Passing the baton to a new generation of leaders
Unit 2.1 Lessons from the gospels
The ultimate leadership role model
Can you identify some people who made
an impact on your life?
In what ways did they impress you?
To what extent have you incorporated the
qualities you admired into your own life?
Parent
Teacher
Missionary
Bible class leader
Footballer?
Musician
Celebrity?
What did Jesus know about himself?
Jesus was quite clear about his relationship with the Father and
why he had come into the world.
Can you think of any other passages where Jesus speaks of this
relationship or purpose.
What does the passage say about Jesus’ love?
In what way is the feet washing a demonstration of Jesus’ love?
Can you think of other passages where Jesus shows his love for
the disciples.
What are the implications of this for Christian leadership?
List at least three lessons
Jesus knew he had come from God.
Jesus knew that his time had come.
Jesus loved his disciples completely and unconditionally.
Washing the feet shows that he was prepared to do anything
on their behalf.
His love is also shown by His protection of them when the
soldiers came to arrest him.
The incident shows that Christian leadership is exactly the
opposite of worldly leadership. It is about love, service and
sacrifice.
JESUS LEADERSHIP MODEL
Jesus knew
Jesus loved
Jesus served
THE CHALLENGE
Who am I working for?
Who am I trying to please?
Do I have the heart of a servant leader?
Survey – Life-Skills . . . And Plans
Not coping well
27%
Do not plan for future
Getting by
60%
Give some thought to future
Quite successful
10%
Plan for future
Highly successful
3%
Written life goals
Assignment 3
Write a personal mission statement
and share it with your mentor.
You may not be able to do this
immediately but work on it and use
it as the basis on which you intend
to run your life.
Assignment 3
Possible responses:
‘For me to live is Christ’.
‘Committed to God, committed to God’s people’.
‘I want to be more like Jesus today’.
‘I will grow in grace today so that my life can
impact others for good’.
‘My mission is to live with integrity and to make a
difference in the lives of others’.
Assignment 3
Personal Mission Statement
“I want to be more like Jesus today.
In every situation I will ask two questions:
What would Jesus do?
What would Jesus say?
And seek to respond accordingly.”
Assignment 3
Our Family Mission
To always be kind, respectful and supportive of each other.
To be honest and open with each other.
To keep a spiritual feeling in the home.
To love each other unconditionally.
To be responsible to live a happy, healthy & fulfilling life.
To make this house a place we want to come home to.
Christ-Centred Life
Money
Self
Critics
Family
Christ
Centred
Life
Church
Ministry
Career
Sport
Fame
Assignment 4
Priorities
Family
Spend more time together
Timetable one night each week for family
Sport
Maintain level of fitness
40 minutes walk per day
Self
Greater discipline in spiritual development
Timetable one hour per day
Work
Develop leadership course
Trial materials Sept – Dec.
Church
Develop pastoral provision
Commit to 6 hrs per week systematic visitation
Urgent
Non-Urgent
Forward planning
Crises
Important
Pressing problems
Relationship building
Personal renewal
Deadline driven
projects
Non –
Important
Interruptions
Some 'phone calls
Some mail
Some meetings
1 2
3 4
Training
new leaders
Watching TV
Tidying desk
Computer activities
Hanging around
'Phoning friends
Organise
your time
around
your
priorities
You (not someone
else) must determine
the balance between
conflicting demands.
You must give time to
your priorities
If you don’t
timetable it it will not
happen
Quotable Quotes
‘Private victories precede public victories.’
Steven Covey
‘You have so many things to do today. Give yourself a
break – cut back on your prayer time.’
The Devil
‘I have so many things to do today, I must get up two
hours earlier to pray’.
Martin Luther
‘If you are not part of the solution you are part of the
problem’
‘You can’t talk your way out of problems you behave
yourself into’.
Steven Covey
Quotable Quotes
If my private world is in order, it will be because I
am convinced that the inner world of the spiritual
must govern the outer world of activity.
Beware of the barrenness of a busy life.
If my private world is in order, it will be because I
make a daily choice to monitor its state of
orderliness.
Gordon McDonald
Time for Reflection
Have you settled on who you are trying to
please?
Have you identified your priorities?
Are you managing your time according to
your priorities?
Building up a picture (2)
A Christian leader must be a godly person
The leader’s confidence comes from God to
whom he gives ultimate allegiance
The Biblical model is servant leadership
A Christian leader organises his time
around his priorities