Knee Power
Issue #39, September 8, 2010 Leadership Nuggets from Ephesians, #3 Leaders recognize and often seek power. Paul, in Eph. 3:14-21, prayed for power, but a very different kind of power than we often look for in leadership. He recognized that servant leaders operate with knee power. He opened his prayer with these words, “For this […]
Grace to Lead
Issue #38, August 25, 2010 Leadership Nuggets from Ephesians, 2 Servant leaders have grace to lead. Paul’s discourse on grace in Ephesians 2:1-10 provides great insight for the role of grace in servant leadership. Grace has been described as “unmerited favor,” God’s lavish goodness to each one of us. The grace Paul describes for all […]
The Leaders’ Identity
Issue #37, August 11, 2010 Leadership Nuggets from Ephesians, 1 Servant leaders influence greatly because they have a strong sense of their identity in Christ. Paul lays the foundation for our identity in Ephesians 1:1-14 and provides several key factors that shape our identity. The principles he lists apply to all believers, but three have […]
Leading with Purpose
Issue #36, July 21, 2010 Everyone longs to feel significant and to know that their life has purpose. Many leaders find this purpose in their performance, but servant leaders discover the power of leading with purpose. Paul provides this perspective for servant leaders when he says, “Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move […]
Speaking Truth with Love
Issue #35, July 7, 2010 Leaders use their tongue with great impact. Servant leaders recognize the power of their tongue to bring life or death to those who listen. Paul clearly identified one challenge facing all leaders, “Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the […]
Advance through Retreat
Issue #34, June 23, 2010 Leaders are by nature action oriented and assume that doing more equals achieving more. But servant leaders learn the power of retreating from Jesus, the master leader. Mark records a profound incident during a busy season of Jesus’ ministry. “Then, because so many people were coming and going that they […]
“No” Power
Issue #33, June 9, 2010 Great servant leaders learn the power of saying “no.” They recognize that serving others does not always mean accepting every invitation or request for service. While they have a passion to do more for God, they recognize their own limitations and determine to focus on obedience to God’s will instead […]
Branch Leadership
Issue #32, May 26, 2010 Servant leaders recognize and practice ‘branch leadership.’ Jesus described this type of leadership in His last leadership training session when He said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can […]
It’s a matter of trust: Recover it
Issue #31, May 12, 2010 In the two previous issues we examined how to get trust and how to keep it. But what happens when trust is lost? Recovering trust is one of the most difficult tasks servant leaders can face. Three steps will start you on the journey. Identify what happened. Look for the […]
It’s a matter of trust: Keep it
Issue #30, April 29, 2010 Getting trust is an issue every leader needs to work at but it’s only the beginning of the journey. Servant leaders do the following to keep the trust of those they lead. Accept the challenge of keeping trust. Servant leaders recognize that being consistent enough over time to keep trust […]