servant leadership. 86 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,501 This isn't something you can fake. 87 00:03:55,501 --> 00:03:57,270 There's just no way, right? 88 00:03:57,270 --> 00:03:59,739 If I serve you, though, I also got to know you a little bit. 89 00:03:59,772 --> 00:04:00,406 Yes, you do. 90 00:04:00,406 --> 00:04:04,911 And this time that we live in right now, we don't want to know each other. 91 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:08,581 We want to go in our house, close our door, watch our Netflix and be done. 92 00:04:08,948 --> 00:04:10,950 And that's not biblical. 93 00:04:10,950 --> 00:04:13,553 No, that's not not relational. 94 00:04:13,686 --> 00:04:15,421 And at the end of the day, 95 00:04:15,421 --> 00:04:19,392 you will not be a very good leader if you're sitting in your house. 96 00:04:19,392 --> 00:04:22,662 So when you got to get out there, either you won't feel fulfilled doing that. 97 00:04:22,829 --> 00:04:24,664 And for some people, it comes easy. 98 00:04:24,664 --> 00:04:27,734 For some people, it doesn't relational stuff a little bit easier for me. 99 00:04:27,734 --> 00:04:30,069 I get that, yes, but you still got to work at it. 100 00:04:30,069 --> 00:04:32,605 It's got to be a work in progress because people matter to God. 101 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:35,108 Absolutely. 100%. That's beautiful. 102 00:04:36,542 --> 00:04:37,710 There it is. 103 00:04:37,710 --> 00:04:42,248 He is fast, he's fast on those amens today, amen I'm ready for that. 104 00:04:42,849 --> 00:04:48,021 So the phrase servant leadership was coined by a man named Robert K Greenleaf 105 00:04:48,021 --> 00:04:53,593 in the Servant as Leader, an essay he first published way back in 1970. 106 00:04:54,127 --> 00:04:58,398 In this essay, Greenleaf said the servant leader is servant first. 107 00:04:58,598 --> 00:05:01,934 It begins with natural feeling that one wants to serve first. 108 00:05:02,268 --> 00:05:05,138 Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. 109 00:05:05,605 --> 00:05:08,708 That person is sharply different from one who is a leader first. 110 00:05:09,175 --> 00:05:12,879 The difference manifests itself in the caretaking by the servant, first 111 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:16,482 to make sure others people's highest priority needs are being served. 112 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:19,218 That's beautiful. It's a lot. 113 00:05:19,218 --> 00:05:21,587 That's good. That's really good. 114 00:05:21,621 --> 00:05:24,123 Some of the things that you said there that just nailed me 115 00:05:24,123 --> 00:05:28,027 was just really understanding what it looks like to again, 116 00:05:28,061 --> 00:05:31,764 be reminded of what other people are going through and what they're doing. 117 00:05:31,764 --> 00:05:33,966 And that's the only way I, sir. 118 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,503 Well, Chris is one of the best servant leaders I've ever met, ever. 119 00:05:37,704 --> 00:05:39,105 And the reason he's so good at 120 00:05:39,105 --> 00:05:41,441 it is because he's always asking me, So what's going on with you? 121 00:05:41,474 --> 00:05:43,543 What's what's happening in your life? 122 00:05:43,543 --> 00:05:45,111 And I'm trying to do the same thing to him, 123 00:05:45,111 --> 00:05:47,647 and we spend half our time doing what you tell me. You know, you tell me. 124 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:49,582 But it's because we want to, 125 00:05:51,584 --> 00:05:54,754 but we want to know what's going on in each other's life. 126 00:05:54,754 --> 00:05:58,624 And not that we've got it down, but you know, we're both a little bit older. 127 00:05:59,025 --> 00:06:00,593 Yes, a little bit older. 128 00:06:00,593 --> 00:06:01,627 Just a little bit. Yeah. 129 00:06:01,627 --> 00:06:05,465 And the older I get, the more I understand that it's not about me. 130 00:06:05,498 --> 00:06:07,166 So anyway, and I say every year 131 00:06:07,166 --> 00:06:09,302 I get a little bit closer to the man I want to be. 132 00:06:09,335 --> 00:06:10,770 Amen. Amen. 133 00:06:10,770 --> 00:06:13,272 So let me throw some controversy in here with servant leadership. 134 00:06:13,272 --> 00:06:15,241 Dun dun dun dun. 135 00:06:15,808 --> 00:06:18,177 We know that the term servant leadership 136 00:06:18,177 --> 00:06:21,381 was coined by Robert K Greenleaf in 1970. 137 00:06:21,848 --> 00:06:23,683 But when did it first come out? 138 00:06:23,683 --> 00:06:26,352 When was it first introduced? 139 00:06:26,352 --> 00:06:28,321 I don't know, but I think you're going to tell it. 140 00:06:28,321 --> 00:06:32,692 In 2008, a couple of researchers, James Cicero's 141 00:06:32,692 --> 00:06:36,863 and Joseph C Santora, asserted that it was Jesus Christ 142 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:41,367 and not Greenleaf who introduced the concept of servant leadership. 143 00:06:41,901 --> 00:06:42,468 Amen. 144 00:06:42,468 --> 00:06:46,572 They contended that this principle of leadership was so central to Christianity 145 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,943 that it was captured by all four gospel writers Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. 146 00:06:51,277 --> 00:06:56,115 And the researchers argued that servant leadership view themselves as stewards, 147 00:06:56,349 --> 00:07:00,853 entrusting with developing and empowering followers to reach their full potential. 