April 2, 2024 … Christlike Leadership …

April 2, 2024 …  Christlike Leadership  …      

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from The Blythe Family singing … Man of Faith …  Poignantly singing of how a man of faith stands out for all to see God working thru him.    

Aspiring to lead others? ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Psalm72:6 [NLT] … 

6  May the king’s rule be refreshing like spring rain on freshly cut grass, like the showers that water the earth.             

… Solomon desires and prays for his reign as King to refresh God’s people as the rain does the earth.                                   

Highlight Passage (in context): … Psalms 72:1-7 … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon, as King, prays for and anointing of integrity as He leads God’s people.                     

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Highlight Passage (in context): …  Deuteronomy 1:13 … 

13 Choose some well-respected men from each tribe who are known for their wisdom and understanding, and I will appoint them as your leaders.’   

… Moses decides to choose leaders from each tribe to lead and judge God’s people before entering the promised land. 

Highlight Passage (in context): …  Proverbs 16:12, 29:14 …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s Spirit, thru Solomon, on how to lead God’s people with fairness and justice.  

Highlight Passage (in context): …  Matthew 20:26-27 …  

26 But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave.  

…Jesus shows that a leader must be humble and be willing to serve others.  

Highlight Passage (in context): … Philippians 2:3-5 … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul charges fellow Christians to take on the attitude of Christ by being willing to think of others before our own desires.                                                                                                                                                                       

Highlight Passage (in context): …  1Timothy 3:1-7… USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Pau instructs Timothy (and all of us) on what it takes to be a Pastor, Elder, or leader of God’s people.                     

 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Sheridan Voysey -  AT THIS LINK -  wrote about how a number of leaders in the British government, including the Prime Minister of England, who attended a prayer meeting, and ultimately resigned because they were convicted that the government needed more integrity in leading their country.    

And it is so true that anyone who aspires to lead a people or government takes on an enormously important and difficult task and needs to have or develop the qualities which God puts forth in his word (see Scriptures above).  And really, I believe that all Christians should aspire to seek after those qualities to even be followers of our Lord in living the Christian life.  … Do you agree? … And do we have those qualities of humility, fairness, and goodness as we live our lives in following Jesus and potentially leading others?                               

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me to rise above myself and to follow Your model in leading others.           

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me today, … to seek to become more like You, Lord, and to follow You in leading others.   … Amen

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