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Consecrate : Leaders Blazing the Trail. Define Consecrate. To SET APART ! “Set apart for GOD’S SPECIFIC , EXCLUSIVE USE .” Set apart to live according to God’s DEMANDS and in His SERVICE . A vital dimension to any organization is its LEADERSHIP . It is the CRITICAL ingredient.
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Define Consecrate • To SETAPART! • “Set apart for GOD’SSPECIFIC, EXCLUSIVEUSE.” • Set apart to live according to God’s DEMANDS and in His SERVICE.
A vital dimension to any organization is its LEADERSHIP. • It is the CRITICAL ingredient. • People eventually MODEL their leaders. • Intensity and impact of leadership INCREASES in smaller groups.
Leader + Small Group + Time + Intensity = IMPACT!
DISCIPLE “A is not above his but everyone who is fully will be like his ” --Luke 6:40 TEACHER TRAINED TEACHER
What you are trying to produce in your members must be PARAMOUNT in your life. • A CONSECRATED leader has made a CHOICE to follow Jesus Christ. • It is through OBEDIENCE to GOD evidenced by the CHOICES we make! • Godly LEADERS make godly CHOICES.
Our goal is to impact LOSTNESS in our community and make DISCIPLES. • We have PROGRAMS, formulas and developed STRATEGIES but nothing works like having CONSECRATED leaders. • As leaders CONSECRATE themselves to God and YIELD to His will, SERVANTHOOD becomes more evident. • It is all about our ATTITUDE!
Leaders who are CONSECRATED to God: • Put OTHERS ahead of their own agenda. • Possess the CONFIDENCE to SERVE. • Initiate SERVICE to others. • Are not POSITION-CONSCIOUS. • Serve out of LOVE. By John Maxwell
INFLUENCE “The extent of a leader’s depends on the of his or her for others.” —John Maxwell DEPTH CONCERN
LOVE • You will not impact the lives of those you teach unless they know you and about them! • The first of the five C’s is • We try to connect people to our and ultimately to ! CARE CONNECT GROUP CHRIST
How do I CONSECRATE myself to God? • SATURATE your life with the WORD of GOD! • ABIDE in Him through PRAYER! • WORSHIP both PRIVATE and PUBLIC! • SERVE by using Spiritual Gifts!
Consecration is not a CEREMONY; it is making GODLYCHOICES! • Paul had CONSECRATED himself to a life of OBEDIENCE to God. • When you exercise SPIRITUALDISCIPLINES daily and let others see a CONSECRATED life, it will be CAUGHT by those you lead.
“Holiness does not consist of mystic speculations, enthusiastic fervors, or uncommanded austerities; It consists in as God And as God .” —John Brown Expository Discourses on 1 Peter THINKING THINKS WILLING WILLS