148 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:02,355 That's good stuff. 149 00:07:02,355 --> 00:07:06,492 So now we've got researchers saying Robert Green may may have made the term, 150 00:07:07,026 --> 00:07:09,462 but Jesus Christ invented servant leadership. 151 00:07:09,762 --> 00:07:12,732 He was the greatest servant leader than we've ever known. 152 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:15,435 And here we go. Praise the Lord. 153 00:07:15,535 --> 00:07:17,270 You and I have some church up in here. 154 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:19,705 Here we go. Hey, 155 00:07:21,140 --> 00:07:22,108 come on now. 156 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:25,278 So let's talk about the ten characteristics of a servant leader. 157 00:07:25,645 --> 00:07:29,081 These are the things primarily associated with servant leadership, and servant 158 00:07:29,081 --> 00:07:31,117 leaders have these characteristics. 159 00:07:31,117 --> 00:07:32,452 They're not in any order. 160 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:34,353 But the first is listening. 161 00:07:34,353 --> 00:07:36,722 They can acknowledge the viewpoint of followers 162 00:07:36,989 --> 00:07:40,159 and validate their perspectives, even if they disagree with them. 163 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:43,463 They can acknowledge that, you know, I can see where you get that. 164 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:45,531 I understand how you got there. 165 00:07:45,531 --> 00:07:45,932 Yeah. 166 00:07:45,932 --> 00:07:50,069 And I think even in like relationships, I think I'll just say, like with me 167 00:07:50,069 --> 00:07:53,506 and my wife, the most important thing I do is hear what she's saying. Yes. 168 00:07:53,739 --> 00:07:55,208 Oh, absolutely, yes. 169 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:58,611 I think in anything that we do, we need to hear what he said, 170 00:07:58,811 --> 00:08:00,346 because sometimes we don't listen, 171 00:08:00,346 --> 00:08:03,783 sometimes we don't pay attention and we act like we do, but we don't. 172 00:08:04,116 --> 00:08:05,218 And I think it's important 173 00:08:05,218 --> 00:08:08,087 from from anyone's perspective that you hear what they say. 174 00:08:08,354 --> 00:08:12,492 And I've always said that, you know, when people see that in you, 175 00:08:12,792 --> 00:08:14,427 they realize you care about them. 176 00:08:14,427 --> 00:08:16,028 So that's so true. 177 00:08:16,028 --> 00:08:20,299 And the sad part is a lot of times when people are supposed to be listening, 178 00:08:20,299 --> 00:08:22,535 they're just thinking about what they're going to say next. 179 00:08:22,668 --> 00:08:24,637 And I've been guilty of that, Chris. I wish. 180 00:08:24,637 --> 00:08:25,738 I wish I hadn't. 181 00:08:25,738 --> 00:08:28,241 And it's something I want to work on and be better at. 182 00:08:28,241 --> 00:08:31,844 I want to actually be active in the conversation that I'm having with somebody 183 00:08:32,111 --> 00:08:33,946 so I can understand where they're coming from. 184 00:08:33,946 --> 00:08:35,982 I agree completely. 185 00:08:35,982 --> 00:08:39,852 So the second characteristic of a servant leader is empathy. 186 00:08:40,253 --> 00:08:42,855 Other words, standing in the shoes of another person 187 00:08:42,855 --> 00:08:46,092 and attempting to see the world from that person's point of view. 188 00:08:46,325 --> 00:08:49,395 Yeah, I've always thought it's all about perspective. 189 00:08:49,495 --> 00:08:49,962 It is. 190 00:08:49,962 --> 00:08:54,033 And yes, you know, the problem with us is we're selfish people. 191 00:08:54,033 --> 00:08:56,202 And so we only see, from our own perspective, 192 00:08:58,437 --> 00:08:59,906 you getting an award for that. 193 00:08:59,906 --> 00:09:03,042 I want to thank everyone for this wonderful event. 194 00:09:05,077 --> 00:09:07,847 I really do think that we have to work on it 195 00:09:07,847 --> 00:09:11,751 in everything that we do to try harder and harder to listen to. 196 00:09:11,751 --> 00:09:15,421 Yes, to understand and to to communicate back. 197 00:09:15,421 --> 00:09:17,857 Sometimes I've learned when I hear somebody say something, 198 00:09:17,857 --> 00:09:20,259 if I can communicate back what I think I'm hearing 199 00:09:20,259 --> 00:09:22,028 and they say, Yeah, that's what I'm saying. 200 00:09:22,028 --> 00:09:25,898 Sometimes that's a really good way of growing together because they're hearing. 201 00:09:25,932 --> 00:09:27,700 They realize you heard what they said. 202 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:29,769 Dave, that's an excellent way of doing that, too. 203 00:09:30,269 --> 00:09:31,737 It works if you can do it. 204 00:09:31,737 --> 00:09:34,941 And I think the only way you can do it is if you're got your own agenda 205 00:09:34,941 --> 00:09:37,376 and you turn to your own. That's true. You're exactly right. 206 00:09:37,510 --> 00:09:42,548 So the third characteristic is healing, helping the followers become whole. 207 00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:46,052 Most of us, if not all of us, need some healing and a servant leader. 208 00:09:46,085 --> 00:09:48,254 That's one of their goals is to heal you, right? 209 00:09:48,287 --> 00:09:51,924 And yesterday, in a sermon, we talked about that a little bit. 210 00:09:51,924 --> 00:09:54,427 He is our healer. Jehovah, Rafa. 211 00:09:54,460 --> 00:09:56,929 Yeah, the Lord. Our God is a is a healer. 