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while leadership roles and positions of
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authority aren't for everyone if you're
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a Christian you should know how to lead
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correctly if you're a sibling regardless
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if you're younger or older you should
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set an example for your siblings to
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follow if you're a parent you should
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know how to lead your children if you're
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a spouse you should both be able to
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navigate your marriage in a healthy
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direction and if you're someone's friend
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whether they're a Christian or not you
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should have the ability to lead and
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point them to Jesus leadership will look
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different for everyone because it
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doesn't always look like a management
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position or being officially in charge
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of a bunch of people however I think
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this world needs more Christian leaders
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who lead the way that Jesus did so if
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you aspire to be someone that people can
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trust and follow please follow these
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three steps step number one Godly
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leaders set an example to follow First
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Peter chapter 5 verses 1 to 3 the elders
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who are among you I exhort I who am a
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fellow Elder and a witness of the
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sufferings of Christ and also a partaker
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of the glory that will be revealed
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Shepherd the flock of God which is among
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you serving as overseers not by
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compulsion but willingly not for
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dishonest gain but eagerly nor is being
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Lords over those entrusted to you but
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being examples to the flock so Peter in
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his letter to the church encourages
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Elders to Shepherd or lead God's people
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in a certain way and he explains that
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leaders shouldn't lead for the sake of
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dishonest gain Andy says that they
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shouldn't act as Lords or people who
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command others just because they have a
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position instead he tells leaders to be
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an example for others to follow now just
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because people are in a position to give
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orders doesn't mean they're a leader and
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just because people don't have a title
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or position of authority doesn't mean
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that they can't lead actually Jesus
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wasn't an official religious leader but
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he was the best leader there was and one
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of the best qualifications of a leader
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is one that Jesus showed us and it's
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this
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Godly leaders should lead from the front
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you see Jesus didn't just tell his
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disciples to Humble themselves and to
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serve he being God lowered himself and
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became a man Jesus grew up poor washed
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his disciples feet and bore the shame
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and the sin of humanity by dying on the
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cross for our behalf you see Jesus was
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an example of love and that's one reason
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why his words hold so much weight so if
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you want to be a leader forget the idea
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that you need a position in order to
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lead because if you can live a life that
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people can look up to as a shining
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example of how to live then you can be a
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leader and there's multiple ways you can
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lead by example you can set an example
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of integrity at school by not cheating
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and working hard if you're on a sports
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team you can be humble by not putting
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others down and helping your teammates
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get better if you're a parent you can
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set an example to your children by
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teaching them how to pray and
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apologizing to them if you did something
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wrong I mean if you want your children
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to learn to say sorry don't you think
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they'd learn best by watching you do it
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and you can also set an example of
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service by taking care of the people
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around you and you can promote an
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atmosphere of safety by asking people
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how they're doing and then listening
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intently to how they're feeling the list
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goes on so I would encourage you lead a
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life that people can follow
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step number two Godly leaders have a
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vision of where to go Matthew chapter 4
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verse 19 and Jesus said to them follow
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me and I will make you Fishers of Men
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Acts Chapter 4 verses 32-33 all the
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Believers were United in heart and mind
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and they felt that what they owned was
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not their own so they shared everything
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they had the apostles testified
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powerfully to the resurrection of the
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Lord Jesus and God's great blessing was
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upon them all
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in these two passages notice how Jesus
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said I'll make you Fishers of Men and
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then later in the book of Acts When
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Jesus ascended back into heaven it says
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the apostles formerly known as the
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disciples testified and spoke powerfully
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to tons of people and so the point that
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I need to make about good leaders is
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that they can lead people to a point B
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look here you have point a and you have
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point B Jesus saw the disciples where
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they were and that's point a and they
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were a Motley Crew of fishermen and tax
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collectors who lacked Faith then Jesus
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saw where they could go and Jesus knew
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that they could become Fishers of Men
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and that's point B you see in order for
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a leader to be a leader they actually
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need to lead people to a certain place
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and this means a lot of things first
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they need to be able to rightly assess
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where someone is or in other words they
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need to discern what the point a is then
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they need to see the point B and then
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they need to know how to get the group
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or person to point B and they need to be
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able to inspire people to move from
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point A to point B and to top it off
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they need to know if point B is actually
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the best option all this to say if you
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want to be a good leader you need to
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pray for Insight Vision and wisdom for
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yourself and for the people you want to
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lead insight to see where you are Vision
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to see the best place to go and wisdom
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on how to get there and while this does
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take a lot of time hard work and
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patience people today need better
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leaders so a word of caution our
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children family and friends will be led
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by lesser leaders if we don't take up
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the mantle of God leadership so please
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look at the people you want to lead and
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then pray to God and ask him God where
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are we where do you want us to go and
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how do you want us to get there
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and step number three Godly leaders pay
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the price of leadership John chapter 10
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verses 11 to 13 I am the Good Shepherd
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the Good Shepherd lays down his life for
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the Sheep he who is a Hired Hand and not
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a Shepherd who is not the owner of the
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sheep sees the wolf coming and leaves
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the sheep and fleas and the Wolf
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snatches them and scatters them he flees
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because he is a Hired Hand and is not
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concerned about the Sheep Jesus In this
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passage describes himself as being the
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Good Shepherd who is willing to lay his
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life down for the Sheep he then explains
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the difference between a Hired Hand and
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the Good Shepherd and the major
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difference is that The Hired Hand will
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flee when times get tough while the Good
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Shepherd will lay down their life if the
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situation calls for it
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so when it comes to leadership I'll say
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this there are Perks to Being a leader
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and a price to be paid if you become a
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leader because of a Leader's influence
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people can look up to them and give them
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preferential treatment and special
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attention but this should not be
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expected nor should it be taken for
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granted if it's given and at the same
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time in the same way that Jesus the Good
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Shepherd laid down his life leaders must
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similarly pay a price to be a leader and
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the price may be being alone or working
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alone or being misunderstood or working
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harder than everybody else or caring for
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certain people even though they don't
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care about you and this can lead to
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possible physical emotional mental or
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spiritual exhaustion you see in Jesus
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wanted to lead people to everlasting
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life and it cost him his life and I'd
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say that the best leaders are ones who
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look to the group that's entrusted to
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them and they will say I will protect
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them I will provide for them and I will
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take them to where they need to be and I
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will pay any price to ensure that my
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people are safe loved and taken care of
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you see every Godly leader should follow
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the way of the master and be willing to
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lay down the time energy strength and
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even their life for the sake of others
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so if you feel the call to leadership
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good may God raise more Godly leaders
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and my hope is that they follow these
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three steps
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step number one set an example
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step number two have a vision and step
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number three pay the price my prayer is
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for more Christians to be led to Greater
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humility greater love and greater faith
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and that more unbelievers be led to the
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gospel and to God our Father through
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Jesus Christ Our Lord by the Holy Spirit
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so to close please know that Godly and
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effective leadership is difficult so
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there will always be an urge to quit at
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some point so remember
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should we lead we must do so remembering
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why we lead people and we lead people
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because we love people and we love
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people because God first loved us and
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gave and gave self for us so when all
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you're leading please never forget
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Jesus loves you
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