Title: Stratagies for Christian Influence
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210 Stratagies for Christian Influence/Leadership
- How to increase flavor and shine brighter,
- 4, Endurance
3Luke 2117-19
- You will be hated by all for my name's sake.
18 But not a hair of your head will perish. 19 By
your endurance you will gain your lives.
Necessary at Jerusalems destruction
42 Corinthians 64-5
- but as servants of God we commend ourselves in
every way by great endurance, in afflictions,
hardships, calamities, 5 beatings, imprisonments,
riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger
Showed Paul to be true
5Colossians 111
- May you be strengthened with all power, according
to his glorious might, for all endurance and
patience with joy,
Paul prayed for the Colossians to have it
6Hebrews 1036
- For you have need of endurance, so that when you
have done the will of God you may receive what is
promised
Needed it to receive the reward
7Hebrews 121
- 121 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so
great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside
every weight, and sin which clings so closely,
and let us run with endurance the race that is
set before us,
Necessary to run lifes marathon
8How Shall We Develop Endurance?
9Hebrews 513-14
- for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in
the word of righteousness, since he is a child.
14 But solid food is for the mature, for those
who have their powers of discernment trained by
constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
10James 125
- But the one who looks into the perfect law, the
law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer
who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be
blessed in his doing.
11Romans 53-4
- More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings,
knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and
endurance produces character, and character
produces hope,
12How Shall We Develop Endurance?
- By practice
- Look out for self
13100 Sacrifice Kills the Effort
- Workaholic who loses his family
- Servant who breaks down under the load
- Leader who cant delegate, mature others
14You may need
- Rest
- Laughter
- Company
- Quiet
- Exercise
- Seminars
- A book
- Hike
- Vacation
15How Shall We Develop Endurance?
- By practice
- Look out for self
- Hand off the baton
162 Corinthians 15, 7
- For as we share abundantly in Christ's
sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly
in comfort too - Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that
as you share in our sufferings, you will also
share in our comfort.
171 Thessalonians 28
- So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were
ready to share with you not only the gospel of
God but also our own selves, because you had
become very dear to us.
18Acts 273
- The next day we put in at Sidon. And Julius
treated Paul kindly and gave him leave to go to
his friends and be cared for.
19Ideas for handing off
Proverbs 1824 24 A man of many companions may
come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks
closer than a brother. Hebrews 415-16 For we do
not have a high priest who is unable to
sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in
every respect has been tempted as we are, yet
without sin. 16 Let us then with confidence draw
near to the throne of grace, that we may receive
mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
20Ideas for handing off
Proverbs 1717 A friend loves at all times, and a
brother is born for adversity. Proverbs
276 Faithful are the wounds of a friend profuse
are the kisses of an enemy.
21Ideas for handing off
- Pray
- Talk to a friend
- Journal
22Ideas for handing off
- Pray
- Talk to a friend
- Journal
- Seek out a coach/ counselor
Proverbs 1522 22 Without counsel plans fail, but
with many advisers they succeed. Proverbs
2018 plans are established by counsel by wise
guidance wage war.
23How Shall We Develop Endurance?
- By practice
- Look out for self
- Hand off the baton
- Learn and let go
- Leadership demands making difficult decisions
- Youre going to make wrong decisions, PERIOD.
- To not learn from mistakes is either careless or
stupid.
241 Corinthians 35-8
- ?5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants
through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned
to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God
gave the growth. 7 So neither he who plants nor
he who waters is anything, but only God who gives
the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are
one, and each will receive his wages according to
his labor.
The Lord carries the real responsibility
25Shine Brighter Taste Better by Developing
Endurance
- Practice, in spiritual things
- Look out for self as well as for others
- Hand off the baton when its time
- Learn and let go