212 00:09:56,929 --> 00:09:57,863 He has. 213 00:09:57,863 --> 00:10:00,099 He has come to this life that we may have it. 214 00:10:00,099 --> 00:10:02,335 And according to John, tent in abundant life. 215 00:10:02,702 --> 00:10:04,971 And that's that's people who are healed. 216 00:10:05,705 --> 00:10:09,642 I mean, we live in a time like no other mental health, physical sickness. 217 00:10:10,009 --> 00:10:13,579 Things are just hitting us left and right for us every day. 218 00:10:13,579 --> 00:10:17,583 And and the thing that we have to hold on to is the one who. 219 00:10:17,650 --> 00:10:19,485 Holds on to us, and that's Jesus. 220 00:10:19,485 --> 00:10:21,554 Yes, and we're not holding on to him. 221 00:10:21,554 --> 00:10:22,555 And there we go. 222 00:10:22,555 --> 00:10:24,457 We're we're behind the eight ball. 223 00:10:24,457 --> 00:10:26,659 You're exactly right. So there you go. 224 00:10:26,659 --> 00:10:31,397 The next characteristic is awareness, but that's awareness of oneself. 225 00:10:31,564 --> 00:10:35,801 The servant leader understands themselves and the impact they have on each other. 226 00:10:35,801 --> 00:10:38,504 Yeah. And again, it's the same concepts. 227 00:10:38,537 --> 00:10:41,040 It's just people will work with you when they see 228 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,409 that you're willing to work with them and that you care about them . 229 00:10:43,409 --> 00:10:45,411 And that's it. The servant leader really cares. 230 00:10:45,444 --> 00:10:46,746 Yeah. Amen. 231 00:10:46,746 --> 00:10:49,582 So the next characteristic is persuasion. 232 00:10:49,882 --> 00:10:53,352 But this is gentle, nonjudgmental persuasion. 233 00:10:53,753 --> 00:10:57,089 This is you can persuade them to maybe try a little harder, 234 00:10:57,390 --> 00:10:59,692 do things a little better, get a little bit more out of them. 235 00:10:59,692 --> 00:11:01,494 Become a better version of themselves. 236 00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:05,164 Anything we do as leaders, it needs the model 237 00:11:05,164 --> 00:11:08,601 godly principles, absolute modeling, godly principles. 238 00:11:08,601 --> 00:11:12,238 It's OK to persuade people with godly principles. 239 00:11:12,238 --> 00:11:14,640 Can I get a name in it? Absolutely. 240 00:11:15,141 --> 00:11:19,178 Because because that's the word of God, and it doesn't come back void. No. 241 00:11:19,211 --> 00:11:23,716 So we have to be able to to put that into people 242 00:11:23,716 --> 00:11:27,653 so they can hear that and so they can experience that with us. 243 00:11:27,820 --> 00:11:28,888 Very good, yes. 244 00:11:28,888 --> 00:11:32,024 So the next characteristic is conceptualization. 245 00:11:32,324 --> 00:11:36,328 This is the ability to see the big picture and to be a visionary 246 00:11:36,629 --> 00:11:39,765 see above what's going on day to day and take a look 247 00:11:39,765 --> 00:11:43,402 at what's going on in the world or around them in the community. 248 00:11:44,003 --> 00:11:46,238 So how would you go about that? What are you? 249 00:11:46,272 --> 00:11:48,107 What's the perspective of that one? 250 00:11:48,107 --> 00:11:50,276 Well, I can relate that to my job. 251 00:11:50,643 --> 00:11:54,046 I'm in a little bit higher level than some of the people that report to me, 252 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,949 and they can see how something just affects them. 253 00:11:57,283 --> 00:11:59,018 And it could be good or it could be bad, 254 00:11:59,018 --> 00:12:03,022 but I see how it can affect a department or a group or even the enterprise. 255 00:12:03,255 --> 00:12:06,792 And that can be just a little difference in how it affects them individually. 256 00:12:07,059 --> 00:12:08,494 That's good. That's really good. 257 00:12:08,494 --> 00:12:10,229 So the next is foresight. 258 00:12:10,229 --> 00:12:13,232 This is the ability to predict what is coming based on 259 00:12:13,232 --> 00:12:16,535 what is occurring in the present and what's happened in the past. 260 00:12:16,602 --> 00:12:18,938 So again, it's understanding people. 261 00:12:18,938 --> 00:12:22,908 And the more you get to know the people that you lead in that you work with, 262 00:12:22,908 --> 00:12:25,144 the more that you understand what they're going to do 263 00:12:25,144 --> 00:12:26,512 and how they're going to do it. Yes. 264 00:12:26,512 --> 00:12:27,546 And if they're going to, 265 00:12:27,546 --> 00:12:29,949 you know, be godly people working at it or they're going to be 266 00:12:29,949 --> 00:12:32,351 a little bit of slackers and you've got to be honest about that. 267 00:12:32,351 --> 00:12:33,552 You absolutely do. 268 00:12:33,552 --> 00:12:36,188 In the next one is one we should know very well as Christians. 269 00:12:36,188 --> 00:12:40,192 It's stewardship, carefully managing the people and the organizations 270 00:12:40,192 --> 00:12:41,594 that you've been given to lead 271 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:45,364 and holding the organization in trust for the greater good of society. 272 00:12:45,865 --> 00:12:47,666 You can't take too much of one thing. 273 00:12:47,666 --> 00:12:48,868 It's a little bit of everything. 274 00:12:48,868 --> 00:12:50,803 We're absolutely yes, absolutely. 