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MESSAGES FROM PASTOR STEVE & KARINA MAILE:
LEADERS AND FOLLOWERS
THE TRUE MOTIVATIONS OF A LEADER
As leaders we need to take charge. In doing so we must deal with blame-itis!
Genesis 1:16
Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also.
To take charge is to take dominion, to rule and take authority. Leaders are not easy to follow especially if you have problems with:
* Insecurity * Independence
* Instability * Individuality
* Immaturity
Leaders will always lead but weak people cannot follow. Weakness can come from pride, fear, ignorance, laziness and being like other people. But good decisions determine your destiny so we need to make the right decisions.
Matthew 19:15-22
16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good[a] Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”
17 So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good?[b] No one is good but One, that is, God.[c] But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
18 He said to Him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “ ‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ 19 ‘Honor your father and your mother,’[d] and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”[e]
20 The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept from my youth.[f] What do I still lack?”
21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
The rich young ruler went to the right source; Jesus, he asked the right questions and got the right answer BUT he made the wrong decision. Jesus can turn your wrongs into rights because truth and mercy met at the Cross. To be an example as a leader in purity (being pure and holy) you have to be under strong leadership anointing – otherwise you will fall into sin.
Be faithful in the least
Luke 16:10
He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.
Leaders need to be faithful in the little things, faithful with money and faithful in what belongs to another. Blame-itis and PLOM’s (poor little old me) means that you blame someone else for the state of your life but say to yourself if it’s got to be it’s up to me! Leadership is the problem and the answer, no leader in the Body of Christ has never been a follower. If you want to lead a church one day you need to get to church today; if you consider yourself an Evangelist you need to go to the church outreach; if you believe for finances do you tithe and offer generously? If you want to be married sow into another couple’s marriage; if you want to lead in a big church can you serve in a little one? If you don’t plan you are planning to fail!
Men are the Head!
As leaders we need to be in daily prayer, daily time with the Lord – the secret to your future is hidden in your daily routine. Whatever you entertain will remain. The man needs to be the head of the wife to make the marriage work. Whenever the husband allows the wife to make spiritual decisions that should be determined by headship they will enter blame-itis and ruin.
1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
Men you are to be tough but tender and learn to recognise the inconsequential in life and ignore it. Christ-likeness and manhood are synonymous – men guide, govern and guard. Give honour to your wife, she is to be praised, honoured and esteemed.
There are three rules of leadership:
• Everything is your fault
• Don’t complain about what you allow
• Lead yourself first.
Take dominion over carnality, discouragement and habits!
Think with dignity
Act with integrity
Have character – raise the bar
Walk in a spirit of purity!
LEADERS AND FOLLOWERS
WHY DOES GOD WANT US TO BE LEADERS?
Hebrews 2:1-4
1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, 4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?
Why does God want us to be leaders?
He wants us to be people of influence, consider Nelson Mandela, what a great example of a leader, he said to the nation of South Africa “You have chosen me as your leader, now let me lead you”. What a powerful statement! However in God’s kingdom He chooses and anoints His leaders to lead the church. The more you see the weaknesses in your life and your faults the more you recognise the grace of God in your life. Even the most righteous person in the world is as filthy rags compared to God. We need to give importance to the things we have heard from God otherwise we could drift away as this scripture says – this would not be intentional but it happens if you do not take heed.
1 Corinthians 6:2-3
2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
We are training for reigning! If we endure we will reign with Him. We are joint heirs with Christ and if we suffer with Him we shall reign with Him and be glorified with Him.
God said that in Abraham’s seed shall all nations be blessed – we are in that promise. All powers are under Jesus. We will bring blessing to the families of the earth and to do this we need to know the power we have at our disposal. We have to come out of our little world and stop being selfish, and start taking church and the things of God more seriously.
Matt 28:18-20
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
We have to go out as God’s ambassadors and make disciples of the nations and take territory. The expression of God’s Kingdom on the earth comes through the church but it is hindered by spiritual forces and unbelief. Together we need to be in unity and fire the arrows of prayer to make an opening in the heavens so that we have an open heaven over this region. Watford is our Rehoboth – the more arrows we shoot the more we get the windows of heaven open. This takes separation and the setting of boundaries; as man had divided the earth so there are boundaries in heaven. All the nations of the earth will belong to God as He has spoken in His Word, the moment the heavens are opened the Holy Spirit is free to move because the purpose of the church is to be the instrument of the Holy Spirit’s manifestations so that God gets the glory. God wants us to make His world our world and bring heaven down to earth! When we consider the revivals in the past we realise that we need an awakening in Watford! When God’s presence is manifest everyone will worship God. Pastor Steve is leading us so we need to follow by creating an atmosphere and war in the Spirit - we are not here to feel better but to use our faith!