275 00:12:50,803 --> 00:12:54,006 Number nine is commitment to the growth of people 276 00:12:54,006 --> 00:12:56,709 treating each follower as a distinct individual 277 00:12:56,709 --> 00:13:00,446 with intrinsic worth independent of what she contributes to the organization. 278 00:13:00,479 --> 00:13:02,081 Dave, I respect you as a person. 279 00:13:02,081 --> 00:13:03,149 I respect you as a friend, 280 00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:06,118 I respect you as a pastor, and all of those are independent. 281 00:13:06,152 --> 00:13:07,586 Thank you, buddy. 282 00:13:07,653 --> 00:13:09,321 So I thank you, man. 283 00:13:09,321 --> 00:13:11,791 I respect you too. And I think that's the key. 284 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:14,927 You have to honor people and the only way you can truly honor people. 285 00:13:15,494 --> 00:13:17,396 And this is my opinion, Christian, you jump in, 286 00:13:17,396 --> 00:13:21,467 tell me if you think I'm wrong, if you're a Christian, but because I completely 287 00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:25,571 is someone who I see people through the eyes of Christ. Yes. 288 00:13:27,072 --> 00:13:27,406 And I 289 00:13:27,406 --> 00:13:31,177 try to see everybody, even those that I don't get along with that, 290 00:13:31,177 --> 00:13:34,680 I think might be, as I said earlier, slackers or whatever. 291 00:13:34,713 --> 00:13:36,882 Yes, I've got to look at them through the eyes of Christ, 292 00:13:36,882 --> 00:13:39,518 and it changes my perspective. Absolutely. 293 00:13:39,552 --> 00:13:40,419 That's beautiful. 294 00:13:40,419 --> 00:13:41,921 And our last one of the ten 295 00:13:41,921 --> 00:13:45,224 characteristics of servant leaders is building a community. 296 00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:49,395 This allows followers to identify with something greater than themselves 297 00:13:49,628 --> 00:13:52,131 that they value. And you've done that with Christ Church. 298 00:13:52,131 --> 00:13:53,899 You have built a community, Dave. 299 00:13:53,899 --> 00:13:55,301 Well, and it wasn't just me. 300 00:13:55,301 --> 00:13:59,572 There were people like Gerald and Jeff has come along and Jeff Moore, 301 00:13:59,572 --> 00:14:04,210 and there's just been a lot of people that have come around me and helped Jeff. 302 00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:05,144 So are there any other Jeff's 303 00:14:05,144 --> 00:14:09,315 and we have the more jam jars we're starting to get more David's. 304 00:14:09,315 --> 00:14:10,249 It's kind of weird. 305 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:14,253 It's like, what the heck is going on? 306 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:17,690 But yeah, it's building the right team around you. 307 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:21,360 And honestly, sometimes you got a pint in Reed 308 00:14:21,393 --> 00:14:26,799 to regroup and and get different people that you know that you can trust in. 309 00:14:26,799 --> 00:14:27,433 Absolutely. 310 00:14:27,433 --> 00:14:30,169 Some of these people have been with me for a long time, some more recent, 311 00:14:30,436 --> 00:14:35,808 but we all are like minded as far as we want to see Jesus No. 312 00:14:35,808 --> 00:14:37,476 one at Christchurch, period. 313 00:14:37,476 --> 00:14:40,346 Other than that, nothing else makes sense. That's the goal. 314 00:14:40,346 --> 00:14:41,480 And once we do that, everything 315 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:45,017 else, all the other different things about church work follow into place 316 00:14:45,251 --> 00:14:47,853 kind of reminds me of when you and I decided to do this podcast. 317 00:14:47,853 --> 00:14:50,289 We were just we want to further the work of the Lord. 318 00:14:50,289 --> 00:14:51,957 We both felt called to do this. 319 00:14:51,957 --> 00:14:54,293 We both felt like this is what God wanted us to do. 320 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:58,597 So we're doing this purely out of honor of what God means to us. 321 00:14:58,631 --> 00:15:01,901 Yeah, I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am. 322 00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:03,769 I get to do this with you, Eucharist. I love this. 323 00:15:03,769 --> 00:15:07,640 And you know, I had the idea and I because I wanted to do a podcast for a while 324 00:15:07,806 --> 00:15:09,441 and I didn't know why. I just thought to be cool. 325 00:15:09,441 --> 00:15:12,344 And then I mentioned it to Chris, and he's like, Absolutely. 326 00:15:12,611 --> 00:15:12,912 And the 327 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:16,515 next thing I know, man, he's got the mike and we're ready to go and I'm all in 328 00:15:16,682 --> 00:15:17,583 and I need someone like. 329 00:15:17,583 --> 00:15:19,919 That with me to help me and push me a little bit 330 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:23,989 and we were a good team that way, and yes, we are . 331 00:15:23,989 --> 00:15:25,057 Thank you, mom and dad. 332 00:15:25,057 --> 00:15:25,858 Thank you. 333 00:15:25,858 --> 00:15:28,193 We appreciate that. Oh, both class there. 334 00:15:28,227 --> 00:15:31,964 But we do work together because we we do have a goal 335 00:15:31,964 --> 00:15:33,999 and we want people to understand that leadership. 336 00:15:33,999 --> 00:15:35,134 There's all these different things. 337 00:15:35,134 --> 00:15:37,169 You can learn about it, but at the end of the day, 338 00:15:37,169 --> 00:15:40,139 if it's not Christ center, it's not going to work, it's not going to work. 339 00:15:40,506 --> 00:15:41,674 That's that's my opinion. 340 00:15:41,674 --> 00:15:43,943 It'll work for you for a certain amount of time. 341 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:46,979 But as far as those of us who really love God, 342 00:15:46,979 --> 00:15:50,582 I think I've discovered that the only way it's going to work for me is Jesus 343 00:15:50,582 --> 00:15:53,352 and his style of leadership, man and that servant. 344 00:15:53,986 --> 00:15:56,055 And you know, that brings us around to the next point. 345 00:15:56,055 --> 00:15:58,657 We did the ten characteristics of servant leaders, 346 00:15:58,724 --> 00:16:02,161 but now we're one of the seven points of Christian servant leaders. 347 00:16:02,294 --> 00:16:05,731 These are things that God has called us to do and being servant leaders. 348 00:16:05,764 --> 00:16:08,133 And these are all found in John 13. 349 00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:10,836 We're going to start with verse one and we're going to go through 17. 350 00:16:11,270 --> 00:16:11,704 All right. 351 00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:14,940 The first point of Christian servant leaders is Christian. 352 00:16:14,940 --> 00:16:18,377 Servant leaders are motivated by love to serve others, 353 00:16:18,377 --> 00:16:21,380 and this is evident in John 13 verses one and two. 354 00:16:22,014 --> 00:16:24,016 It was just before the Passover Festival. 355 00:16:24,016 --> 00:16:28,387 Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the father. 356 00:16:28,387 --> 00:16:32,257 Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 357 00:16:32,291 --> 00:16:35,928 The evening meal was in progress and the devil had already prompted 358 00:16:35,928 --> 00:16:39,732 Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 359 00:16:40,099 --> 00:16:42,501 Gosh, so powerful. But think about this. 360 00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:45,838 I want to ask the listener to please think about this Jesus. 361 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:49,041 His love was selfless, it was undeserved, 362 00:16:49,375 --> 00:16:51,977 and it was unending and unconditional. 363 00:16:52,378 --> 00:16:56,849 It was not the disciples worthiness or merits that compelled Jesus to serve them. 364 00:16:57,149 --> 00:16:59,885 He was expressing grace, not gratitude. 365 00:17:00,319 --> 00:17:02,721 He served his disciples out of love. 366 00:17:02,721 --> 00:17:07,159 Now think about this Jesus washed the feet of Judas Iscariot, 367 00:17:07,493 --> 00:17:10,696 the man that would later betray him and have him assassinated. 368 00:17:11,630 --> 00:17:14,500 Yeah, and you think you get mad at people? 369 00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:15,868 Can you even imagine? 370 00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:19,872 I mean, and the thing I know about my Jesus, he knew this was going to happen. 371 00:17:19,905 --> 00:17:21,774 Yes, and man and a man. 372 00:17:22,941 --> 00:17:24,176 And even though he knew it, 373 00:17:24,176 --> 00:17:28,313 he he gives us that opportunity to do what we're going to do. 374 00:17:28,347 --> 00:17:32,818 And you know, I imagine Peter was probably pretty mad over the 375 00:17:32,851 --> 00:17:36,488 I'm sure he was making Peter relate sometimes with you. 376 00:17:36,855 --> 00:17:40,325 But at the end of the day, the way we love people, 377 00:17:40,325 --> 00:17:42,694 even if they don't love us back, it'll affect them. 378 00:17:42,694 --> 00:17:43,762 At some point in their life. 379 00:17:43,762 --> 00:17:48,000 I've had people who have not like me that have come back many, many years 380 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,804 later and said, Well, you gave me grace when no one else would. 381 00:17:51,837 --> 00:17:55,074 And even though we don't agree on stuff which we probably still don't, 382 00:17:55,074 --> 00:17:55,741 some of them. 383 00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:59,144 But they know that my heart is hopefully in the right place, 384 00:17:59,144 --> 00:18:02,581 and the only way it's in the right place is if it's in the center of who Jesus is. 385 00:18:02,581 --> 00:18:03,582 Amen to that. 386 00:18:03,582 --> 00:18:05,384 So the second of the seven points 387 00:18:05,384 --> 00:18:09,621 of Christian servant leaders, Christian servant leaders possess a certain security 388 00:18:09,655 --> 00:18:14,059 that allows them to serve others, and this is evident in John 13 three. 389 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:17,463 Jesus knew that the father had put all things under his power 390 00:18:17,463 --> 00:18:20,399 and they come from God and was returning to God. 391 00:18:20,432 --> 00:18:23,702 So Jesus was aware of his identity, and he had no problem 392 00:18:23,702 --> 00:18:26,371 descending to the floor to wash his disciples feet. 393 00:18:26,371 --> 00:18:29,875 He wasn't required to establish anything, and he had nothing to prove. 394 00:18:29,908 --> 00:18:32,845 He had no stake in the outcome, and he had nothing to conceal. 395 00:18:33,011 --> 00:18:37,182 That is so good because I think one of the things that we see. 396 00:18:37,216 --> 00:18:41,587 I see one of the biggest things that frustrate people or insecurities. 397 00:18:41,854 --> 00:18:42,921 Absolutely. 398 00:18:42,921 --> 00:18:46,825 And insecurities come from a place that if it's not God 399 00:18:46,825 --> 00:18:49,128 filling those up, you're never going to get them filled up. 400 00:18:49,194 --> 00:18:49,828 That's so true. 401 00:18:49,828 --> 00:18:53,832 So and I talked to a little bit again yesterday because it's really important 402 00:18:53,832 --> 00:18:56,435 that we find our security in God and God alone. 403 00:18:56,468 --> 00:19:01,039 If he's not the one that we find, who we are, what we are, what we're going to be, 404 00:19:01,039 --> 00:19:04,643 then we're not doing what he's called us to do on this in his life. 405 00:19:05,010 --> 00:19:07,479 Man, yes, there's so much we could really. 406 00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:09,481 I mean, this could be its own show. 407 00:19:09,515 --> 00:19:12,050 I mean, seriously, because it's so important to me, 408 00:19:12,050 --> 00:19:15,521 our security has to be founded in God, 100%. 409 00:19:15,521 --> 00:19:17,189 Yeah, and that's a good one. 410 00:19:17,189 --> 00:19:18,924 There's no other way. Yes, sir. 411 00:19:18,924 --> 00:19:21,793 Moving on to number three, Christian servant leaders 412 00:19:21,793 --> 00:19:24,930 initiate servant leadership in others. 413 00:19:25,230 --> 00:19:28,500 In other words, Jesus was a servant leader who caused us 414 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:32,137 to be a servant leader, and this is in John, 13, four and five. 415 00:19:32,271 --> 00:19:33,038 So he got it from 416 00:19:33,038 --> 00:19:36,842 the mill, took off his outer clothing and wrapped a towel around his waist. 417 00:19:36,875 --> 00:19:41,246 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples feet, 418 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,383 drying them with the towel and wrapped around him. 419 00:19:44,416 --> 00:19:48,787 So Jesus did not pause to wait for clarification of protocol. 420 00:19:48,787 --> 00:19:50,689 He identified a need, and he met it 421 00:19:50,689 --> 00:19:53,859 because no one else volunteered for the foot washing job that night. 422 00:19:53,892 --> 00:19:56,495 Jesus turned this into a teachable lesson. 423 00:19:56,495 --> 00:19:57,429 He began something 424 00:19:57,429 --> 00:20:00,499 he hoped will be passed on to the others by those twelve disciples. 425 00:20:00,566 --> 00:20:02,301 Can you imagine the guilt? 426 00:20:02,301 --> 00:20:04,870 They were like, Oh man, Jesus is doing it. 427 00:20:04,937 --> 00:20:06,939 Maybe we need to. I should have said something. 428 00:20:08,307 --> 00:20:09,541 Turn it. 429 00:20:09,908 --> 00:20:10,809 But don't you? 430 00:20:10,876 --> 00:20:14,580 Because you're thinking, Oh yeah, and in in 431 00:20:14,613 --> 00:20:17,916 Jesus modeled this over and over. 432 00:20:18,550 --> 00:20:21,186 And you would think by this point, these guys would get it, 433 00:20:21,186 --> 00:20:22,487 but they still didn't get it. 434 00:20:22,487 --> 00:20:24,856 I say that knowing that I'm the same way. 435 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:25,524 Oh yes. 436 00:20:25,524 --> 00:20:28,860 Yes, I know these things, and I still sometimes don't get it. 437 00:20:28,860 --> 00:20:30,929 And it's got to be a work in progress. 438 00:20:30,929 --> 00:20:34,366 But I think it's also something you're constantly asking yourself, 439 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,201 Am I doing better? 440 00:20:36,201 --> 00:20:37,302 Am I serving? 441 00:20:37,302 --> 00:20:38,303 You're right. It's a journey. 442 00:20:38,303 --> 00:20:40,372 You're exactly where I am in and a man. 443 00:20:40,405 --> 00:20:45,377 So never four as Christian servant leaders receive servant ministry from others. 444 00:20:45,510 --> 00:20:47,813 And this is John 13, 637. 445 00:20:47,846 --> 00:20:51,416 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, Lord, are you going to wash my feet? 446 00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:54,987 Jesus replied, You do not realize now what I am doing, but later 447 00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:56,221 you will understand. 448 00:20:56,221 --> 00:20:59,091 A servant's heart reveals others pride. 449 00:20:59,124 --> 00:21:01,727 Peter struggled with allowing Jesus to serve him. 450 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:03,428 Peter had a worldly mindset, 451 00:21:03,428 --> 00:21:07,566 believing that someone of Jesus a statue should never stoop to wash feet easily. 452 00:21:07,566 --> 00:21:11,103 Leaders need to learn to relinquish, control and allow others to serve them. 453 00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:14,306 It can be challenging to relax and receive because they've grown 454 00:21:14,306 --> 00:21:15,707 accustomed to serving others. 455 00:21:15,707 --> 00:21:16,541 Jesus requested 456 00:21:16,541 --> 00:21:20,078 that Simon Peter sit and allow the master to serve him in this instance. 457 00:21:20,312 --> 00:21:24,683 I went to a minister's conference many years ago and it was at a big campus. 458 00:21:24,716 --> 00:21:26,852 It was out in Phenix somewhere and I looked up 459 00:21:26,852 --> 00:21:29,988 and and I saw this guy washing the windows and I was like, 460 00:21:29,988 --> 00:21:32,958 I said, that looks just like their senior minister here. 461 00:21:33,325 --> 00:21:35,861 And the guy is getting ready to speak later in this conference, 462 00:21:36,161 --> 00:21:38,196 and one of the guys looked at me. So that is him. 463 00:21:38,230 --> 00:21:40,699 Oh, wow. And I said, he's watching the windows. 464 00:21:40,799 --> 00:21:43,702 It kind of hit me like, Well, we think we're beyond all that. 465 00:21:43,702 --> 00:21:44,670 Yeah, yeah. 466 00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:47,539 He was making sure everything on that place fit right 467 00:21:47,572 --> 00:21:50,242 because he wanted to make sure that it had an impact. 468 00:21:50,242 --> 00:21:53,412 And I just, you know, that's a little thing, but it can be a big thing 469 00:21:53,645 --> 00:21:56,415 when, you know, washing the feet, not Chris's job. 470 00:21:56,415 --> 00:21:58,183 It's not, you know, skips job. 471 00:21:58,183 --> 00:22:01,586 I don't know Skippy as yet, but we'll figure if it's all of our job 472 00:22:01,586 --> 00:22:05,624 to work together to do what's best for the Kingdom of God. Yes. 473 00:22:05,657 --> 00:22:07,859 And if it means that God wants you to wash a window, 474 00:22:07,859 --> 00:22:11,129 didn't wash that window with diligence and with exciting. 475 00:22:11,730 --> 00:22:13,198 They will change everything. 476 00:22:13,198 --> 00:22:15,767 Absolutely, you're absolutely right. There you go. 477 00:22:15,801 --> 00:22:17,069 And, you know, number five. 478 00:22:17,069 --> 00:22:19,371 And this is a good tie into what we were just talking about. 479 00:22:19,371 --> 00:22:23,875 Christian servant leaders want nothing to hinder their relationship with God. 480 00:22:24,076 --> 00:22:26,411 And this is in John, 13, eight and nine. 481 00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:29,481 No, said Peter. You will never wash my feet. 482 00:22:29,481 --> 00:22:31,483 Jesus answered, Unless I wash you. 483 00:22:31,483 --> 00:22:33,151 You have no part with me. 484 00:22:33,151 --> 00:22:38,790 Then Lord Simon Peter replied, Not just my feet, but my hands and my head as well. 485 00:22:39,057 --> 00:22:40,559 I love Peter. 486 00:22:40,559 --> 00:22:42,994 OK, then I'm all in. 487 00:22:42,994 --> 00:22:46,531 So Peter veered between two complete extremes there. 488 00:22:46,798 --> 00:22:49,768 If Jesus was going to wash him, he wanted to wash all of it. 489 00:22:50,469 --> 00:22:51,670 Amen. 490 00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:54,139 Oh, you know what? You're right, Lord. 491 00:22:54,139 --> 00:22:55,140 I love that. 492 00:22:55,140 --> 00:22:58,510 You know, Peter really demonstrates an excellent attitude in that scene, 493 00:22:58,510 --> 00:23:01,747 and if Jesus was giving away, he wanted to receive everything 494 00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:05,384 Jesus had to give and he didn't want any barrier between himself and God. 495 00:23:05,417 --> 00:23:07,919 I want to be more like Peter. Yes, I do. 496 00:23:08,253 --> 00:23:12,290 And that that's the heart of a man that I want to be like. 497 00:23:12,657 --> 00:23:15,193 I want to say, OK, God, you're right. 498 00:23:15,193 --> 00:23:15,894 Here's my hands. 499 00:23:15,894 --> 00:23:18,263 Here's my head. Here's whatever you need to wash. 500 00:23:18,597 --> 00:23:21,533 Just because because we realize, yeah, 501 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,736 and it made sense to Peter, he'd listen to what Jesus was saying. 502 00:23:25,036 --> 00:23:27,839 And sometimes I think we don't understand because we don't listen 503 00:23:27,839 --> 00:23:29,107 to what the word is saying to us. 504 00:23:29,107 --> 00:23:31,276 We don't hear it very so anyway. 505 00:23:31,276 --> 00:23:33,712 I'll keep, we'll keep moving on. But that's important. 506 00:23:33,745 --> 00:23:34,679 And that's good stuff. 507 00:23:34,679 --> 00:23:37,816 Number six is Christian servant leaders teach servant hood 508 00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:41,920 by their example, and this is in John, 13, twelve and 15. 509 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,455 When he finished washing their feet, 510 00:23:43,455 --> 00:23:45,891 he put on his clothes and a return to his place. 511 00:23:46,024 --> 00:23:47,993 Do you understand what I have done for you? 512 00:23:47,993 --> 00:23:48,326 He asked. 513 00:23:48,326 --> 00:23:51,129 That you call me teacher and Lord, and rightly so. 514 00:23:51,163 --> 00:23:52,964 For that is what I am. 515 00:23:52,964 --> 00:23:57,836 I have set you an example that you should do, as I have done for you. 516 00:23:58,069 --> 00:23:58,937 Amen. 517 00:23:58,937 --> 00:24:02,607 So following that, Jesus discussed the significance of his foot washing. 518 00:24:02,607 --> 00:24:06,511 He reminded them that their master and Lord had just watched their feet, 519 00:24:06,511 --> 00:24:10,215 and no position should be prevented from doing the same for one another. 520 00:24:10,615 --> 00:24:13,552 Jesus informed them that if the master washed their feet, 521 00:24:13,752 --> 00:24:17,055 they should follow suit and his prototype was to be replicated. 522 00:24:17,355 --> 00:24:20,192 His example was far more powerful than a lecture 523 00:24:20,192 --> 00:24:23,628 on service principles because actions speak louder than words. 524 00:24:23,695 --> 00:24:24,563 Amen. 525 00:24:24,563 --> 00:24:29,401 I think a lot of times we we hear this, but I don't know if we understand it, 526 00:24:29,401 --> 00:24:30,602 not like that, Jesus said. 527 00:24:30,602 --> 00:24:32,337 Do you understand what I've done for you? 528 00:24:32,337 --> 00:24:33,138 Yes, man. 529 00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:34,339 If we truly understood 530 00:24:34,339 --> 00:24:37,342 what God does for us every day, it would change everything. 531 00:24:37,342 --> 00:24:38,109 Yes, he will. 532 00:24:38,109 --> 00:24:43,415 He watched their feet that was considered not a job for a man of God. 533 00:24:43,415 --> 00:24:48,753 The day he did it because he was a servant, a true man of God wants to serve 534 00:24:48,753 --> 00:24:52,591 what God's put here, and he wants to change lives from the inside out. 535 00:24:52,591 --> 00:24:54,459 And that's what Jesus does every day for me. 536 00:24:54,459 --> 00:24:57,963 If you remember, he didn't wait to see if anyone else was going to speak up. 537 00:24:57,996 --> 00:24:59,197 He jumped right in. 538 00:24:59,197 --> 00:25:01,199 Amen, amen. And Amen. 539 00:25:01,299 --> 00:25:03,335 So our last one is a Christian servant. 540 00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:08,240 Leaders live a blessed life, and this is John 13, 16 and 17. 541 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:09,107 Very truly. 542 00:25:09,107 --> 00:25:11,710 I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, 543 00:25:11,743 --> 00:25:14,513 nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 544 00:25:14,546 --> 00:25:18,450 Now that you know these things, you'll be blessed if you do them. 545 00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:21,119 Jesus reminded them that they would be blessed 546 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,855 if they followed his example as a way of life. 547 00:25:23,889 --> 00:25:25,290 The greatest blessing awaits 548 00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:29,127 those who take a leap of faith and do the opposite of what the world is doing. 549 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,330 God blesses those who go against the grain and serve others 550 00:25:32,330 --> 00:25:36,535 without expecting anything in return, and the reward is God's blessing. 551 00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:37,269 Amen. 552 00:25:37,269 --> 00:25:40,739 Now we know the characteristics of servant leadership, and we also know 553 00:25:40,739 --> 00:25:44,376 about the seven points of Christian servant leadership. 554 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:46,845 So we may think Christian leadership sounds like something 555 00:25:46,845 --> 00:25:49,481 that might be interesting or something we want to try. 556 00:25:49,514 --> 00:25:54,052 But let me tell you, Jesus gave us a biblical mandate for servant leadership. 557 00:25:54,052 --> 00:25:56,454 This is Mark ten. 42 through 45. 558 00:25:56,488 --> 00:25:58,723 Jesus called the disciples together and said, 559 00:25:58,723 --> 00:26:01,726 You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the gentiles 560 00:26:01,726 --> 00:26:05,664 lord it over them and their high officials exercised authority over them. 561 00:26:05,664 --> 00:26:06,998 Not so with you. 562 00:26:06,998 --> 00:26:10,569 Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 563 00:26:10,569 --> 00:26:13,805 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all four. 564 00:26:13,805 --> 00:26:17,275 Even the son of man did not come to be served, but to serve 565 00:26:17,275 --> 00:26:21,746 and to give his life as a ransom for many a man and a man. 566 00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:24,783 Hey, man, the Bible says, don't merely 567 00:26:24,783 --> 00:26:27,752 listen to the word of God and said to save yourself, but do what it says. 568 00:26:27,852 --> 00:26:33,024 We are called to be doers of the word, and as we understand that that should be 569 00:26:33,024 --> 00:26:37,996 what really, I guess, emulates the servant hood that Jesus showed us. 570 00:26:38,029 --> 00:26:42,601 And I think if we do that in every step on every situation, 571 00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:44,669 if we do it in our homes, with our 572 00:26:44,669 --> 00:26:48,273 our spouses, if we do it in our homes, with our children, 573 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:53,244 if we do it with our friends at our church or our people that we hang out with. 574 00:26:53,511 --> 00:26:58,984 If we show servant leadership in our workplace and in every avenue 575 00:26:58,984 --> 00:27:03,121 that God gives us, it will change this world from the inside out. 576 00:27:03,121 --> 00:27:05,090 And I know that because it changed mine. 577 00:27:05,090 --> 00:27:08,059 A man, we hope you guys have a great week. 578 00:27:08,226 --> 00:27:09,361 Think about wrapped it up. 579 00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:11,129 Is that good, Chris? We've wrapped it up. 580 00:27:11,129 --> 00:27:13,999 Visit us at least twelve, twelve dot com, we've got a quiz 581 00:27:13,999 --> 00:27:17,402 for servant leadership, Amy, and we love you all have a great week. 582 00:27:19,871 --> 00:27:20,639 This is an 583 00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:23,541 LBC production which stands for panels on. 584 00:27:23,708 --> 00:27:28,079 You knew that or not, but it also stands for laughing because we're safe. 585 00:27:28,279 --> 00:27:29,581 But we kind of like the pound. 586 00:27:29,581 --> 00:27:34,786 So I'm Chris will lift them and I will gain them and we will have a great time. 587 00:27:34,819 --> 00:27:35,553 Thanks for listening.